Yes, I am alive. and I just did this. and by "just", I mean I finished it this morning. By luck, diya accidentally gave me the wrong posting date so when I found out, I had an extra 3 weeks to do it, yay (so much for the whining 3 weeks ago), which came very handy since I barely had time to do it anyway. Anyway, it doesn't matter now. it's done, not fascinating, but done.

I am getting a bit more time now, even if it's 5min here, 3 min there so now that this commentary is out of the way, I may have the time to wow, watch vids ? comment on them ? and even, I dare, make a vid ? I think I'm gonna get started on a Doctor Who vid, since there's very little chance I finish it before Ten's era ends, so It's maybe a good idea to get a head start. and watching some DW as vid research sounds very good :D
That and my "big project vid" is in total stand by because of not finding the sources that would work with this idea yet.

I feel totally out of the vidding loop, so vidding would probably help with that.

Description: Darkness falls across the land
Premiered at CVV '09

Fandom: Supernatural/Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Length: 3min 01
Song: "Thriller" by Michael Jackson

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Streaming (Bam Vid Vault)

( Lyrics )


( Notes )

 

Life was so overwhelming lately that I have done nothing at all vidding wise, and this makes me sad. I feel totally removed from what's been going on in the vidding world and I know I've missed tons of good vids out there. Which would be ok if I were going to VVC cause I would catch up there, but not this year, I am not.  I hope I don't fall too much behind though. I don't wanna turn into "remember this girl that used to make vids, she is not anymore". Which would be sad.

Anyway, despite my lack of vidding lately, I am finally starting on a new project. Which might be the worst idea ever since it involves multi source I still haven't found and I'm not sure I can pull off what I have in my head. But I think it's worth trying, if only to push myself a bit and do something a bit different. and what if it takes 8 months ? this could be my premiere at next year's VVC ;-)
I wanted to do a quick vid too right now, but nothing really inspires me so much, so I think big project it is, even if a stupid vid might pop out of my head in the midtime. you never know.

I'm just glad I'm back into thinking "vidding". \o/

I'm a good sheep so I have now uploaded my vids on Bam Vid Vault. I'm a Buffyann there for anyone that wishes to find me. I still have to update all the vid posts, but that will have to wait a little.

I'm at this stage in the vidding neverending circle where I'm in between vids and not sure what to go for. I have several projects in mind, but most of them are sorta "big" projects that will require lots of research and multiple sources and will take forever to make. I don't know how much time I'll have in the months to come so I'm also wondering if it's a good idea to start something "big" now. At the same time, if it takes a while, this could be my premiere for next year's VVC, so it's good to start early :D

I also have a vid I want to do for Doctor Who's Ten, but I don't know if I should wait for the new specials of christmas to make it, as it'll probably contain some footages I want. It's hard to decide, as christmas is so far away and I like the song now and I sorta want to make the vid.

I think  might start several vids and see where that leads me. I wish I could produce a bit more though. I wanna keep vidding, but I also have personnal editing things going on and I don't wanna have to put one before the other. I want everything. See, I'm a princess. :)

I'm still pondering what to submit to Nearly New this year. Considering I won't sent any new vid due to lack of time to make one by the deadline, I thought I could submit something there. I only have La maree haute and New soul I could send, and I definitely love the former way more but I noticed that shows benefit from some lighter vids too, so i don't know if sending something a bit depressing is the best.

Club Vivid Vid is done and uploaded. The relief !

Not that it would have been dramatic not to submit it, but I hate to fail on something I promised I'd do. The result isn't quite fantastic but It should be enough to entertain a bit a drunk batch of vidders dancing ;)

Next year, I think if I plan on submitting anything, I should do them in january. As much as a deadline is sometimes pushing you forward, it's not how I like to vid, where I always feel I could have done better given more time. I also like to take time in every vid process, not vid for a few days etc. Not to mention my life doesn't allow so much vidding time now or in the near future so I should really start planning ahead.

I don't know if I'll submit anything else to VVC this year. I have several vid projects in my head but I don't know if I'll make any of those in time or for VVC. It's not as fun to sit on a vid for month when you're not even attending. so we'll see.

I feel a lack of inspiration. Well, not so much that, but a lack of new and different ideas. I really wanna try something new or else I'll keep vidding the same stuff and style in 5 years. Not that it's such a bad thing, but I feel I need to evolve too, even if I remain who I am.

done babbling. I hope everyone's doing great :)

10 days before the deadline, I'm still clipping peacefully... who am I kidding ?  O_O
Can I borrow DC's skills to make a vid in 2 days ?

in more positive news, I bought my supportive membership for VVC. Not the real deal, but DVDs ! :D

Description: "The head is full but the heart wants more" .
Vid made for Sweet Charity, requested by sunny_jim

Fandom: Lost
Length: 2min 49
Song: "La marée haute" by Lhasa

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Streaming (imeem)


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So I'm almost done with my sweet charity vid, which is really :
- about time since it was due in January
- so cool cause YAY I'm making a vid

The thing is, I'm starting to really freak out that the bidder is not gonna like it, or the direction I've chosen. I don't know, he/she gave me lots of freedom and wants a surprise vid, which was awesome in terms of creativity, but I still want the vid to be satisfying given the bidder's patience and openess. So I'm kinda scared.

On a pure vidding level, I'm starting to get my groove back, so I'm happy about that, though I feel I'll never be able to do a good vid again since I feel I'm totally plateau-ing and even regressing. I probably need to vid more and try to learn new things.

Next vid will be the CVV vid, which I hope I'll do in time. I think I'll ave one month to do it, which is short for me, but sometimes pressure's good, and this vid is more just editing than it is conceiving something smart, which should help a bit. though expect some whining

After a few hours to think :

( The thing that I can't quite digest )
( Things I loved )

I'm stuck. So terribly stuck with my sweet charity vid. I like where it's going but I don't feel much passion. I don't know how much time that's gonna take. and I need to start my CVV vid (why did I sign up for deadlines again ?).
I think I'm just rusty. Haven't vidded besides an hour here and there since December because I had no time and now I'm almost scared to do anything. The eternal loop of the vidder.

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I welcome concrit, as I'm trying to get better so really, feel free.

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I had hoped to finish my Sweet Charity vid this month but this is really not happening. so...

Vids made in 2008

April
Le Manège - Pushing Daisies

May
Starlight - Multi Dance Fandom (CVV '08)

June
Dreams - Heroes
This World - Battlestar Galactica

July
On My Way - Doctor Who (Milly's birthday)

October
Vidukon Intro (only released on Vidukon DVD)
New Soul - Edward Scissorhands

7 vids, including 2 vidlets. This is like twice more vids that I did last year and since my goal was to vid more in 2008, I'm quite happy with that :)
( more fascinating stuff... )

How can one not like vegetables ?

( I'm just sayin'... )

and was this worthy of a post ? when it involves cherry tomatoes, always in my book :D

Happy birthday kuwdora  !

You are aweomse ! I wish you the best, lots of love and joy !

WHAT THE FUCK is wrong with the world ??

I mean, seriously. With all the crap on the air, man.

I've spent the entire evening devouring Russell T Davies's a writer's tale instead of working of my Sweet Charity vid. bad me.

I'm finding it hard to vid these days. I've been vidding non stop since January and I think I'm trying to feel it. Especially that all my vids projects seem to need lots of prep-work and I can't begin to tackle that, I'm exhausted just thinking about it.

In the midtime, I'm enjoying reading, music and oh my god, I actually have a life ! who knew ?

KILL.ME. NOW.

I seriously wanna die.
or maybe I just need a good night sleep to digest this. :'(

So, Vidukon ! YAY ! Turns out europeans count ! :D
Having this con was obviously important to me, and even if it was small, I really am happy we had it, for all the joy I and everyone there shared. Fandom is huge, but you might feel sometimes alienated as a european. I know I do sometimes. I was happy to see just how fandom and vidding have no boundaries.
I hope this con was the first of a long line and that people will consider coming from all over the world next time it takes place.

Now, on the the actual report :

I arrived thrusday pretty later because my plane was delayed 3 hours, which kinda suck when the actual flight is just an hour and a half. But hey, I got there, s who cares ? I was welcomed by my roomie par_avion , and then I joined other roomie talitha78 , doccy and lithiumdoll , the awesome at the bar where I was served a very strange martini with olives on the side (go figure ?)
I went eating with both my roomies to a japanese restaurant where we exhcnaged over how we came to vidding. It was really cool to learn more about both talitha78 and par_avion  as we didn't really know each other. Turns out par_avion  is like the encyclopedia of cons and vidding fandom. I learned lots of stuff, though I probably lost some info somewhere between white wine intakes.

Everyone went to bed pretty early cause jet-lag and well, con the next day !!! CON !


( Friday )

( Saturday : shows, panel, premieres )

( Sunday )

This morning was really sad as we had to leave :-(
What I loved the most about the con, aside from the vids and panel (duh!) was how relaxed it was and as a result, people that probably never would have thought of coming to a con, just did. and YAY for this. And it was small and confy and I talked to people I maybe wouldn't have time to talk to if it had been bigger. Everyone was so incredibly lovely.
That said, I can't say I didn't with they were more people and I certainely hope it can happen again, with more people !!!

I also felt really good to have a con in europe and to have people from europe here, as well as other nationalities. This was a good melting pot and everyone had its place and I felt like I belonged.

So f-list, think about joing the vidukon comm, you know, in case it happens again next year, you may want to not miss the awesome or the european vidding con ! now with tea cosies !