My AMVs got me a job!

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My AMVs got me a job!

Post by SecondChild » Sat Feb 17, 2007 8:39 am

Hey all, I know I haven't posted around here in a while, but thought I'd share my happy tale with you to keep you all inspired and creating.

I studied music in school, with a concentration in audio recording. I have never taken any classes or lessons in video editing, but during my second school year, I stumbled across Hsien Lee's awesome FLCL/Iron Lung video and that lead me here and that lead me to fumbling around and trying my own hand at AMVs.

My second video, set to a song by Tweaker, was linked to on the Tweaker fan forum, and the hits ended up seriously pumping my server (I didn't post the link, I had no desire to pay overage fees) and costing me around $60, because my "cheap" webhosting was a ripoff in the event of going over the bandwidth limit (I'd rather they had shut access down...). After posting on the board that I was flattered with the attention, I explained that it had cost me quite a bit, so I was pulling the vid.

Jeff Antebi, founder of the Waxploitation record label, which plays host to Tweaker, sent me an e-mail and said he would gladly pay the fees if I put the video back up - he wanted to show it to Chris (Vrenna - aka Tweaker)!

So I did, and Jeff cut me a check for $90, and I got a nice letter, some free swag (like Tweaker's first album and the Alice soundtrack - also by Chris Vrenna) including a drumstick autographed by Chris Vrenna himself - as a big NIN fan, this was a really big event for me. It inspired me to keep making vids.

I only made a couple more, but I am thinking about getting back into it now. Specifically because I recently had a job interview to be an audio and video editor at an advertising firm.

They wanted a Rennaissance Man, who could work on both audio and video. I brought two of my AMVs to demonstrate my video editing abilities, and I got the job! Lucky for me, they were looking for someone to work primarily with audio, which is my speciality. However, I am quite sure that if I hadn't had anything to show them to prove that I could work with video, I wouldn't have got the job.

So, just like Fatal1ty's parents may have told him he would never get a job by playing games all day, don't let your parents/significant other/friends tell you that you can't get a job by making AMVs, because they just might be the visual aid that sets you apart from the rest of the job applicants. 8-)

See you at Otakon 2007!

- Aaron B.
"Take the mask off from your head/You don't know where you're being lead."

- Aaron B. (TSC)

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Post by Chicken993_4eva » Sat Feb 17, 2007 10:00 am

Congratulations! Doing what you love to do and get paid is awesome.
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Post by JaddziaDax » Sat Feb 17, 2007 10:19 am

congrats, i dont think i could ever turn this into a job though O:

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Post by Kionon » Sat Feb 17, 2007 12:14 pm

Unfortunately, I did the opposite. I was a RTF person who decided to get into amvs. Now I can't get a journalism job. :(
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Post by Knowname » Sat Feb 17, 2007 12:28 pm

lol

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Post by OniZabuza » Sun Feb 18, 2007 3:17 am

haha that's so phat! what host was this "cheap" service through so I know never to buy space from them??
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Post by SecondChild » Sun Feb 18, 2007 8:46 am

I don't think they're around anymore, and I can't say I'm surprised. It seemed like a local operation being run on the small scale - I believe they were specialising in hosting blogs and other low bandwidth, text-based sites. In retrospect I should have been wiser, but I was fooled by the cheap up front pricing. Now when I shop for hosting I always check for bandwidth limits and overage pricing.
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Post by guy07 » Wed Feb 21, 2007 5:47 pm

Wow, a heart felt story, and amazing series of events :o
I'm sure a few people in here are in editing jobs ...i know it's something i'm looking into, but the fact u got a autograph for it is really cool, envious man.

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Post by Falconone » Wed Feb 21, 2007 6:07 pm

Congratulation! That is really cool. I want to make also something with video cut and those things... but there is a long hard way >_>
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Post by CodeZTM » Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:49 pm

Nifty. In all reality, I have this site to thank for my success in my computer class. I'm the go-to guy now for video and audio editing. I've even gotten the priviedge from the school to make a hour long film to show the day before graduation, and pay tribute to the seniors (althought this is an annual event, it's an honor to be able to do it). I've also used the guides and video editing to win numerous awards at the state level (got my butt whooped at state because my green screening was apparently "illegal").

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