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sapote ([personal profile] sapote) wrote2007-05-23 05:28 pm
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So [livejournal.com profile] bradcpu was having vidding idea angst today, and apparently it's contagious.

Because, y'all, it's Doctor Who, and it's to a song I could stand to listen to over and over, but there are:

Thematic problems: It's pretty much nothing but angst, and also the lyrics are kind of sexual. I like the dubious platonicity of Doctor / Rose love; I would have to really, really work the metaphors both in song and footage to get it to a place I'm comfortable with. Also, the POV isn't immediately clear in my head, but that's pretty standard.

Technical problems: Getting my hard drive clean enough to vid is a massive (if admittedly already necessary) undertaking. Also, I don't know how to do fancy, fancy effects like slow motion. Fade to black almost did me in last time. So the learning curve will be steep.

More thematic problems: Why do I never have sweet, cute, hilarious ideas? No, it's all angst all the time. ::heavy sigh::

Time management problems: or, how awesome is it that I'm on vacation long enough to go "what do I want to do? Work more on fic, or vid?" Maybe I can do both?

::contemplates::



(non-specific, just blathery)

Incidentally, where do y'all get your DW torrents? Anonymous comments are screened, so if anyone wants to drop me a community recommendation, that would be supercool.

[identity profile] lavilleperdue.livejournal.com 2007-05-24 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
I know what you mean about having to get your hard drive clean -- I imagine laptops aren't ideal for vidding anyway, but video clips take up so much room (I have been itching to vid lately, which is surprising because I haven't made a music video in ages, but of course I only get cracky ideas that will entertain only me)! The only program I've ever used is WMM, though, and I don't think it can do slow motion, so I can't help you there. Still, good luck with all of your creative ambitions -- it is nice to have the free time to do various fannish things!