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I found the audio I need to make sock puppets out of Sephiroth and Kadaj :D
2007-11-29 22:52:09
'Bustin
Pre-edit: 23
Editing: 38
This middle part of my AMV is really killing me. Despite getting some good work done this evening (keeping the TV off while I edit seems to help a lot - go figure) I was assaulted by the following horrendous internal conversation soon after:
"Yeah, so that camera crash segment is really good, sets up the next gag fantastically."
"Yeah, too bad you couldn't figure out how to do it right. Or those other gimmicks you wanted to do."
"Yeah, but it's good where it is, it gets the laugh it's supposed to."
"Yeah, and someone's probably going to say that it's a great idea, but you need to carry it through the whole AMV. Like, the WHOLE thing."
"Yeah...but I don't think I can do that. This AMV isn't set up for it. I'd have to start over from scratch and get rid of all the OTHER gimmicks I've spent, what, 23+ hours on? Plus I don't know HOW to do a lot of the stuff I'd need to do."
"Yeah...maybe you should delete that camera crash"
"Yeah - no wait, I can't do that! It's too perfect! WAHHH!! I'm DOOOMED!!"
Main problem is that I started out with one gimmick, but am slowly migrating to others, resulting in something that isn't very consistent, but is consistent enough to never be interpreted as completely random. -_- WORSE, my lovely action sequence I've been waiting and waiting to get to is probably not going to fly, now, because it makes the rest of the AMV quite drab in comparison. What's my favorite line, ah yes - OH WELL. -
:D
2007-11-28 10:20:52
'Bustin
Pre-edit: 23
Editing: 36
The Good (?): The words "I hate Premiere" occurred to me last night, but fortunately I didn't vocalize them because the program has finally started crashing with this project. At least it's not denying me access to cross dissolves over white mattes, yet. @_@
The Bad: There is a crucial intro segment that I cannot make work which involves a lot of motion and scale manipulation. Horrible, horrible.
The Ugly: I think I might have to redesign my Web site from scratch before I can upload any betas for feedback. :(
Heh, Knowname - you and me both. This journal of mine really reinvigorated my penchant for penning anything and everything that runs through my head. Until last year, I wrote for a living (editorial assistant at a newspaper) and unfortunately, since I hate journalism and was forced to do it against my will, it really killed all my enthusiasm for the written word. I hadn't written anything of my own for a long, long time, and even had vague nightmares about losing whatever that spark of imagination/inspiration/motivation was that made writing so attractive in the first place.
I tend to work things out best on paper (or monitor, as the case may be) a lot, so writing down my AMV trials and tribulations really helps me get a clear idea about what the hell I'm doing, what's going wrong and how it might best be fixed. If I hadn't ranted and raved about Sub0's beta tester opinion on S.A. for several weeks, I might never have come to the conclusion that I should ignore his advice and stick with my original plans (no offense, to Sub0, honestly! If it wasn't for his feedback, I'd never have made the alterations I did wind up going with). This journal also regularly gives me ideas that I'd otherwise probably not stumble upon. Statler and Waldorf and bad Engrish - here I come!
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Why I make AMVs
2007-11-27 15:24:21
1. My entire life, I've always wanted to be able to share what's in my head. I tried the writing route, I tried the traditional art thing, I tried the piano. Minor successes, but not enough to make me happy. Then along comes this AMV thing, which lets me take the spiffy work of someone else, mess around with it however I want, and nothing short of my own skill level (and a few hard drive failures, also maybe a lawsuit) can stop me. The best part is that simply making/finishing an AMV gives me a great deal of satisfaction - so what if it's not perfection - I still managed to make something pretty neat.
2. Video editing is one of the big challenges I've overcome, if I can use that word, in recent years. Starting from ground zero and clawing my way up the learning curve was not easy and I've still got a hell of a long way to go, though I doubt I'll ever get where I want to be. Aside from a few thesis papers I wrote in college, this hobby has made me sweat like nothing else. I like that kind of challenge, particularly since it's one I'm not being graded on or prodded with a sharp stick to persevere at.
3. The potential to create something that otherwise would not exist is pretty heady stuff.
So let's see, am I doing this because I give a damn about how my stuff compares to everyone else's? Nope. Because I like to be a follower? Nope. Because anime is now "cool?" Nope (I'm too old to get away with that, anyways). Because someone else has promised to like what I do, no matter how bad it is? Nope. Because I have to prove something to everyone other than myself? Definitely not.
New title for project: Adventures in Ghostbusting. Mebbe. Ah yes, and so I have this in writing: quadir has given me permission for him to make a cameo appearance in one form or another. I had a really evil idea about this that he might take offense to...but...hrm. Where's my Muppet library? -
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.........
2007-11-23 10:31:45
There is something so soothing about a cable modem connection...the lightning fast page loads, the glitch-free browsing, the slick Flash animations...I feel like I've just stepped into a lavender-scented hot tub with a glass of J.W. Blue Label at my elbow.
Too bad it's I'm at a public library 252 miles from home. -_- -
minor temper tantrums
2007-11-20 12:36:00
It really ... stinks ... when you're favorite hobby is crippled by the lack of a modern convenience called broadband Internet service. I am paying more right now for my wretched dial-up (between the cost of the service and my phone bill) than I ever did for my cable modem and phone combined!! Yeah, I'd love to download AMVs 24/7 at blazing fast speeds, but you know what, I can't download at all from home and my employer has every right to block access to this site (nevermind tons of others) if they take an issue with me exploiting their DSL connection. It makes me extremely nervous, downloading stuff, and I try to keep it to an absolute minimum.
TT part duex
It really STINKS when you've apparently solved an editing dilemma, only to find out a few days later that there was a very good reason you got yourself in that position in the first place, and that your solution to the dilemma might fix X, but it totally screws up Y, and Y was originally implemented as a way to bypass the potential disaster caused by X. What will be even more unfortunate is, when beta testing time comes, people say "I think you should do X instead of Y." 0_o Next week, hopefully, I'll be able to upload a snippet and find out.
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