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rhoboat. This seemed like awesome timing. And even though this is probably the scariest thing to do ever, it's feels kind of liberating. If these vids never see the light of day (which I have no plans for them to), at least a snippet of them does. :) Even though I had finished this vids, I consider them abandoned because I decided to shelve them instead of re-edit them. Mainly due to lack of ideas on how to fix them and then just being bored with them...
1. Chose a vid, or two, or three, or however many you wish, that you started once upon a time but never did finish. Whether it was because the muse or inspiration left you, or someone else did the song, or you never found the time, or just ended up not liking it---no matter the reason! Show them to us! Through download or stream, it doesn't matter.
2. Tell us the reason you abandoned it. Why did it get shelved, or tossed into the rubbish bin? Why didn't you finish it? Did you ever plan to go back to it? Tell us about it!
3. Tag people! Ah. No. I couldn't single anyone out for this. BUT, a few of you told be about some of your abandoned vids on a recent post so it's YOU! It's not an easy thing to do though so yeah, totally understand running a mile from this one... :)
I've think I've made about 45 vids over the last few years and I've ditched is 4 in total. That is, had them finished but didn't post them. If I start a vid and part way through it's not working I actually delete it. Though I can't remember doing that for a long time. The first vid I abandoned was made to Madonna's "Beautiful Stranger" which didn't work and then "Stand By Your Man" - which I thought would be funny but it wasn't!
Then there's these two.
The first one is my attempt at an "episode reaction" style vid. I started this after Swap Meat. Though I also wanted to tie in some other lines in past episodes that left me sad as well. This is also in response to a number of episode reaction posts that talked about missing SamnDean and bitchjerk. (and thank you to everyone who gave me their fav SamnDean moments. I also tried to incorporate them into the vid. But I think that may have caused a problem also because I was more interested in doing that than creating a proper flow for the vid.
The biggest problem it would seem is the song. And yes. The song was a very risky choice and one that just doesn't really work. I was being slightly tongue-in-cheek about the choice. I know how sentimental it is, but that was the point for choosing it. But then the vid became quite serious and therefore became overly sentimental and sappy.
And it was somewhat self indulgent, because really I just wanted to reminisce about the good ole days. But these clips have been used a gazillion times and I'm not really doing anything special (vidding wise), with them. I was going for meta more than making it any sort of vidding masterpiece....
This is only a snippet... the intro. You might die of sugar overload if I played the whole thing.... ;) (Colouring is all over the place and it has watermarks etc. All of which would have been fixed had I continued..)
(And D & C you haven't seen this opening. I did play around with it since the version you guys saw, but it doesn't change it enough I think.....)
Then there's the Jo and Ellen vid I've been mentioning. Um.. Song again might be the problem, but really the feedback I got was that it lacked any sort of ooomph. Any real insight to the characters etc. And I agree. I was trying to make a happy-ish "reflection" of the characters, but neglected to make it relevant.
I called it "Little Bit of Love". For me that was about the way it seemed to take fandom so long to warm to Jo and Ellen. We gave them "a little bit of love" by the end. Well, some gave 'em a heap more than that! :D The editing it still a bit all over the place. I did actually play with this a bit before posting it here- but, man, it still needs a heaps of fixing... *ducks*
I am still thinking I might use this song if I do an end of season tribute to characters who met their demise. We'll see. :)
OK, so this is the part that I run a mile. Posting "bleh" ideas isn't exactly easy. But I think this will help me put these to bed. Or, be re-inspired maybe.
Many thanks to my betas and feedback givers. You know who you are and I truly appreciate your time and honesty. :D
rhoboat. This seemed like awesome timing. And even though this is probably the scariest thing to do ever, it's feels kind of liberating. If these vids never see the light of day (which I have no plans for them to), at least a snippet of them does. :) Even though I had finished this vids, I consider them abandoned because I decided to shelve them instead of re-edit them. Mainly due to lack of ideas on how to fix them and then just being bored with them...1. Chose a vid, or two, or three, or however many you wish, that you started once upon a time but never did finish. Whether it was because the muse or inspiration left you, or someone else did the song, or you never found the time, or just ended up not liking it---no matter the reason! Show them to us! Through download or stream, it doesn't matter.
2. Tell us the reason you abandoned it. Why did it get shelved, or tossed into the rubbish bin? Why didn't you finish it? Did you ever plan to go back to it? Tell us about it!
3. Tag people! Ah. No. I couldn't single anyone out for this. BUT, a few of you told be about some of your abandoned vids on a recent post so it's YOU! It's not an easy thing to do though so yeah, totally understand running a mile from this one... :)
I've think I've made about 45 vids over the last few years and I've ditched is 4 in total. That is, had them finished but didn't post them. If I start a vid and part way through it's not working I actually delete it. Though I can't remember doing that for a long time. The first vid I abandoned was made to Madonna's "Beautiful Stranger" which didn't work and then "Stand By Your Man" - which I thought would be funny but it wasn't!
Then there's these two.
The first one is my attempt at an "episode reaction" style vid. I started this after Swap Meat. Though I also wanted to tie in some other lines in past episodes that left me sad as well. This is also in response to a number of episode reaction posts that talked about missing SamnDean and bitchjerk. (and thank you to everyone who gave me their fav SamnDean moments. I also tried to incorporate them into the vid. But I think that may have caused a problem also because I was more interested in doing that than creating a proper flow for the vid.
The biggest problem it would seem is the song. And yes. The song was a very risky choice and one that just doesn't really work. I was being slightly tongue-in-cheek about the choice. I know how sentimental it is, but that was the point for choosing it. But then the vid became quite serious and therefore became overly sentimental and sappy.
And it was somewhat self indulgent, because really I just wanted to reminisce about the good ole days. But these clips have been used a gazillion times and I'm not really doing anything special (vidding wise), with them. I was going for meta more than making it any sort of vidding masterpiece....
This is only a snippet... the intro. You might die of sugar overload if I played the whole thing.... ;) (Colouring is all over the place and it has watermarks etc. All of which would have been fixed had I continued..)
(And D & C you haven't seen this opening. I did play around with it since the version you guys saw, but it doesn't change it enough I think.....)
Then there's the Jo and Ellen vid I've been mentioning. Um.. Song again might be the problem, but really the feedback I got was that it lacked any sort of ooomph. Any real insight to the characters etc. And I agree. I was trying to make a happy-ish "reflection" of the characters, but neglected to make it relevant.
I called it "Little Bit of Love". For me that was about the way it seemed to take fandom so long to warm to Jo and Ellen. We gave them "a little bit of love" by the end. Well, some gave 'em a heap more than that! :D The editing it still a bit all over the place. I did actually play with this a bit before posting it here- but, man, it still needs a heaps of fixing... *ducks*
I am still thinking I might use this song if I do an end of season tribute to characters who met their demise. We'll see. :)
OK, so this is the part that I run a mile. Posting "bleh" ideas isn't exactly easy. But I think this will help me put these to bed. Or, be re-inspired maybe.
Many thanks to my betas and feedback givers. You know who you are and I truly appreciate your time and honesty. :D
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Date: 2010-02-14 01:45 pm (UTC)"And it was somewhat self indulgent, because really I just wanted to reminisce about the good ole days. But these clips have been used a gazillion times and I'm not really doing anything special (vidding wise), with them."
This is a great deal of self-criticising! When one manages to understand that about her/his OWN work, then the biggest part of the growing-up process IMO is completed!
PS: wow, what a difficult song choice for the first one! I sometimes get the urges too, to vid to these sweet sugary songs...I have already a handful in mind for S&H too (what a surprise.) It's just very hard to find the right kind of editing to make them work, to avoid they become too celebratory and lose identity. But I must say, I adore the way you edited that one...
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Date: 2010-02-14 02:13 pm (UTC)When one manages to understand that about her/his OWN work, then the biggest part of the growing-up process IMO is completed!
Hee! I have indeed done quite a lot of reflecting on these vids. And just in my discussions here have given me a greater understanding of the vidding process.. which is all growth for me... :)
wow, what a difficult song choice for the first one!
Oh yes indeed!! The weird thing is I didn't hear the song and decide to vid to it like I would usually do. I had the idea and went looking for a song. I really wanted something about the way the boys used to be and that's how the song came about. It wasn't until after I finished that I realised how hard it would be to pull that song off!!
I usually like to avoid those types of songs too - I have no idea what I was thinking!! :)
But I must say, I adore the way you edited that one...
Oh yay! Thanks... not a complete loss then! :D :D
Thanks so much for dropping in.
(I would so love to vid S&H, but song choices will be a challenge because I think they really have to fit the style of the show. I always have my SPN brain on when hearing songs... I might see if I can switch it to my S&H brain and see what come up!)
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Date: 2010-02-14 06:08 pm (UTC)Ah, I know! That's why I was SO glad I found that one in my music folder (I have no idea where it comes from) lately. Now I think I should remaster the old vids, because I destroyed some good songs with WMM when I was younger and more inexperienced (2 or 3 years ago, but feels like a lifetime!)