Ow, ow, OW. Vidding hurts.
For those who wonder why vidders have betas? THIS is why. Witness me flailing and f1renze being a patient genius.
f1renze: it's more important to show the mal-simon scenes during the lyrics than those beats
sweetestdrain: okay. yes.
f1renze: so switch around "it's been out in the hall" and the transition to the next line
f1renze: i believe that would help
sweetestdrain: can i move the crate scene to "in the hall"?
sweetestdrain: or would that be narratively screwy?
f1renze: what crate scene?
sweetestdrain: the current "where you've had me for hours"
sweetestdrain: or wait - i'm intercutting that
sweetestdrain: with mal/simon?
f1renze: yes. mix them up
sweetestdrain: okay, cool
f1renze: just try
sweetestdrain: yeah, it's already sounding better though
sweetestdrain: because man. really, mal is not in this vid hardly at all.
sweetestdrain: he's just a huge attention whore.
f1renze: I KNOW
f1renze: he's so ANGEL
sweetestdrain: yes!
sweetestdrain: mal will never take the background.
f1renze: nope
sweetestdrain: he's a big damn hero.
f1renze: like the whole frame lights up even when he's back in the corner, BLURRED.
f1renze: damn him
sweetestdrain: and the blue section? how does that work?
f1renze: where is the blue section! so many clips are blue
sweetestdrain: umm. 2:44 to 2:58ish
sweetestdrain: you know, the part where i went through every single clip to make it BLUE and ECHO
sweetestdrain: *damns serenity for being so colorful*
f1renze: but that makes your tweaking look natural!
sweetestdrain: does it make it flow together though?
f1renze: the blue looks a lot like the original
sweetestdrain: well a lot of the clips i used in that section were kinda blue to start with
[insert long convoluted explanation behind each clip choice (and why I made them blue) as Flo nods and goes "...okay..."]
sweetestdrain: for all that my vid is a mess of POV and screen effects, i HAVE thought it all out
f1renze: heee
f1renze: i had no doubt
sweetestdrain: method behind every convoluted clip sequence!
f1renze: but i had no idea you were planning on this layer
sweetestdrain: well, hopefully you can get the feel out of it even if my concept doesn't come across
f1renze: no. GET it to come across.
f1renze: get her to step down in natural color and THEN step up in blue
f1renze: do that at least once
f1renze: so we're reminded of what you had anchored before
sweetestdrain: do you think that would work okay even though i've already started into the blue theme?
f1renze: yes! it would be clearer what you're trying to do
f1renze: seriously
sweetestdrain: maybe i could oversaturate the first clip into a different color? red?
f1renze: no
f1renze: keep it original
sweetestdrain: okay
f1renze: we just need the echo of the first time we saw the leg
f1renze: but there's so much sensory overload, you know
f1renze: it's so shiny and we don't want people to get lost in it
f1renze: huh - this is like Brad-making deja vu.
f1renze: knowing exactly what i'm saying while it's 50-50 if others will get it
sweetestdrain: hee, yes, that's how i'm feeling!
f1renze: i think if you just tried the stepping and the closeup headturn? your average intelligent vid viewer would get the time layer
[brief exchange about how much this vid has been KICKING MY ASS in the last two days]
f1renze: are you okay now?
sweetestdrain: yes! i'm excited now
sweetestdrain: i've managed to let go somewhat of the inevitable but i WANT that clip to go there! i don't care if it doesn't make sense! feelings. a little.
f1renze: omg i know what you mean.
sweetestdrain: i think i need to post about this
sweetestdrain: mind if i use some excerpts from our conversation?
f1renze: sure!
f1renze: post and be all cathartic
sweetestdrain: i'm gonna be posting the bits where you're all "okay, this is what you need to do to make this make sense!" and i'm all "but waaahh!"
f1renze: use the paranoid insecure vidder icon!
sweetestdrain: i've already got it selected!
f1renze: it's more important to show the mal-simon scenes during the lyrics than those beats
sweetestdrain: okay. yes.
f1renze: so switch around "it's been out in the hall" and the transition to the next line
f1renze: i believe that would help
sweetestdrain: can i move the crate scene to "in the hall"?
sweetestdrain: or would that be narratively screwy?
f1renze: what crate scene?
sweetestdrain: the current "where you've had me for hours"
sweetestdrain: or wait - i'm intercutting that
sweetestdrain: with mal/simon?
f1renze: yes. mix them up
sweetestdrain: okay, cool
f1renze: just try
sweetestdrain: yeah, it's already sounding better though
sweetestdrain: because man. really, mal is not in this vid hardly at all.
sweetestdrain: he's just a huge attention whore.
f1renze: I KNOW
f1renze: he's so ANGEL
sweetestdrain: yes!
sweetestdrain: mal will never take the background.
f1renze: nope
sweetestdrain: he's a big damn hero.
f1renze: like the whole frame lights up even when he's back in the corner, BLURRED.
f1renze: damn him
sweetestdrain: and the blue section? how does that work?
f1renze: where is the blue section! so many clips are blue
sweetestdrain: umm. 2:44 to 2:58ish
sweetestdrain: you know, the part where i went through every single clip to make it BLUE and ECHO
sweetestdrain: *damns serenity for being so colorful*
f1renze: but that makes your tweaking look natural!
sweetestdrain: does it make it flow together though?
f1renze: the blue looks a lot like the original
sweetestdrain: well a lot of the clips i used in that section were kinda blue to start with
[insert long convoluted explanation behind each clip choice (and why I made them blue) as Flo nods and goes "...okay..."]
sweetestdrain: for all that my vid is a mess of POV and screen effects, i HAVE thought it all out
f1renze: heee
f1renze: i had no doubt
sweetestdrain: method behind every convoluted clip sequence!
f1renze: but i had no idea you were planning on this layer
sweetestdrain: well, hopefully you can get the feel out of it even if my concept doesn't come across
f1renze: no. GET it to come across.
f1renze: get her to step down in natural color and THEN step up in blue
f1renze: do that at least once
f1renze: so we're reminded of what you had anchored before
sweetestdrain: do you think that would work okay even though i've already started into the blue theme?
f1renze: yes! it would be clearer what you're trying to do
f1renze: seriously
sweetestdrain: maybe i could oversaturate the first clip into a different color? red?
f1renze: no
f1renze: keep it original
sweetestdrain: okay
f1renze: we just need the echo of the first time we saw the leg
f1renze: but there's so much sensory overload, you know
f1renze: it's so shiny and we don't want people to get lost in it
f1renze: huh - this is like Brad-making deja vu.
f1renze: knowing exactly what i'm saying while it's 50-50 if others will get it
sweetestdrain: hee, yes, that's how i'm feeling!
f1renze: i think if you just tried the stepping and the closeup headturn? your average intelligent vid viewer would get the time layer
[brief exchange about how much this vid has been KICKING MY ASS in the last two days]
f1renze: are you okay now?
sweetestdrain: yes! i'm excited now
sweetestdrain: i've managed to let go somewhat of the inevitable but i WANT that clip to go there! i don't care if it doesn't make sense! feelings. a little.
f1renze: omg i know what you mean.
sweetestdrain: i think i need to post about this
sweetestdrain: mind if i use some excerpts from our conversation?
f1renze: sure!
f1renze: post and be all cathartic
sweetestdrain: i'm gonna be posting the bits where you're all "okay, this is what you need to do to make this make sense!" and i'm all "but waaahh!"
f1renze: use the paranoid insecure vidder icon!
sweetestdrain: i've already got it selected!