Re: Boppy, my very own Hero of Canton...bop_radarDecember 30 2009, 22:01:44 UTC
Oh, wow! Thank you for your very bolstering comment! *g*
one of the most important vids I'v come across this year. You managed to put your motivations, intentions and considerations into words so well and I learnt so much from this commentary that it most definately should count. Oh wow! That's amazing! It was so personal to me it was hard to see outside my head, but I do actually get what you're saying about reflection in vidding and I agree that it is very gratifying to find good vid commentaries. (vid_commentary gave me a reason to keep going this year when I was despairing.)
vidding a show that I do not feel overly fannish about is easier because I feel less restricted by canon, fandom opinion and my reading of the show. I am free to play with the characters and have some fun.... I love that idea! I think if I'd started out that way I would feel the same way. Perhaps I need to embrace it... I think the problem for me is that I'm used to vidding with a strong emotional connection to a show and lots of background in meta, so I feel anchorless and uncertain when I don't have that. The self-doubt is a lot stronger. But thank you for showing me how I could switch around my attitude and see it as freeing.
I just have to look at the Box Office top ten, music charts and - some - elections to remind myself that what most people want is not necessarily high quality... Hahaha, yeah, I know, right? I seriously had this breakthrough moment where I thought 'why would vids be any different to music, movies, other cultural expressions...?' As with those forms, there are some pieces which are commonly cited as the 'best' which I do agree are masterful and there are a whole heap of pieces that don't interest me in the slightest--either because they're not my aesthetic, not my fandom, not my sense of humour, not my politics, etc.
a lot of the other stuff that came out of Vividcon turned me really off vidding as a community and I was close to just turning around and walking away. Your post was one of the few that seemed to come from a place of balance, reflection and reason Oh, thank you so much! I'm so glad, I still worry that I came off as just spewing out a bunch of random rants. But really I'd been thinking about a lot of things for months. Don't worry though--I am definitely glad I did it. It was terribly important to me personally to speak honestly within the fandom (and to own any mistakes I made in doing so). It was also really encouraging and liberating to hear from so many other people.
Hee hee, hugs and cookies gratefully accepted! Thank you so much for responding, even pre-coffee. *sips mine*
one of the most important vids I'v come across this year. You managed to put your motivations, intentions and considerations into words so well and I learnt so much from this commentary that it most definately should count.
Oh wow! That's amazing! It was so personal to me it was hard to see outside my head, but I do actually get what you're saying about reflection in vidding and I agree that it is very gratifying to find good vid commentaries. (vid_commentary gave me a reason to keep going this year when I was despairing.)
vidding a show that I do not feel overly fannish about is easier because I feel less restricted by canon, fandom opinion and my reading of the show. I am free to play with the characters and have some fun....
I love that idea! I think if I'd started out that way I would feel the same way. Perhaps I need to embrace it... I think the problem for me is that I'm used to vidding with a strong emotional connection to a show and lots of background in meta, so I feel anchorless and uncertain when I don't have that. The self-doubt is a lot stronger. But thank you for showing me how I could switch around my attitude and see it as freeing.
I just have to look at the Box Office top ten, music charts and - some - elections to remind myself that what most people want is not necessarily high quality...
Hahaha, yeah, I know, right? I seriously had this breakthrough moment where I thought 'why would vids be any different to music, movies, other cultural expressions...?' As with those forms, there are some pieces which are commonly cited as the 'best' which I do agree are masterful and there are a whole heap of pieces that don't interest me in the slightest--either because they're not my aesthetic, not my fandom, not my sense of humour, not my politics, etc.
a lot of the other stuff that came out of Vividcon turned me really off vidding as a community and I was close to just turning around and walking away. Your post was one of the few that seemed to come from a place of balance, reflection and reason
Oh, thank you so much! I'm so glad, I still worry that I came off as just spewing out a bunch of random rants. But really I'd been thinking about a lot of things for months. Don't worry though--I am definitely glad I did it. It was terribly important to me personally to speak honestly within the fandom (and to own any mistakes I made in doing so). It was also really encouraging and liberating to hear from so many other people.
Hee hee, hugs and cookies gratefully accepted! Thank you so much for responding, even pre-coffee. *sips mine*
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