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seekingferretMy Vids for 2018
The Mystery Cat American Vandal - Festivid
Powers Sky High - Festivid
The Upload Terminator series - Wiscon Vid Party Premiere
Mayn Kindershe yorn X-Men movies
Hook Peter Pan - Vividcon Also Premiering
Deeper Existenz/Tom Clancy's Net Force - Vividcon Vid Roulette party Premiere
Nightswimming Fringe - Vividcon Premiere
Ein HaNamer Jewish Athlete RPF - Vividcon Club Vivid Premiere
Bulletproof Solo: A Star Wars Story/ Pitch Perfect
Power Crisis - Monsters Inc. - Fall Equinox
Cosmos Redux Monsters Inc. - Fall Equinox
Wow, that's a lot.
Favorite
"Nightswimming". I'm so glad I finally got the guts to premiere a vid at the VVC main Premieres show, in its last edition. I am incredibly proud of this vid, which I think is one of my most subtle and well-executed and emotional vids, and which returns to the first fandom I completed a vid for. I love how I mix fast cuts with slow cuts, I love how I used motion to develop a visual flow, and I love how I got to show the version of Olivia Dunham that I love.
Least Favorite
I hate this question. It always forces me to choose between a crackvid that I am very amused by but doesn't reflect a lot of effort or thought on my part, this year "Bulletproof"... or a vid I slaved over and which is probably fine, but which the process of slaving over made me second-guess, this year "The Upload". In both cases, don't let the fact that I consider them in this category imply I have anything less than deep affection for both. I love "Bulletproof" and "The Upload" but in their own ways they are the most flawed of my vids this year.
Most Successful
"The Mystery Cat", which got some appreciation when it first came out, then got a flood of youtube hits when Season 2 came out because of how few American Vandal vids there are. It is the vid of mine with the most hits on youtube, which is shocking since it's a weird experimental thing about a secondary character to a spoken TS Eliot poem. Youtube is a funny place.
Also, when I talk about success, I want to talk about Vid Roulette, which was a unique thing I did this year. Even though we only got two vids submitted and the party only had a half dozen people, I consider it a big success, because both of those vids are so delightful and weird and surprising in exactly the ways I was hoping that they would when I came up with the idea of randomly distributing DVDs of bad movies to vidders. I feel like Vid Roulette was a one off thing, but I want to do more things like Vid Roulette that combine vidders put in creative situations with the social element.
Most Underappreciated by the Universe
I never really expected much of an audience for "Mayn Kindershe Yorn", because its success as a vid is intricately linked to its use of the Yiddish lyrics, and sure enough!
Most Fun to Make
"Hook". That was a blast to make, a purely visual, movement oriented piece to a goofy Blues Traveler song.
Hardest Vid to Make
"Ein HaNamer", because of source collection, competes with "The Upload", because of everything involved in the AU construction, and the length and scope of the song, and the effects used, and color balancing the added source, and the gender politics and the.... Okay, fine, "The Upload" wins. That was a really complicated project.
The Things I Learned This Year
Matching motion from clip to clip can do cool things. Credits are part of the vid and can do more than just advertise who made the vid, they can help tell the vid's story. If I make a vid to a spoken word piece, I also have to vid an instrumental. Sometimes it makes sense to throw out a lot of work rather than sticking to an idea that isn't working. And when it comes to vidding, it is possible to be too subtle.
I also think I learned that my creative impulse for fic and my creative impulse for vidding seem to come from the same well. As vidding has occupied more of my time and energy and enthusiasm, I have been writing less fic, and feeling less comfortable and inspired to write fic, even though I still have plenty of ideas for fic that I would like to write. It's not something I'm necessarily unhappy about, because I'm really proud of the vids I've made this year, but part of me wishes I could reach a balance that involved more writing.
My Goals from Last Year
Okay... I managed 2 Festivids, I managed my VVC goals of the Vid Roulette vid, Fringe vid, and Israeli CVV vid. I did two Equinox vids in the fall, none in the Spring. I premiered the Terminator vid at Wiscon. So... All specific vid goals achieved! And significantly exceeded the general target of 6 vids, with a total of 11.
Planning for Next Year
Target vids for 2019:
-At least 1 Festivid
-At least 1 Equinox vid
-A Tony Stark vid
-Figure out what to do with Migldi Magldi (this might be the Tony Stark vid)
-Vid Big Bang project
-Two more wild cards, including one con premiere, exact con TBD
The Mystery Cat American Vandal - Festivid
Powers Sky High - Festivid
The Upload Terminator series - Wiscon Vid Party Premiere
Mayn Kindershe yorn X-Men movies
Hook Peter Pan - Vividcon Also Premiering
Deeper Existenz/Tom Clancy's Net Force - Vividcon Vid Roulette party Premiere
Nightswimming Fringe - Vividcon Premiere
Ein HaNamer Jewish Athlete RPF - Vividcon Club Vivid Premiere
Bulletproof Solo: A Star Wars Story/ Pitch Perfect
Power Crisis - Monsters Inc. - Fall Equinox
Cosmos Redux Monsters Inc. - Fall Equinox
Wow, that's a lot.
Favorite
"Nightswimming". I'm so glad I finally got the guts to premiere a vid at the VVC main Premieres show, in its last edition. I am incredibly proud of this vid, which I think is one of my most subtle and well-executed and emotional vids, and which returns to the first fandom I completed a vid for. I love how I mix fast cuts with slow cuts, I love how I used motion to develop a visual flow, and I love how I got to show the version of Olivia Dunham that I love.
Least Favorite
I hate this question. It always forces me to choose between a crackvid that I am very amused by but doesn't reflect a lot of effort or thought on my part, this year "Bulletproof"... or a vid I slaved over and which is probably fine, but which the process of slaving over made me second-guess, this year "The Upload". In both cases, don't let the fact that I consider them in this category imply I have anything less than deep affection for both. I love "Bulletproof" and "The Upload" but in their own ways they are the most flawed of my vids this year.
Most Successful
"The Mystery Cat", which got some appreciation when it first came out, then got a flood of youtube hits when Season 2 came out because of how few American Vandal vids there are. It is the vid of mine with the most hits on youtube, which is shocking since it's a weird experimental thing about a secondary character to a spoken TS Eliot poem. Youtube is a funny place.
Also, when I talk about success, I want to talk about Vid Roulette, which was a unique thing I did this year. Even though we only got two vids submitted and the party only had a half dozen people, I consider it a big success, because both of those vids are so delightful and weird and surprising in exactly the ways I was hoping that they would when I came up with the idea of randomly distributing DVDs of bad movies to vidders. I feel like Vid Roulette was a one off thing, but I want to do more things like Vid Roulette that combine vidders put in creative situations with the social element.
Most Underappreciated by the Universe
I never really expected much of an audience for "Mayn Kindershe Yorn", because its success as a vid is intricately linked to its use of the Yiddish lyrics, and sure enough!
Most Fun to Make
"Hook". That was a blast to make, a purely visual, movement oriented piece to a goofy Blues Traveler song.
Hardest Vid to Make
"Ein HaNamer", because of source collection, competes with "The Upload", because of everything involved in the AU construction, and the length and scope of the song, and the effects used, and color balancing the added source, and the gender politics and the.... Okay, fine, "The Upload" wins. That was a really complicated project.
The Things I Learned This Year
Matching motion from clip to clip can do cool things. Credits are part of the vid and can do more than just advertise who made the vid, they can help tell the vid's story. If I make a vid to a spoken word piece, I also have to vid an instrumental. Sometimes it makes sense to throw out a lot of work rather than sticking to an idea that isn't working. And when it comes to vidding, it is possible to be too subtle.
I also think I learned that my creative impulse for fic and my creative impulse for vidding seem to come from the same well. As vidding has occupied more of my time and energy and enthusiasm, I have been writing less fic, and feeling less comfortable and inspired to write fic, even though I still have plenty of ideas for fic that I would like to write. It's not something I'm necessarily unhappy about, because I'm really proud of the vids I've made this year, but part of me wishes I could reach a balance that involved more writing.
My Goals from Last Year
So, target vids for 2018:
-My Festivid
-My Vid Roulette vid
-My Fringe vid
-My Terminator vid
-An Equinox vid
-Wild card... I'd still like to do a third consecutive Club Vivid vid to a third Israeli dance song, but haven't found the song yet. Maybe something else will appear to inspire me in the coming months.
Okay... I managed 2 Festivids, I managed my VVC goals of the Vid Roulette vid, Fringe vid, and Israeli CVV vid. I did two Equinox vids in the fall, none in the Spring. I premiered the Terminator vid at Wiscon. So... All specific vid goals achieved! And significantly exceeded the general target of 6 vids, with a total of 11.
Planning for Next Year
Target vids for 2019:
-At least 1 Festivid
-At least 1 Equinox vid
-A Tony Stark vid
-Figure out what to do with Migldi Magldi (this might be the Tony Stark vid)
-Vid Big Bang project
-Two more wild cards, including one con premiere, exact con TBD