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

[ash48.livejournal.com]

(maybe one out of four projects gets posted)

Oh wow. So, I'm wondering. Do you decide the vid is no good or do you get feedback that tells you so? I mean, how do you know for sure it's not working? That's a stupid question I know, because I get that you can "just know". For me I need other people to tell me it's not working (as in this case), because I seem to totally fail at recognising that myself. I mean, I get a "sense" that it's not right, but usually I need to be told blatantly that it just ain't got it for me to believe it. I'm lucky I have peeps who are honest enough to tell me. :)

Maybe take a break from it for awhile?

Yeah - that's my feeling. I'm really needing to either change the song or be clever enough to make it work with the song...(honestly, who would pick Barbara Streisand for SPN??!!) the latter seems too daunting at the moment.

*hugs* Thanks for sharing that honey. *hugs*

(a million edits because I can't seem to type at this time of night.. )

[lsketch42.livejournal.com]

"Do you decide the vid is no good or do you get feedback that tells you so?"

Actually, when I have a beta, that's usually when vids get finished, as they can almost always pinpoint what's wrong and help me revise it to a point where I'm happy to post it. I haven't had a real beta in awhile though, so now I mostly just go by what I feel when I watch the vid back. If there's no connection to the finished product (like if I don't find a humor vid funny or if an angst vid just seems cheesy) I stow the project away for a later time until I can make it funny or angsty or whatever it's supposed to be.


"I'm really needing to either change the song or be clever enough to make it work with the song...(honestly, who would pick Barbara Streisand for SPN??!!) the latter seems too daunting at the moment."

Ha. Well I am totally of the opinion that ANY song can work ;) but if you're fighting so hard against the music, sometimes it is just better to change the song. Or if its the song that's the main focus, wait a couple episodes. You never know what new clips you'll get or storylines they'll introduce which might help you make it work.

Hope you get it hun and always willing to take a look if you need feedback.

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Well I am totally of the opinion that ANY song can work

Ah. Yes, well me too usually - that's why I wasn't too daunted by it initially. But now.... hmmm....

always willing to take a look if you need feedback.

I might just take you up on that. There's a couple things I know I can play with and then I might see what it's like and send it over. Thanks! *hugs*