Watching vids in a con setting

[bop_radar]

To prove that I learnt something at Vividcon, I am finally getting round to posting my notes on watching vids on a large screen with an audience for the first time. While hopefully more widely interesting than my tl;dr social rambles about the con ( part 1 and part 2), these notes are still highly subjective. I am sure other people's relationship

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[beccatoria]

Thanks this is all very interesting information. I had noticed that a lot of my perception of the VVC aesthetic (which I was not sure was in any way accurate!) was that it preferred the big, shiny-editing but simple-concept ideas. Not to insult the skill needed to make such a vid, but just that vids that depended on deeper, contextual understanding of the source to get the point seemed rarer. It's interesting to hear that you also have that opinion and it certainly makes sense that it would be the case given the wide variety of fans present.

Also having been to one other con where vids were played on a giant screen (just a small fan-gathering in Germany when I was staying there with a friend, but it was good fun nonetheless), it was definitely a very different experience with many people watching rather than one. Actually one of my favourite memories of that weekend was falling asleep an an air mattress to a looped reel of Farscape vids.

Anyway, thanks for your impressions - interesting reading! :)

[bop_radar]

I didn't feel comfortable with my own observation of Vividcon aesthetics at all until I attended, but they were validated by attending. However what was most fascinating to me was that I liked different vids at the con as well, i.e. I immediately got swept up in the same collective likes and dislikes. I feel really lucky actually because I feel that I now have access to both. I'm well aware that some vids I adored at the con won't translate so well to others who weren't there if I rec them. I'm equally well aware that there are vids that are going to have amazing longevity online that maybe didn't get as much attention at the con.

Not to insult the skill needed to make such a vid, but just that vids that depended on deeper, contextual understanding of the source to get the point seemed rarer.
*nod* I think the community being grown out of Vividcon and a 'vidding' fandom by its multifannish nature means that accessability becomes really important. I notice this especially in contrast to the very strong BSG vidding tradition that both

[dualbunny]

Oh, very good thoughts--so glad you wrote this up. :D

[bop_radar]

Yay, dualbunny-approved thoughts! :D

[myniamh]

Very interesting, I like the differences and similarities in peoples vid viewing habits. I love the way watching vids with more than one other person changes how you see them. :)

I tend to download and watch things (bandwidth has just been put up so I'm getting your Green Arrow one right now) on my laptop. If I really like them they'll go on my iPod and get hooked up to the big TV (your GA one is headed there too). I'll watch as I'm cooking, repeating one sometimes to fully pay attention to it.
If there is nothing going on when friends are over, deciding on what movie to put on next I'll put some on to show people.

[bop_radar]

Great to hear about different viewing habits, yes! I'm often thinking I need to get more into iPod viewing. But then I get lazy. :p It's good to hear about how you've integrated viewing vids into your life.

[myniamh]

I used to have an old VCR tape that I'd have in the machine during RAGE and just press 'record' whenever a song came on that I liked. It ended up being a hodge-podge of songs ending and beginning over the top of each other as I'd never rewind it properly. I'd play it whenever I got control of the tv. I still have it somewhere.