I think the different expectations often arise from the fact that songs in comedic vids tend to be specific and removed from the fandom shown, so there's a sense of 'wow, that's clever,' when someone is able to find a particularly good match of song/image. Whereas more emotional, serious songs with slower beats tend to have more universal lyrics because of the emotions expressed. So I end up looking for interpretation and it gets a little boring when every kiss is a kiss.
NEAT THOUGHT! mind if I quote it in my post?
I have seen vids that I thought were one type only to realize that I was wrong, revised my earlier assumption, and re-watched to greater enjoyment. But what can happen, as it has with me, is that I watched a vid, didn't realize what type it was and thought, 'that vidder totally missed the point.'
ahhhh. Question, did you get that with my Gravity vid? 'cause it totally wasn't a Jack Sparrow character study, but more of a me-and-my-micro-fandom character study with Jack as a puppet/blank slate to project on
Basically, what I want to say is that, as a vidder, there are a number of factors working against you and a number of reasons why you may not be able to reach a certain audience. It helps that you include notes with all your vids, because then I know what to watch for and appreciate. Even a line summarizing the vid can be a great help for someone like me to figure out the goal of the vidder.
Would encouraging a line summary of a vid to vidders help for most vid-viewers you think?
I've found that your vids are strong on symbolism and parallelism, to the extent that you even end up creating your own symbol.
eee! thank you!
Sometimes, your use of parallelism makes the vid almost seem circular and I can see why people would get put off by that. It's like they get a 'we've see that before, enough already' vibe.
::nods:: that was one of the things that I was worried about in Hero vid, but that vid is so heavily laden with metaphor in a metaphor filled movie that I felt that I almost HAD to repeatedly bracket the scenes or they wouldn't even approach the intent that I'd arranged them with.
I like it just fine, but then I like your vid style. I am such a technophile. I love it when vidders show off their skills with filters, fades, matching images to beats, etc.
awww ::glompity::
wait...was it you who I'd first given that Jack/Will vid to, for a beta? I'm thinking of remastering it and releasing it, (finally)...
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NEAT THOUGHT! mind if I quote it in my post?
I have seen vids that I thought were one type only to realize that I was wrong, revised my earlier assumption, and re-watched to greater enjoyment. But what can happen, as it has with me, is that I watched a vid, didn't realize what type it was and thought, 'that vidder totally missed the point.'
ahhhh. Question, did you get that with my Gravity vid? 'cause it totally wasn't a Jack Sparrow character study, but more of a me-and-my-micro-fandom character study with Jack as a puppet/blank slate to project on
Basically, what I want to say is that, as a vidder, there are a number of factors working against you and a number of reasons why you may not be able to reach a certain audience. It helps that you include notes with all your vids, because then I know what to watch for and appreciate. Even a line summarizing the vid can be a great help for someone like me to figure out the goal of the vidder.
Would encouraging a line summary of a vid to vidders help for most vid-viewers you think?
I've found that your vids are strong on symbolism and parallelism, to the extent that you even end up creating your own symbol.
eee! thank you!
Sometimes, your use of parallelism makes the vid almost seem circular and I can see why people would get put off by that. It's like they get a 'we've see that before, enough already' vibe.
::nods:: that was one of the things that I was worried about in Hero vid, but that vid is so heavily laden with metaphor in a metaphor filled movie that I felt that I almost HAD to repeatedly bracket the scenes or they wouldn't even approach the intent that I'd arranged them with.
I like it just fine, but then I like your vid style. I am such a technophile. I love it when vidders show off their skills with filters, fades, matching images to beats, etc.
awww ::glompity::
wait...was it you who I'd first given that Jack/Will vid to, for a beta? I'm thinking of remastering it and releasing it, (finally)...