Which Aspect of AMV making takes you the most time?

Fungie½ · Post by **Fungie½** » Fri Dec 27, 2002 5:19 pm

I think figuring out how to end the video is the hardest for me. For me, after pouring so much of myself into a video, it's really hard to end it.

OmniStrata · Post by **OmniStrata** » Sat Dec 28, 2002 2:35 pm

Ashton wrote:
OmniStrata wrote:Special fx, transparency timing...

Good lord... I've been referred to as an "action-synch" guru in terms of beat matching but GOOD GAWD does it take time...

Finding scenes is easy for me, if it's not exact, it's symbolic... ^_^

What I'm working on now needs a 7 video layers special effect in Premiere! [what's worse is that I have to use the motion filter IN TIME with the beat. at 30 frames a second... /me pulls hair out of skull...]
Now if only you would stop using crappy fansub footage. I think we all agree you are a great editor, now get with the technical aspects. PLEASE!

OPINIONATE MY MIST PHANTOM DAMN YOU! MY 2ND DVD AMV!!!

grrr............

TaranT · Post by **TaranT** » Sat Dec 28, 2002 4:50 pm

Vlad G Pohnert wrote:
Koopiskeva wrote:Are you people nuts? 2 AM is prime time for editing!
Sounds about right, that's when some of my best works get done...

Same here. 12 mid to 2 AM.

SQ: do you mean "immanent" or "imminent"? Two words with different meanings.

SpPANDA · Post by **SpPANDA** » Sat Dec 28, 2002 5:05 pm

Kusoyaro wrote:The tweaking and tightening of timing after I've laid down the basic framework of the video.

the refining. yes.

SQ · Post by SQ » Sat Dec 28, 2002 5:11 pm

SQ: do you mean "immanent" or "imminent"? Two words with different meanings.

Definately what's already in the signiture. . . Looked it up in the handy dandy dictionary to make sure, before I put it in, too.

Thanks for your caring and consideration, though!

XStylus · Post by **XStylus** » Sun Dec 29, 2002 7:43 am

y2kwizard wrote:What takes you the longest, other than capturing source and encoding? Which part of the EDITING process? With AMVs, I'd guess it would be finding the perfect scene from hours of footage...what takes you the longes?

I was all set to say "Capturing and Encoding", but those just -happen- to be the two exceptions (I could tell you horror stories about Encoding...).

Huh. Okay, I got it.

#1 Most time consuming: SELECTING the footage I plan to capture.
#2 Most time consuming (yet most annoying): Trying to figure out WHAT THE FUCK WHEN WRONG when a video won't encode properly.
#3 Most time consuming (and most expensive): Selecting, buying, shipping, installing, and troubleshooting new video equipment after the previous equipment decides to go snap-crackle-pop.

Everything outside of those three steps are easy... at least for me.

Darkseid · Post by **Darkseid** » Sun Dec 29, 2002 12:30 pm

I think planning my concept takes a lot of time, at least for the ones with a story. I had a song/anime match a while ago, but wasn't sure what i wanted to do with it, and it's taken me about 6 months to refine what direction I want to take. Hopefully I'll get to start working on it either this or next quarter.

It also depends on if i'm doing lots of cuts or longer footage. Working on my Violence vid was pretty intense trying to get the clips to fit where i wanted since there were so many. My Cobra vid was relatively easier in comparison. I guess my longest work time will come when I decide to do a story-oriented AMV with a lot of mini-clips involved. *shrug*

Mr Pilkington · Post by **Mr Pilkington** » Mon Dec 30, 2002 2:56 am

What takes the longest for me? Finding footage! You cannot believe how hard it has been to find characters acting out the letter "R". Once I find it however I gotta plop down to the store, pick up the DVD, drop the cash for it, hope to God it's want I want.... Nope time to take it back, I want this one instead, I changed my mind. Now I need footage form series not yet dubbed, great, time to turn to Ebay, there's another 2 weeks I have to wait just for one little seen. It's maddening I tell you!! Pure insanity!!

MMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Insanity wings.

Tsukin · Post by **Tsukin** » Mon Dec 30, 2002 3:09 am

I'd say timing and video placement is the hardest part, figuring out what to add that could fit to that certain part in the song and getting it to fit right into place the way you wanted it.

Wildfire2k2 · Post by **Wildfire2k2** » Mon Dec 30, 2002 1:37 pm

For me the longest time is just looking through the footage for the right clip. I want every verse to be as close to perfect as possible, so for every 10 or so seconds I may spend a half hour searching for just the right clip, then putting the in/out tags on a specific FRAME. Then putting it in. Of course, once its done I may take it out completely and start over

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