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nu_breed ([personal profile] nu_breed) wrote in [community profile] vexercises2022-05-29 10:09 pm

Vexercise 1 drops!

Hi all!!! Here we go, the first vexercise of summer 2022! Welcome to Vexercisers old & new!

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 remains a terrific exercise for people new to vidding to learn the ropes of editing, and for more experienced editors 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 have come out of Pechakuchas. We have a playlist of them here that [personal profile] 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!

Stay tuned for a post about the bonus VfXercise (special effects oriented challenge) for this round and a breakdown of each vexercise and the "due" dates should you wish to get a head start!

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

This vexercise will be "due" in two weeks, so June 11.

Also, please feel free to post your work to the Vexercise AO3 collection!
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[personal profile] unavee 2022-05-31 10:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Great music choices! They changed the mood so much but both fit the clips. It really felt like I was watching two different videos.
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[personal profile] unavee 2022-05-31 10:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh wow, I love the first one but the other two are so good, too. Actually, the latter half of the second one might be my favorite. The way it ends feels very consequential.
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[personal profile] unavee 2022-05-31 11:04 pm (UTC)(link)
The first one was really nice to watch, the music created such an atmosphere. The second one was great, too; the song had a stronger beat and it made the synchronization moments so satisfying.
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[personal profile] alba17 2022-05-31 11:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Here are my two, using Our Flag Means Death. On AO3

I should add that I totally forgot to use only four episodes. Oops! Next time.
Edited 2022-05-31 23:43 (UTC)
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[personal profile] seasaltmemories_14 2022-05-31 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you! I really let action/graph matches guide my editing to try and have a more cohesive edit and it ended up leading to some interesting storytelling options
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[personal profile] seasaltmemories_14 2022-05-31 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
I have to admit, for the second set of audio, since there was no clean one minute section that wouldn't have an awkward fade out, I decided to experiment with where to start the audio, that freedom game me the ability to find a lot of cool little moments that might have been necessary sacrifices in the orignal vid. Thanks for the kind words!
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[personal profile] seasaltmemories_14 2022-05-31 11:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks! Yeah, musically I'm much more a fan of the first song, trying to make sure I hit that beat drop was really fun
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[personal profile] seasaltmemories_14 2022-05-31 11:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Ooh all these have such nice yet different vibes, there's an almost seductive quality to the first one, but the lyric sync in 2 is also *chef's kiss*
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[personal profile] seekingferret 2022-06-01 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
These are really cool!
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[personal profile] extrapenguin 2022-06-01 03:59 pm (UTC)(link)
My attempt to vid with Cinelerra fell through when I couldn't install one of the packages it depended on. *g* Ah well. Back to Kdenlive...

This year I've decided to use the various SWTOR screen recordings I've made over the past few months as my source! For the first set I used the first chapter of the Jedi Consular storyline:
pechakucha 2 ways
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[personal profile] justanorthernlight 2022-06-01 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks! I really love editing to songs with a strong beat.
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[personal profile] justanorthernlight 2022-06-01 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you!
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[personal profile] justanorthernlight 2022-06-01 05:20 pm (UTC)(link)
These are really cool! I especially like the mood of the first one, it really fits the Consular storyline.
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[personal profile] justanorthernlight 2022-06-01 05:27 pm (UTC)(link)
I really like how funny the first one was!
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[personal profile] seasaltmemories_14 2022-06-01 07:41 pm (UTC)(link)
The first one has some great atmosphere but I also enjoy the energy the second one brings, all in all, thanks for sharing!
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[personal profile] lizardjay 2022-06-02 01:34 am (UTC)(link)
Mine are here! I'm using the Power arc from Naruto. https://lizardjay.dreamwidth.org/4772.html

The process of making these was way more fun than I expected; I think it's due to the specificity of the rules, it really takes a lot of the paralyzing choices away and just makes you make something. It doesn't have to be perfect!
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[personal profile] lizardjay 2022-06-02 01:38 am (UTC)(link)
These are both so fun and happy!
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[personal profile] trickybonmot 2022-06-02 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
Ahhh I enjoyed this one! I may have cheated the timing a tiny bit...and I also screwed around with timing a...lot. Maybe too much. I had fun though.

v1 https://youtu.be/-1lVcllDejY (Time Machine by Cuco)
v2 https://youtu.be/L-GooFQy7-w (Time Machine by The Ballet)

Source is the Untamed, mostly ep 33.
It's about the regret...
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[personal profile] absternr 2022-06-02 07:41 pm (UTC)(link)
These are great! I'm impressed with how well the lyric matches lined up in both songs.
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[personal profile] lizardjay 2022-06-02 10:56 pm (UTC)(link)
These are really good!! I especially love the mood of the first one and the lyric matching in the second one.

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