Like it says on my profile...

Beowulf · Post by **Beowulf** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 8:57 pm

Castor Troy wrote:I'll join but we have to rename it "Darkness Studio's".

that old chestnut

Melanchthon · Post by **Melanchthon** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 8:58 pm

Lady Shinsei wrote:Problem is, I can't be online for that long, and my internet speed is so slow that a small file takes OVER AN HOUR just to download. Gah, I got seriously chewed out the other day by my folks for taking 5 hours to get back my fave AMV that I lost when my harddrive got screwed during the summer .....

I presume you're on dial-up and your folks want to keep the phone line free? Do you really have no opportunity to let the computer do its downloading when everyone is in bed?

So UPLOADING is big issue, too. The other problem I have is that I have NO clue at all how to use a video editing program and it's driving me bonkers...

So learn. Everyone else has to.

Org Profile · Post by **GloryQuestor** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 10:19 pm

All you have right now is the intent to make a video. It's a good start, but that's all it is. If you really want to have your idea seriously considered by people, you should start by drafting out your video idea clearly and have a specific plan made.

You would have to plan out and chart the precise times in the footage (whether movie or episode) for where to cut each part of the video sources you want to use. Piece them together on paper using numbers for the clips you want to use. Write down the entire video plan from start to finish, along with specific times in the video for where in the music video you want specific effects or transitions.

Once you have a complete plan fleshed out on paper (or word processor), then you would have a specific idea and plan to present to someone. At that point, look for someone and present your idea to someone who would listen and be willing to help you with the video editing portion.

All of this sounds like it would be a lot of time and effort, and it is. You would still need to understand the video editing terminology and be able to put your vision to paper in a way that an editor could follow and produce everything you would want done. If you feel you have a good video idea and you can put your vision into a design on paper, however, it would be worth all the time you put into it.

Flint the Dwarf · Post by **Flint the Dwarf** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 1:02 am

Lady Shinsei wrote:Having no video programs, a sucky dialup modem, and no means of downloading
anything off the net has never sucked so much as it does now...

Welcome to my world back in 2002. I've still got dial up, but I managed to shoot out a couple of videos. I was 17 and knew nothing about making videos. Opened up their guide, read the whole thing (admittedly, the guide is enormous now), practiced the basics made from other AMVs. Borrowed some DVDs from a friend, replaced the footage, and made my video.

56k is no reason not to make a video, even if your time is limited.

Slavery was outlawed long ago.

Shinodude · Post by **Shinodude** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 3:27 am

ill be your amv "slave" if your a chick

staces · Post by **staces** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 3:29 am

(look at it this way; a 27 year old who's internet savvy, but a tech idiot)

If you are 27 then why on earth are you still mooching off mummy and daddy's dial-up connection?

staces · Post by **staces** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 3:33 am

Oh and BTW (sorry for the double post) a very large portion of we AMV makers, myself included, are confined to crappy dial-up connections. Just upload your AMVs at night! Get them started when you go to bed and it should be done by the time you wake without having blocked any calls. So yeah, that excuse won't work. AMVs were around before DSL and highspeed internet were common for people to have in their homes. Dial-up, though not ideal, works just fine.

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 5:17 am

staces wrote:
(look at it this way; a 27 year old who's internet savvy, but a tech idiot)
If you are 27 then why on earth are you still mooching off mummy and daddy's dial-up connection?

How do we know she's not moved out and got her <i>own</i> dial-up connection?

Shinodude · Post by **Shinodude** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 12:58 pm

staces wrote:
(look at it this way; a 27 year old who's internet savvy, but a tech idiot)
If you are 27 then why on earth are you still mooching off mummy and daddy's dial-up connection?

did he ever say he was moochin of his mumy and dada

Melanchthon · Post by **Melanchthon** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 1:13 pm

shinodude wrote:
staces wrote:
(look at it this way; a 27 year old who's internet savvy, but a tech idiot)
If you are 27 then why on earth are you still mooching off mummy and daddy's dial-up connection?
did he ever say he was moochin of his mumy and dada

No, but the lines "I got seriously chewed out the other day by my folks for taking 5 hours to get back my fave AMV that I lost when my harddrive got screwed during the summer" and "I can't be online for that long" suggest that her folks are in the house and don't appreciate the phone line being tied up for hours on end.

I could be wrong, but I'd be surprised.