You're the only one that can make me happy this easily *hugs* By being awesome and you :D
When I started vidding, I wasn't aware of the whole community and all, the concept of other people who were doing what I was doing? Ah! Impossible. But one day I ventured, and that day I found Touch My Soul and through it I found your vids. And 'My Skin' was like...whoa, revelation, that vids could be so much more than the simple things I was doing at the time. Even today, that 'old version' is still one of my favorite vids ever.
And this new version, I adore just as much. It's still got the same spirit, the same heart, it's just...more polished? Comparing the two versions, you definitely see your evolution as a vidder, but you also see that your heart is a fixed point. What comes to mind the most is the last portion, in which you have the multiple quotes over the instrumental part - that part in the original video was overly layered, but it worked - now, it works even more, because it still has the same effect while being more harmonious, more visually stunning (but I still love that section in the old version too ;) ).
And I love your placing, your timing with everything. Hell, I don't know how many times I've watched every single episodes and some shots made me gasp! And that's truly your biggest talent, you make everything yours, and this is most definitely you.
WOW – you did make me blush and speechless on purpose, Milly. Bad girl. So damn, what do I respond to such a breathtaking compliment?
First of all: Merci beaucoup.
Second: I think it is so damn easy to forget all the technical difficulties you had to fight in the dark ages of newbie vidding. The hair pulling, the lack of understanding why Premiere refused certain video-files and eat up others. The disheartening effect Premiere could have on you, when it refused to cooperate. Being proud of the result no matter how crappy it is compared to your new stuff, because wow your favourite song and your favourite TV show are coming together and isn’t it awesome? And then discovering the community, actually getting to know some people you only admired from afar and I especially think back nostalgic to Midnight Lair. I mean otherwise were would I be without Xandra and Charmax on my flist?
Like you said for every vidder there is an evolution going on and I hopefully never run out of the learning curve even when I have my technical cornerstones by now. The way every project is set up and I follow my own by trial and error patented patter. I think I said in the 2007 vid meme that vidding today for me is much more fun, because I know my way around blind in Premiere and in preparing the footage for it. I have a lot less fights with Premiere than I use to have and sometimes it feels a bit like cheating, because it is easy nowadays to vid.
To actually spend your time on cutting, editing, searching for your clips and telling a story with them, when back then half of your time was used figuring something out. So you have time to polish and to go the subtle road and try different approaches to your style, but in the end all that counts is the heart you put into your project. The thing that drives you to spend hours and days and weeks on a project, going over every single frame time and time again, because the imperfections bug your vision. Because that facial expression isn’t strong enough and why not try the other one then and see if it sticks this time and well, even when you know damn well that nobody else will notice these two frames over there and five there.
You want to capture an emotion, make it shine and sparkle - plain to see for everybody watching your vid where you, your love and your obsession are coming from. That’s vidding for me. And you made me babble incoherently. Thanks. Heh.
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I will now attempt to approach this in a very mature situation. And completely fail.
*downloads*
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God, I love you, Milly! Your SQUEE is too beautiful!
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When I started vidding, I wasn't aware of the whole community and all, the concept of other people who were doing what I was doing? Ah! Impossible. But one day I ventured, and that day I found Touch My Soul and through it I found your vids. And 'My Skin' was like...whoa, revelation, that vids could be so much more than the simple things I was doing at the time. Even today, that 'old version' is still one of my favorite vids ever.
And this new version, I adore just as much. It's still got the same spirit, the same heart, it's just...more polished? Comparing the two versions, you definitely see your evolution as a vidder, but you also see that your heart is a fixed point. What comes to mind the most is the last portion, in which you have the multiple quotes over the instrumental part - that part in the original video was overly layered, but it worked - now, it works even more, because it still has the same effect while being more harmonious, more visually stunning (but I still love that section in the old version too ;) ).
And I love your placing, your timing with everything. Hell, I don't know how many times I've watched every single episodes and some shots made me gasp! And that's truly your biggest talent, you make everything yours, and this is most definitely you.
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First of all: Merci beaucoup.
Second: I think it is so damn easy to forget all the technical difficulties you had to fight in the dark ages of newbie vidding. The hair pulling, the lack of understanding why Premiere refused certain video-files and eat up others. The disheartening effect Premiere could have on you, when it refused to cooperate. Being proud of the result no matter how crappy it is compared to your new stuff, because wow your favourite song and your favourite TV show are coming together and isn’t it awesome? And then discovering the community, actually getting to know some people you only admired from afar and I especially think back nostalgic to Midnight Lair. I mean otherwise were would I be without Xandra and Charmax on my flist?
Like you said for every vidder there is an evolution going on and I hopefully never run out of the learning curve even when I have my technical cornerstones by now. The way every project is set up and I follow my own by trial and error patented patter. I think I said in the 2007 vid meme that vidding today for me is much more fun, because I know my way around blind in Premiere and in preparing the footage for it. I have a lot less fights with Premiere than I use to have and sometimes it feels a bit like cheating, because it is easy nowadays to vid.
To actually spend your time on cutting, editing, searching for your clips and telling a story with them, when back then half of your time was used figuring something out. So you have time to polish and to go the subtle road and try different approaches to your style, but in the end all that counts is the heart you put into your project. The thing that drives you to spend hours and days and weeks on a project, going over every single frame time and time again, because the imperfections bug your vision. Because that facial expression isn’t strong enough and why not try the other one then and see if it sticks this time and well, even when you know damn well that nobody else will notice these two frames over there and five there.
You want to capture an emotion, make it shine and sparkle - plain to see for everybody watching your vid where you, your love and your obsession are coming from. That’s vidding for me. And you made me babble incoherently. Thanks. Heh.