Me, myself & I

I got my festivids assignment and I'm happy.\o/

Dear Festividder,

Thank you so much for making a vid in one of my much loved and sadly overlooked fandoms. I didn't give any prompts in sign ups because I'm sure I couldn't be disappointed with any vid that comes out of this. That said I would consider it an extra special bonus if the vid is quite upbeat.

Blackadder. Anything that focuses on the Blackadder/Baldrick relationship would be cool. I’d also especially appreciate any screen time given to Stephen Fry.

Animaniacs/ Pinky And The Brain. I’d really prefer Pinky and the Brain but Yakko, Wakko and Dot would be perfectly acceptable too. I’m not so fond of Mindy and Buttons but feel free to include them in an ensemble vid.

Mary Poppins. It really is a jolly ‘oliday with Mary.

Fringe. I’d prefer a focus on the team (including Astrid) or on Olivia. I’m not overly interested in Peter.

Glee. The only thing I don’t want is a shipper vid. I really love Sue Sylvester so I hope she’d be included.

Jericho. An ensemble would be great with a focus on cooperation and pulling together.

United States of Tara. ANYTHING!!

Thanks again and I hope you have fun.

I've been gone a while but now I'm back and being as random as ever. Don't mind me.

I have to 2 Vidding related items that need to be passed on. Firstly, festivids! This looks like so much fun so I'm going to be throwing myself at it. The principle is similar to yuletide but it's for vids which is doubly awesome. I cannot wait to see all the potential rare fandom vids to come out of it. Very exciting.

These are my own nominations. I couldn't vid some of these myself but I'd love to see them get done by others more able.

Bionic Woman - 2007 (TV)
Blackadder (series) (TV)
Fringe (TV)
Survivors - 2008 (BBC, TV)
United States Of Tara (TV)
Birds Of Prey (TV)
Jericho (TV)
Animaniacs, Pinky & The Brain (TV)
Phoenix Nights (TV)
Prime Suspect (TV)
Blackpool (TV)
Tipping The Velvet (mini series)
Mary Poppins (film)
West Side Story (film)
Thelma & Louise (film)
Dead Like Me (TV)
Americas Next Top Model (TV)
So You Think You Can Dance (TV)
Collateral (film)
The Goonies (film)

Secondly, I was the focus of October's vidder profile edited by bradcpu for vid_commentary.

The profile includes excerpts from the following vids (in order of appearance):

"Seven Nation Army" (Multi), VVC 2009
"Angel With An Attitude" (Pushing Daisies) Feb. 2008
"Smile" (BtVS/AtS) 2004 (2009 remaster)
"Still Breathing" (BtVS/AtS) June 2007
"Unnatural Selection" (Multi) March 2009
"Club Foot" (Life On Mars) May 2006
"Protege Moi" (Supernatural) October 2006
"Candleburn" (Firefly) September 2006
"Birth of a Geisha" (Memoirs of a Geisha) April 2007
"Tanglewood Tree" (Fingersmith) VVC 2008
"Boom Boom Ba" (Xena) October 2004
"Mambo Italiano" (Alias) July 2006
"I'm Your Man" (Multi) July 2008
"No Bravery" (Troy) Sept. 2005

Follow for streaming and download link.

Other vidders covered in the profile series so far are:
kiki_miserychic - August
bananainpyjamas, aka dragonchic - September

And now I shall love you and leave you.

bop_radar has posted a poll in vidukon to gauge interest in another one happening in 2010/2011. If you are interested in attending a vidding con in the UK then head on over there. [poll]

I'm going this time!

Vidukon's website

Is anyone else having problems uploading to Bam? I've tried 2 different sized xvids and a wmv and I still get booted. I've already made sure I've got less than 30 vids uploaded, what am I missing?

Video Title: Seven Nation Army
Song Title/Artist: Seven Nation Army - Effcee
Shows/Source: Doctor Who, Sarah Connor, Battlestar Galactica, The Matrix trilogy, Transformers, I Robot.
Summary: Rainbow Coalition Vs fascist robots.
Length/Format: 3.38, (Xvid, Stream)
Notes: Made for vividcon Club Vivid 09.

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Links: Download Xvid (720x400 - 50MB) | Download Xvid (480x272 - 25MB) | Stream@Youtube | Stream@Bam Soon! | Stream@Blip

Feedback in all shapes and sizes is love.

Have a great VVC everyone! I can't wait for the vids and I hope you'll all share the experience a little with some shiny con reports on your return. :)

ebonypsyche has posted a commentary for my vid "Weak" (Faith/Buffy AU. Made in 2004) over at vid_commentary.

For an older vid of mine to get such attention as been a surprising morale booster.

kiki_miserychic has posted a vid commentary for Unnatural Selection at vid_commentary. It's insightful and it has gifs! \o/

Unnatural Selection by charmax, commentary by kiki_miserychic

There is an interesting new vidding community vid_the_grid!

vid_the_grid is based on the numerous fic prompt table communities that you can find all over LJ. But why should authors have all the fun? In this community, the idea is to extend the fun to vidders too.

I've decided to join up seeing as there is no time limit. It should be fun.

1.	80's music	2.	humour/crack	3.	advertisement	4.	fun/happiness
5.	angst/sadness	6.	no lyrics	7.	secondary characters	8.	Romance/love
9.	black & white	10.	Something different	11.	colours	12.	vidder's choice

It's going around the flist.

Your software:
AE CS3, Photoshop CS3. For a few months I was using Premiere Pro CS3 but I just couldn't get it to behave well so I eventually conceded defeat and returned to good old reliable 1.5

Favourite video:
The answer to this question is always my next video because I'm full of excitement about its potential and haven't had the chance to fuck it up yet.

Least favourite video:
Everything truly appalling is offline now, hopefully. I think there may be some stragglers on Youtube.

A video that got surprisingly good feedback, but you are not completely satisfied with it:
I wasn't sure anyone would be interested in a Merlin vid that wasn't Merlin/Arthur so in that sense "It's Not Over Yet" went over better than I thought and there are definitely a couple of sections in that I wish I'd fine tuned. Also I was amazed to find someone wanted to use "Weak" as the subject of a vid commentary because I'd forgotten all about it.

A video you like a lot that didn't get the good reaction you were expecting:
Generally I'm happy with the level of response my vids get. I am much more often pleasantly surprised than I am disappointed. "Mainstream" was very close to my heart so I suppose it would've been nice for it to have had more attention, then again I've had a flurry of comments for that lately so I shouldn't complain. "Boogie Wonderland" missed its audience I don't think people could get beyond the uncool disco to see what was underneath. It's still a vid I'm very proud of in terms of internal motion and it's something I specifically focussed on and tried to draw attention to.

Best song/video combo (the song you chose was just perfect for the theme):
Without being too egotistical I pride myself on making the right song choices. Not necessarily songs that I would have on my ipod but that are just right for that character or show. I can't pick out one specifically.

Video you had the most fun with:
"Smile" was remastered for More Joy Day and it was an absolute joy to do. I reconnected to source I hadn't looked at for quite a while.

Video you had trouble editing because of the song:
My two Spike Sweet Charity vids were initially problematical. I had trouble visualising them at first.

A video you'd like to remaster:
I would remaster "Tears And Rain" but James Blunt is such a cliché now I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole. Also it might be interesting to have another bash at "Weak."

Most inspired sequence you made:
I don't usually think of my vids like that so I don't think I can come up with an answer for this one.

Movie/show you have most enjoyed using for a video:
The superheroes footage for "Destiny Calling" was a delight to work with. I also look forward to using more T:SCC in the future.

Pet peeves (stuff you often see around in vids that makes you go wtf):
Just my opinion, ymmv etc.

-Jumping on an aesthetic or effects bandwagon without really thinking about whether it's appropriate or necessary for a particular vid, examples are grungy textures, acid colours, masking. To clarify it's not the individual elements, all of which I've seen employed to great effect, it's the mindless following of the trend that rankles.

- I can tolerate network logos but when they start flipping and zooming around the screen it really distracts me.

- The intros born out of the desire to avoid Youtube's copyright software that look more impressive than the actual vid.

- Generic angst. I'm not interested in pretty people suffering just because it looks pretty I want to know why they are suffering.

All my vids can be found here.

I've just posted a vid commentary for greensilver's wonderful Doctor Who vid "Everything's Not Lost."

*Everyone* I know is at Bam Vid Vault now so despite some reservations I had with the place and because Imeem (for vidders) is no more, I have uploaded my vids there.

For more on the asshattery that is Imeem.

I'll also be uploading to blip.tv and as you may know already, I'm at Youtube.

Video Title: I've been to a marvelous party
Song Title/Artist: I've been to a marvelous party - The Divine Comedy
Shows/Source: Casanova BBC, The Duchess, Marie Antoinette, Brideshead Revisited, Gosford Park, Becoming Jane
Emma, Pride And Prejudice, Sense And Sensibility, Vanity Fair, The Importance Of Being Earnest, An Ideal Husband
Summary: Welcome to a marvelous party.
Length/Format: 3.37, (Xvid, Stream)
Notes: Made as part of the final Sweet Charity auction for the incredibly generous hannahrorlove.

Links: Download Xvid (960x400 - 65MB) Big and pretty! | Download Xvid (560x240 - 33MB) | Stream@Blip | Stream@Youtube (HQ)

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I've been in hospital the last couple of days having a selective op so I am a bit behind on emails and such. If you are waiting on something from me you might not get it until the end of the week. Just letting you know. :)

I got a code from deejay! Thank you!

And this is me attempting my first cross-post to livejournal.

I haven't been very postful of late. Actually, I've been a bit of a miserable cow. There's no knowing when that's likely to change but you can add me on Dwth or not. http://charmax.dreamwidth.org/profile

I got my Club Vivid vid in just under the wire. Phew! Now I just have to sit on it for 3 months.

2 vids I've recently enjoyed by other people.
threezerotwo - Follow Me into the Darkness, Kara, BSG.
aycheb - Nobody loves you, Ellison, T:SCC.

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