Vid watching/making habits
I submitted Matrix Life to the Nearly New section of VividCon before the deadline & its gone down fairly well which is always nice. In fact its gone down exceptionally well with leucocrystal who produced this amazing rec post, complete with graphic! Very flattering!
Ive always been a firm believer that like movies, fan vids often have three distinct acts - ( Read more... )
Ive always been a firm believer that like movies, fan vids often have three distinct acts - ( Read more... )
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Thats pretty much exactly what I wanted. Its always great to hear the reasoning behind ones opinions...so much more interesting to read. I too would also be pretty forgiving if its a vid from someone who consistently does a good job with their vids as I know there will be a payoff sooner or later.
Your points on music choice & song editing can often ring true if a song has a slow meandering beginning. Its going to be a tough slog to make it interesting enough & the solution is often to cut it down.
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I absolutely agree with you about the beginning and ending of a vid being so important. What I like to do and what happens for me with your Matrix vid, is to leave things with a definite conclusion but a feeling that asks - what happens next?
What I'm finding is that it's increasingly harder to reach a point where I'm truly happy with what I'm putting in the timeline. The better I get - and I am improving - the less skilled I feel. I guess that'll be the case until my technical capabilities catch up with my imagination. Which eats up loads of time and patience and why us vidders disappear off the map for months on end lol!
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I too like conclusions in vids, most of mine have them but its a refreshing change to do something like Matrix Life every once in a while...keeps the creative muscle fresh!
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As a vidder, I believe that my strength is smack dab in the middle--in the bridge. If I am successful in the breakdown, it will confirm what went before (which, hopefully, was interesting enough to keep you watching), crescendo into OMG, and then set up a killer ending. When I'm building the vid, I won't even start if I don't have the ending already worked out in my head. I may change the ending clips several times, but the idea/conclusion is always worked out beforehand.
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Interesting to hear your justification for the mid section, makes excellent sense the way you've put it. Also to hear that you can change the end shots even though the ending is planned is unusual from my perspective at least. If its planned surely you have a scene in mind to use at the end? What makes you change it?
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The thing about the bridge is probably due to my own vidding history. In every vid, the bridge intimidated me. I couldn't necessarily edit it out since it's usually very important musically--key change, crescendo, something--so I had to conquer it ( ... )
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