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[sapote]

So 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.

Comments

[revbiscuit.livejournal.com]

What editing software do you use? I only ask because altering the speed of clips is dead easy with mine.

[sapote3.livejournal.com]

oh god, I use debugmode wax. It's not very awesome, but it was free, and I wasn't sure I was going to vid again when I started using it.

I would be delighted to upgrade at this point, though.

[revbiscuit.livejournal.com]

Well, I use Adobe Elements, which is the cheaper Adobe program. It's fine though, it allows for very precise cutting and it does all kinds of stuff - I'm finding new things every day, LOL - I don't think it is too expensive, either. I'm not entirely sure how much it costs, to be honest, because I got it as a present.

[sapote3.livejournal.com]

To be honest, *cough* cost is no element in the era of bittorrent. I try! I put my pocket change in the "buy a license" jar every time I use a program! (no, really).

::feels guilty::

I am going to try to figure out Wax slowmo first, because to a certain degree I like struggling with obtuse programs. It's like how you have to think through what you're going to write more thoroughly when you're using a typewriter. But (to extend the metaphor) typewriters are still no good for writing backwards and in pink. Thanks for the recommendation!