Do you get the feeling of Groundhog's Day?

[GeneStarwind21122]

Seriously I've competed in a ton of amv contest and I've only finished 1st in one. It seems like my videos are good enough to get to the finals but not to win them. It even happend in this contest. lol. You can take a look at my list listed in my org profile here : www.animemusicvideos.org/members/members_myprofile.php?user_id=41841


I can't put any blame on not having adobe now, because I am editing in adobe. Pain of War was my second vid in adobe, 20th overall in almost 2 1/2 years. Have you entered a video thinking that it has a shot at winning but never does and always ends up just making the finals. Then you have people say it was a great vid, but yet it still doesn't win. Kinda puzzling sometimes. I know that I'm a descent creator overall with much room to improve. Well let me know what you think?

Gene Starwind 21122

[Nit Ram]

I've gone through that too though I haven't made that many and I doubt I'm as good as you.

I did enjoy your video.

[GeneStarwind21122]

Thanks I'm glad you liked my video and as for you doubting yourself, don't. Everybody can make great amv's as long as they put there minds and effort into it. It takes practice. Like I said before it has taken me 2 years and 9 months now to get to this point of editing. Some people improve faster than others. I've seen other creators come on after me and create better videos than I was creating. Was it disappointing at times? I willn't lie yes it was, but I knew that I was having fun, and that one day my time will come to start making the finals. The dream of making a second run at Otakon is awsome. I still have fun making my amv's but I have a whole bunch more effort in them after making the Otakon finals in 2004.

The one video that I'm going to be cursed by is Fighting For Your Love. It made several conventions and the first of which was Otakon. People liked the video alot and started clapping and singing along with it in the acapella part. Then the next one was AUSA everybody just started saying hey that's the Otakon vid. and started clapping along and singing again. Then Katsucon was the same way. They were like "man I've seen this video quite a bit but it is so much fun to watch" Then you had people who got the song stuck in their heads and started whistling down the hallway. Then me being the creator I was like I don't understand you take NFG put it with hand clapping and slayers. You get a video people like but it isn't a video that would win a contest. I'm glad people enjoy the video so much, but I just had to ask myself why me? I bet Dwchang felt the same way with his Glory of Love video that made him make I Just Can't Wait to Be King.