Vidding Exercises for Creative Distraction

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 :)

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.

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

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)

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

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!

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!

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