My Vid Needs Purpose. And then I Turn Into Cap'n Mal. But First I am Bobbyhobbes. Or Something.

[sisabet]

So yesterday renenet told me she was not the counselor to me and my vid - she was the travel agent.

And that struck me as so beautiful that I had the strength to go in and rip out the first verse, because while it was servicible and nice - it wasn't *enough* of something... something the vid needs and it is on the tip of my tongue what that thing is (OMG LIKE BOBBYHOBBES!) but just out of reach.

The replacement stuff is closer but missing that moment - that sense of purpose, you know what purpose is, right? It is the little spark that lights a fire under your ass? Yes.

And I know what my purpose is with this vid - as an overall concept. I think I am achieving Overall Purpose. Now I have to look at each bit and think about "What do I want to say here? Am I saying it? If I am getting that point across, could I make it more effective?" and this is very hard to do. It involves removing perfectly servicible footage and thinking really hard. This is also why taking time away from a vid is very beneficial - at least to me.

For example: I was told a clip was not quite working as effectively as it could in a current location and I might think about relocating it. Well - my initial reaction is "No! I love it there and the clip is happy and they have a liquor store just around the corner and a grocery store within walking distance and they live above a really good and cheap Mexican Restaurant! What more could they want?"

Time away and I see that while this is a location that *I* love - my clip does not drink, has a car and really bad ulcers and can't eat any spicy food ever. My clip also has a nervous dog and the stream of constant street traffic is causing the dog's hair to fall out. This location is only working for me. I did notice a nice little (quiet) duplex 2 measures over and this might be a match. We shall see, we shall see.

I'm also having to let go of some of my source snobbery - which is interesting. DVDs have spoiled me. Totally spoiled and I admit it. I am spoiled. I want pretty source with no network bugs and I want it now. And I can't have it for this vid and that kept me from even starting the project for months. Now I keep forgetting that the source sucks and then I actually *look* at the thing and wow, the source kinda sucks. But I do not care. Well - I stopped caring last night when I personified the problem. My vid is a little strange looking and has a limp and his glasses are held together with duct tape and y'know - at least he is an individual. He is a vid only a mother could love.

::pinches vid cheeks::

But I worked on my vid last night and did not chat and I got some things accomplished and I am closer to having finished something and that is a very good thing. I will not think at all about how much more I have to do or how much *work* is left or I will become very very sleepy. This is the final stretch and it is the hard part because the initial throw of clips is fun and exhilarating. This is all evaluatory - and even if something is not working, by now I am used to it and even taking that down is hard. At first. And then it is liberating. I just have to remind myself that when I am finished I will have the vid I want to this song. That is my reward. Awww, My Beautiful Reward -- like MAL!!! OMG!!!

DUDE - so I think the vid is my reward and I'll be all happy watching it but actually I am wrong - my reward is the *people* I get to interact with along the way!!

::hugs people tightly::

So is the vid Serenity? Wait - Lum already vidded Serenity. Wait - that is another Firefly vid. How did everything become Firefly all of a sudden? How did I become Mal? I am not a Mal. I am... well I am definitely not Zoe. Renenet can be Zoe. Lum is much more Mal-like than I. I could be Simon. Sometimes I am River. Is elynross Book? Or is she Simon? Wait -is Ellen Zoe? Who is Kaylee? I would like to be Kaylee, she's sweet. Maybe I am Wash. I kind of look like Wash... well I burn in the sun easily. Is tzikeh on the ship? Or is she the Metatron? Wait... Now I am really confused.

basingstoke posted i-man fic today. Go forth and be her bitches y'all cause I got nothing left.

::blood sugar plummets::

Comments

[sisabet.livejournal.com]

Oh - but now that I think about it - it was Ellen that first suggested the clip might not be as comfortable in the neighborhood as I thought it was.

It is like Renenet/Ellen are this tag team combo of not so much travel agents as Clip-Consolidators. They look and identify unhappy footage - or even footage that could be made happier or more useful and then they work and lobby and campaign to get the vidder to make the happiness for the footage happen. They are Clip Advocates.

And Eunice is Kaylee. I just figured that out.

[laurashapiro.livejournal.com]

You're right to include Ellen in the mix. I didn't have the benefit of her eagle eyes this time (with all these people clamoring for beta, you'd think she'd be a lot less together than she is!), but I'm hoping to reserve her early with my next vid. Clip Advocates book up fast, because their services are in demand!

I wanted to be Kaylee. ::pout::

[sisabet.livejournal.com]

Eunice is the only one who knows how to work the After Effects. She gets to be Kaylee, plus she is sweet and all. Next time you can trade her for it. Do you want to be Book? I promise this will not be the ep where you get shot. Also, since tzikeh is the metatron, we are apparently not limited to characters that actually have appeared on Firefly.

Now I really want to get a bunch of vidders and vid watchers together to play "Firefly" like I used to play "Charlie's Angels" with my cousins when we were kids. And I will be Sammie Jo from Dynasty.

And yes - you have to reserve Ellen as a beta far far in advance. She is like a hit Broadway play or a really popular five star restaurant in that way. Ellen is Commander's Palace!! She's never beta'd for me - I don't know if I could live up to her beta - but she has seen the vid and offered some insight. Which I love.

[laurashapiro.livejournal.com]

Since religion keeps appearing in my vids even though I appear to be kind of naughty, I think Book actually fits me. Thank you, I'll wear him with pride. And try not to get shot. (:

We played "The Wizard of Oz", as I recall. I wasn't allowed to watch "Charlie's Angels" (old skool feminist mother). If there were only time at Vividcon, I'd love to play "Firefly", but you know I'm going to be watching vids instead.

[elynross.livejournal.com]

God, I adore you people! Also *blush*.

I would kill to be Zoe, myself. *g* Or Simon, since in my world, Simon gets Mal...