Vividcon: it totally works, ya'll!

[frayadjacent]

I 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 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?)

Comments

[laurashapiro]

Best news EVER.

[frayadjacent]

*grins*

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!"

[laurashapiro]

Sometimes I think inspiration is one of the best things to come out of any con. And I know others would dispute this, but I for one welcome your critical, thinky vids!

[frayadjacent]

Well, the level of thinkyness of the vids themselves might be up for debate -- but hopefully my vidding process will be smarter.

And yes: hooray for inspiration! :D

[kass]

Yay for the Matter of Perspective panel and for POV issues coming clear!

[frayadjacent]

Yes! For sure!

[thirdblindmouse]

Xena vid! \o/ I need to read these panel notes.

[frayadjacent]

I want to poke around and see if there are more -- anoel posted hers as well.

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.)

[thirdblindmouse]

I need to type up my notes from the panels I went to. I didn't go to the perspective panel, though.

[grammarwoman]

Huzzah for inspiration and clarity! And a very happy birthday to you. :)

[frayadjacent]

\o/

And thank you!!