adventures in pre-vidding
So it turns out that if you want to make a vid, there's a whole lot of other stuff you have to do first. If the source for said vid consists of five 22-ep seasons, three of which you've never seen, there's a whole lot of stuff you have to do before you can even start doing the stuff you have to do before vidding. So far, I've yet to encounter the
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Seriously, the prep work for vidding can be a bit daunting, but when you have the finished product in your hand, it is the best feeling!
I went the whole route of decrypting the dvds onto my computer and then using a program like VirtualDubMod to edit the episodes down into manageable clips, and you are right, this process took like forever!!! Of course, I made the mistake of clipping a certain character's every scene; and when you make the vid, you sometimes find out that the uniqueness of a vid does not always stem from clip choice, but how you choose to montage the clips together.
Anyways, good luck with your move!
Way way off topic, but I finally got caught up on the RTD era of Doctor Who and I can't stop thinking about your fic The Group of Beloved Female Characters Who Got Screwed in the End. Wow, did I need that after S4 and the specials. The worst part is, I had already seen what happened to River and I had been spoiled for Donna's end, but guh! nothing quite like watching your favorite awesome female characters get royally shafted :-(
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I'm reserving judgment on River, though. I don't love everything that's happened with her thus far this series, but neither do I think it means she's entirely screwed. We'll see...
But yes, vidding! Time consuming! What with the acquiring the footage, and then figuring out where the footage you want is, and then clipping things, and all that before the actual arranging of things begins. I'm not even to the clipping stage yet. *sigh* I do hope it's worth it in the end!
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Ah, I wish I had been smart enough to stop watching Doctor Who about ten minutes before the season was up. Have you just watched the Library episodes in S4? I ask because there are a lot of great Donna moments scattered throughout S4 and in her S3 episode "Runaway Bride;" and even in the finale of fail!, she is completely awesome!
But yes, vidding! Time consuming! What with the acquiring the footage, and then figuring out where the footage you want is, and then clipping things, and all that before the actual arranging of things begins. I'm not even to the clipping stage yet. *sigh* I do hope it's worth it in the end!
Oh, I have been there, but I think when you get to the editing/arranging of things you will really start to enjoy yourself! And just think after you get the clips onto your computer, most likely you will never have to clip for the show again and you can just pop open your vid software and make vids (which reminds me, I can't recommend Adobe's Premiere Elements 8 for making vids- it is expensive and very temperamental.)
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