Lost Video Island

[Aislynn]

I think that my problem (whoa, there's a loaded way to start a post -- I could go in SO many different directions with that! ) is that I have too many ideas and I'm worried that most of them are a little too "fresh."

I mean, I don't know how far off the beaten path people really want to see a "Lost" vid go. I happen to like vid manipulation (which everybody's probably noticed by now! ) but can it be taken too far? Is it "okay" to pull a lot of manipulations and force the clips into storylines and situations that didn't actually happen?

Hm, not sure that I'm explaining that very well. Don't want to go into a horrific 5 page dissertation on the subject (since when does THAT stop me??? ). I just don't know how well my most recent idea will really fly, I suppose. The things I think it has against it:

1) it doesn't put Jack in a very good light and one thing I've always tried not to do is annoy the Jaters if I can help it!

2) it puts Sawyer in a better light by the very way it puts Jack in the bad light (again, see warning about annoying the Jaters )

3) by following the song lyrics, it's going to end up being a slight triangle, very pro-Skate vid that absolutely never happened

The one thing it has for it:

1) I really want to do it



However, I'm really bad at making myself do something when I think that very people I'm going to show it to are going to hate it! Yes, that makes me wishy-washy! But at least I'm honest about it. I'm in touch with my Inner Wishy-Washiness!

I don't know. I'm taking a bit of a break since I just got done with the June contest vid. When I find out what July's contest is going to be, I'll probably try to come up with something for it. At some point I've got to try and repair the computer so that I can log onto Lost-Media and can download from Rapidshare again. And in between all of that I'd just really like to make a vid for my own enjoyment. Otherwise my contest vids are going to outnumber the "plain" ones I've done! Not that there's anything wrong with that, of course...

*sigh*

Oy.

~Aislynn

PS - I really need to find a good "oy" smiley. Something throwing its hands in the air while rolling its eyes or something...

[Rocksiren]

Aislyn- dont do or not do videos to please/piss off anyone else. I did that Lockum one whihc I knew would piss people off, but I wanted to do it, so its done. Thats how I feel. Others can make hero-worship ones, I can make ones that could potentially spell "villian". Hey to each their own.

SOOOO relieved to see others going through the same thing. Then seeing contests and stuff makes me sad. I have made around 30 videos of various fandoms and not once have I ever won an award. Not talking about this site, but other (LOTR, CLEARS THROAT) that I know are a lot worse than mine and have loads of awards. Maybe I dont solicit- if thats how its done. It makes me sad and feel like Vanilla Ice, really really old school or something.

ANYWAY, Im going to try to do a few little things at a time, but my hands feel really heavy and I dont feel like doing any. I went through this for about 6 months before, then I started may=king LOST ones and its broken. But I have so many ideas lined up, so maybe its motivation. My Boone memorial video was motivating- I REALLY wnated to do it. Maybe its like that for us-

do we now just feel obligated to produce a video? Im going to accept the request I received- maybe their vigor will rub off on me. But God Bless You mods- it would kill me to see such fresh ideas everyday. Jealousy rearing its ugly head again-

anyway thanks. Especially seeing those comments from people that I "know". Good lukc yall!

[Aislynn]

It occurred to me after I logged off last night just how wimpy my post probably sounded! Ugh! I really need to grow a spine one of these days, huh?

Thanks for the words of encouragement, Rocksiren! Most appreciated, I can tell you. Vidding can be so solitary sometimes, at least during the process itself. And have you ever tried to talk to a non-vidder when you need a bit of reassuring? Don't know about y'all but that usually gets me a confused look and something like "Well, if you don't like making these...things...then don't do it."

Wish it was that easy!

[Hobbes]

[Rocksiren]

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Thanks for the words of encouragement, Rocksiren! Most appreciated, I can tell you. Vidding can be so solitary sometimes, at least during the process itself. And have you ever tried to talk to a non-vidder when you need a bit of reassuring? Don't know about y'all but that usually gets me a confused look and something like "Well, if you don't like making these...things...then don't do it." >>

I actually started telling my sis in relief that I got so many responses and others who are going through my block- all I got was a "uh-huh" look, and then she went into some rant about eharmony. So there you go. My best friends, although not vidders (but thankfully, LOST viewers) are loyally more competitive with my videos than I am. Like when they found out Uruviel was doing Welcome to the Jungle, it pissed them off royally- even though I didnt care too much.

<<And I, for one, AM really, really old school when it comes to vidding, for the sheer reason that I'm limited on whatever clips I can find and on the fact that WMM 1 has extremely limited effects. For me to try and compensate for that, it usually makes my vids look like they've just flown in from Mars or something! >>

The first video I ever made (while I was on study abroad, on my laptop) was made on WMM2. Dont feel bad, I had a comp crash and was forced to put in win2000, which doesnt support either WMM. I see people who have amazing videos and how they basically say they are on ADOBE- no offense to anyon, but adobe video is like $700, so I just stick with my under $100 editor. I wish it had more transitions, I do. More effects, the ability to make video reverse would be awesome.

<<Anyway, that's not very helpful, I suppose. (Probably about as great as those rejection letters I've gotten that say "I loved your story but I'm not going to buy it!" Huh?!? >>

Yeah I went through writers block for about 5 years, now I can write really well, while I have vidder block. I actually have a pile of job-rejection letters which I plan (along with various name tags and employee handbooks/shirts) that Im going to turn into a collage.

<<Nothing worse than that feeling of wanting to create something and inspiration or whatever it is just won't come through for you. I really do sympathize. Hope that you get a break on it soon!

~Aislynn
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Thanks Ais! Dont worry about the length, I hate when people write one word and youre like "okay....that didnt help me at all!"

<<totally agree with you there, Rocksiren! The important part is that the viewer reacts to the video LOL not whether that may be a good reaction. I loved that "Lockum" vid, even though I may be a big fan of Locke but then again, I was a big fan of Gollum, too! Poor liddle guy I guess that type of character always catches me.... the villain you feel sorry for.
Now! I'm off to go make my video of "anythign you can do, I can do better" with Boone! (actually, I'm not. But you get the picture! )
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Thanks! And I would watch that with vigor, probably shamefully laugh at it...

<<I'm really, really glad I'm not the only one who thinks that. Whenever I leave LVI, I see some of the videos out there with like 5-6 "awards" and I watch the video and say "What the hell?! >>

Well if I ever get my site off the ground (I get absolutely NO help with all those movies etc I have to go through) Ill make my own little self-righteous awards. (No offense- in my own shame, I never enter any contests, so maybe its my fault). But I have read that some awards "please dont enter"-kind- like "dont call us well call you" awards.

<<LOL well on the contrary! I like the fresh ideas... keep me on my toes Also, as a plus, I can see videos where a certain thing worked well and use it in one of my own though I don't remember conciously doign that.... hmmm...
Either way, watching the vids gives me ideas on which to improve them/a vid of my own. That is, until I find a really good vid, then I'm stuck going "wow. wow. wow. DAMN! That took my idea!" >>

Good points! Never thought of them! I understand that "they took my idea!" weirdness. Like, a video, which shall go unspecified, which took my theme for a video AND the song I was going to use for it after I posted the announcement on the LOST FORUM. That made me go "HEY!".

<<And I'd just like to add that your vids have always been incredibly easy to pass, Rocksiren, which is about one of the highest compliments I can give. They're so high above the standard that there's just no question about it. I really like to think of each of these council pick seals as an award on it's own... we're really tough going through these, and you'll probably notice there aren't all that many vids that get them. Each of them has something special in it that people need to see, and that's how we treat them. If we were ever goign to narrow down that list to an evan smaller number, it would be pretty tough to do. Yet another reason LVI doesn't have a general-purpose awards section. >>

Thanks a million, really! Some of them (ny own vids I mean) I just look at and go "this is SOO bad!" But thank you and I do like the little "council pick" things.

[lostzilla]

man that was like reading news article, but it's all good. I would say something too rocksiren but Warren said it all. Damn Warren!

Just keep vidding that's all I can say and LVI rocks!
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[Ally]

IS " I hate m current video and I can't see it anymore, I want it to be finished and so awesome because for all this stpid work is has to be a council's pick" a blockade?
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[Rocksiren]

Im sorry, did I miss something? Is there a bunch of work that needs to be done for the council pick?

[Hobbes]