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[rivkat]

I think I've done more fannish stuff in the past 48 hours than in the previous 2 months. Go figure. Anyhow, a revised version of Commercial for Lex is up, newly compressed to an almost reasonable size (9 MB), and another experiment wherein I overuse effects but enjoy the result is here (19 MB, sorry). If I had to pick whose voice Brian Molko ought to represent, it wouldn't be Clark, but there you go.

Comments

[morgandawn.livejournal.com]

Like the idea behind the vid -- in that you actually had a strong story to tell (not to knock the "hey look at the two guyds" vids). The parallels you draw are very clear. I think the song weakens the vid because it has no dynamic quality, but you were able to build some tension through edits.

keep vidding!

[rivkat.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Can you say more about what makes a song dynamic? (Examples would be especially appreciated.) I don't know much about music; I just like to listen.

[morgandawn.livejournal.com]

Listen to the orginal Kate Bush version -- the repeated thrumming (which matches "running up that hill") is the constant. The song/singer however crescendos -- changes in intensity then slows down = dynamic.

I find that dynamic songs -- songs that change pace -- make better vids. This is not to say that you cannot use a song that never varies beat/instensity -- ex. a high energy song or a low smooth ballad. It means that the vidder needs to work harder to create the "story" (open - middle - climax - end) with the edits/images.

In this vid -- I felt wanted more tension (think about how that constant thrumming builds and builds in the listeners mind). I either needed musical release (ahem :-)) or a visual release. You almost had the visual release -- it would have been more powerful if the song had built at the same time.

And then there are vids that do everything we think we shouldn't do -- and still work, so this is all very subjective.

Take a look at Lum's "Other Side" Spike vid. The song is very deceptively simple. And look at how she works the music. I fthink this is one of Lum's strenghts.

What I've done (and this has worked for me) is to grab vids that moved me and absorb how they are put together.

Bottom line: you had a great story to tell. So keep vidding. Storytelling -- those are my kinda vids.