This is a wonderful commentary that makes a very interesting vid even more so. Thank you so much for writing it. I especially like how you pointed out the auction song/idea bringing the vidders out of their comfort zone in that sense. I've seen that happen time and again with all types of vidders, and it's always eye-opening - as you said - to see the results.
It leads to things like this:
they broke one of the "cardinal rules" of vidding, which is, don't reuse clips within a vid. They'd actually done it several times before in the vid, but they were just flashes, so I hadn't thought too much of it. But it happens here more obviously, and I love that they went ahead and said fuck it and broke that rule repeatedly and with intent, because it fits.
That kind of thing really inspires me as a vidder and makes me want to break out of *my* comfort zone and challenge myself in new ways.
Thank you so much for reading it! :D This is a vid that I liked very much on first watching, but that became a favorite after I really got into noticing the details.
Thank you for taking the time to disect this vid, which, even now, gives me chills down my spine and makes me gasp when I see it.
I was a little sad when after the last Vividcon, I saw almost nobody mention this vid.
I know I was asking the Clucking Belles to step out of their box with this song choice. I more or less said I wanted a video about Derek and the 3 women in his life and about the sheer chaos of being Derek Reese, and that yeah, they could use that shot if they needed to
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You are so right, about this vid being a Faberge egg! The more time I spent with it, the more I appreciated and loved it. (I didn't see it at VividCon last year -- had to leave early.) It's a fantastic song choice, it really is. And I love seeing how they made their vidding style expand to fit the song. It doesn't hurt that I adore Derek more than cake, but it's also such an amazing teaching vid -- I feel like I learned a ton studying it.
It's definitely an amazing teaching vid, as you say in comments. Thanks for guiding us through it, because I would never have picked up so much on my own.
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It leads to things like this:
they broke one of the "cardinal rules" of vidding, which is, don't reuse clips within a vid. They'd actually done it several times before in the vid, but they were just flashes, so I hadn't thought too much of it. But it happens here more obviously, and I love that they went ahead and said fuck it and broke that rule repeatedly and with intent, because it fits.
That kind of thing really inspires me as a vidder and makes me want to break out of *my* comfort zone and challenge myself in new ways.
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Thank you for taking the time to disect this vid, which, even now, gives me chills down my spine and makes me gasp when I see it.
I was a little sad when after the last Vividcon, I saw almost nobody mention this vid.
I know I was asking the Clucking Belles to step out of their box with this song choice. I more or less said I wanted a video about Derek and the 3 women in his life and about the sheer chaos of being Derek Reese, and that yeah, they could use that shot if they needed to ( ... )
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*hugs*
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