Vidding meme
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hazelk1) When did you first start vidding?
I made my first vid back in 2005. Three years ago! But I vid very slowly so in human years that’s probably closer to one.
2) What would you say was your inspiration or motivation to start doing it?
Seeing other vids. In particular vyra’s Killer and sdwolfpup’s Coin-operated Boy, which made me realize you could put pictures to music and have them say something as well as be shiny to look at. I had very little faith in my ability to make shiny but I had stuff to say and I’ve always liked mucking about with graphics programmes…
3) What do you or have you vidded?
Buffy, Angel, Serenity, Battlestar Galactica, Children of Men, Gilda and currently Buffy again.
4) Where do you draw your inspiration from for vids? Is it the song? An idea? Someone else?
A mixture of the song and the idea. For my early vids it would often be a hook line calling up a particular image from the show, which would then make me think of an idea I’d had about a theme or a character. More recently it’s tended to be the music/song as a whole rather than individual lyrics that evoke that initial visual.
5) What was your favorite video to make or do?
Rock Steady. I even enjoyed the clipping part and the music was so much more upbeat and dancy that anything I usually vid, it was a blast. I also started the vid having absolutely no faith it could work so when it started to come together on the time line it was like Christmas came early.
6) What was your least favorite video to make or do?
I don’t know really, I liked them all when I was making them. Some of them not so much afterwards.
7) Which video are you most proud of?
Quantum Theory. I have a tendency to overthink my vids but in this one I felt that I’d managed to capture the emotional response to the movie relatively honestly and directly. The source was also so beautiful (in its own dystopian way) working with it made me appreciate the film even more.
8) What's the best feedback or comment you've ever gotten?
I think I’ve been very lucky with feedback. I had some very helpful comments on my early vids, critical but encouragingly so (I’m pretty thick-skinned so criticism is much, much better than silence). It’s hard to single out comments, feedback from people you know and respect is thrilling, feedback from total strangers is surprising and delightful. Theoretically the feedback I like best is the kind that opens a conversation about the vid but I’m not very good at sustaining online conversations so it probably doesn’t show.
9) What is your opinion on clip theft?
Never been an issue, I think I’d be more baffled than anything if it happened.
10) Favorite genre to vid to (comedy, angst, romance, drama, AU)?
Character/universe vids. Really I’d like to do comedy. Really, really I’d like to do musical comedy. One day.
11) Favorite pairing(s)?
Haven’t vidded pairings much. Am planning a threesome for Vividcon 08 but it’s a secret.
12) What just drives you up the wall when it comes to vidding?
The urge to post as soon as the timeline is filled. Sometimes it gets overwhelming. Or possibly aspect ratios. Do you realize that not only do the R2 BtVS DVDs switch from 4:3 to 16:9 for seasons 4-7 but that every 16:9 and 4:3 season is subtly different and needs to be re-sized/cropped using a different algorithm? Well they do. I know that now.
13) Is vidding a pastime, hobby or something to help gain experience to do more later in life?
A creative outlet? Something you make with your hands. I’ve missed that since more or less stopping bench work.
14) What is your latest project or idea for your next vid if your muse isn't dead?
The special sekret OT3 vid. Then the one about dialectical materialism and the Heroes/Life on Earth crossover.
15) Finally, what kind of words of wisdom would you offer someone who wants to vid/is a newbie?
Just do it? Then rip it up into tiny shreds and stick it back together again. It’ll be fun!
I made my first vid back in 2005. Three years ago! But I vid very slowly so in human years that’s probably closer to one.
2) What would you say was your inspiration or motivation to start doing it?
Seeing other vids. In particular vyra’s Killer and sdwolfpup’s Coin-operated Boy, which made me realize you could put pictures to music and have them say something as well as be shiny to look at. I had very little faith in my ability to make shiny but I had stuff to say and I’ve always liked mucking about with graphics programmes…
3) What do you or have you vidded?
Buffy, Angel, Serenity, Battlestar Galactica, Children of Men, Gilda and currently Buffy again.
4) Where do you draw your inspiration from for vids? Is it the song? An idea? Someone else?
A mixture of the song and the idea. For my early vids it would often be a hook line calling up a particular image from the show, which would then make me think of an idea I’d had about a theme or a character. More recently it’s tended to be the music/song as a whole rather than individual lyrics that evoke that initial visual.
5) What was your favorite video to make or do?
Rock Steady. I even enjoyed the clipping part and the music was so much more upbeat and dancy that anything I usually vid, it was a blast. I also started the vid having absolutely no faith it could work so when it started to come together on the time line it was like Christmas came early.
6) What was your least favorite video to make or do?
I don’t know really, I liked them all when I was making them. Some of them not so much afterwards.
7) Which video are you most proud of?
Quantum Theory. I have a tendency to overthink my vids but in this one I felt that I’d managed to capture the emotional response to the movie relatively honestly and directly. The source was also so beautiful (in its own dystopian way) working with it made me appreciate the film even more.
8) What's the best feedback or comment you've ever gotten?
I think I’ve been very lucky with feedback. I had some very helpful comments on my early vids, critical but encouragingly so (I’m pretty thick-skinned so criticism is much, much better than silence). It’s hard to single out comments, feedback from people you know and respect is thrilling, feedback from total strangers is surprising and delightful. Theoretically the feedback I like best is the kind that opens a conversation about the vid but I’m not very good at sustaining online conversations so it probably doesn’t show.
9) What is your opinion on clip theft?
Never been an issue, I think I’d be more baffled than anything if it happened.
10) Favorite genre to vid to (comedy, angst, romance, drama, AU)?
Character/universe vids. Really I’d like to do comedy. Really, really I’d like to do musical comedy. One day.
11) Favorite pairing(s)?
Haven’t vidded pairings much. Am planning a threesome for Vividcon 08 but it’s a secret.
12) What just drives you up the wall when it comes to vidding?
The urge to post as soon as the timeline is filled. Sometimes it gets overwhelming. Or possibly aspect ratios. Do you realize that not only do the R2 BtVS DVDs switch from 4:3 to 16:9 for seasons 4-7 but that every 16:9 and 4:3 season is subtly different and needs to be re-sized/cropped using a different algorithm? Well they do. I know that now.
13) Is vidding a pastime, hobby or something to help gain experience to do more later in life?
A creative outlet? Something you make with your hands. I’ve missed that since more or less stopping bench work.
14) What is your latest project or idea for your next vid if your muse isn't dead?
The special sekret OT3 vid. Then the one about dialectical materialism and the Heroes/Life on Earth crossover.
15) Finally, what kind of words of wisdom would you offer someone who wants to vid/is a newbie?
Just do it? Then rip it up into tiny shreds and stick it back together again. It’ll be fun!