I found this easier than exercise one, which was hard because all this time as a vidder I'd been training myself to cut more closely and more often; to build meaning with multiple clips rather than using one long clip. It was very old-school to return to that style, so returning to the style I've been cultivating for this new exercise was a relief.

It was still challenging because I had a concept I wanted to use, but couldn't do with the limit on source, so I just threw up my hands and decided to break that rule, which was hard for me on a personal level because working within limits is easier on me than not. It was also challenging because I'd just finished a fanvid that relied on this type of matching, and I am not good at it (or other vidders just make it look easy?), so returning to trying to do this was a bit like tapping a dry well. At least, I'm very familiar with my source and I don't have to build a mental catalog of visuals for it like I do for unfamiliar sources. Even so, I tore out the last half of the vid a few times in trying to match for motion, because I wanted more flow, but couldn't find it. I did finally find a good flow, but I had to work for it.

It was interesting to me to find, in rewatching some of my older vids, that I'd been graphic matching more often that I thought I did. Motion matching is fun for faster music, but graphic matching seems a better companion for slower music, and even though I used both for my vid, that was a fascinating realization.