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Day 5 – If you have ever had a character try to push their way into a vid, what did you do about it?
In ship vids it's not a problem, because the shift often works with the lyrics and PoV. On pure character vids that I wanted to hint at the whole ensemble, it's just a question of finding the right clips to make an equally strong point from another character. I had this issue in 'Shades of Grey' with the ladies taking over, so I had to think harder to find good Gunn and Connor clips to make an equal strong connection to Wesley. Lindsey pushed Angel(us) out of 'Bite you' with Xandra's help, which was only logical, so I surrendered. I let Veronica take over Ted's vid 'All Star' more than I first intended. Same goes for all my TXF vids, by now Scully is pretty much my focal point into the show's mythology.
So I would say, it depends on the project, either I allow it or I search harder to get correspondingly good clips from another character. This isn't usually a problem with character vids, I tend to focus too close on that one character anyway and have to remind myself to pull back a bit to include more of their world. And then there is always the 'possible next project', if one character really catches my eye, while scanning through the source.
In ship vids it's not a problem, because the shift often works with the lyrics and PoV. On pure character vids that I wanted to hint at the whole ensemble, it's just a question of finding the right clips to make an equally strong point from another character. I had this issue in 'Shades of Grey' with the ladies taking over, so I had to think harder to find good Gunn and Connor clips to make an equal strong connection to Wesley. Lindsey pushed Angel(us) out of 'Bite you' with Xandra's help, which was only logical, so I surrendered. I let Veronica take over Ted's vid 'All Star' more than I first intended. Same goes for all my TXF vids, by now Scully is pretty much my focal point into the show's mythology.
So I would say, it depends on the project, either I allow it or I search harder to get correspondingly good clips from another character. This isn't usually a problem with character vids, I tend to focus too close on that one character anyway and have to remind myself to pull back a bit to include more of their world. And then there is always the 'possible next project', if one character really catches my eye, while scanning through the source.