AMVs: A Lifetime Addiction?

[Brad]

Whole thread = tl;dr. However I will throw in my 2 cents anyway. I can't say for 100% certainty that I will ever make another AMV. I haven't edited anything in close to 3 years, and quite honestly I just don't come up with video ideas anymore. I also just don't really watch that many videos anymore, and when I do I just don't get as impressed by them as I used to.

All that being said, here I am. I still check the forums every day and hang out in #amv pretty much all the time. A majority of my friends are AMV creators (online and IRL), many of which do still edit or plan to. For me, the Org is all about the people I've made connections with and that's about it. I will always hold a place in my heart for the hobby itself and I recognize that I wouldn't be doing what I'm doing today career-wise if it wasn't for my involvement in the hobby, and I think several others could say the same thing.

So as far as it being an "addiction"? I certainly wouldn't go that far (for myself anyway). I'll stick with the community and this site for as long as I have friends that call this place home (in some way or another). I also don't see the hobby itself ever going away. I'm sure it'll continue to shrink and become more obscure, but it'll likely find a happy equilibrium where there's always a small subset of people still producing new videos and there'll always be people that enjoy watching them.

[JudgeHolden]

I'm addicted, but it's like Opium ... a mellow, slow high. (You don't want to know about the withdrawals)

[MycathatesyouAMV]

I think not only the amount of people joining the org but the videos people are creating have gone down hill as well. Ever since 08 I think the quality in amvs of one year has been getting worse, the creativity is lacking, too many vids just seem "meh" and theres not enough amvs that stand out and make you say "wow".

[Kevmaster]

I think not only the amount of people joining the org but the videos people are creating have gone down hill as well. Ever since 08 I think the quality in amvs of one year has been getting worse, the creativity is lacking, too many vids just seem "meh" and theres not enough amvs that stand out and make you say "wow".

This is not only an issue with amv's, it's a deeper and more general thing that happened to the world (in a long time process though). Everything has already been done, there is nothing new to create.

[BasharOfTheAges]

It's "lifetime" only if you don't have that long to live. In which case, i'm sorry to hear of your imminent death.

[Knowname]

dun dun duuuuuuuuuun

[Pie Row Maniac]

I think not only the amount of people joining the org but the videos people are creating have gone down hill as well. Ever since 08 I think the quality in amvs of one year has been getting worse, the creativity is lacking, too many vids just seem "meh" and theres not enough amvs that stand out and make you say "wow".

This is not only an issue with amv's, it's a deeper and more general thing that happened to the world (in a long time process though). Everything has already been done, there is nothing new to create.

I wouldn't say the quality of AMVs have gone down really. I'm seeing videos around here that could just have easily been made back in '02. In fact, because of better compression software, videos today look incredible compared to back then, visually. They have the same editing quality but look ten times better.

Perhaps the quality of people's editing hasn't changed, but our expectations, and have been raised to an extent that it takes more than a typically-edited AMV to impress us, especially after the boon of effects videos that reigned the community a few years back.

[Falconone]

I think not only the amount of people joining the org but the videos people are creating have gone down hill as well. Ever since 08 I think the quality in amvs of one year has been getting worse, the creativity is lacking, too many vids just seem "meh" and theres not enough amvs that stand out and make you say "wow".

This is not only an issue with amv's, it's a deeper and more general thing that happened to the world (in a long time process though). Everything has already been done, there is nothing new to create.

nothing new to create?
Look at the music industrie or movies. there are always new things and this entertaiment group exist longer as AMVs. Also we combinate them so we have many things that could have done. If it is good or not, that can only see the viewer and make the creator.
One problem i saw is, that there are many editors but they are not good and wont here bad critics because on yt they here all the time "awesome, you are the best" and stuff.

[JaddziaDax]

I don't think the quality of videos has gone down. I think that people's tastes and expectations have changed.

[jubjub2]

I still lurk a lot, and edit some - certainly not as much as I did a couple of years ago. A lot of the newer video releases haven't piqued my interest because I don't have the time to really sit and have a full-out anime binge to keep up with new series. The ones I have watched have opened my eyes to some real gems, though. I also prefer more simplistic styles of editing over the sparkly effect-laden whoredoms that have been cropping up as of late.

I have loved anime since I was a kid, and probably will until I'm too old. When will that be? Who knows. My dad just started watching anime, so there's hope for a few more decades for me.