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by Kionon » Wed Aug 05, 2009 12:34 am
AMVs do get noticed, but not as much as sometimes I think people initially would believe. As Castor mentioned, I started at out doing RTF as a vocational program in the late 90s and, but I was still making commercials politically well into 2006 (search for Greg Hecht to see what I mean, HE HAS A PLAN), and felt that it was a fun hobby I could use my skills to do. Now I am quite happy as a teacher and only edit
I did use my AMVs as part of (but not the ONLY part) of the portfolio that landed me the projects, both freelance and long-term, but I also had a collection of clippings from the Daily Texan (Machine and I worked in the same building at that time, he was on the sixth floor, and I was in the basement), and camera work I had done for Good Morning America. That showed I had a wide variety of experience, and AMVs showed that I was well-familiar with NLEs (Non-Linear Editors, ie premiere, final cut, avid), and used to thinking outside of normal media constraints.
I recommend if you are serious that you also study how to make commercials, hard news stories, parodies, and shorts as well as AMVs. AMVs will definitely show your savvy with NLEs, but it WON'T show you know how to do any of the former, because all the examples I gave work with live footage and have different processes involved, both mentally and technically.
Yeah, you can do it.