If I've never seen a single episode of Smallville, can I still brainstorm with you anyway? :)
I totally grok what you are saying about Showing and Not Telling. That is one of the most difficult parts of vidding, IMO - especially when all the characters do is talk and talk and talk about their feelings instead of acting them out with nifty little visual metaphors that you can just pop on the timeline and make the audience go "ooooh".
IMO: Facial expressions are vital. Facial expressions are key. If you can get some good shots of Chloe looking determined or longing or alone or whatever, and connect those moments to Clark, the audience will get it.
I do remember a couple scenes (from vids, of course) involving things like newspaper clippings and online articles and so forth whenever Clark has just done some Big Mysterious Alien Thing. If you include, say, a clip of Chloe studying a photo of Clark in the paper alongside the headline "Local Boy Has Deep Dark Secret!" (or, you know, whatever the hell the headline actually was), that would get your point across. Show the investigation. Show Chloe following Clark's trail.
And there are plenty of ways to visually show that someone is being secretive, too. Walking away. Looking down, or not meeting someone's eye. Stepping back when they approach. Keeping a physical distance from them in general. A shot of Clark doing any of these things, followed by a focus on Chloe's reaction, would work wonders.
I don't know if this is the kind of help you were looking for. If you just wanted to talk about Showing and Not Telling in a general sense - oops, my bad. :)
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I totally grok what you are saying about Showing and Not Telling. That is one of the most difficult parts of vidding, IMO - especially when all the characters do is talk and talk and talk about their feelings instead of acting them out with nifty little visual metaphors that you can just pop on the timeline and make the audience go "ooooh".
IMO: Facial expressions are vital. Facial expressions are key. If you can get some good shots of Chloe looking determined or longing or alone or whatever, and connect those moments to Clark, the audience will get it.
I do remember a couple scenes (from vids, of course) involving things like newspaper clippings and online articles and so forth whenever Clark has just done some Big Mysterious Alien Thing. If you include, say, a clip of Chloe studying a photo of Clark in the paper alongside the headline "Local Boy Has Deep Dark Secret!" (or, you know, whatever the hell the headline actually was), that would get your point across. Show the investigation. Show Chloe following Clark's trail.
And there are plenty of ways to visually show that someone is being secretive, too. Walking away. Looking down, or not meeting someone's eye. Stepping back when they approach. Keeping a physical distance from them in general. A shot of Clark doing any of these things, followed by a focus on Chloe's reaction, would work wonders.
I don't know if this is the kind of help you were looking for. If you just wanted to talk about Showing and Not Telling in a general sense - oops, my bad. :)