Gathering the Content

Making an AMV (Anime Music Video) isn’t just about cutting and pasting scenes to music.

It’s an emotional, visual, and narrative process that begins long before the composition phase. In this case, it was re-watching the entire first saga of Dragon Ball, from the very first episode to the last.

It wasn’t a quick or superficial rewatch. I took my time, savoring every scene, every expression, every fight and so on. And I say savoring because I truly love this anime—it was effortless, it was enjoyment.

In total, the whole process took me about a couple of month—a journey as rewarding as the final itself.

In the next article, I will show you how to create the storyboard for an AMV...