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Jealous of your mad skillz!
I just want to elaborate, on the little vidding challege over here that Dayln posted last night. (We cut each other tiny bits of songs to vid to in ways we're not used to.)
What Dayln and I talked about was basically that we already have certain styles of our own and at this point it's hard to experiment. (At least for me.) Because there's less of that "let's see how this looks, it doesn't have to be perfect" mentality that there is when you first start vidding in the first place.
After a while, the level of creativity becomes more intensified, I think. At the same time, it's no longer about what looks "cool" and what new effect or trick you can "show off" but about what suits the story and about what looks "best." This can mean different things for different people, obviously. And since we are creatures of habit, (and fear!) we tend to stick to what we know. Even moreso when we do have an established audience (even a small one) that kind of knows what to expect of us.
For me, it was just a personal challenge. When we made them, we had no intention of ever showing them to anyone but each other. It wasn't a competition either. I guess we're just not wired that way. Haha.
That being said, I think that overall, Dayln's is the most successful out of this little experiment. (You could say that the basic elements of what she was trying to do are already present in her vids, so it was less of a departure, clip choice and clever cutting are par for the course in any vid - or you could say that she's just a superior vidder, which I happen to believe and tell her so on a daily basis.) In fact I liked it so much I told her she had to post it, but she wouldn't let me get away with not posting mine, so there it is.
Mine (a Firefly vidlet) is kind of all over the place in terms of style. But that was kind of the point, just to try different things.
Callum and HCL girls, perk up your ears! Dayln's little vidlet is a hot Joe/Billy romp to twenty-something seconds of Jealous of Your Cigarette by Hawksley Workman. Run, don't walk!
What Dayln and I talked about was basically that we already have certain styles of our own and at this point it's hard to experiment. (At least for me.) Because there's less of that "let's see how this looks, it doesn't have to be perfect" mentality that there is when you first start vidding in the first place.
After a while, the level of creativity becomes more intensified, I think. At the same time, it's no longer about what looks "cool" and what new effect or trick you can "show off" but about what suits the story and about what looks "best." This can mean different things for different people, obviously. And since we are creatures of habit, (and fear!) we tend to stick to what we know. Even moreso when we do have an established audience (even a small one) that kind of knows what to expect of us.
For me, it was just a personal challenge. When we made them, we had no intention of ever showing them to anyone but each other. It wasn't a competition either. I guess we're just not wired that way. Haha.
That being said, I think that overall, Dayln's is the most successful out of this little experiment. (You could say that the basic elements of what she was trying to do are already present in her vids, so it was less of a departure, clip choice and clever cutting are par for the course in any vid - or you could say that she's just a superior vidder, which I happen to believe and tell her so on a daily basis.) In fact I liked it so much I told her she had to post it, but she wouldn't let me get away with not posting mine, so there it is.
Mine (a Firefly vidlet) is kind of all over the place in terms of style. But that was kind of the point, just to try different things.
Callum and HCL girls, perk up your ears! Dayln's little vidlet is a hot Joe/Billy romp to twenty-something seconds of Jealous of Your Cigarette by Hawksley Workman. Run, don't walk!
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that is soooo true, and in everything creative (writing, painting, etc), so I find it great that you have someone where you can challenge each other like that! what a great exercise!
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It's good to challenge yourself and try new things. You guys gonna be doing this again? Maybe you could even do a whole vid next time! ;)
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it's snowing here too - it's like a blizzard. And they didn't even cancel school. Frakkin douchebags.
But yay snow anyway! LOL.
I think our little experiment was very successful. I had a lot of fun doing it. And I think yours - even though I already told you - was simply gorgeous. I think you're already way past the 'lets try it and see if it looks cool' part, I think your fantastical brain already knows what looks cool, and I think that's why yours worked so well. Even though you were trying new stuff you already have such an eye for what works and what doesn't. Please tell me to stop rambling. It was pretty! I loved it! ILU! :D
I'm home by the way..
whatcha doin?
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Okay! I BELIEVE YOU!