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heresluck

You guys. I have a problem.

Mar 25, 2008 22:52

Okay. Look. I already have two vids with clips in the timeline, and as of last week I've ripped all of BtVS and Gilmore Girls to my new vidding drive so that I can start a VividCon vid for each of those shows. I got smacked upside the head by a Friday Night Lights vidsong a few weeks ago; I keep waiting for my brain to realize that the song isn't ( Read more... )

vid: blind hope, vid: collab, vid: farscape ensemble, vid: sea fever, vid: story in a nutshell, vid: wire, vid: fnl, vid: strength in you, vidding: process, vidding: wtf

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What I do when this happens to me laurashapiro March 26 2008, 13:30:38 UTC

1) Make a list of all the vids I want to make.

2) Realistically evaluate which ones really need to get done for con deadlines, etc.

3) Put the remaining vids in priority order so that I know when I'm going to make them.

4) Write down any and all ideas/notes related to any of the vids that are trying to take over my brain at the moment.

5) Listen, obsessively, to the songs I need to be vidding right now until I get back to feeling taken over by *them* and not the shiny new ideas.

Hope this helps! (:

Re: What I do when this happens to me heresluck March 26 2008, 14:56:04 UTC

Yeah, those are all standard operating procedure around here. And usually they work fine! And I wish they were working now! Unfortunately, no. Taking notes, in particular, has not been doing its usual job of pacifying the part of the brain that wants to work on that vid RIGHT NOW. Hence the problem. *g*

Re: What I do when this happens to me laurashapiro March 26 2008, 16:16:40 UTC

Well, damn. I wish I had other suggestions.

The only thing I can think of that would dissuade me is to start clipping for one of the projects that's got you by the brainstem. Because clipping takes forever and is tiresome and I tend to hit a low point where I lose enthusiasm for the vid before I've even started editing.

But then, you use AVIsynth, so perhaps you don't go through the same tedious process.

Re: What I do when this happens to me heresluck March 27 2008, 01:07:33 UTC

Well, clipping actually isn't all that tedious now. Ripping DVDs is a bit tedious, I guess, but I can actually do it while doing other stuff at the computer. Clipping is just a matter of opening up Premiere and hunting for bits to drag into bins; it's all virtual clipping.

Part of the problem, I think, is that the next step for most of these vids is rewatching the shows involved, and we've hit that point in the semester where spending all day in front of the TV sounds like a GREAT idea. *g*

Re: What I do when this happens to me laurashapiro March 27 2008, 14:28:43 UTC

::sigh:: When o when will Mac vidders be able to clip virtually?

And okay, when RL tells you that these vids are NOT going to be made now, are you able to listen? Because I tend to lose that battle about 50% of the time.

Re: What I do when this happens to me heresluck March 28 2008, 02:58:32 UTC

And okay, when RL tells you that these vids are NOT going to be made now, are you able to listen?

Historically, yes. I mean, it makes me grumpy, but... I mean, what am I gonna do? Not show up to work? I just vid what needs to be vidded knowing that the other ideas, like Book's hair, will still be there. Waiting.

The problem I'm having this time is that the other ideas won't shut up and wait their turn. It's like having a good but VERY DISTRACTING radio station in my head for which I can't seem to turn down the volume.

I'm hoping that I will have chilled out by the end of this weekend, and also that if I just sit down and pound away at one of the two vids I SHOULD be working on, that that will put the other stuff on radio silence for the time being.

::crosses fingers::

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