Vidding Exercises for Creative Distraction

Hi everyone! So it's time for Vexercise 5, and I have to admit to being really geekily excited for this version. I'm not sure how much energy folks have been having lately for the vexercises (I know I've been totally swamped and have been trouble opening Premiere!) but I hope that this one might get people inspired (and it may get me finally editing again too!)

So, the new version of Vexercise 5 is:

Before I wrote this one up, I tested it out myself to see what was involved. And I found it was really a different way of thinking. I tried to rework bits of previous videos for TikTok and I found that I had to really go back to the drawing board to make it work with the vertical aspect ratio. It's amazing how it narrows your focus and limits what footage you can use. If you want to check out my experiments, here they are: tiktok experiment 1 and tiktok experiment 2.

Here's a quick overview of settings (on Premiere) for TikTok
And here's a video tutorial for Instagram

Have you explored the world of short form fan edits on Instagram, TikTok, or even YouTube? There are SOOO many videos, and they can look really different from "traditional vids" (whatever that means :D) and can be really aesthetically inspiring. Please do share your favorites or any questions you have in the comments!

And of course, if you'd rather do one of the earlier version(s) of Vexercise 5, you totally can. The focus is on Lyrical Play/Lyrics and Typography. The prompt is as follows:

 (a whole playlist!) 

Whichever you do, have fun with it and don't worry about perfection -- these are just (v)exercises after all, and meant for experimentation and pushing out of comfort zones!

Hi everyone! How did your vexercise 5s go? Or are you still working on it? Or like me did you um, open the timeline today lol :D 

I know this isn't everyone's preferred aesthetic (I'm wondering if that's more about sort of genres/traditions of vidding, or generational aesthetics, or some combination of both... /meta) but for those of you that did give it a try, did you feel a bit different about it coming out the other end? Or pretty much like, this was cool to try, never again? :D 

The hardest bit is bringing in the different song at the end, but that's my favorite, because I feel like there are surprises there, or it just really breaks with the way we think of using text, if we think of using text at all... any discoveries on that end? I feel like most of the time it's a real reach, but every once in a while it really, really works.. 

Hi all!! Today is the Very Official (cough cough) due date for vexercise 5. How did your typographic and lyrical explorations go? Or are you still working on it? There are still a few hours left (or as many as you want), so maybe you're still at it (I am! Hoping to have it done before close of day today :)

As always, there will be a round up post of everyone's submissions, and Vexercise 6 drops tomorrow! Oh and don't forget to add your videos to the Vexercise collection on AO3!

Hi everyone! It's that time of the weekend, time for the new vexercise. This one is inspired by the many amazing vids out there that play with text and lyrics in different ways. It's a multi step vexercise--can't wait to see what folks come up with!

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.

Inspirations:
Overtime (Steven Universe):: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-OfHYgDF-Y
Light Years Away (The Untamed): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_pqNf5dA_8&list=PLGDrwAYvGR94FnYTVNoEgPEBNz9aGujxU&index=3&t=0s