Vexercise 1 drops!

[nu_breed]

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 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!

Comments

[naye]

Thank you! I had a lot of fun finding clips that fitted what I was after, and making them match. And yeah, the show is just stunning.

[nu_breed]

Holy crap what a STUNNING source! I loved both of these but the first one takes it for me, so gorgeously atmospheric.

[nu_breed]

Miss Sherlock!!! *________* Looooove the Vitamin String cover, it made me forget that I wasn't listening to diegetic sound and I just felt so immersed in this - gahhhhh their gorgeous faces ♥

[seasaltmemories_14]

Thank you! If you're curious, it is the game, Nier Automata, a future apocalypse where androids fit a proxy war against aliens for the remaining humans left behind.

[seasaltmemories_14]

This might be a weird comparison, but the summer camps I went to as a kid often filmed all the activities going on that day and then edit together a quick video within 24 hours to show off all the fun different groups were having, this gives me a lot of those vibes, really relaxed and focused on capture fun memories and stuff

[naye]

Honestly it's worth watching Moon Knight just for the visuals, which are amazing throughout. (And it's really fun! I don't really follow the MCU but I found it deeply enjoyable.)

And thank you! I'm so glad you guys are giving us another chance to play with Vexercises. ♥

[naye]

These are so much fun! Love how the two pieces of music get across different moods in the dancing.

[naye]

Oh very nice movement in this! My favorite is the second, with the harder beats.

[naye]

Aww, I love it! It really captures Stede at his most Gentleman Pirate-y, while also getting in Ed's love of fine fabrics. ♥ And it works so well with the lyrics AND with the canon-appropropriate instrumental.

...I always manage to break the four episodes rule myself. XD

[naye]

Oh this is great. I really like the first one, and loved the second version! The upbeat music makes such a nice contrast to the grim footage.

[naye]

Oh woooow, delicious angst! The one that hits me hardest is the second version, with Mumford & Sons - possibly because it's the one where I know the lyrics really well, so there's that little extra punch of things like "I will die alone" over the footage?

[naye]

They're both SO feelgood! Aww. ♥

[naye]

Ooh, really neat how much it feels like a completely different genre than fight shounen this way!

[naye]

It sounds like it's not an easy source to work with, but I really like the sense of buildup in the second one!

[naye]

Oh these are both gorgeous! I love the visual through-line of the shoes, and especially the first one really drives the story along with the beats.

[naye]

Ahh I really like the motion in the choice of clips together! My favorite of the two versions is the first, for being more upbeat?

[naye]

WOW!! These are both amazing and make me want to watch the show! I really love the visual continuity - super impressive for a pechakucha. And the whole thing is full of motion and lovely shots. I can't even pick a favorite they're both so good.

[naye]

Oh wow, the string music over that footage works so well. And then the second version is also really lovely.

[nu_breed]

Yayyyy I'm so glad both you and Rhea mentioned the Mumford and Sons, I'm likely to expand that into a full vid, I think :D

[justanorthernlight]

Thank you! The Darth Vader clip is from the very end of ROTS just before his Big No, they're basically the first steps he takes on his robot legs after Mustafar. I bent the rules slightly and sped the footage up a tiny bit to get enough movement in the 6 seconds, so that might be why it looks kind of weird.

[seasaltmemories_14]

Thank you, it seems to be a fan favorite!

[seasaltmemories_14]

Love the atmosphere, the first one really captures this breathtaking eeriness

Doctor Who 2 ways: Somebody's Watching Me and Bumpy Weather

[valoise]

This was a lot of fun. Unsurprisingly, during the process I found the clips took me in an unplanned direction, but that just how creative work goes.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/39513657

Or on youtube:
https://youtu.be/S0GHbJEl0uk
https://youtu.be/mPXD6QqkrQ0

[lola]

awww thank you!! That is totally my goal - to create that feeling of love & nostalgia, even for ppl who don't know what they're nostalgic for :D <3 and maybe to create some new Oneus fans in the process!

[lola]

Thank you!! I still feel like it was hard to work with the long clips with this footage... i will have to see what it feels like to make this kind of edit without the restrictions!