I think in some ways I typically am a bit better than you at watching vids for shows I don't know, just because I'm slightly more apt than you to do it in the usual case. And I definitely enjoyed the vidshows more than I thought I might, though reflecting now my response was fairly typical of my usual response to vids about shows I don't know, in terms of appreciating the shiny or the cutting or the emotional punch or that something was just well done. But when I watch vids on my laptop in my living room, that response feels superficial and thus unsatisfying because in that setting I usually want vids that demand multiple rewatches to get everything it's saying about the text. Yet in the con setting, those kinds of responses felt totally appropriate and enjoyable. I suppose it really all does come down to context, which I knew in theory, but was still interesting to experience.
I've seen several people describe the process-y panels (which I'd actually distinguish from technical ones? For example, I'd say coloring and textures is a technical subject, while vidding vs. time is about process and isn't really a discussion about technique) as "group therapy" and that's actually really kind of crystallized my thoughts on them. Because I can definitely see why that's useful and cathartic and stuff for people, but it's not something that I find particularly useful or feel particularly compelled to contribute to? I think at least partly because I feel like I have been through some individual therapy on that level (usually by yakking at you about it!), and I'm kind of at a place where I'm okay with my Vidding is Fun philosophy, with whatever ramifications that has on the vids I actually make, and don't particularly *want* to talk about the ways in which it can be Hard or force myself to make vids that prove to be unfun to make. Something like that! As for technical panels, I don't even have the patience for tutorials, so... :)
Which is why something like the robots show and panel DID work really well for me, because I felt like it was about vids and not about vidding. I mean, it was partly about vidding and the choices vidders made to make their points, but overall it was about what those vids said about those shows or about a larger topic, not about the mechanics or process of actually making a vid.
Aw, thanks for liking my Damages vid despite not knowing the show. *pets tiny fandom* :)
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Date: 2011-04-13 04:17 pm (UTC)I've seen several people describe the process-y panels (which I'd actually distinguish from technical ones? For example, I'd say coloring and textures is a technical subject, while vidding vs. time is about process and isn't really a discussion about technique) as "group therapy" and that's actually really kind of crystallized my thoughts on them. Because I can definitely see why that's useful and cathartic and stuff for people, but it's not something that I find particularly useful or feel particularly compelled to contribute to? I think at least partly because I feel like I have been through some individual therapy on that level (usually by yakking at you about it!), and I'm kind of at a place where I'm okay with my Vidding is Fun philosophy, with whatever ramifications that has on the vids I actually make, and don't particularly *want* to talk about the ways in which it can be Hard or force myself to make vids that prove to be unfun to make. Something like that! As for technical panels, I don't even have the patience for tutorials, so... :)
Which is why something like the robots show and panel DID work really well for me, because I felt like it was about vids and not about vidding. I mean, it was partly about vidding and the choices vidders made to make their points, but overall it was about what those vids said about those shows or about a larger topic, not about the mechanics or process of actually making a vid.
Aw, thanks for liking my Damages vid despite not knowing the show. *pets tiny fandom* :)
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