Hee! Just don't look behind you -- dead Nathaniel might be standing there. ;)
Yeah, putting a vid through a rigourous beta does help, especially since I am incredibly stubborn at times -- growling over the body of the vid would not be an inappropriate description -- and I need to talk myself into giving up whatever it is that isn't working. For example, Lum was very good at letting me talk myself into framing Running Blind with dying!Wes clips which I had such a hysterical reaction to using at first.
I'm still at the stage where it's difficult to sometimes find a good vid beta (outside of my usual circle who help tremendously but we share a brain so sometimes we also share the same blind spots) who is willing and has the time to take a look at something. But hopefully as I continue vidding I'll get a bigger circle of people I feel I can ask without feeling like I'm being presumptuous or pestering people.
That does seem to be the best litimus test of do you have the correct balance of literal/metaphorical clips -- actual viewers.
Writing's much the same way when it boils down to it -- you need someone who isn't you to go through and make sure the plot twists make sense outside of your brain.
Can't wait to see your new vid -- I see below it's Invisible Man, which is a show I greatly enjoyed watching when it finally made it to Canada. :)
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Yeah, putting a vid through a rigourous beta does help, especially since I am incredibly stubborn at times -- growling over the body of the vid would not be an inappropriate description -- and I need to talk myself into giving up whatever it is that isn't working. For example, Lum was very good at letting me talk myself into framing Running Blind with dying!Wes clips which I had such a hysterical reaction to using at first.
I'm still at the stage where it's difficult to sometimes find a good vid beta (outside of my usual circle who help tremendously but we share a brain so sometimes we also share the same blind spots) who is willing and has the time to take a look at something. But hopefully as I continue vidding I'll get a bigger circle of people I feel I can ask without feeling like I'm being presumptuous or pestering people.
That does seem to be the best litimus test of do you have the correct balance of literal/metaphorical clips -- actual viewers.
Writing's much the same way when it boils down to it -- you need someone who isn't you to go through and make sure the plot twists make sense outside of your brain.
Can't wait to see your new vid -- I see below it's Invisible Man, which is a show I greatly enjoyed watching when it finally made it to Canada. :)