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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.

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[prchung.livejournal.com]

P.S.

Might want to screen the comment regarding a community.

[sapote3.livejournal.com]

got it! Thank you so much!

Yeah, this idea seems to be taking over my brain: I actually storyboarded it out on notebook paper, since I can't go in and edit yet.

Right now I'm using Blaze Mediapro for the chopping and Wax to put the clips back together - Wax goes a bit stuttery if I try to put a clip of more than 40 seconds in there, which helps keep my transitions snappy, at least! My poor laptop. It tries so hard.

Thanks again for link and info!

[prchung.livejournal.com]

I know exactly what you're going through. Hopefully I'm going to finally upgrade my laptop soon, and it's going to be like the weights have come off-- I'm already getting new vid ideas that I'm saving for the new 'puter.

I've been using Roxio, which gives me fits-- crashes at THE most inappropriate times and flakes out on me with transitions, but it's done it job so far.

Forget even thinking about Media Movie Maker-- what a joke. Crashes if you have anything bigger than 45 seconds.

[sapote3.livejournal.com]

luckily or unluckily, my OS is actually too old for WMM. I've seen very competent vids done in WMM, but it has always sounded like a painful process *g*.

Some day I will post an extended complaint about the hoops I jump through to make my computer vid, but right now I'm too pleased at the thought of getting into it again, overnight rendering and all. If only I can get slow motion.

[prchung.livejournal.com]

I send good techy vibes your way. Wow, "over night rendering". I've been there. A few times.