Vid Question!

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'kay, color me curious, but what do ya'll consider a 'shipper vid? Or a relationship vid?

Like for instance, I consider 'Why' to be simultaneously a Lex vid and a Clex vid, in the way that 'The Fragile' was a Leeloo vid and a Leeloo/Corbin vid. But would one consider one vid-type more 'shippery than the other? If so why?

The reason I ask is 'cause I'd realized (with help) that Moment Couldn't Break could be considered a non-shipper vid...possibly 'cause we vidded a relationship subtext? (Which amuses me SO MUCH)

Then again I'm wondering if it's more of this consideration that I've posted about before, where one's concept of a relationship would alter whether one sees a relationship in a particular text at all.

...which possibly should disturb me that I'm okay with so much dysfunction in a relationship. ::blinks::

::pokes at the several open Sasuke/Naruto fics on desktop:: heh.

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[linzeestyle.livejournal.com]

Which brings up the interesting point of how one might portray an intense platonic relationship via vid for most of the audience...like, is it even possible? Especially considering the main audience for our vids is fandom and is naturally skewed to look in that direction?

You know, I've been thinking about this a *lot* in the last month or so. I have a video I want to make this winter that I'm nervous as hell about, because it deals with two characters (one very underage) and I'm worried that the very idea of a two-character-centric video will be automatically translated into "slash" once I get outside of the vidding fandom. Unfortunately, once we as vidders send our vids out into the 'wilds,' there isn't much we can do in terms of insuring that it doesn't get viewed in a certian way. Fandom is extremely skewed, as you mentioned, to "ship" almost automatically. As to why this is, that's probably another question entirely, but it does make it difficult when attempting to capture non-sexual or more nuanced relationships in vidding, which is so very much dependent on how one views the original footage -- a vidder can do everything in their power to capture their own view of the nuances and non-sexual aspects of two (or more!) characters...but ultimately I think it comes down to the interpretation of the person who clicks 'play.'

Linzee