I generally avoid all sorts of forums, but might as well give it a try.
The story is, I made 2 AMVs so far (and a couple of video projects that don't meet the anime criterion - counting those it'd be as much as 5). But that was, at best, 3 years ago.
Making new videos was on my mind all that time, new ideas kept sparking and I kept noting them down. A year and a half ago I changed my ancient machine for a new one, on which working with even huge hi-res projects is comfortable (for specs of the old machine check comments on my videos). Of course, the upgrade was done for all practical purposes, not just for editing AMVs, but back then I was sure that once the new machine is up, I'll start bringing all the stacked ideas to life.
18 months later, nothing. I made some attempts, but quickly gave them up, not managing to come up with even one finished scene. I wrote down somewhat more detailed plans for few of the ideas, but each time I look at them, I feel a sudden urge to, say, clean up my room.
No trace of creative (as much as stacking someone else's music and someone else's animation together can be creative
) enthusiasm that I used to have. I get new ideas all the time with new music I hear, but those tiny sparks of inspiration all fade out quickly.Any ideas how to get over it? Both of my first videos were popular, but now I feel like a burnt out one (well, two) hit wonder. Which sucks. Did I set the threshold too high back then? Have I watched too many great new videos? I have a plenty of time now, which I spend in most useless ways - and back then I was still in school.
Any suggestions will be appreciated.
(This post turned out way too emo for my taste, but fuck that, it's honest. I don't expect or need compassion, so save your time and thread space if you're going to just cheer me up.)
~Ain.
