Well, I think you've been a tremendous sport about all of this, myself - and I want to hurry to point out that I think "Closer to Fine" is a very good vid - and I think changing just a few of the clips out would actually make it an incredible vid - but it is all part of growing as a vidder, of listening to critiques and developing betas and one of these days I should probably post the beta-version of "Last Stand in Open Country" which heavily featured Darla.
Or the early version of "Closer" where Angel tried to address his own daddy issues (don't ask).
Each time I felt very strongly about the choices I made in the vid - very strongly to the point of growling over the body of the vid at anyone that approached it. Each time I eventually agreed with the betas (and the MULTITUDES of betas! Closer had Dawn, Lum, Kamil, Boniblithe, Valerie, Myrtle and Eunice, and Miss M rounding up the corner ::is insecure::) and tried something else - but it was hard and part of the process.
Hell, it is still going on today - Ellen said something about the vid I sent to Escapade and it took me a month to come to terms and change the vid accordingly. But... It did make it better.
So, it takes a lot - a lot of feedback, a lot of developing relationships with other vidders and learning and then... well you are never ever really there, but sometimes you are OH MY GOD!! SOME DAYS YOU ARE CLOSER TO FINE!!!
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Or the early version of "Closer" where Angel tried to address his own daddy issues (don't ask).
Each time I felt very strongly about the choices I made in the vid - very strongly to the point of growling over the body of the vid at anyone that approached it. Each time I eventually agreed with the betas (and the MULTITUDES of betas! Closer had Dawn, Lum, Kamil, Boniblithe, Valerie, Myrtle and Eunice, and Miss M rounding up the corner ::is insecure::) and tried something else - but it was hard and part of the process.
Hell, it is still going on today - Ellen said something about the vid I sent to Escapade and it took me a month to come to terms and change the vid accordingly. But... It did make it better.
So, it takes a lot - a lot of feedback, a lot of developing relationships with other vidders and learning and then... well you are never ever really there, but sometimes you are OH MY GOD!! SOME DAYS YOU ARE CLOSER TO FINE!!!
::gets it::
::dies::