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LVI's 'Video of the Year' Tournament!
Every year LVI members vote to determine the Best Video of the Year. Vote here during the tournament, or poke around to see past votes.
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Here, every year, the best vids from each category on LVI are found and awarded shiny trinkets. Come in and vote!
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| LVI's Featured CM for January! |
Author:
LVI Council ::
Posted:
Tue Jan 01, 2013 10:21 am
This month's Featured CM is eloramoon aka Julia!
Julia has been an active member of LVI since 2008 and on the Council since 2011. Over the years, Julia has contributed 34 vids to LVI, 24 of which are contest vids. Whether she's tackling a contest challenge or enjoying member vids, Julia continues to have fun on LVI! She is a wonderful CM and one of the brightest stars here at LVI.
1) What got you interested in vidding?
During the stone age, before we had the internet, I was inspired by movie trailers and clip compilations I'd see on TV, and I started making music videos of our home movies. I used two VCRs hooked together and my mom bought me a cheap (but effective) sound mixer to put the sound on. When I saw a fan video on the internet for the first time I was psyched and knew I wanted to do that, too. 
2) Do you have a tip, trick, or technique to share?
I always print out the lyrics to the song I'm using and then I mark it up with notes about where to use certain clips, what the music/beats are doing, and look for natural divisions if I'm including multiple characters or fandoms. Sometimes I'll even get really fancy and print the lyrics out in a timeline or in storyboards. Either way, it always helps to have it laid out in front of me so I can see what I'm doing next.
3) What are your favorite current fandoms?
The Vampire Diaries, Game of Thrones, Downton Abbey, Once Upon a Time, Boardwalk Empire, and Aubrey-Maturin are my current favorites.
4) What was your first vid and what is your favorite vid you've done?
I guess my first vid was technically one I made on the VCRs about the cruise I took with my family to the Bahamas, set to Enya's Caribbean Blue. My first fandom vid was "Penelope's Song", a Lost/DesPenny vid that is reeeally slow, but pretty, I think. My favorite is probably "What I Saw Was Beautiful".
5) Do you have any goals as far as skill improvement or dream projects?
Improve ALL the skills! Really, I am always hoping to grow and learn as a vidder. Dream project-wise, I have a few ambitious vids I'd love to do someday. Getting clips is always the challenge, though.
6) Your videos always have a creative & interesting storyline. How do you come up with them?
Thanks! I'm inspired by all sorts of things. Sometimes it's the music, sometimes it's little seeds the fandom plants that I grab hold of and try to grow into something, and very often it's the contests that get the wheels in my head turning. Actually, now that I think of it, sometimes it's a combination of those things.
7) How do you choose the different textures & coloring you use in your vids?
I usually have a really basic idea of what I want--gritty, flowery, colorful, with text or patterns, or animated--usually based on the music and mood I want to acheive. Then I just scour the internet until I find something that clicks. Google Image Search and YouTube are my favorite resources.
Featured Videos:
One Piece for Another || Lost - a unique AU showing what happened to Claire after leaving Jacob's cabin.
In the End (The Promise) || Lost - a sweet, happy tribute to love and friendship in Lost.
What I Saw Was Beautiful || Lost - a nearly ten minute re-cap of Lost which won 2nd place in the August 2010 contest
Thanks for all the hard work you do at LVI, Julia!
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| LVI's Featured Member for January! |
Author:
LVI Council ::
Posted:
Tue Jan 01, 2013 10:19 am
The Featured Member for this month is the awesomely talented RedeemingTheUneven (Rob)!
Rob has been with LVI since 2010 and has contributed 33 vids to the site, every one of which has earned both a gold VP and a Council Pick. Rob's videos are not only well edited, they also tend to be wide in scope, but also tackle tributes to everything from characters and actors to couples and multifandom, not to mention his epic SAW style AU series. We're always excited to see Rob's next vid!
1) What got you interested in vidding?
I would watch fanmade videos on YouTube from time to time but never felt the urge to edit anything. The turning point was when I found this House of 1000 Corpses/Lost vid of Kim's: http://lostvideo.net/viewvid.php?vidid=6726. It left a huge impression on me and I idolised the genius of it like no other video I had seen. So I started making vids from then on simply as a way to entertain myself.
2) Do you have a tip, trick, or technique to share?
I’m not the most profound or insightful guy, and I don't really have any groundbreaking advice as far as the 3 T's go, but what matters most to me is drive and purpose. If you put in your best effort, you're going to get your best result. It sounds lame but I've made my fair share of vids that my heart wasn't in 100%, and it shows. Don't go into a project half-assed and expect gold... "Commitment is what makes you tick, Jack."
3) What are your favorite current fandoms?
Lost will always be first and foremost, for just about every reason there is. Up there with it is Scrubs, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Firefly, Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead, Arrested Development, Community, Chuck, Prison Break, Friday Night Lights, and the early seasons of Nip/Tuck.
4) What was your first vid and what is your favorite vid you've done?
I’d count my first real vid as a super short Jack character study. It was one of my early Sony Vegas projects and wasn't much better than my Windows Movie Maker stuff but I saw it as a stepping stone at the time.
My favourite vid would have to be 'Accepting Who You Really Are' because I had a lot of fun piecing it together and it's the most personal one I've done.
5) Do you have any goals as far as skill improvement or dream projects?
I'd like to become more adept with internal movement and the whole style of editing that goes along with dubstep and faster-paced music. Less specifically, I want to sharpen all my techniques and gain new ones. I don't ever want to just settle for what I have.
Having the chance to edit a television series of any nature would be pretty much the pinnacle, and as far as vidding goes, editing something in the 10-minute range that is captivating throughout is even a dream project of mine. You look at those yearly cinema tributes on YouTube and it's not just the editing that blows my mind but the effort and commitment that so obviously went into them. A large-scale project like that is something I definitely wanna simulate.
6) Your vids always weave character emotions and key story points together in thoughtful and clever ways. Does this take a lot of planning or does it occur naturally as you go?
A lot of my more emotion-heavy vids are inspired by a scene or handful of scenes, and they do take some planning but not a whole lot. I'll almost always come into a vid wanting specific moments or a specific atmosphere to pair up with a section of the music. It might not work out every time and so the plan will change, but that idea and forethought is usually the fuel I need to kick off a vid. I'm always trying to brew up new ideas for videos in between editing sessions but for the most part it has to happen naturally. I'm more of a spontaneous person than a planner.
7) What draws you the most to a particular character or set of characters, and how do you decide which ones to vid?
I'm naturally drawn most to damaged characters – especially ones with a good head on their shoulders who are then made to fight an internal struggle within themselves. I find that study of the human condition engrossing. Lost and Breaking Bad are two of the greatest shows ever and, for me, their flawed characters really make them what they are.
It's hard to say how I decide on who to vid. Occasionally, a song will crop up that reminds me of a character, but I’m usually just inspired by the characters themselves, so it's whoever I'm most connected to at the time.
Featured Videos:
Accepting Who You Really Are - an amazing, emotionally charged looked at a variety of characters and their inner struggles with good and evil.
Redeemed (LOST Trailer) - an epic and innovative trailer for Lost that is so well done, it looks absolutely professional.
you're the weak one. [harry potter] - a gorgeous vid looking at Harry's mental and physical struggle through his battles with Voldemort, which will take your breath away and leave you teary-eyed.
Thank you so much for hanging out with us, Rob!
(Don't know what the Featured Member is? Read here to learn more.  )
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| January Contest Information |
Author:
Uruviel ::
Posted:
Tue Jan 01, 2013 8:21 am
January 2013
Contest: Made of Epic
Deadline: January 31st
The Details
All of us here at Lost Video Island surely have at least one TV or movie fandom that they consider to be quite.... EPIC!
It may be for different reasons: excellent characters, amazing storytelling, mindblowing action sequences, hilarious dialogues and comedy... or maybe even stunning visuals or other more technical aspects?
Whatever it is that amazes you in your fandom, we want to see it!
So this month, we ask you to show us what it is that makes your fandom simply EPIC!
Multi-fandom videos are allowed and ok as long as you focus on one epic aspect that the fandoms have got in common. We would advise you to use one fandom and one epic aspect of that fandom though.
Make us see, believe and agree that your fandom is MADE OF EPIC! 
The Rules
Specific Contest Rules:
• - Make a video, showing us ONE aspect that makes your TV or movie fandom simply epic.
• - Multi-fandom vids are allowed as long as they focus on ONE epic thing that those fandoms have got in common.
• - No AUs and OCs (Original Characters) please!!
• - Running time should be no longer than 5 minutes. We suggest the 3 - 5 minute range.
• - The more creative, the better. Don't be afraid to take risks.
• - When entering your video on the Submit page, you MUST enter "January 2013 contest submission" exactly in your vid's description.
General Contest Rules:
• - Contest submissions should be entered through the Submit page
• - All regular submissions Rules apply.
• - Only one entry per vidder
• - Videos already submitted and RELEVANT can be submitted again, but we would rather see something fresh. (Please contact a CM if you wish to enter a previously-submitted video)
• - Please do not use Rapidshare or Yousendit as your only hosting place.
• - If you're using Youtube as your primary link, please also provide us with an alternative link. Far too often, YT is either disabled or muted by the time the contest is ready to be judged. Mediafire, zshare and Megaupload are just a few of the sites out there that can be used as reliable backup links.
• - Keep in mind that however you choose to host your video, it must be available to be watched at least until after the deadline has passed. If we can not access your video at the time of judgment it will not be considered.
• - Have fun!
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| December Contest Results |
Author:
emmasholi ::
Posted:
Mon Dec 31, 2012 11:14 pm
1st Place - Jemmz
2nd Place - Uruviel
3rd Place - Vidstep
4th Place - Im1oftheOceanic6
Congratulations, Jemma, Heather, Vidstep, and Macaila! All of your videos were wonderful and we had a great time watching them. Happy Holidays!
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