Vexercise 1 Drops! (2021 Edition)

[lola]

Hi all!!! Here we go, the first vexercise of the 2021 edition! We're so excited to play in this sandbox again, and hope you are all as well!

For this first vexercise, we decided to keep it simple and stay with the original version of the vexercise. We've found that this vidding pechakucha variation has been a terrific exercises for people new to vidding to learn the ropes of editing, and for old timers to try out new media sources, new ideas, or to embrace the limitations and to see what you can do within them. So many amazing and inspiring videos came out of these vexercises last year. You can see them on this YouTube playlist that bonibaru  put together, plus others that were not posted to YouTube at the Vexercise collection on A03. 

Here are the instructions/guidelines for this first vexercise: 


1) Pechakucha 2 ways

Create a video edit of exactly 60 seconds consisting of precisely 10 video clips from your chosen source text, each lasting precisely 6 seconds, assembled with straight cuts. Make two versions of your pechakucha, with 1 minute excerpts from two different songs as audio. Fade in and out on your audio at the beginning and end of the audio clip.

[Word to the wise: Most six second clips that you use are bound to have in-clip cuts--you don't have to go looking only for clips that have no internal cuts. But you can make those internal cuts work for you rhythmically or thematically etc!]

[This exercise is inspired directly by the first of the videographic criticism exercises, but modified here to be vid/fanedit focused with the inclusion of music from an outside source. You can see some examples of the original videographic pechakucha’s here and a more vidlike one Lola made here. !!And now you can see way more wonderful vidding pikachus on this YouTube Playlist (as well as examples of the other O.G. vexercises at the vexercises collection on a03! 

If you have any questions about this vexercise, either before you start or as you get going, feel free to post them here!

Stay tuned for a post about technology, resources, etc., and a check in next saturday. This vexercise will be "due" in two weeks, so March 27

Comments

I did the thing!

[hardboiledbaby]

Started early! (hopefully this is me beginning as I mean to go on *fingers crossed*)

Blinding Lights | Cold Turkey

Tried really hard not to let perfectionism/imposter syndrome bog me down. I stuck with one episode only and didn't cry when the cuts wouldn't land exactly where I wanted (well, not much, anyway 🙄).

If I were to do it over, I'd tweak the opening clip (I meant it to be jarring but it doesn't work quite the way I wanted). But overall I'm happy—I made a vid!

Re: I did the thing!

[nu_breed]

I really loved the rhythmic choices in both of these - so nice to see a S and H vid too. Blinding Lights really is a wonderful choice from an emotional standpoint too - the clips with the h/c gave me a lot of feels :)

(And I totally hear you on the perfectionism/imposter syndrome btw - I woke up early this morning and started thinking of all the changes I would make to the vids I posted last night - our brains are terrible critics!)

Re: I did the thing!

[hardboiledbaby]

Aw, thank you! 😊 Yes, our brains are tricksy—"oh, I want to do better" is not a bad thing, but it's so easy to cross into "oh, I want it to be perfect." I guess overcoming that mindset is another skill to learn, yes? *fistbump*

Re: I did the thing!

[actiaslunaris]

I loved these. I know nothing about Starsky and Hutch, but I understand the language of whump and these delivered so well on that count. Both songs give you a slightly different look at the events and they work very well.

Re: I did the thing!

[hardboiledbaby]

Hee, "the language of whump"—I love it and am totally stealing it 😄 Hutch is probably one of the original woobies, so there is much whumpage in the canon to enjoy. Thank you so much; appreciate your feedback!

Re: I did the thing!

[amedia]

Such great song choices for bringing out the angst and suffering and comfort! I've seen a lot of funny S&H vids and a lot of romantic ones, but the serious ones are rarer and when they're really well done--like yours!--they bring out deeper, darker aspects of the show. Yay!

Re: I did the thing!

[snycock]

Yay! I'm glad I'm not the only one using an older source! I really enjoyed this - the music pieces were very different and gave each vid a different feel, and I loved the hugging clips!

Re: I did the thing!

[lola]

Wow, these were both so good and so intense! I can't decide which one I like better! Maybe Blinding Lights, which felt so damn modern, but Cold Turkey had this delicious edge to it. Love these!