running ragged

[jmtorres]

I have been burning the candle at both ends, hit the ground running at six thirty in the morning, never off work on time because it's goddamn rush season, all week long. And it's only Wednesday Thursday, and my classes start tomorrow some four hours after I have to get up, and next week I am working until 9 every night per schedule.

I keep thinking of entries I want to write and never being at a computer to write them. I want to write vidding meta. There was a entry in my head today about how vidders (ones I know anyway) choose songs, and how some songs are obvious to everyone and some are only obvious in retrospect once the brilliant vid is made. And I keep thinking about writing up some really basic Final Cut stuff, because things like markers OMG SO USEFUL yet news to some friends.

Anyway, since I am failing at getting those entries started on my own, I would like to put it out there, is there any part of vidding as a process or my vids in particular that you would like me to talk about? I am now taking questions from the audience. seperis, I am looking at you.

Comments

[aris_tgd]

Just one question. WTF is clipping? Maybe it's just that I use Premiere but I don't understand--is it an actual physical thing you do to the file or is it just writing down times for clips you like or what? I've only vidded movies so far which makes it a lot easier in terms of source length, but I've always just... winged it.

[grey_bard]

Clipping is - however you choose to do it - selecting specific clips that you think might be useful for the vid. You can do it on paper, you can do it by actually creating new files, you can do it by selecting segments of a file (which remains intact and does not create another file) to save in your video file and other ways too.

Basically, it is the act of locating precisely where that footage of the lady eating the hamburger or the Enterprise blowing up is for future use.

[jetpack_monkey]

I don't use markers as much as I should and I feel like I'm not exploiting their full power. What are some awesome things you can do with markers (other than clipping source).

[grammarwoman]

Ooo! One thing that I've been meaning to ask is when you have an awesome idea for a song/subject pairing, where all do you check to make sure it hasn't already been done to death?

Also, I showed a friend of mine who dabbles in vidding a vid posted on LJ, and she was baffled that that person hadn't also copied it to YouTube. I couldn't really explain it to her, other than some vague mumbles about LJ culture. Can you talk a little about the different vid communities that exist and/or that you might belong to, and what the general feeling is as to where people post? I suppose that ties in a lot with question 1, doesn't it?

Thanks! (I really need a vidding icon. Hm.)

[jmtorres]

--oh, dear lord, am I an odd person to ask about vidding factions and culture clashes. Just so you know, when I write up the entry in which I answer the comments here, I might be, um, strident? I am not trying to be mean, I am just opinionated, and the factionalization of vidding fandom hacks me off.

[grammarwoman]

I would be grateful for any and all opinions! I am a babe in the woods when it comes to vidding; I have no experience whatsoever with factions or communities.