1st exercises drops! vidding pechakuchas

[lola]

Hello all! Today's the day we kick off our first exercise. This exercise is designed to be reasonably accessible to all... if you're new to editing, then it's a doable way in, and if you already know your way around editing software, then it's addictively fun to make these pechakuchas and surprising how well they turn out! 

Here's the description: 

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!]

Then, when you're done, come back here to this post, and post a link in the comments to your completed exercise(s) when they're finished! 

[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 videographic pechakucha’s here: http://videographicessay.org/works/videographic-essay/videographic-pechakuchas?path=videographic-exercises and a more vidlike one Lola made here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls9x7shBjDY.]

For all of these exercises, the rules are hard and fast, unless you don't want them to be :D Some people work best with really specific restrictions, others work best as rule breakers <3

So edit, share, question, mess around, and experiment! Have fun!

Stay tuned for posts & discussions on various video-editing softwares & on choosing your source.

Comments

[sarashina_nikki]

This was fun! Two Nirvana in Fire vids, starring Mei Changsu and his twenty caravans of baggage.

Version 1 - World on Fire by Sarah McLachlan
Version 2 - My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up) by Fall Out Boy

Choosing clips that would work for both songs at the exact same moment was really interesting! Letting each clip play for 6 whole seconds made me want to scream lol. I think I'm too used to fast cuts.

[bonibaru]

Letting each clip play for 6 whole seconds made me want to scream

Me too! It made me start looking for scenes with enough internal cuts that I could tweak on either side to make myself feel better lol

These are great!!

[sarashina_nikki]

Thank you! I'm glad you liked it. It makes me want to do full versions of both songs, without the 6-second rule. I wonder how close I could keep the vid itself between the two versions, even with clips adhering more closely to the beat...

[bonibaru]

I, too, am having these thoughts. These vidlets are addictive.

[lola]

Oh wow, these were so excellent! This is a case where the different music absolutely transforms the visuals and edits. They feel SO completely different!

I've only watched the first 3 eps of NiF and now I'm feeling like I really need to go back in.