2008 in videos
There's a meme circling my flist that can be adapted for vids, and sdlkjfhsdhjf there should be more of these, Y/Y? I feel like in general, the fanvideo medium is sort of excluded when looking at fandom-related art. Like everyone has things for graphics and icons, and definitely fanfiction, but videos rarely get their own memes or rec posts in discussion communities. Which is fine, I know that's not why we make them, it just makes me happy to see a meme like this when it does pop up somewhere.
January 7th
Fix You (House/Cuddy)
January 27th
Crazy (Lisa E)
March 30th
A New Day (Celine Dion)
May 23rd
Body Language (Paula Abdul)
August 20th
Heat Wave (Cuddy striptease)
September 1st
On Your Own (House/Amber/Wilson/Cuddy)
November 10th
Dark Road (House/Cuddy, Joy)
November 16th
Underneath (House/Cuddy, The Itch)
November 30th
Opaque (Episodic, Last Resort)
December 8th
Chancy Rendezvous (House/Cuddy, LTEC)
December 24th
'Tis the Season (House MD, Holiday)
I also did 5 videos for the Lisa project, but those don't have cover art, so:
One of the Brightest Stars, Yellow, Little Star, Like a Star, She's a Star
(LOL STARS FTW. No but in all seriousness, that WAS the theme, so.)
&& a quick little diddy, again with no cover art, History is Life.
I also sat down and did one mixing RL with X-Files for the XF2: Wait for the Movie project.
♥ ♥ ♥
My favorite video this year (of my own):
This is so hard, because I love them all for different reasons. They are seriously like children. I have little attachments to each one, and I've talked about it before but each video is a memory and a representation of a time in my life. I can watch one that I've done and instantly be pulled back to where I was when I made it. I guess that's why I love doing them so much - it's a way to trap and freeze my life, in these immortal little bubbles of color and movement and sound. It may sound so crazy and schizophrenic, but I really do feel like I have a working relationship with each and every one of them, and they give as much as I do. It's so strange but I'm so in love with this art. That being said, if I HAD to pick, I'd go between Fix You and On Your Own, just because when I play them back, they affect me on a deeper level the most of all of them. On Your Own is unique and holds a VERY fucking special place in my heart because before then, I had never been so deep into anything in my entire life, I don't think. I feel as though I completely left this world that I know, and I had so many thoughts and felt so much and came to so many realizations and the only way I can describe it is it being an extremely deep experience.
My least favorite:
History is Life, mainly because this was when my laptop was gone being "fixed" (but not really, fuckers) and I had to use WMM. I just wanted to do it so bad that night, so quality-wise, it REALLY pisses me off. I will surely re-master it, but for the time being, it technically bothers me. I stand by the story, it just looks like crap to me. I don't know if it even counts as a "video". Because like, okay, there's this and there's Heat Wave and I feel like those are more "quick!vids" than actual vids, just because of the amount of time I put into them compared to the time I put into what I consider full vids. I don't fucking know.
Most successful video:
Definitely Underneath.
Video most under appreciated by the universe, in my opinion:
I love this question. It's odd to me, the videos that I usually think will totally kick ass, or the ones that I personally think are great, are usually the ones that the public doesn't seem to appreciate as much. And then the ones that I think are just average and mediocre by my own personal standards are usually the ones that end up getting the most attention. I have a strange attachment and fondness for Body Language, but that's just me, lmao. No really, just me. It might just be because it's Paula Abdul and it's dance and it's Queen, but me likey. It was received horribly, but I had a blast doing it, I always have fun working with dance.
Most fun video to make:
Chancy Rendezvous! GOD I had fun with that one! I just felt such color, and the song was so much fun to work with, god it was a flaily little riot, putting it together. Crazy was a motherfucking blast as well. I don't think I've ever laughed so much while making a video.
Hardest video to make:
I look at this list and nothing even really jumps out at me as being the most difficult. The ones where I worked with more characters, such as Fix You and On Your Own were difficult, because you have to trim so much in order to fit everything in there. You have to make choices and "kill your children" for the sake of the greater story, so that's difficult in a way. Technically, Dark Road was difficult but only because it was my first fanvideo done with Final Cut. So it was very new to me, but a beautiful experience. 'Tis the Season was difficult as well, because when I started it, I naturally ended up putting all of Cuddy's storyline onto the timeline first, so then I struggled with choosing between making it a Cuddy-centric vid or finding ways to incorporate everyone else, as was the original plan. I ended up incorporating everyone else like I'd originally intended, but it was a hard decision because I think it could have worked with Cuddy alone, too.
The things I've learned this year...
- There is more than one right answer. There is more than one clip that can go here and still look good, there is more than one song that you can use to tell the same story - it doesn't matter. Just tell it.
- There is no end all be all. There is no set number of videos you can make in your lifetime. If you are hesitant about one but still feel like doing it, make it anyway - you can always make more.
- Listen to your muse - I know you're almost done with this one, but if you hear a song on the radio driving home and feel like starting it that night, do it. Don't fight anything, just let it flow. Who cares if you have 97 WIPs?
- "Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow."
- "You'll figure it out - you always do."
- Never go out looking for a story, clip, or song. Relax - if you really care, those things will find you.
- Technical limitations or bugs are nothing but opportunities in disguise. Everything happens for a reason, your art knows better than you do.
January 7th
Fix You (House/Cuddy)
January 27th
Crazy (Lisa E)
March 30th
A New Day (Celine Dion)
May 23rd
Body Language (Paula Abdul)
August 20th
Heat Wave (Cuddy striptease)
September 1st
On Your Own (House/Amber/Wilson/Cuddy)
November 10th
Dark Road (House/Cuddy, Joy)
November 16th
Underneath (House/Cuddy, The Itch)
November 30th
Opaque (Episodic, Last Resort)
December 8th
Chancy Rendezvous (House/Cuddy, LTEC)
December 24th
'Tis the Season (House MD, Holiday)
I also did 5 videos for the Lisa project, but those don't have cover art, so:
One of the Brightest Stars, Yellow, Little Star, Like a Star, She's a Star
(LOL STARS FTW. No but in all seriousness, that WAS the theme, so.)
&& a quick little diddy, again with no cover art, History is Life.
I also sat down and did one mixing RL with X-Files for the XF2: Wait for the Movie project.
♥ ♥ ♥
My favorite video this year (of my own):
This is so hard, because I love them all for different reasons. They are seriously like children. I have little attachments to each one, and I've talked about it before but each video is a memory and a representation of a time in my life. I can watch one that I've done and instantly be pulled back to where I was when I made it. I guess that's why I love doing them so much - it's a way to trap and freeze my life, in these immortal little bubbles of color and movement and sound. It may sound so crazy and schizophrenic, but I really do feel like I have a working relationship with each and every one of them, and they give as much as I do. It's so strange but I'm so in love with this art. That being said, if I HAD to pick, I'd go between Fix You and On Your Own, just because when I play them back, they affect me on a deeper level the most of all of them. On Your Own is unique and holds a VERY fucking special place in my heart because before then, I had never been so deep into anything in my entire life, I don't think. I feel as though I completely left this world that I know, and I had so many thoughts and felt so much and came to so many realizations and the only way I can describe it is it being an extremely deep experience.
My least favorite:
History is Life, mainly because this was when my laptop was gone being "fixed" (but not really, fuckers) and I had to use WMM. I just wanted to do it so bad that night, so quality-wise, it REALLY pisses me off. I will surely re-master it, but for the time being, it technically bothers me. I stand by the story, it just looks like crap to me. I don't know if it even counts as a "video". Because like, okay, there's this and there's Heat Wave and I feel like those are more "quick!vids" than actual vids, just because of the amount of time I put into them compared to the time I put into what I consider full vids. I don't fucking know.
Most successful video:
Definitely Underneath.
Video most under appreciated by the universe, in my opinion:
I love this question. It's odd to me, the videos that I usually think will totally kick ass, or the ones that I personally think are great, are usually the ones that the public doesn't seem to appreciate as much. And then the ones that I think are just average and mediocre by my own personal standards are usually the ones that end up getting the most attention. I have a strange attachment and fondness for Body Language, but that's just me, lmao. No really, just me. It might just be because it's Paula Abdul and it's dance and it's Queen, but me likey. It was received horribly, but I had a blast doing it, I always have fun working with dance.
Most fun video to make:
Chancy Rendezvous! GOD I had fun with that one! I just felt such color, and the song was so much fun to work with, god it was a flaily little riot, putting it together. Crazy was a motherfucking blast as well. I don't think I've ever laughed so much while making a video.
Hardest video to make:
I look at this list and nothing even really jumps out at me as being the most difficult. The ones where I worked with more characters, such as Fix You and On Your Own were difficult, because you have to trim so much in order to fit everything in there. You have to make choices and "kill your children" for the sake of the greater story, so that's difficult in a way. Technically, Dark Road was difficult but only because it was my first fanvideo done with Final Cut. So it was very new to me, but a beautiful experience. 'Tis the Season was difficult as well, because when I started it, I naturally ended up putting all of Cuddy's storyline onto the timeline first, so then I struggled with choosing between making it a Cuddy-centric vid or finding ways to incorporate everyone else, as was the original plan. I ended up incorporating everyone else like I'd originally intended, but it was a hard decision because I think it could have worked with Cuddy alone, too.
The things I've learned this year...
- There is more than one right answer. There is more than one clip that can go here and still look good, there is more than one song that you can use to tell the same story - it doesn't matter. Just tell it.
- There is no end all be all. There is no set number of videos you can make in your lifetime. If you are hesitant about one but still feel like doing it, make it anyway - you can always make more.
- Listen to your muse - I know you're almost done with this one, but if you hear a song on the radio driving home and feel like starting it that night, do it. Don't fight anything, just let it flow. Who cares if you have 97 WIPs?
- "Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow."
- "You'll figure it out - you always do."
- Never go out looking for a story, clip, or song. Relax - if you really care, those things will find you.
- Technical limitations or bugs are nothing but opportunities in disguise. Everything happens for a reason, your art knows better than you do.