Giving up

CaTaClYsM · Post by **CaTaClYsM** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 1:55 pm

I'm just wondering how often you do it on a project, and more importantly how to tell WHEN to throw in the towel so you don't waste the better years on your life on something you can't possibly finish.

Zarxrax · Post by **Zarxrax** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 2:06 pm

I don't normally give up very often. Usually I have a solid idea of what I want to do before I begin. I have dropped 4 videos in the 3 years I have been editing. All of them were a long time ago.
1. A live action Battle Royale video. I completed it about halfway and decided it was crap, so I stopped making it.
2. A video using Super Mario Bros images and graphics. I started it right after the Battle Royale vid. I worked on it maybe 1 or 2 days, realised I could not do what I wanted, and stopped.
3. A video in the style of Japanese MADs, started shortly after the Mario video. I worked on it maybe 2 days and again gave up, because I wasn't able to do what I wanted to do.
4. A Bubblegum crisis video. I don't really remember WHY I dropped this one... It was actually turning out pretty decent. I think I wanted it to be full of effect's and I didn't have the skill to pull them off yet.

More recently, I was about to cancel my "Can't Touch Her" video... but I decided to just release it as crap and see if I could trick people into thinking it was a good vid :p

But basically... I think having a solid idea of what you want to do is the most important thing. If you know what you want to do, then it's basically just a matter of figuring out how to do it, then doing it.

CaTaClYsM · Post by **CaTaClYsM** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 2:12 pm

I was working on an Akira AMV with the Dead Kennedys song Police Truck, It was a solid idea. Then I discovered that Akira cannot be lipsynched. I mean scientifically impossible. Then I realised that I had about 30 seconds of actual usable footage. I think that one is more or less in the crapper but I may decide to start it up again simply out of spite.

Zarxrax · Post by **Zarxrax** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 2:16 pm

Actually theres more than a couple really good lip sync vids ;p

Making sure you have all the footage you need though is one of the hardest parts. A lot of times I will envision this scene in my head, then when I get to that part, its like "OMG! THAT SCENE DOESNT EXIST IN THE ANIME!"

trythil · Post by **trythil** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 2:17 pm

Zarxrax wrote:A lot of times I will envision this scene in my head, then when I get to that part, its like "OMG! THAT SCENE DOESNT EXIST IN THE ANIME!"

Meh, when I run into that, I make the scene that I want

CaTaClYsM · Post by **CaTaClYsM** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 2:56 pm

Zarxrax wrote:Actually theres more than a couple really good lip sync vids ;p

Making sure you have all the footage you need though is one of the hardest parts. A lot of times I will envision this scene in my head, then when I get to that part, its like "OMG! THAT SCENE DOESNT EXIST IN THE ANIME!"

It was the scenes I was trying to use. The scene where kaneda is walking out of the bar and getting onto his motorcycle didn't fit with the lyrics because it wasn't long enough, there just wasnt enough talking.

But I want to see these lipsynch vids, maybe I can use them as refrences for mine.

Zarxrax · Post by **Zarxrax** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 3:03 pm

CaTaClYsM wrote: But I want to see these lipsynch vids, maybe I can use them as refrences for mine.

Akira Under My Skin (No DL) http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... hp?v=12824

I'm Not Crazy (No DL)
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... php?v=1655

Ummm.... yea those 2 were the first ones that came to mind... try finding them on Kazaa or something.

Toxie_punk · Post by **Toxie_punk** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 3:18 pm

Zarxrax wrote: "OMG! THAT SCENE DOESNT EXIST IN THE ANIME!"

I hate that. My mind runs wild with these cool ideas then I figure out it was all just my imagination.

Toxie_punk · Post by **Toxie_punk** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 3:20 pm

as for the topic, I don't usually give up on a project, I just get fed up with working on them then another idea comes to mind and I automatically switch to it. But I usually atleast try to throw together an ending.

Corran · Post by **Corran** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 3:26 pm

Zarxrax wrote:I'm Not Crazy (No DL)
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... php?v=1655

Quite possibly the best Akira lip sync video ever. To bad I don't have it anymore.

Note: Don't ever lend your amv cds to anyone. EVEN your best friends... -_- If you do at least make copies.