I spend lots of time on the bus. Commuting time = vid planning time.
As I listen to songs on my iPod, every now and then, one will start screaming: "I'm a vid about so-and-so doing such-and-such in that fandom over there!" If my head space is sufficiently free of other vid and plot bunnies, I'll listen to it, instead of locking it up in a small dark space for later.
Typically a few lyrics or instrumental moments will jump out at me with appropriate clips. Then I'll start filling in around those over a week or so, eventually coming to conclusions like, "Oh, this whole verse is actually about his fear that he's a danger to his friends."
By the time I actually get a chance to sit down at a computer and start audio editing and clipping, I've got it mostly set out my head. Oddly enough, I usually lay down the clips from beginning to end at that point, even though they didn't occur to me in that order.
Of course, some parts don't work out like I'd hoped, or the clip I was thinking of doesn't actually exist, so that's the messing about part. And I OFTEN end up completely vidding parts of the song that I later cut. (Thank you betas!)
I still tend to think of vidding as telling a chronological story; that's a bad habit I need to break.
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Date: 2006-10-21 05:28 pm (UTC)As I listen to songs on my iPod, every now and then, one will start screaming: "I'm a vid about so-and-so doing such-and-such in that fandom over there!" If my head space is sufficiently free of other vid and plot bunnies, I'll listen to it, instead of locking it up in a small dark space for later.
Typically a few lyrics or instrumental moments will jump out at me with appropriate clips. Then I'll start filling in around those over a week or so, eventually coming to conclusions like, "Oh, this whole verse is actually about his fear that he's a danger to his friends."
By the time I actually get a chance to sit down at a computer and start audio editing and clipping, I've got it mostly set out my head. Oddly enough, I usually lay down the clips from beginning to end at that point, even though they didn't occur to me in that order.
Of course, some parts don't work out like I'd hoped, or the clip I was thinking of doesn't actually exist, so that's the messing about part. And I OFTEN end up completely vidding parts of the song that I later cut. (Thank you betas!)
I still tend to think of vidding as telling a chronological story; that's a bad habit I need to break.