Interview Series 2011: Gianduja Kiss

[deathisyourart]

Until the 25th I'll be posting the results of the Interview Series, with a different vidder featured every second night. All questions posed to the vidders were submitted by you, the members of the community; and though several questions were addressed to all vidders taking part, there are a few specific to each individual vidder as well

Comments

[astartexx]

Fascinating read, especially the differences in approaching vidding were intriguing - and a lot of food for thoughts.

I have one question regarding the scrap timelines, we did talk about it once and I tried it, but I find it difficult to keep mentally track of them. It sounds so straightforward in theory, but it throws me in practice. Maybe it's just the way my brain is wired when I edit, but it's easier for me to work with one timeline, pull random clips on it and arrange them on different layers, then separate timelines. I suppose you only cut clips down on the scrap timelines, nothing else, right? So my question would be, how do you merge the clips down in your project timeline without losing focus of one of them?

[giandujakiss]

I remember talking about the scrap timelines! Sorry they didn't work for you :-).

I think the reason it works for me is that after a bit of batting clips around and staring at the computer and hitting things, I tend to settle on a structure for the vid - I get pretty clear that different sections will have different types of images. Like, Too Darn Hot is a simple example - the vid is divided into sections based on alternate meanings of the word "hot." Once I've done that, I know for any particular vid section that I need to look at timelines A, B, and C, and then I just review those timelines (over and over, sometimes), pluck out the clips I like best, see how they work in the actual vid, repeat, until I'm satisfied.

[astartexx]

I need to retry that approach - otherwise my next project gets too overblown and complicated without me even editing. I started pulling clips and the neat order of scrap timelines appeals to me now more than ever.

[giandujakiss]

I think it works best when you have a clear idea of the overall structure of your vid, what you're basically going for in different sections? So you know what sorts of timelines to create in the first place.

[astartexx]

Yeah, my recent vids weren't complicated in the organizing sense, so the scrap timelines probably felt like an unnecessary step for me, because I had a firm handle on the footage. I'll try it again hopefully with more success.