Nothing like a bit of LJ therapy...

[ash48]

Ahhhh yes. LJ. There's no place like my internet home. *snuggles* I've been feeling so (stupidly) down recently and I finally got up the energy to visit LJ again and it's amazing how my spirits lifted. There's nothing quite like coming to a place that feels so comfortable.... hmmm.... is that weird?

I think it must have all started with the internet being denied me on SPN night, and thus also missing the post show squee, followed by a ridiculously busy weekend, being back at work and finishing a vid that just doesn't work. In any way. *sigh*

Which leads me to a question to fellow vidders... How often, if at all, do you ditch a vid? And not just a vid idea, but one that you've actually spent quite a bit of time on? To the point of finishing even? And if it's not working do you work it until you got it right or clock it up as a fail and move on? I realise this might be dependent on the actual vid, but maybe I'm just needing to know that I'm not the only one to make a vid that just doesn't work. *meep* or maybe I am.

I kinda didn't mind ditching my Jo and Ellen vid because I suppose I didn't connect to it so much (plus I'm thinking of resurrecting it in a different way later on - maybe), but I'm finding I do mind ditching this one because I am quite attached to it but have NO idea how to fix it. And it's pissing me off and depressing me at the same time. :(

Oh bugger. I'm wearing my heart of my sleeve. But maybe the therapy works both ways....

In happier news I finally caught up with my show and.... LOVE!!!! \o/ There's heaps to squee about but the only one that I'll mention is how impressed I was with the performances. I find myself often watching performances (probably the actor in me) and I enjoyed the honesty and convictions the actor's brought to what might have been somewhat cheesy or awkward moments. A very satisfying episode.

That's me. Strangely I'm already feeling more energised. :)

Comments

[giandujakiss.livejournal.com]

There's one vid I abandoned, but three times I put vids down for months before returning to them and finishing them. (In one case, I put it down for months, went back to it, put it down, went back to it - and finished it about a year after I started). So sometimes, for me, it's a question of putting a vid aside until I have a clearer handle on it.

Anyway, good luck!

[stacialy.livejournal.com]

I second this. Sometimes you just need some perspective on what you are trying to do. Or sometimes what you want to do isn't working, but after time, you learn something new and then what you want to do changes. Then a new vid could be born, but one which builds on all the previous work you've done.

Or you could make a copy of project, and do some radical experimentation with what you already have, without destroying your original idea. Try something that seems bizarre. Maybe it will give you a new idea. You can always go back to what you originally intended later. Good luck.

[ash48.livejournal.com]

I have been thinking about some radical experimentation actually - a thought did strike me, but I'll have to play to see if it could work.

Unfortunately with this one it seems that the song choice is the problem (that's the feedback I've received anyway), so just by changing that might help it. Assuming I can find another suitable song...

Thanks so much. <3

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I may well revisit this one a few times if I can figure out what to do. And I agree that putting it aside for a while helps - I just get very impatient at times! :D

Thanks again hun. <3