Vidding Exercises for Creative Distraction

Vexercise 7 Round-Up!

Wed, 21 Sep 2022 00:24:24 GMT

Posted by: nu_breed

Two days later than agreed, Vexercise 7 is "complete"!

[If you’re joining us after the "official" deadline and you’ve completed an exercise, please leave a link in the comments of this post and/or add your works to the AO3 collection, I’ll ensure they get updated to this list. No Vexercise is ever really closed :) if the mood strikes you to make more, feel free to share!

I was hoping to get my own vid in for the extended deadline but haven't managed to so I will definitely be doing this!]

As usual, here is the round-up of works that were completed, all in one handy post. If you haven’t had a chance yet to view your fellow participants’ work, please check them out and if so inclined, leave some likes/kudos/comments as you wish. IF I MISSED YOUR WORK or if a link isn’t correct, etc, please ping me and I will fix!

Also, stay tuned for a wrap-up post for Vexercises 3.0!

Here are the free vids!

Time Has Come
Fandom: Doctor Who
by valoise

Small Talks (free vid) | 221b (bonus: audio layering OG vexercise)
Fandom: Miss Sherlock
by marah_sarie

Common People
Fandom: Star Wars (prequels)
by extrapenguin

Noble Blood
Fandom: Chronicles of Narnia
by the_wavesinger

Fire Escape
Fandom: Star Wars (Solo/Rogue One)
by colls

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Vexercise 7 - possible extension

Mon, 12 Sep 2022 23:42:07 GMT

Posted by: nu_breed

Hey all! We are officially just past the deadline for the final free vid exercise, but we thought we might just check in to see if anyone is still working on theirs and might benefit from a little extra time? I'm in this boat and I'm happy to post after the deadline (as usual, no vexercise is ever truly closed!) but if anyone else is also on their way to finishing we thought we might extend till this weekend.

Please let us know - otherwise I'll do the round-up post for the vids we have had so far and we will call Vexercises complete!

ETA: Okay, let's hold the close-off over till Sunday as we have 1-2 people who may get their vids in on the weekend. I'll do the roundup post then :)

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Vexercise 6 close-off reminder

Sun, 28 Aug 2022 02:38:21 GMT

Posted by: nu_breed

Heya Vexercisers! This is just a quick reminder that Vexercise 6 - response fanvid/side character study wraps up tomorrow (insofar as any Vexercise is ever "done") If you've got something to post, make sure you put it in the comments of the kickoff post, and also remember to add it to the AO3 collection if you want to!

Tomorrow I will make a round-up post which collects all the posted Vexercise 6s (though I will be "late" with my submission myself. As always, no Vexercise is ever closed off and you can submit anytime!)

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Final Vexercise (7) drops!

Sun, 28 Aug 2022 02:33:14 GMT

Posted by: nu_breed

Hello everyone! So we are on the home stretch!

This last exercise lifts the 1 minute "restriction," and there's no particular focus, but it does ask you to draw on the tools we've been playing with throughout the vexercises:

Vexercise 7: Free Vid!

Deploy any and all of the Vexercise techniques to make the fan video edit of your heart, including but not limited to your chosen source and length entirely up to you! Try to deploy a combination of the various techniques you explored in the exercises along the way.

We realise that a two week timeframe is on the short side for making a full vid, but it is *possible,* however the process will certainly look different than for a vid that you have months to play with.

Sometimes, though, having a tighter timeframe can help! You might have to loosen up on perfectionism and constant tweaking and just go for it, which can be a challenge in and of itself or you might find it very freeing! We hope this final exercise will be more towards the latter than the former!

Please share any questions here as well as any thoughts you have on the Vexercises as a whole! We'll make a post later asking for feedback about particular exercises, which ones could be adjusted, which worked best...but would love to hear any initial thoughts you have about the process overall here.

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Vexercise 6 check in!

Mon, 22 Aug 2022 00:12:51 GMT

Posted by: nu_breed

Happy Sunday/Monday everyone! How are we all going with our side character/vid response vexercise?

If you've started already (or finished), are there things you're finding challenging? Satisfying? Both at once?

I'm currently re-clipping my source due to a technical issue ughhhh excruciating honestly but that's a different topic altogether - I do have a response vid I am itching to start on, though!

If anyone has any questions/concerns please do comment and maybe we can chat it out :)

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Vexercise 6 drops! Side character study/Response fanvid

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 23:41:51 GMT

Posted by: nu_breed

Hello vidders and viewers! Here we go with Vexercise 6! This is one I've personally been looking forward to a lot :D

For this, the last vexercise before the free vid, you have two different choices!

Side character study

Produce a one minute video edit from your selected source focusing on a side character, making them the central character of your vid. Audio can be of your choosing.

Examples:
Blackbird (HP fanvid; McGonagall focus)
Lose Control (Nie Brothers, The Untamed)

Or, Response fanvid:

Produce a one minute video edit that responds to/remixes another fanvid, Vexercise or other.

If you're going to remix another vid, please do ask the vidder for permission; but there are other ways to respond too, such as your own brand new fanvid as a form of conceptual or formal reply inspired by a particular fanvid.

Examples:

Mei Changsu is Climbing the Mountain (Nirvana in Fire), a remix/response to The Mountain (Nirvana in Fire)
Fire Drills (The Untamed), inspired by Women’s Work (Supernatural)

If you have any other examples for either of these options, feel free to let us know in the comments!

Lola is in France right now (SO JEALOUS OMG) but I'm here and available to answer any questions you might have! :D

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Vexercise 5: round-up

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 23:24:44 GMT

Posted by: nu_breed

Hello vexercisers! Vexercise 5: Colour/Colour Grading/Lightbuilding is now complete!

Here is the round-up of works that were completed, all in one handy post. If you haven’t had a chance yet to view your fellow participants’ work, please check them out and if so inclined, leave some likes/kudos/comments as you wish. IF I MISSED YOUR WORK or if a link isn’t correct, etc, please ping me and I will fix!

[If you’re joining us after the "official" deadline and you’ve completed an exercise, please leave a link in the comments of this post and/or add your works to the AO3 collection, I’ll ensure they get updated to this list. No Vexercise is ever really closed :) if the mood strikes you to make more, feel free to share!]

True Colors
Fandom: Rogue One | Solo
by colls

MCTNA: a study of colour and light
Fandom: 나의 나라 | My Country: The New Age (TV)
by nu_breed

The Ghost's Eulogy
Fandom: Star Wars: The Old Republic
by extrapenguin

Far, Near
Fandom: Miss Sherlock
by marah_sarie

Fare Thee Well
Fandom: Our Flag Means Death
by alba17

Nor Bid the Stars Farewell
Fandom: Lord of the Rings
by the_wavesinger

Scenery
Fandom: Naruto
by lizardjay

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Vexercise 5 close-off reminder

Sat, 13 Aug 2022 23:35:52 GMT

Posted by: nu_breed

Heya Vexercisers! This is just a quick reminder that Vexercise 5 - colour/colour correction/light-building technically wraps up tomorrow (insofar as any Vexercise is ever "done" - please feel free to post any time!) If you've got something to post, make sure you put it in the comments of the kickoff post, and also remember to add it to the AO3 collection if you want to!

On Monday I will make a round-up post which collects all the posted Vexercise 5s as of then and I'll also launch Vexercise 6 (given a lot of folks are at fanworkscon I'm holding off till Monday for both of these)

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Vexercise 5 check-in

Sun, 07 Aug 2022 04:24:04 GMT

Posted by: nu_breed

Happy Saturday/Sunday everyone! How are you going with your colour/colour grading/lightbuilding vexercise?

If you've started already (or finished), are there things you're finding challenging? Satisfying? Both at once?

I ended up getting carried away with mine and accidentally ended up with a whole vid which I'm about to post.

It seems lightbuilding is a confusing concept for a bunch of folks and I would say it's really up for interpretation. In my mind it's using the lighting (natural or artificial) like you would use movement or graphic matching - letting the flow of it guide your editing choices. If anyone has more questions please ask! And/or if you're stuck with colour, let us know and we can chat about it :)

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Vexercise 4 Round-up!

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 03:22:25 GMT

Posted by: nu_breed

Hello vidders and viewers! Vexercise 4: Lyrical Play + is now complete! Apologies for the delay!

Here is the round-up of works that were completed, all in one handy post. If you haven’t had a chance yet to view your fellow participants’ work, please check them out and if so inclined, leave some likes/kudos/comments as you wish. IF I MISSED YOUR WORK or if a link isn’t correct, etc, please ping me and I will fix!

[If you’re joining us after the "official" deadline and you’ve completed an exercise, please leave a link in the comments of this post and/or add your works to the AO3 collection, I’ll ensure they get updated to this list. No Vexercise is ever really closed :) if the mood strikes you to make more, feel free to share!]

Birth of Darth Vader | Nobody's Friend | Do It For Myself
Fandom: Star Wars
by extrapenguin

Vexercise 4: Lyrical Play
Fandom: Star Wars
by colls

This Is What You Up Against
Fandom: Miss Sherlock
by marah_sarie

Amdir | Estel
Fandom: Lord of the Rings
by the_wavesinger

True North
Fandom: Our Flag Means Deth

Obito – Make Me Like You
Fandom: Naruto
By lizardjay

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Vexercise 5 Drops: Colo(u)r/Colo(u)r Grading/Lightbuilding

Sat, 30 Jul 2022 22:58:33 GMT

Posted by: nu_breed

Hey everyone, as I mentioned in my last post it's time to drop Vexercise 5!

This exercise is focused on colour/colour grading (or color if you are, unlike me, from the US!)

So the brief here is to make a one minute video where you let color guide the logic and flow, either by selection or special effects.

Highly recommended: download a LUT and try using it!

There are many many LUT resources out there. Here are a few links you could try:

The 70 Best Free LUTs Hand-picked By A Colorist For Your Films
73 free LUTs for Premiere Pro
Free LUTs for Da Vinci
30 FREE Cinematic Luts | Color Grading | How to apply Luts in Adobe Premiere Pro
How to Install LUTS in Davinci Resolve
How To Install LUTs in Premiere Pro 2020 on MacOS super EASY!
How to Properly Install Luts in Premiere Pro for Windows & Mac Users

I haven't listed any vid examples here because there are numerous examples of vids that use colour in either of these ways (on the colour grading side there are too many YT vids to count that meet this brief!) But do please make suggestions in the comments!!!

Advanced: Lightbuilding

Lim talks about this in Demystifying Vidding. Produce a one minute vid where your guiding logic is lightbuilding. Try letting the flow and build of light guide your editing choices throughout.

Example vid: Lim's Expo (MCU)

Also some of these examples from Vexercises 2.0 may be useful!

Any questions, please ask!

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Vexercise 4 (Lyrical Play) close-off tomorrow

Sat, 30 Jul 2022 22:03:12 GMT

Posted by: nu_breed

Heya Vexercisers! This is just a quick reminder that Vexercise 4 wraps up today (insofar as any Vexercise is ever technically "done" - please feel free to post any time!) If you've got something to post, make sure you put it in the comments of the kickoff post, and also remember to add it to the AO3 collection if you want to!

Tomorrow I will make a round-up post which collects all the posted Vexercise 4s as of tomorrow and very shortly we will launch Vexercise #5!

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Vexercise 4 Check-in!

Sat, 16 Jul 2022 22:11:56 GMT

Posted by: nu_breed

Hello all! Happy Saturday/Sunday! How are you going with your lyrical play vexercise?

If you've started already (or finished), are there things you're finding challenging? Satisfying? Both at once?

I have barely started mine as I'm sick with a cold and trying to get my vids ready to submit to Fanworks Con before the deadline on Monday, but after that I'm keen to get back to it!

Let us know if you're stuck and not quite sure how to start and if you feel up to sharing your ideas/approach maybe we can all help brainstorm! Equally if you really don't know where to start let us know and maybe we can figure it out together!

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Vexercise 3 round up!

Mon, 11 Jul 2022 23:21:01 GMT

Posted by: nu_breed

Hello vidders and viewers! Vexercise 3: Rhythmic Editing is complete! Here is the round-up of works that were completed, all in one handy post. If you haven’t had a chance yet to view your fellow participants’ work, please check them out and if so inclined, leave some likes/kudos/comments as you wish. IF I MISSED YOUR WORK or if a link isn’t correct, etc, please ping me and I will fix!

[If you’re joining us after the “official” deadline and you’ve completed a vexercise, please leave a link in the comments of this post and/or add your works to the AO3 collection, I’ll ensure they get updated to this list. No Vexercise is ever really closed :) if the mood strikes you to make more, feel free to share!]

trickybonmot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LZZjzA6xZY&feature=emb_logo
Jiukuang
The Untamed

extrapenguin
https://archiveofourown.org/works/39922635
Leave This Place Alive
Star Wars: tOR

lizardjay
https://lizardjay.dreamwidth.org/5269.html
Let Up
Naruto

nu_breed
https://archiveofourown.org/works/40005816
Love SOS
My Country: the New Age

aurumcalendula
https://archiveofourown.org/works/40079358
Dark Side
吸血鬼鬼盲盒 | The Vampires

marah_sarie
https://archiveofourown.org/works/40102791
gimme gimme
Miss Sherlock

unavee
https://archiveofourown.org/works/40195110
Exactly How I Feel
Seventeen

annathecrow
https://archiveofourown.org/works/40203018
Tatooine
Star Wars

the_wavesinger
https://archiveofourown.org/works/40215534
River
The Borgias

the_wavesinger
https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Vexercises_Collection/works/40058205
Get Lucky
Battle of the Sexes

colls
https://archiveofourown.org/works/39603213/chapters/101026536
The House is on Fire
Star Wars (Rogue One and Solo)

alba17
https://archiveofourown.org/works/40571043
Oh Please Stay
Our Flag Means Death

naye
https://archiveofourown.org/works/40608522
Come With Me Now
Moon Knight

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Vexercise 3 (Rhythmic editing) check-in!

Sun, 03 Jul 2022 03:01:01 GMT

Posted by: nu_breed

Hello all! Happy Saturday/Sunday depending on where you are! How are you going with your rhythmic editing vexercise?

If you've started already (or finished), are there things you're finding challenging? Satisfying? Both at once?

I really enjoyed this one and especially enjoyed the bonus version using vocals and instrumentation as the basis for my edit but the syncopation was fun too! Anyone else who has finished have any insights they'd like to share re their process? Things that were challenging/satisfying?

If you're stuck and not quite sure how to start we'd love to help. If you feel up to sharing your ideas/approach maybe we can all help brainstorm! Equally if you really don't know where to start let us know and maybe we can figure it out together!

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Vexercise 2 round up!

Sun, 26 Jun 2022 23:46:45 GMT

Posted by: nu_breed

Hello vidders and viewers! Vexercise 2: Visual Matching is complete! Here is the round-up of works that were completed, all in one handy post. If you haven’t had a chance yet to view your fellow participants’ work, please check them out and if so inclined, leave some likes/kudos/comments as you wish. IF I MISSED YOUR WORK or if a link isn’t correct, etc, please ping me and I will fix!

[If you’re joining us after the “official” deadline and you’ve completed a vexercise, please leave a link in the comments of this post and/or add your works to the AO3 collection, I’ll ensure they get updated to this list. No Vexercise is ever really closed :) if the mood strikes you to make more, feel free to share!]

Castles
Fandom: 나의 나라 | My Country: The New Age (TV)
by nu_breed

Where We Belong
Fandom: Star Wars: The Old Republic
by extrapenguin

Aerial Dreaming
Fandom: 더 킹：영원의 군주 | The King: Eternal Monarch (TV)
by pi

Onward
Fandom: 나의 나라 | My Country: The New Age (TV)
by pi

Nothing Fades Like the Light
Fandom: Naruto
by lizardjay

They say home is the place where your heart is
Fandom: The Hunt for the Wilderpeople
by naye

I'm Walkin'
Fandom:Dr Who
by valoise

Merry Go-Round
Fandom: Miss Sherlock
by marah_sarie

Cops and Robbers
Fandom: Zankyou no Terror
by seasaltmemories_14

redder, a whole glass (burn me in the dust)
Fandom: Multi (ENHYPHEN)
by bluedreaming

Lan Wangji - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action
Fandom: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)
by trickybonmot

Fivefold and Theory of Disillusion
Fandom: 云泽传 | Legend Of Yunze (TV)
by aurum_calendula

Best Day of My Life
Fandom: Star Wars Prequels
by annathecrow

i swore i'd never let her go
Fandom: Star Wars (Revenge of the Sith)
by justanorthernlight

Run Run Run
Fandom: Star Wars: Rogue One and Solo
by @ colls

Four-Leaf Clover
Fandom: SEVENTEEN (Band)
by @ unavee

Next Year
Fandom: Our Flag Means Death
by @ alba17

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Vexercise 2 Check-in

Sat, 18 Jun 2022 22:38:45 GMT

Posted by: nu_breed

Hello all! Happy Saturday/Sunday depending on where you are! How are your Vexercise 2s going?

If you've started already (or finished), are there things you're finding challenging? Satisfying? Both at once?

If you're stuck and not quite sure how to start, maybe share your thinking, your idea, your approach, and we can all help brainstorm!

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Vexercise 2 (Visual Matching) drops!

Mon, 13 Jun 2022 03:46:06 GMT

Posted by: nu_breed

Please let us know in the comments of any other vids you would suggest as examples of motion/graphic matching!Hi all! Firstly, thank you for all your amazing Pechakuchas for Vexercise 1! Lola and I have been so thrilled with the engagement and creativity we’ve been seeing, not to mention the wide range of fandoms represented! So great 😀

And of course there is no “final” due date so if you feel like you are as bitten by the Pechakuchas bug as we are, please feel free to keep posting more! And don’t forget to add them to the Vexercises collection on AO3 (if you are posting there, that is).

Now on to Vexercise 2!

Your task for this one is to produce a one minute video edit (with an audio track of your own choosing) on your selected source using match-on-action and/or graphic matches as your primary editing logics. The motion of each shot should seem to continue into motion in the following shot and/or connect through images that are similar to the eye.

Here's a really helpful video on different types of match cuts (with lots of helpful Sherlock examples!) This video is about match cuts in cinema and TV, but it's really cool how we can adapt these techniques to vidding/fan video editing.

And here are some vids that use visual continuity, match on action, and graphic matching (feel free to rec others in the comments!)

General note: most of these vids contain a bunch of visual triggers (immersive motion/kinetic editing as well as light flashes) and timestamping every potential trigger in the below is a massive job so please bear in mind if you are sensitive to these types of visual triggers.

Nothing Is Safe (thuviaptarth, Watchmen) (please heed content notes)

Motionography 2012 (23Lubriderm, Remix Culture)

Multifandom Mashup 2019 (for All the Graphic Matches including My Country: The New Age! \o/)

Starships (bironic, multifandom)

Juice (sisabet, Disney villainesses)

Move Your Body (ohvienna, Xena)

if there’s hope, then let’s move (cescedes, 陈情令 | The Untamed)

Please let us know in the comments of any other vids you would suggest as examples of motion/graphic matching!

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Vexercise 1 Round-up!

Mon, 13 Jun 2022 02:35:26 GMT

Posted by: nu_breed

Hello vidders and viewers! Vexercise 1: Pechakuchas is now complete (ish)! Here is the round-up of works that were completed, all in one handy post. If you haven’t had a chance yet to view your fellow participants’ work, please check them out and if so inclined, leave some likes/kudos/comments as you wish.

If we missed your work or if a link isn’t correct, etc, please ping me and I will fix!

[If you’re joining us after the “official” deadline and you’ve completed a set of pechakuchas, please leave a link in the comments of this post and/or add your works to the AO3 collection, and we’ll ensure they get updated to this list. No Vexercise is ever really closed :) if the mood strikes you to make more, please feel free to share!]

Golden Goat
Fandom: MCU
by seekingferret

Electricity
Fandom: MCU
by seekingferret

I Just Wanted You To ********
Fandom: Nier Automata
by seasaltmemories_14

Self-Indulgent Self-Destruction
Fandom: Nier Automata
by seasaltmemories_14

and the last word after that
Fandom: Enhyphen
by bluedreaming

West Coast | After the Storm | Heroes
Fandom: 나의 나라 | My Country: The New Age (TV)
by nu_breed

Watermelon Sugar | You Make My Dreams Come True
Fandom: Coffee Friends (Korea TV) RPF, Korean Actor RPF
by nu_breed

Signs of Life | Radiate
Fandom: 듀얼 | Duel (1997)
by nu_breed

Little Dark Age
Fandom: Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
by justanorthernlight

This Ain’t a Scene, It’s an Arms Race
Fandom: Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
by justanorthernlight

Dedicated Follower of Fashion | Albinoni
Fandom: Our Flag Means Death
by alba17

Open Up the Gates | High and Low
Fandom: Star Wars Legends: The Old Republic (Video Game)
by extrapenguin

Heart Fall Out | I Miss You
Fandom: Naruto
by lizardjay

Time Machine by Cuco
Fandom: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)
by trickybonmot

Time Machine by The Ballet
Fandom: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)
by trickybonmot

life is beautiful | as it was
Fandom: Oneus Do It
by lola

Hwanwoong is Beautiful/Hwanwoong is Fearless
Fandom: Oneus
by lola

Copycat
Fandom: 의 나라 | My Country: The New Age (TV)
by lola

Running
Fandom: 의 나라 | My Country: The New Age (TV)
by lola

slay | call me queen
Fandom: 더 킹: 영원의 군 | The King: Eternal Monarch
by pi

6422 NanYao
Fandom: Heaven Official's Blessing
by airawyn

Empty Threat | Rolling in the Deep
Fandom: 의 나라 | My Country: The New Age (TV)
by frankles

Dancing on Windy Hills
Fandom: Miss Sherlock
by marahsarie

Somebody's Watching Me | Bump Weather
Fandom: Doctor Who
by valoise

Hurts Like Hell
Fandom: Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
by annacrow

13th Month Date
Fandom: Seventeen
by unavee

Wave
Fandom: Seventeen
by unavee

I was lucky not to know/I can tell you like me too
Fandom: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)
by inimitablereel

bridge of glllass/I like it
Fandom: 盗墓笔记 | Time Raiders
by inimitablereel

We're All In This Together | Hall of Fame
Fandom: Rogue One
by colls

Bone Chain
Fandom: Red Sonja
by zakarisz

Klubba's Reveille
Fandom: Red Sonja
by zakarisz

Fingertips 21
Fandom: Red Sonja
by zakarisz

My Soul Awaits | On the Inside
Fandom: 云泽传 | Legend of Yunze
by aurumcalendula

My Soul Awaits | On the Inside
Fandom: 云泽传 | Legend of Yunze
by aurumcalendula

Lost It All | Father of Mine
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian
by salamandras

only wanna dance with you | looking for the same thing
Fandom: 终极笔记 | Ultimate Note
by absternr

Andante, Andante and Legendary
Fandom: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
by the_wavesinger

The Way
Fandom: Roswell New Mexico
by impala_evolved

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Exercise 1 "due" today!

Sat, 11 Jun 2022 22:46:34 GMT

Posted by: nu_breed

Heya Vexercisers! This is just a quick reminder that Vexercise 1 wraps up today (insofar as any Vexercise is ever technically "done" - please feel free to post your Pechakuchas any time!) If you've got something to post, make sure you put it in the comments of the kickoff post, and also remember to add it to the AO3 collection if you like.

Tomorrow I will make a round-up post which collects all the posted Vexercise 1s into a single post, and we will launch Vexercise #2!

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Vexercise 1 Check-in!

Sat, 04 Jun 2022 23:06:40 GMT

Posted by: nu_breed

Hi all! One week in--how are your pechakuchas going?

There have been so many posted already, so awesome!!! Lola and I are both super thrilled that you are all so engaged and inspired :D

For those of you that have already posted, what was the experience like? How did you go through the process of narrowing down your visual source, choosing your clips, choosing your music? Were there any tech issues or other challenges you ran into?

For those of you who haven't yet started where are you at with it? Do you have some things you're still trying to decide on--like your focus, your source, etc? Let us know, maybe we can help you figure it out!

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The Vexercises!

Sun, 29 May 2022 22:55:20 GMT

Posted by: nu_breed

Hi folks! As promised here are the vexercise prompts and due dates!

We'll also post specifics about each vexercise on each drop day. We've included some examples for each prompt but please do suggest more in the comments!

The schedule for the vexercises dropping is as follows:

May 28th - Pechakucha 2 Ways
June 11th - Visual Continuity
June 25th - Rhythmic Editing
July 9th - Lyrical Play
July 30th - Colour/Colour Grading/Light Building
August 13th - Response fanvids/side character study
August 27th - Free Vid

First, choose your primary source. It can be anything! From a TV series to a web series to music videos or vlogs to behind the scene footage to a movie. We'd originally recommended that you should work with the same one and a half to two hours of source for all vexercises, but hardly anyone actually followed that :D Still, we recommend you work with 2-4 episodes of a given series, or a single film, if you can limit yourself--it will make the process easier! In general, we recommend that you use only this source for all the vexercises, but if a particular activity sparks a creative idea and you want to expand or swap your source, of course you can! All of the vexercises except for the last are limited to one minute long, to help make them doable and give a creative limit/framework, but once you're done with each, if you're so inspired, you can expand your minute video into a full three minute vid, for Extra Super Very Important bonus points!

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! And now you can see way more wonderful vidding pikachus on this YouTube Playlist (as well as examples of the other O.G. vexercises at the Vexercises collection on a03!

2) Visual Continuity

Produce a one minute video edit on your selected source using match-on-action and graphic matches as your primary editing logics. The motion of each shot should seem to continue into motion in the following shot. Audio should be music of your own choosing.

Here's a really helpful video on different types of match cuts (with lots of helpful Sherlock examples!) This video is about match cuts in cinema and TV, but I think it's really cool how we can adapt these techniques to vidding/fan video editing.

Some vids that use visual continuity, match on action, and graphic matching (feel free to rec others in the comments!)

Nothing Is Safe (please heed content notes)
Motionography 2012
Multifandom Mashup 2019 (for All the Graphic Matches)

3) Rhythmic Editing

Produce a one minute video edit where you focus especially on rhythmic editing. Try your hand at time remapping at least once in this video. Choose an audio track that has a clear rhythmic pattern or interesting rhythmic progressions to make your editing experience easier. Reference the wave visualization of your audio track to help guide your editing choices. (If you’re up to it, make 2 versions, one that cuts primarily on the beat, another where you try syncopated editing (cutting on the *and*) and for extra special credit, an extra one that cuts on other instrumentation/vocals – some examples:

Example of emphasis on on-the-beat editing
Example of emphasis on syncopated editing (warning for flashing lights)
A short video on syncopated rhythm (warning for flashing lights)

A short video on time remapping in Premiere
Lim on time remapping (or velocity vidding) in Premiere.
Short video on time remapping in Davinci Resolve
More advanced version for greater flexibility in Resolve

Extra: Examples of instrumentation editing

Iscariot (My Country: The New Age)
Overcome (Star Wars: Rogue One)

4) Lyrical play/no lyrics (3 versions):

Produce a 1 minute video edit from your selected source, in which lyrical interpretation guides your shot choice. You could interpret the lyrics literally or metaphorically/suggestively. Once you have completed this video, choose selected lyrics to incorporate creatively as text within the video. Then make a version of this video with the text, but substituting the original audio with a different piece of music that has no lyrics.

Easiest Cinematic Title Minimal & Clean
How to place video within text
Add text behind a moving object
Typewriter effect
How to Make a Lyric Video
Inspirations for typography (a whole playlist!)

Advanced: Lyrical Play with Key Frames & Masking

Follow the guidelines for the OG version, but try using key frames for moving text or text masking.

Keyframing in Da Vinci Resolve
Keyframing and masking in Premiere Pro

5) Colour/Colour Grading/Light Building

Focus on Color/Color Grading (or colour for those of us who are not from the US :D)

Make a one minute video where you let color guide the logic and flow, either by selection or special effects.

Highly recommended: download an LUT or more and try using it!

There are soooo many LUT resources out there. Here are a few links you could try:

The 70 Best Free LUTs Hand-picked By A Colorist For Your Films
30 FREE Cinematic Luts | Color Grading | How to apply Luts in Adobe Premiere Pro
How to Install LUTS in Davinci Resolve
How To Install LUTs in Premiere Pro 2020 on MacOS super EASY!
How to Properly Install Luts in Premiere Pro for Windows & Mac Users

Advanced: Lightbuilding

Lim talks about this in Demystifying Vidding. Produce a one minute vid where your guiding logic is lightbuilding. Try letting the flow and build of light guide your editing choices throughout.

Example: Lim’s Expo (MCU)

6) Side character study

Produce a one minute video edit from your selected source focusing on a side character, making them the central character of your vid. Audio can be of your choosing.

Examples:
Blackbird (HP fanvid; McGonagall focus)
CEO, Entrepreneur (Word of Honor)

Or, Response fanvid:

Produce a one minute video edit that responds to/remixes another fanvid, Vexercise or other.

If you're going to remix another vid, please do ask the vidder for permission; but there are other ways to respond too, such as your own brand new fanvid as a form of conceptual or formal reply inspired by a particular fanvid.

Examples:

Mei Changsu is Climbing the Mountain (Nirvana in Fire), a remix/response to The Mountain(Nirvana in Fire)
Fire Drills (The Untamed), inspired by Women’s Work (Supernatural)

7) Free Vid!

Deploy any and all of these techniques to make the fan video edit of your heart, including but not limited to your chosen source, length entirely up to you! Try to deploy some combination of the various techniques you explored in the exercises along the way.

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VfX Resources!

Sun, 29 May 2022 14:41:50 GMT

Posted by: nu_breed

Here are some resources/tutorials for VfX tools we’ve compiled so far that we’ve found helpful.

Recommend ones you discover in the comments and we’ll add them to the list!

General After Effects Tutorials

Learn After Effects 2020: FOR BEGINNERS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7452a8ybiM

AE Tutorials Specific for Fan Video

After Effects for Beginners // basic transitions, effects, and layout introduction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxNKGrg_Ru8

After Effects for Beginners pt.1 | importing clips & audio, basic transitions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRZc6Qh9l-o

After Effects tips & tricks I wish I knew as a beginner || after effects tutorial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDf1Vo5AVcM

Fusion Tutorial Suggestions

A post comparing After Effects and Fusion with linked tutorials:

https://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/fusion-vs-after-effects/

Learning Fusion for After Effects users

https://jonnyelwyn.co.uk/film-and-video-editing/learning-davinci-resolve-fusion-for-after-effects-users/

Fusion - The Ultimate Beginners Guide

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDpR2xluwvI

Introduction to Fusion by BlackMagic Design

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJf1-Ilgis8&vl=en

Another Fusion tutorial with explainers

https://ymcinema.com/2021/07/23/fusion-for-dummies-a-comprehensive-guide-and-a-short-tutorial/

Please feel free to recommend other tutorials for these/other VfX software in the comments!

Cinelerra (Linux)

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL62ABEFC47A6CD4DA

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VfXercise 1 drops!

Sun, 29 May 2022 12:31:18 GMT

Posted by: nu_breed

Hi again all! So here’s the extra bonus challenge for this round, VfXercise 1.

We’ll keep these pretty simple and relatively open, so people can do them on different software platforms/with different tools. The challenge for this round is as follows:

VfXercise 1: 30 second edit comprised of 10 x 3-second shots, with at least one effect (like an LUT) applied throughout (on AE, through an adjustment layer)

Lola and I both tried this one out in advance, and it was fun! (Though we did discover that AE can be even more obsessive than Premiere, a dangerous realization :)

Here’s my example.

And here’s Lola's

Stay tuned for a separate post about VfX tech, tutorials, etc. which we can build as a resource list as we go. I’m imagining these VfXercises will be a lot about experimentation and exploration, and we can share what we discover with each one.

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Vexercise 1 drops!

Sun, 29 May 2022 12:23:36 GMT

Posted by: 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!

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