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15 Nov 2013 10:03 am
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15 Nov 2013
15 Nov 2013 12:37 pm
30 days of vidding: days 10-13
Uh, try like 300 days of vidding, at the rate rate I'm going...
Day 11: Genre: do you prefer making certain genres of vid? What kind do you tend to vid the most?
Gen, definitely. I'm not a super enthusiastic shipper, most of the time. I guess I'm most interested in making vids that offer up some sort of commentary or interpretation of source -- vids that feel like essays, in a way. OK, you could argue that all vids offer a commentary/interpretation of source. What I mean is a vid that says, e.g., "this character is acting this way because of this thing that happened in their past and it influenced them in such and such way which is shown here" or "see the parallels between these two characters' arcs" or something like that. My vids usually focus on one or two characters rather than ensembles. I enjoy watching ensemble vids, but it doesn't often occur to me to make them.
Though it seems that my favorite vids that I make are the ones that are more just about celebrating an aspect of the source that I love. It's a kind of vid I'm coming to appreciate more all the time.
Broadly speaking, those are also the two types of vids I'm most inclined to watch over and over.
However, many of my current vid ideas/plans have at least an element of femslash in them -- it's something I'm feeling excited to vid more of lately.
Day 12: Have you ever attempted an "adaptation" vid of a favorite media source but set in a different fandom? (I.e., attempted to bring the 'feel' or 'mood' of one source to a different fandom, like the zombie Mary Poppins vid.)
No, and I don't have any ideas that sound like that either.
Day 13: Do you prefer canon or fanon when you vid (canon shots vs. using shots out of context; AU vs. canon)? Has vidding for a fandom changed the way you see some or even all of the original source material?
Canony? I'll use shots out of context sometimes, though I try not to, and I would definitely avoid it if it was a well-known shot amongst the fandom. And I'd be using the out-of-context shot to support a reading that is probably not that far from canon. I stick pretty close to canon in my general interpretation of source, so it makes sense that that's how I vid too. I'm definitely not comfortable vidding AU, though I suppose that could change.
In other words, for me, vidding is much more akin to writing meta than it is to writing fic.
Vidding only really changes how I interpret source in that it forces me to watch source more, or at least to watch certain parts. Which can heighten my emotional connection to stories or characters, but I don't think it's fundamentally altered them, except in a few minor ways I've already discussed. And it's not the process of vidding per se, just the process of rewatching, that does this.
( Complete list of questions. )
Day 11: Genre: do you prefer making certain genres of vid? What kind do you tend to vid the most?
Gen, definitely. I'm not a super enthusiastic shipper, most of the time. I guess I'm most interested in making vids that offer up some sort of commentary or interpretation of source -- vids that feel like essays, in a way. OK, you could argue that all vids offer a commentary/interpretation of source. What I mean is a vid that says, e.g., "this character is acting this way because of this thing that happened in their past and it influenced them in such and such way which is shown here" or "see the parallels between these two characters' arcs" or something like that. My vids usually focus on one or two characters rather than ensembles. I enjoy watching ensemble vids, but it doesn't often occur to me to make them.
Though it seems that my favorite vids that I make are the ones that are more just about celebrating an aspect of the source that I love. It's a kind of vid I'm coming to appreciate more all the time.
Broadly speaking, those are also the two types of vids I'm most inclined to watch over and over.
However, many of my current vid ideas/plans have at least an element of femslash in them -- it's something I'm feeling excited to vid more of lately.
Day 12: Have you ever attempted an "adaptation" vid of a favorite media source but set in a different fandom? (I.e., attempted to bring the 'feel' or 'mood' of one source to a different fandom, like the zombie Mary Poppins vid.)
No, and I don't have any ideas that sound like that either.
Day 13: Do you prefer canon or fanon when you vid (canon shots vs. using shots out of context; AU vs. canon)? Has vidding for a fandom changed the way you see some or even all of the original source material?
Canony? I'll use shots out of context sometimes, though I try not to, and I would definitely avoid it if it was a well-known shot amongst the fandom. And I'd be using the out-of-context shot to support a reading that is probably not that far from canon. I stick pretty close to canon in my general interpretation of source, so it makes sense that that's how I vid too. I'm definitely not comfortable vidding AU, though I suppose that could change.
In other words, for me, vidding is much more akin to writing meta than it is to writing fic.
Vidding only really changes how I interpret source in that it forces me to watch source more, or at least to watch certain parts. Which can heighten my emotional connection to stories or characters, but I don't think it's fundamentally altered them, except in a few minor ways I've already discussed. And it's not the process of vidding per se, just the process of rewatching, that does this.
( Complete list of questions. )
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