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Vids at HLWW9
May. 3rd, 2009 05:07 pmInstead of posting my report on Sunday, I thought I'd say a bit about the vids during the con. Several weeks prior to the event I was asked to help put together some song videos to be used to introduce some of the panels. In addition to one I was planning for the vidding history panel, I had the beginnings of one about Amanda. This one I altered for the Duncan's Women panel and added clips for Anne Lindsey and Cassandra. I can't tell you how much fun it was to watch Lisa and Lizzie as they watched my vid. And they enjoyed it!
Valentine Pelka's panel was more problematic. Some of the vids used during the weekend had been previously been created by others and really fit the session. Dar and I and Aine could not find an appropriate one for Kronos. Out of respect for Val, we didn't want it to be slash and all Kronos vids that I could find were Methos/Kronos slash. So I tentatively promised that I would make one without any idea what I was going to do. Then it hit me. No villain acts without believing in what he is doing. After all, Kronos might argue, what's so wrong with trying to rule the world? And I remembered the song Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood. I emailed the lyrics to Carmel, got her approval and hashed it out in one weekend. No streaming for this one - Youtube objected to the music choice - but you can download it at:
http://www.sendspace.com/pro/7ilkuy
Two other of my vids were also used during the con, all of which are on my youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/varmstro2. Loved to watch Peter watching my Methos: Man of Mystery and having him laugh and comment on it later. Dar had playlists set up for Saturday and Sunday when we were between sessions and I know some of my other vids played then, but I don't know which ones.
The vidding history session on Friday started slow with just a few people in the audience but more and more drifted in until there were around 25 by the end. Lots of good questions afterward about how to make vids so I'm adding links below to sites with good information. For the livejournal pages, look at the tags and memories. The Foolish Passion BB (fpvideos) has LOTS of great tutorials.
http://community.livejournal.com/vidding/
http://fpvideos.proboards.com/index.cgi?
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/avtech/glossary.html
http://community.livejournal.com/mac_vidding_101/
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/avtech/index.html
http://jarrow.livejournal.com/882354.html
As for making vids, most computers come with simple video editing software, either Windows Movie Maker or iMovie. Read all you can about making vids and give it a shot. You will need some kind of software for making clips of the video source material and, if you are working with dvd sources, some kind of software to rip the dvds into files on your computer. So, look at some of the above sites, join the boards or lists or livejournal communities and ask questions and give it a try. And watch vids, lots of vids, to see examples good and bad of how it's done.
Valentine Pelka's panel was more problematic. Some of the vids used during the weekend had been previously been created by others and really fit the session. Dar and I and Aine could not find an appropriate one for Kronos. Out of respect for Val, we didn't want it to be slash and all Kronos vids that I could find were Methos/Kronos slash. So I tentatively promised that I would make one without any idea what I was going to do. Then it hit me. No villain acts without believing in what he is doing. After all, Kronos might argue, what's so wrong with trying to rule the world? And I remembered the song Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood. I emailed the lyrics to Carmel, got her approval and hashed it out in one weekend. No streaming for this one - Youtube objected to the music choice - but you can download it at:
http://www.sendspace.com/pro/7ilkuy
Two other of my vids were also used during the con, all of which are on my youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/varmstro2. Loved to watch Peter watching my Methos: Man of Mystery and having him laugh and comment on it later. Dar had playlists set up for Saturday and Sunday when we were between sessions and I know some of my other vids played then, but I don't know which ones.
The vidding history session on Friday started slow with just a few people in the audience but more and more drifted in until there were around 25 by the end. Lots of good questions afterward about how to make vids so I'm adding links below to sites with good information. For the livejournal pages, look at the tags and memories. The Foolish Passion BB (fpvideos) has LOTS of great tutorials.
http://community.livejournal.com/vidding/
http://fpvideos.proboards.com/index.cgi?
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/avtech/glossary.html
http://community.livejournal.com/mac_vidding_101/
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/avtech/index.html
http://jarrow.livejournal.com/882354.html
As for making vids, most computers come with simple video editing software, either Windows Movie Maker or iMovie. Read all you can about making vids and give it a shot. You will need some kind of software for making clips of the video source material and, if you are working with dvd sources, some kind of software to rip the dvds into files on your computer. So, look at some of the above sites, join the boards or lists or livejournal communities and ask questions and give it a try. And watch vids, lots of vids, to see examples good and bad of how it's done.
