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frayadjacentI listened to some of my current & future vidsongs on my run today, and had a couple of revelations:
1. My Angel WIP, which I'd nearly given up on because the song doesn't build and I was starting to feel like the vid doesn't go anywhere, is totally salvageable. I just need to edit the song! At 3.5 minutes it is too much song for what I'm trying to say, but at ~2 minutes it will work fine. And now that I attendedheresluck and nestra's audio editing panel, I'm more confident I can! (I'd already edited the audio some to get it down to 3 1/2 minutes, but now I'm ready to get in there with a mf-ing chainsaw. First chorus and second verse will likely not survive the Wrath of Fray.)
2. I worked out some point-of-view issues I'd been struggling with in visualizing a Xena vid that I hope to make but haven't started yet. I knew I wanted multiple points of view, but I wasn't sure how to go about it. But I listened to the song once and really focused on that aspect, and it became totally clear how to structure the POV, thanks in part to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
greensilver and sweetestdrain's "A Matter of Perspective" panel. (kass's panel notes.) \o/
Now I just gotta make the damn things. :/
(Also, I am posting this in part because of the discussion during joyo's panel on motivation. I'm thinking maybe if I post about my works in progress I'll be more motivated to finish them?)
1. My Angel WIP, which I'd nearly given up on because the song doesn't build and I was starting to feel like the vid doesn't go anywhere, is totally salvageable. I just need to edit the song! At 3.5 minutes it is too much song for what I'm trying to say, but at ~2 minutes it will work fine. And now that I attended
heresluck and nestra's audio editing panel, I'm more confident I can! (I'd already edited the audio some to get it down to 3 1/2 minutes, but now I'm ready to get in there with a mf-ing chainsaw. First chorus and second verse will likely not survive the Wrath of Fray.)2. I worked out some point-of-view issues I'd been struggling with in visualizing a Xena vid that I hope to make but haven't started yet. I knew I wanted multiple points of view, but I wasn't sure how to go about it. But I listened to the song once and really focused on that aspect, and it became totally clear how to structure the POV, thanks in part to
greensilver and sweetestdrain's "A Matter of Perspective" panel. (kass's panel notes.) \o/Now I just gotta make the damn things. :/
(Also, I am posting this in part because of the discussion during joyo's panel on motivation. I'm thinking maybe if I post about my works in progress I'll be more motivated to finish them?)
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on 20/8/13 09:03 pm (UTC)no subject
on 21/8/13 03:33 pm (UTC)Yeah, even though, like I was saying at breakfast, there wasn't a ton of *new* material in the panels for me, I think the discussions did help crystallize and solidify things I already knew. Plus it just put me in a more critical, thinky mindframe for vidding, as opposed to just "this song makes me have X feels about Y fandom so I shall vid it!"
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on 22/8/13 01:41 am (UTC)no subject
on 22/8/13 09:41 pm (UTC)And yes: hooray for inspiration! :D
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on 21/8/13 03:37 pm (UTC)Yay Xena! OMG, I watched "Destiny" on my flight home. Such a good episode. (Except for the beginning with the Scary Natives Enslaving the White Ladies.)
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on 28/8/13 12:20 am (UTC)And thank you!!