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2008 end of year vid meme
Dec. 22nd, 2008 08:04 pmThis year I made three vids, the same number as last year so at least the rate is plateauing not falling. In order of release they were:
Just BtVS (Faith character study).
Scarlet Ribbons BtVS (Slayer feminist fairy tale).
Silence Minority Report (with an Agatha focus).
My favorite of my own vids this year/my best vid this year:
Scarlet Ribbons. It went through so many drafts that I could pretty much describe it frame by frame purely from memory but despite various technical flaws it’s the one vid I’ve made where every single one of those frames has a reason for being there and for not being something else.
Vid of mine most underappreciated by the universe, in my opinion:
Silence. but to be honest what (numerical) underappreciation there was, was proportional to the obscurity of the source.
Most fun video:
Silence. It was completely unplanned and although I went into with no expectations beyond the pretty I ended up working through some major Spielberg issues and finding the story I wish the film had told. Plus pretty (although I wish I could think of some way of making the vocal section more distinct visually).
Video with single sexiest moment:
I suppose Just came nearest to being literally sexy because, well Faith. If sex equals violence the whole final section of that vid is the sexiest thing. However, if sex equals emotion the moment in Scarlet Ribbons when Kendra catches her throat is sexier still.
Biggest vid fail:
Releasing Silence without checking and belatedly realizing that the entire second half of the vid was two frames out of sync with the music.
Hardest video to make:
Scarlet Ribbons but hardest in a good way. A mixture of really, really needing to get it right and having a wonderfully insightful and critical beta from elynross.
Most unintentionally *telling* video:
Scarlet Ribbons again. There’s a lot of that vid that’s intentionally revealing about the show and feminist mythologies and eavesdropped academic theories but the emotional drive behind it is all about mothers and daughters and hopes for the future.
The things I’ve learned this year:
Patience. You think the vid is ready? Give it at least one more week, look at it again and expect to spend at least one more week re-editing. Also the beta maketh the vid and Vividcon audiences are awesome.
For 2009:
I think my plan last year was to learn about masks and tracking mattes. This is still the plan and therefore unlikely to happen but I just though I’d put it out there. Something more achievable effects-wise is to learn how to do rapid zoom transitions (I have a vidsong with much slide guitar). I’d like to beta more (well at all) if anyone will have me. Finally and as far as specific vids go I have three ideas. Two terminatory and a character study of (God help us) Oliver Cromwell but last year I ended up not making anything I had planned so probably the less said the better.
Just BtVS (Faith character study).
Scarlet Ribbons BtVS (Slayer feminist fairy tale).
Silence Minority Report (with an Agatha focus).
My favorite of my own vids this year/my best vid this year:
Scarlet Ribbons. It went through so many drafts that I could pretty much describe it frame by frame purely from memory but despite various technical flaws it’s the one vid I’ve made where every single one of those frames has a reason for being there and for not being something else.
Vid of mine most underappreciated by the universe, in my opinion:
Silence. but to be honest what (numerical) underappreciation there was, was proportional to the obscurity of the source.
Most fun video:
Silence. It was completely unplanned and although I went into with no expectations beyond the pretty I ended up working through some major Spielberg issues and finding the story I wish the film had told. Plus pretty (although I wish I could think of some way of making the vocal section more distinct visually).
Video with single sexiest moment:
I suppose Just came nearest to being literally sexy because, well Faith. If sex equals violence the whole final section of that vid is the sexiest thing. However, if sex equals emotion the moment in Scarlet Ribbons when Kendra catches her throat is sexier still.
Biggest vid fail:
Releasing Silence without checking and belatedly realizing that the entire second half of the vid was two frames out of sync with the music.
Hardest video to make:
Scarlet Ribbons but hardest in a good way. A mixture of really, really needing to get it right and having a wonderfully insightful and critical beta from elynross.
Most unintentionally *telling* video:
Scarlet Ribbons again. There’s a lot of that vid that’s intentionally revealing about the show and feminist mythologies and eavesdropped academic theories but the emotional drive behind it is all about mothers and daughters and hopes for the future.
The things I’ve learned this year:
Patience. You think the vid is ready? Give it at least one more week, look at it again and expect to spend at least one more week re-editing. Also the beta maketh the vid and Vividcon audiences are awesome.
For 2009:
I think my plan last year was to learn about masks and tracking mattes. This is still the plan and therefore unlikely to happen but I just though I’d put it out there. Something more achievable effects-wise is to learn how to do rapid zoom transitions (I have a vidsong with much slide guitar). I’d like to beta more (well at all) if anyone will have me. Finally and as far as specific vids go I have three ideas. Two terminatory and a character study of (God help us) Oliver Cromwell but last year I ended up not making anything I had planned so probably the less said the better.