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

[justanorthernlight]

This was an interesting exercise!

My source text was Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, so there is a minor content warning for a shot of Order 66

Vexercise 1a: Little Dark Age https://vimeo.com/715575503
Vexercise 1b: This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race https://vimeo.com/715576161

[unavee]

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.

[justanorthernlight]

Thanks! I really love editing to songs with a strong beat.

[seekingferret]

These are really cool!

[justanorthernlight]

Thank you!

[absternr]

These are great! I'm impressed with how well the lyric matches lined up in both songs.

[lizardjay]

These are really good!! I especially love the mood of the first one and the lyric matching in the second one.

[lola]

oh wow I'm kind of stunned by how different these two are. The first one you can feel the palpable rising tension and building emotion; the second one feels more like intriguing meta commentary, and little visual moments jump out that I didn't notice in the first one. I love the first one as it is, and yet the second one feels to me like it's asking to be a full vid--that I'd love to see!

[extrapenguin]

I love the first one for how moody it is/the whole descent into darkness vibe, and the second one gave me a very "this is Palpatine POV" feeling.

[alba17]

Ooh, the first one is so creepy. They both work really well. And…I never saw this, is that a robot Darth Vader, or what??

[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.

[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.

[bluedreaming]

I love the energy in these; the strong beat especially in the first is so much fun. The lyrics are such an interesting commentary and influence the mood in a cool way!