AMV Making Tips

[proj1]

Here are some tips on how to make AMV's.

Know what you're doing

When you make an AMV you should know what you're doing. When I say that I mean you have to have the basics:
*Clipping Skills
*FXing skills
*opt. Transition Skills
Clipping Skills are the easiest ones to obtain. Basically you just cut up your video into clips you want from the video to be in your AMV.
FXing Skills means to have the ability to use special effects(FX) at your best. There should be SOME special FX on your video editing tool.
Transition Skills are for more advanced AMV makers. It means to go from one clip to another with an effect.

Alright those are some tips you can use if you're a beginner.

Don't miss the perfect chance

When I say not to miss the perfect chance I mean that if an important part of the video or song is about to be conveyed you should take it to your advantage. For example, let's say in the video Naruto screams then in the music you should have a hard rock song with the singer screaming something or possibly vice-versa. That's called lip synching.

Extra tip: Let's say you're using a song that has a special sound effect that is unique to the other sounds you should put a special effect in for that sound and even vice-versa.

These really would be good if you're an intermediate AMV maker.

Plan

You should plan what's gonna be in your AMV. You have to think about what anime you're using and what episodes/clips you're gonna use in the AMV. Then you have to realize what type of message all the clips together conveys and the you match the perfect song for it. For example, if you're doing a Naruto tribute that conveys the message "I don't give up!" a good song for it would be Me Against The World by Simple Plan.

There are some very good tips for an expert AMV maker.

What Video Editing Program should I use?
Use the Video Editing Tool that comforts you the most.

Even so there should be a way of telling which ones to use. Well here's a short and simple guide to choosing the right one:

If you're a beginner- I recommend you use Windows Movie Maker
If you're and intermediate AMV maker- I also recommend you use Windows Movie Maker or whichever one you work best with.
If you're an expert- You probably would want to use an advanced one like Sony Vegas but, if you want a real challenge work with Windows Movie Maker.

Final Tips

If you think you're not doing a very good job try playing around with your editing tool. You should think of some useful things.

My final tip extremely important- This goes out to all AMV makers from Beginner to Advanced: You should always put effort in to your work.

[Ileia]

This is by far one of the worst guides I've ever seen. I can't tell if we're being trolled or not.

[Koopiskeva]

No disrespect, but this is an awful guide.
The one thing that really annoys me about it is implying that effects are needed to make something good. Just blatantly wrong.

[Nya-chan Production]

Here are some tips on how to make AMV's.

Know what you're doing

When you make an AMV you should know what you're doing. When I say that I mean you have to have the basics:
*Clipping Skills
*FXing skills
*opt. Transition Skills
Clipping Skills are the easiest ones to obtain. Basically you just cut up your video into clips you want from the video to be in your AMV.
FXing Skills means to have the ability to use special effects(FX) at your best. There should be SOME special FX on your video editing tool.
Transition Skills are for more advanced AMV makers. It means to go from one clip to another with an effect.

NO.

Also, transitioning and theory of soft/hard cuts goes BEFORE FX - you can make vid with just cuts/fades and without FX, but not the other way around.

And clipping skills (aka clip selection) is very hard to get, basically you have to have a feel for it, I know some people always have trouble choosing the right clips.

Alright those are some tips you can use if you're a beginner.

Don't miss the perfect chance

When I say not to miss the perfect chance I mean that if an important part of the video or song is about to be conveyed you should take it to your advantage. For example, let's say in the video Naruto screams then in the music you should have a hard rock song with the singer screaming something or possibly vice-versa. That's called lip synching.

Extra tip: Let's say you're using a song that has a special sound effect that is unique to the other sounds you should put a special effect in for that sound and even vice-versa.

Or you could ignore Naruto. And you could even ignore the sound altogether and create a nice contrast. Cool, eh?

These really would be good if you're an intermediate AMV maker.

Plan

You should plan what's gonna be in your AMV. You have to think about what anime you're using and what episodes/clips you're gonna use in the AMV. Then you have to realize what type of message all the clips together conveys and the you match the perfect song for it. For example, if you're doing a Naruto tribute that conveys the message "I don't give up!" a good song for it would be Me Against The World by Simple Plan.

Nothing against, but that last sentence kinda killed it. Just don't use examples, mmmmkay?

There are some very good tips for an expert AMV maker.

What Video Editing Program should I use?
Use the Video Editing Tool that comforts you the most.

Even so there should be a way of telling which ones to use. Well here's a short and simple guide to choosing the right one:

If you're a beginner- I recommend you use Windows Movie Maker
If you're and intermediate AMV maker- I also recommend you use Windows Movie Maker or whichever one you work best with.
If you're an expert- You probably would want to use an advanced one like Sony Vegas but, if you want a real challenge work with Windows Movie Maker.

... wut?

I would reccommend trying Vegas and premiere to a beginner FIRST, then maybe trying WMM. Maybe.

The editing should be easy, not a "challenge". You don't want to spend time over crashes, you want to edit. If you want "challenge", try inserting some 3D via blender and/or effects via After Effects.

Final Tips

If you think you're not doing a very good job try playing around with your editing tool. You should think of some useful things.

My final tip extremely important- This goes out to all AMV makers from Beginner to Advanced: You should always put effort in to your work.

I never do. It's not worth it, I do it for fun. And I know lots of succesfull editors do that too

All in all, this isn't a guide I'd recommend to someone. About 1.5/10 usable, since it had few fine points after all.

Now go and read the sticky guides on the top of the forum. And learn.

[JudgeHolden]

This is by far one of the worst guides I've ever seen. I can't tell if we're being trolled or not.

Look at his join date ... you are being trolled.

[Nya-chan Production]

This is by far one of the worst guides I've ever seen. I can't tell if we're being trolled or not.

Look at his join date ... you are being trolled.

Or he joined to share his wisdom with us

[proj1]

it is just beginning you will see what happening and then you will appreciate it

[Ileia]

Ah, now we see. The spammer added the URL to his signature.

[Nya-chan Production]

Ah, now we see. The spammer added the URL to his signature.

Don't be mad at him, he(?) seems to learn PHP and AMV editing while watching Naruto. You know how hard that is?

[Kariudo]

Yeah, ima lock this since we have two stickies on the subject