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Dec. 21st, 2022 02:22 pmMy Vids for 2022
My Metrocard (MCU)
Killing Our Heroes (Star Wars)
Gracie (Star Wars)
Hella Good(Star Wars)
Mystery Tour (The Afterparty)
Home (Space Sweepers)
Six vids total. A low number compared to recent years (10 in 2021, 7 + Vexercises in 2010, 13 in 2019), but a major reason for that is that I've been making multiple festivids for the past few years to pad out my total, but last year I was busy with Hunt and barely made a single Festivid. So technically this is the knock-on effects of an unproductive 2021, not a result of actual lack of productivity this year. The other reason is I've had some significant false starts, as well as vid projects that are taking more time. I spent a bunch of time this spring/summer on two MCU vids that so far haven't been working, and might not work until Captain America 4 comes out. And I've spent a good deal of time on a Vid Big Bang project that's nearly done but I won't be posting until next year.
Favorite
I think it's "Gracie". It's one of those alchemical lyric matches that just worked out perfectly, and it let me roll around in Star Wars feels. Anytime I can stick a bunch of literally's into the lyrics, I'm happy. "You can't fool me, I literally saw you when you came out"!
Least Favorite
"Hella Good" is a dumb vid. I mean, I'm proud of it, but it's a really dumb vid. I made it on a challenge from vidding discord to vid Gwen Stefani and it just seemed like a good match for the song, but no, it's an insupportably silly vid idea that I wouldn't have made otherwise.
Most Successful
By AO3 hits, "Hella Good". By kudos, "Home". I'm not sure how else to evaluate. I think all of the vids work well as vids.
Most Underappreciated by the Universe
"Mystery Tour". I wanted it to be a recruiter for a fandom that would entice people into the show, and I think it intrigued a few people at Miniworks but overall doesn't seem to have left much of a mark.
Most Fun to Make
"Killing Our Heroes". I started making this vid right after I saw The Rise of Skywalker, but I got bogged down. With the breath of new inspiration from watching Obi Wan, I jumped back in and it was just so much clearer what I was trying to say and how I should say it. It was accompanied by a rewatch of the first six movies and I just really got deep in my Star Wars feelings and I feel like I made a vid that says something interesting about Star Wars that you could either find emotional or funny depending on your perspective, and I really like that dynamic.
Hardest Vid to Make
It's funny, some people were speculating that "My Metrocard" was hard because it required source from so many movies, but I've vidded most of those movies multiple times now, I know where things are. Source searching for that vid was not that hard. The actual hardest vid to make was probably one of the MCU vids I haven't finished. I spent a lot of time this year working on my Steve and Sam vid and it just never came together- in particular, I spent a lot of time searching for source that would say things about Sam that I firmly believe and think are supported by canon, but just don't exist visually in the MCU yet.
The Things I Learned This Year
I learned some shortcuts for moving quickly through source. I'm so grateful in particular for whoever mentioned the JKL shortcut, it makes so many things easier.
Oh, and "Mystery Tour" with its terrible aspect ratios ended up being a blessing because I figured out a new workflow for source material from multiple aspect ratios that worked really well, and which I have ended up adapting in different ways for other vids both with multiple aspect ratios and without multiple aspect ratios. The trick is to have multiple timeline tracks set at different zooms, and then I can drag clips from one track to another to change the zoom between several preset levels.
My Goals from Last Year
I didn't have any., because I made this post last year two weeks before Hunt. So I didn't fail! I think my goal was just to get back into vidding and thanks largely to Star Wars I managed that.
Planning for Next Year
Target vids for 2023:
My Superstore big bang vid is close to finished, amazingly, clocking in at over nine minutes.
I will be making a number of Festivids somewhere between 0 and 20.
I don't think either of the MCU vids I worked on this year will be finished next year, but I'd expect to finish some MCU project.
And I've said it the past few years and then fallen short, but I'd like to make another Fringe vid and another TSCC vid.
More ambitiously, source collection for a potential third Jews Dancing vid is continuing but I don't have a vidsong yet. I'm open to suggestions, give me your danciest Charedi Pop.
My Metrocard (MCU)
Killing Our Heroes (Star Wars)
Gracie (Star Wars)
Hella Good(Star Wars)
Mystery Tour (The Afterparty)
Home (Space Sweepers)
Six vids total. A low number compared to recent years (10 in 2021, 7 + Vexercises in 2010, 13 in 2019), but a major reason for that is that I've been making multiple festivids for the past few years to pad out my total, but last year I was busy with Hunt and barely made a single Festivid. So technically this is the knock-on effects of an unproductive 2021, not a result of actual lack of productivity this year. The other reason is I've had some significant false starts, as well as vid projects that are taking more time. I spent a bunch of time this spring/summer on two MCU vids that so far haven't been working, and might not work until Captain America 4 comes out. And I've spent a good deal of time on a Vid Big Bang project that's nearly done but I won't be posting until next year.
Favorite
I think it's "Gracie". It's one of those alchemical lyric matches that just worked out perfectly, and it let me roll around in Star Wars feels. Anytime I can stick a bunch of literally's into the lyrics, I'm happy. "You can't fool me, I literally saw you when you came out"!
Least Favorite
"Hella Good" is a dumb vid. I mean, I'm proud of it, but it's a really dumb vid. I made it on a challenge from vidding discord to vid Gwen Stefani and it just seemed like a good match for the song, but no, it's an insupportably silly vid idea that I wouldn't have made otherwise.
Most Successful
By AO3 hits, "Hella Good". By kudos, "Home". I'm not sure how else to evaluate. I think all of the vids work well as vids.
Most Underappreciated by the Universe
"Mystery Tour". I wanted it to be a recruiter for a fandom that would entice people into the show, and I think it intrigued a few people at Miniworks but overall doesn't seem to have left much of a mark.
Most Fun to Make
"Killing Our Heroes". I started making this vid right after I saw The Rise of Skywalker, but I got bogged down. With the breath of new inspiration from watching Obi Wan, I jumped back in and it was just so much clearer what I was trying to say and how I should say it. It was accompanied by a rewatch of the first six movies and I just really got deep in my Star Wars feelings and I feel like I made a vid that says something interesting about Star Wars that you could either find emotional or funny depending on your perspective, and I really like that dynamic.
Hardest Vid to Make
It's funny, some people were speculating that "My Metrocard" was hard because it required source from so many movies, but I've vidded most of those movies multiple times now, I know where things are. Source searching for that vid was not that hard. The actual hardest vid to make was probably one of the MCU vids I haven't finished. I spent a lot of time this year working on my Steve and Sam vid and it just never came together- in particular, I spent a lot of time searching for source that would say things about Sam that I firmly believe and think are supported by canon, but just don't exist visually in the MCU yet.
The Things I Learned This Year
I learned some shortcuts for moving quickly through source. I'm so grateful in particular for whoever mentioned the JKL shortcut, it makes so many things easier.
Oh, and "Mystery Tour" with its terrible aspect ratios ended up being a blessing because I figured out a new workflow for source material from multiple aspect ratios that worked really well, and which I have ended up adapting in different ways for other vids both with multiple aspect ratios and without multiple aspect ratios. The trick is to have multiple timeline tracks set at different zooms, and then I can drag clips from one track to another to change the zoom between several preset levels.
My Goals from Last Year
I didn't have any., because I made this post last year two weeks before Hunt. So I didn't fail! I think my goal was just to get back into vidding and thanks largely to Star Wars I managed that.
Planning for Next Year
Target vids for 2023:
My Superstore big bang vid is close to finished, amazingly, clocking in at over nine minutes.
I will be making a number of Festivids somewhere between 0 and 20.
I don't think either of the MCU vids I worked on this year will be finished next year, but I'd expect to finish some MCU project.
And I've said it the past few years and then fallen short, but I'd like to make another Fringe vid and another TSCC vid.
More ambitiously, source collection for a potential third Jews Dancing vid is continuing but I don't have a vidsong yet. I'm open to suggestions, give me your danciest Charedi Pop.