In vidding, does it mean choosing scenes that don't rely on dialogue to give them meaning? Or choosing the most efficient scenes to convey whatever it is that you want to convey? Scenes that are more accessible to people who haven't seen the source, are more meaningful to people who have, or are some combination of the two?
Yes. Hee - and I mean that, I do!
Vidding can be complicated and there can be a tendency to want to opt out for the easy answer (and while I think certain amounts of Gimmee are needed, I also think a good vid has a lot of balance).
Go for a clever interpretation and then try to figure out the most balanced and involving and emotional depiction that you can. Sometimes it is straightforward - but often you need to do some serious thinking about what different images mean and what you are saying and how to get this across. So there are 2 different ways to avoid telling:
1. Stay away from talking heads, context laden, but static scenes unless you absolutely *need* a static shot to built tension (I used a static shot from Flowers for Hobbes in Weeping Willow to build tension. The idea is that if you know the context, it hits you like a ton of bricks - but even if you don't, the dynamic of the scene should be strong enough on its own to communicate Something Big is Going Down). But other than that (tension builder) avoid this -even if this scene in the source *tells* exactly the story of your vid - it will be still be boring.
2. Don't go the easy road if you can deepen it a bit more - ABABAC might be easier to tell the audience, but inserting just something a bit more, a bit unexpected and insightful, will really get the point across. See Laura Shapiro's wonder commment below for an example from "Ing" that perfectly illustrates this.
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Yes. Hee - and I mean that, I do!
Vidding can be complicated and there can be a tendency to want to opt out for the easy answer (and while I think certain amounts of Gimmee are needed, I also think a good vid has a lot of balance).
Go for a clever interpretation and then try to figure out the most balanced and involving and emotional depiction that you can. Sometimes it is straightforward - but often you need to do some serious thinking about what different images mean and what you are saying and how to get this across. So there are 2 different ways to avoid telling:
1. Stay away from talking heads, context laden, but static scenes unless you absolutely *need* a static shot to built tension (I used a static shot from Flowers for Hobbes in Weeping Willow to build tension. The idea is that if you know the context, it hits you like a ton of bricks - but even if you don't, the dynamic of the scene should be strong enough on its own to communicate Something Big is Going Down). But other than that (tension builder) avoid this -even if this scene in the source *tells* exactly the story of your vid - it will be still be boring.
2. Don't go the easy road if you can deepen it a bit more - ABABAC might be easier to tell the audience, but inserting just something a bit more, a bit unexpected and insightful, will really get the point across. See Laura Shapiro's wonder commment below for an example from "Ing" that perfectly illustrates this.