vidding effects workshop thingy, one exercise would be going to FFFFOUND! or tumblr, looking at the first page, and trying to link at least one of them to a fandom visually. Ohh, we should have one!!! And we should do that! It's a totally different approach for me but that would be the appeal.
I made a vid that tried to capture how I felt lying underneath my Christmas tree while being drunk and looking up at the lights. Wow! That is so cool! I feel so tied to fixed things in comparison. I mean I struggle with AU work so bad you would not believe... let alone totally freeform self-focussed vidding! It's like my brain actually CANNOT make up something that doesn't already exist.
Thank you for sharing your associations and connections that led to some of your vids--I guess some of them (e.g. Blade Runner) are more obvious to viewers than others, which might be more internal to you (like the girl you taught).
One thing I realise I do is draw heavily on emotional associations--like, I draw on my own life a lot where I can because empathy with a character can provide me with the 'why?' of shot selection or treatment. But it rarely leads to effects and I guess that makes sense because it's not really about the vidding and it's not really bringing anything that didn't already exist--it's just shining a spotlight on what does. If I was to be inspired by art, it might be more likely to translate into effects... that's interesting to me because it helps me understand a little more why I lack this 'effects' brain some people seem to have. It would make sense that I don't as I'm not creative at all and have no understanding of visual art in any form outside of vidding--I really only understand the written word. Rather than feeling that as a lack it's actually helpful to know that that's just not my thing.
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Date: 2009-11-08 04:45 am (UTC)Ohh, we should have one!!! And we should do that! It's a totally different approach for me but that would be the appeal.
I made a vid that tried to capture how I felt lying underneath my Christmas tree while being drunk and looking up at the lights.
Wow! That is so cool! I feel so tied to fixed things in comparison. I mean I struggle with AU work so bad you would not believe... let alone totally freeform self-focussed vidding! It's like my brain actually CANNOT make up something that doesn't already exist.
Thank you for sharing your associations and connections that led to some of your vids--I guess some of them (e.g. Blade Runner) are more obvious to viewers than others, which might be more internal to you (like the girl you taught).
One thing I realise I do is draw heavily on emotional associations--like, I draw on my own life a lot where I can because empathy with a character can provide me with the 'why?' of shot selection or treatment. But it rarely leads to effects and I guess that makes sense because it's not really about the vidding and it's not really bringing anything that didn't already exist--it's just shining a spotlight on what does. If I was to be inspired by art, it might be more likely to translate into effects... that's interesting to me because it helps me understand a little more why I lack this 'effects' brain some people seem to have. It would make sense that I don't as I'm not creative at all and have no understanding of visual art in any form outside of vidding--I really only understand the written word. Rather than feeling that as a lack it's actually helpful to know that that's just not my thing.