Hi everyone! Somehow, we're a week in to the final Free Vid challenge. (How is it September, really?/?)  How's it going? Does it feel strange to be loosened from all constraints? Exciting? Overwhelming? Can you see the impact of the vexercises passed in your work now? 

Feel free to share any questions, discoveries, challenges, or even partial drafts here if it would be helpful! Looking forward to see what vids come out of this one. 

How goes it with your Vexercise 2s? Which version of the challenge have you decided to tackle? Any insights? Stumbling blocks? Questions come up? Looking forward to seeing these as they come in!

Hi everyone! How's it going? Are folks working on a final free vid? If so, how does it feel to be freed of the 1 minute restriction? And well, all the other restrictions? Is it freeing? Overwhelming? Awesome? Awesomely terrifying? 

I realized we never really clarified a "due" date for the final free vid, since the timing got delayed at the end because of the cons etc. Let's say July 17th?

And then we can kick off the new Summer edition on July 18th! There seems like there's plenty of interest in the summer edition, so it's a go :) Stay tuned for more details on the Summer Special Exercises! 

Hi all! How goes it with the side character vids? Have you chosen to put the spotlight on a more obscure character, or that secondary character who just doesn't quite get the love and attention they deserve? Have you discovered new things about them in the process?
Also, this vexercise doesn't have the same type of formal restrictions as the other vexercises we've had so far... is that freeing? challenging? both? 
I... haven't gotten started on this yet. Oops. I can't seem to decide on a side character, though I have several in the running. We'll see who wins out! I'm determined to have something by Sunday :D 

Hello all! Happy Saturday! How are your Vexercise 2s going? Are folks trying for match on action? Light building? Both? 
I was messing around with something and then it got out of control and became a vid not a vexercise, so back to square one for me :D 
If you've started already, 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! 

Hi everyone!! How are your vidding and text explorations going? This exercise definitely stretches some potentially unfamiliar design muscles and involves learning some new skills.

I started working with text in vidding this year, inspired by some beautiful vids and AMVs I'd been seeing lately, though its always something I've found really interesting and wanted to try. Actually, I really started playing with text and typography with the videographic essay exercises, and once I saw the possibilities of that, I started thinking more fully about how text can be and is being used effectively for vids.

It seems like quite a few of you have already dove (dived? Hmm) into these exercises. What have you found the challenges to be? What feels like it works? From my limited so far experience working with text, I've found that keeping the editing simple and limiting the text per shot makes a difference, or it becomes overwhelming. But maybe that's not always the case. I'd love to hear everyone's thoughts on this!

OH and this exercise is due this Saturday, May23.