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On content notes: I warn for all AO3 required warnings and physical triggers for vids (or explicitly choose not to warn), but don't always provide notes or tags for other potentially triggering content.
On vid subtitles: All the vids have subtitles available in streaming and download (unless there are no lyrics or dialogue).
On transformative works: Feel free to remix any of my work in any noncommercial way, including, but not limited to, remix challenges, commentaries, podfic, or parody, as long as you keep my pseudonym attached and link back to the original. I'd love it if you let me know about the remix, but that's not a requirement.
Showing my vids at cons/vid parties/other public spaces: Please do! Just let me know about it. All my vid posts have download links to the highest definition version I have available. For streaming, please use the host for the embed in the AO3 post (I post to YouTube for distribution, but sometimes embed the Vimeo version when YT has syncing issues I didn't discover before posting).
Fandom Year in Review: 2021
Dec. 30th, 2021 03:31 pmThere doesn't seem to be much point in doing most of my usual vidding year-in-review reflection, since my sum total of work was one vid, one completed Vexercise, and one playlist (the first time I VJ'd at a con!). I did not fulfill any of my vidding resolutions. I am pretty happy with the vid and the playlist.
In fandom, I have been delighted with the bumper crop of new Nirvana in Fire vids. I continue to be most interested in various forms of Mo Dao Zu Shi (and, to a lesser extent, MXTX's other work); I could very easily be fannishly obsessed with Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir, except there isn't enough fic to my taste to feed the habit. For a week or so, the same was true of Lore Olympus, but that faded.
I wrote up a bunch of vid notes for "Nothing Is Safe" before the reveal in February and then didn't post them, because I thought they'd bore people. But I always like looking back to these memes and there's always something I forget I thought or did, so I will include them here.
( Notes for 'Nothing Is Safe' )
Vidding resolution for 2022: Finish auction vid!
As usual, stealing a final bit from ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kiki_miserychic:
If there is any question you would like to ask me about any one of my vids or stories (from this year or any year), then go ahead! What I meant by a particular clip or sequence, why I chose to highlight that characterization, why I chose that song, what crack I was taking and where you can get some...anything. Anything you might like to know about how I made a vid, I shall do my best to answer. Or any questions about vidding or writing that I can answer in general, I guess.
Seoul Town Road Outtakes
Jun. 12th, 2021 07:16 pmMy (self-imposed) restrictions for Seoul Town Road were no repeated sources, vidders, or musical artists. Additionally, I wanted to showcase vidders who weren't part of the Vidukon/Vividcon/Fanworks/etc set of vidding fandom or, when I did include those vidders, I tried to limit myself to vids that were less likely to have been shown recently. That plus the time constraints of a single vidshow meant that I eliminated a lot of vids that were in my first cut.
I'm mostly not going to list multiple vids by the same vidder or other vids by vidders already in the show, but you should definitely check out the vidders' other work.
My absolute favorite vids that I cut because I thought most people would have seen them already
Vid I cut because another vid by the same vidder fit better and also it was kind of long
daegorr, Game Over (알함브라 궁전의 추억 | Memories of the Alhambra) This was also tempting because I only had one kpop vid in the show, but ... I wanted something to use the same vidder for a romance with a supernatural male lead (very common genre) and I thought this one might be too similar to Meliora MV's "Natural", which had an edge partly because I'd seen the source. Action movie violence.
Vids I cut because I couldn't decide between the two of them and also they were kind of long
Vids I cut because I had more dark/grim/suspense/horror vids than I could use
Vid I cut because I already had enough vids to eerie elecronic songs sung by sopranos
MoonCalledA, washed out (달의 연인-보보경심 려 | Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryo) Death, blood, violence (PG-13? Low R?)
Vid I cut because I already had an Imagine Dragons vid and also I found a vid for the same source to more unusual music (for a kdrama vid)
irxdxscent, Believer (Vincenzo) As a rough guess, 75% of all kdrama vids on YouTube are to Imagine Dragons or Billie Eilish. Graphic violence, gunshots, explosions.
Vid I cut because I couldn't deal with the source dialogue without the source background music removed
reiichi, Symphony (WISH YOU: 나의 마음속 너의 멜로디) I was so tempted, because except for those two dialogue bits, this is an adorable vid for a canon m/m pairing. But I really couldn't deal with those two dialogue bits. No standard triggers.
Palate cleansers
I ended not including anything really goofy because ... I am an overserious person. Sorry. But here are some palate cleansers:
I'm mostly not going to list multiple vids by the same vidder or other vids by vidders already in the show, but you should definitely check out the vidders' other work.
My absolute favorite vids that I cut because I thought most people would have seen them already
- skygiants, Our Ghost (시카고 타자기 | Chicago Typewriter) Canonical character death, nongraphic violence.
helcinda, Rewrite the Stars (더 킹：영원의 군주 | King: The Eternal Monarch) Nongraphic violence.
Vid I cut because another vid by the same vidder fit better and also it was kind of long
daegorr, Game Over (알함브라 궁전의 추억 | Memories of the Alhambra) This was also tempting because I only had one kpop vid in the show, but ... I wanted something to use the same vidder for a romance with a supernatural male lead (very common genre) and I thought this one might be too similar to Meliora MV's "Natural", which had an edge partly because I'd seen the source. Action movie violence.
Vids I cut because I couldn't decide between the two of them and also they were kind of long
- beccatoria, Matches to Paperdolls (선덕여왕 | Queen Seondeok) Non-graphic violence.
- shati, Hope on Fire (선덕여왕 | Queen Seondeok) Non-graphic violence.
Vids I cut because I had more dark/grim/suspense/horror vids than I could use
- pteryx, Will I Make It Out Alive (multi). Graphic violence, death, zombies, apocalypse, general bleakness, gunshots, explosions, quickcutting.
- Headsunder, the end has already begun (손 | The Guest) Horror, exorcisms, gore, graphic violence, death, extreme creepiness.
Vid I cut because I already had enough vids to eerie elecronic songs sung by sopranos
MoonCalledA, washed out (달의 연인-보보경심 려 | Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryo) Death, blood, violence (PG-13? Low R?)
Vid I cut because I already had an Imagine Dragons vid and also I found a vid for the same source to more unusual music (for a kdrama vid)
irxdxscent, Believer (Vincenzo) As a rough guess, 75% of all kdrama vids on YouTube are to Imagine Dragons or Billie Eilish. Graphic violence, gunshots, explosions.
Vid I cut because I couldn't deal with the source dialogue without the source background music removed
reiichi, Symphony (WISH YOU: 나의 마음속 너의 멜로디) I was so tempted, because except for those two dialogue bits, this is an adorable vid for a canon m/m pairing. But I really couldn't deal with those two dialogue bits. No standard triggers.
Palate cleansers
I ended not including anything really goofy because ... I am an overserious person. Sorry. But here are some palate cleansers:
- skygiants, Weird Friends (성균관 스캔들 | Sungkyunkwan Scandal) No standard warnings.
- shati, Kim Yoon Hee's the Man (성균관 스캔들 | Sungkyunkwan Scandal) No standard warnings.
- imbir, Motel Six (호텔 델루나 | Hotel del Luna) Death, blood.
Hi! I did a kdrama vidshow for Vidukon 2021. All of the vids except one* were available on YouTube, so here's a YouTube playlist:
Direct link if you're having problems with the embed. If you have access to the show through Conline, I do recommend watching the show that way, for better integrated warnings and fewer ads.
Thank you to all the vidders who let me include their vids!
* The exception isghost_lingering's Brave, which she graciously allowed me to upload for the con. It's currently in the playlist to allow for con replay, but I'll be removing it eventually.
Warnings
In addition to other triggers, many of the vids in this show incorporate source audio. This sometimes includes audio triggers that you may not be used to encountering in vids like gunshots and explosions. Please consult the show warnings list for details.
Playlist with warnings
The list also notes where you can stream the sources in the US. You may be able to find streaming information for other locations at a Mydramalist or Justwatch.
Notes
I wanted to do this vidshow mainly because there are a lot of cool kdramas and a lot of cool kdrama vids out there, and I wanted other people to appreciate them with me. I am very much a kdrama noob, and the vidshow is very much a product of what series I happen to know about and what aesthetics I happen to like, rather than a rigorous or comprehensive overview. That said, I wanted to showcase a few things:
I also prioritized vidders and vids I thought would be new to most of the congoers, or, in some cases (drawing heavily from the first few Festivids), at least vids that people at Vidukon hadn't seen recently. This ended up meaning I cut several of my favorite kdrama vids from the past 2 or 3 years, just because I assumed people would have encountered them elsewhere. I'm planning to post a list of the outtakes eventually, but it will take a while to put the warnings together. ETA: Outtakes.
Direct link if you're having problems with the embed. If you have access to the show through Conline, I do recommend watching the show that way, for better integrated warnings and fewer ads.
Thank you to all the vidders who let me include their vids!
* The exception is
ghost_lingering's Brave, which she graciously allowed me to upload for the con. It's currently in the playlist to allow for con replay, but I'll be removing it eventually.Warnings
In addition to other triggers, many of the vids in this show incorporate source audio. This sometimes includes audio triggers that you may not be used to encountering in vids like gunshots and explosions. Please consult the show warnings list for details.
Playlist with warnings
The list also notes where you can stream the sources in the US. You may be able to find streaming information for other locations at a Mydramalist or Justwatch.
Notes
I wanted to do this vidshow mainly because there are a lot of cool kdramas and a lot of cool kdrama vids out there, and I wanted other people to appreciate them with me. I am very much a kdrama noob, and the vidshow is very much a product of what series I happen to know about and what aesthetics I happen to like, rather than a rigorous or comprehensive overview. That said, I wanted to showcase a few things:
- The breadth and huge generic diversity of kdrama
- The tendency of kdrama, like kpop, to creatively remix distinct styles into unique new combinations
- Aesthetics that seem, in my limited experience, to be common in kdrama vids/YouTube vidding, but which are rarer in my immediate vidding circles, like:
- The incorporation of source audio
- The incorporation of subtitles and type effects
- Heavy usage of effects to accentuate beats and musical grace notes
- The use of source soundtrack songs
- The incorporation of source audio
I also prioritized vidders and vids I thought would be new to most of the congoers, or, in some cases (drawing heavily from the first few Festivids), at least vids that people at Vidukon hadn't seen recently. This ended up meaning I cut several of my favorite kdrama vids from the past 2 or 3 years, just because I assumed people would have encountered them elsewhere. I'm planning to post a list of the outtakes eventually, but it will take a while to put the warnings together. ETA: Outtakes.
Escapade 2021
Feb. 22nd, 2021 06:27 pmI decided to go to Escapade at the last minute because they asked to show one of my vids and I have a bottomless craving for validation I really enjoy the Discord watchalong experience for vidshows. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to attend most of Friday and Sunday, and new-medication side effects (headache, anxiety) meant I wasn't very focused on the vidshow or at panels. nestra and I ended up running vid review; it was a last-minute thing, so I wasn't able to re-watch the vids, and was especially thrown on the mercy of the audience for commentary on vids to sources I haven't seen and/or in the second half of the review (see headache and anxiety above). I am very grateful to everyone who chimed in. I remember unusually little of what people said, including about my vid. I did very much appreciate comments by seekingferret and talitha78 at the "Transcultural Vidding" panel.
It was nice to see some familiar names and faces.
nestra and I ended up running vid review; it was a last-minute thing, so I wasn't able to re-watch the vids, and was especially thrown on the mercy of the audience for commentary on vids to sources I haven't seen and/or in the second half of the review (see headache and anxiety above). I am very grateful to everyone who chimed in. I remember unusually little of what people said, including about my vid. I did very much appreciate comments by seekingferret and talitha78 at the "Transcultural Vidding" panel. It was nice to see some familiar names and faces.
This was a pinch hit for starlady for Festivids 2020-21. I assumed it would be a) obviously me and b) impenetrable to anyone who hadn't seen the show, but apparently neither of these beliefs was correct. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
( Content notes )
Summary: Some of those that work forces are the same that burn crosses
Music: "Nothing Is Safe" by clipping.
Elsewhere: AO3 | Tumblr | YouTube
Download: mp4 1920 x 1080 (205MB, subtitles included)
Thank you to serrico and springgreen for beta.
Festivids 2020 Recs
Feb. 5th, 2021 06:51 pmThis year's Festivids collection was amazing! I could not recommend every vid I loved; that would be way too much work. So I'm limiting myself to the ones that I've rewatched the most often over the past week. Have some last-minute pre-reveals recs. [Vidders added post-reveals.]
The delightful ones
- Shut Up and Dance with Me (The Golden Girls) by lilly_the_kid - Sheer happiness.
- Afterlife (The Good Place) by thingswithwings - I had some issues with the last two seasons of the show, but this almost reconciles me to them. Moving and joyous.
- Motel 6 (Hotel del Luna) by imbir - I have not seen this show, but I can confidently state this is a galaxy brain vid.
The delightful ones with the intertextual song choices
- I Want You to Want Me (Much Ado About Nothing) by
- Umbrella (Singin' in the Rain) by
The dramatic ones
- uyariy nisqayki (listen and I will tell you) (Frontera Verde/Green Frontier) by eruthros - This is powerful and moving and an extremely effective recruiter vid for a source I'd never heard of before.
- Mother Jungle (Frontera Verde/Green Frontier) by eruthros - An extraordinary nonhuman POV.
- Diamond (Hotel del Luna) by imbir - This is gorgeous and striking and brilliantly paced; I have no idea what's going on; it has put Hotel del Luna at the top of my To Be Watched list.
- Doubt (Watchmen) by findmeinthealps - An unflinching Angela character study, gorgeously made, with flashes of the show's sly humor.
Thousand Eyes, Song Choice, and Pacing
Feb. 3rd, 2021 01:51 pmI'm interested in how you pick your vid songs and moods in general, because Thousand Eyes was such a fascinating, and I think brave, choice, because it took such skill and confidence to navigate the pacing. It's one of those vids I love more every time I watch it. I want to know everything about how you made it.
First, sorry for the delay!
Second, thank you so much!
Third: wow, this is even longer than I expected.
( Song choice )
( 'Thousand Eyes' and pacing )
I'd love to hear about how other vidders think about song choice and/or pacing, if they feel like posting.
My year in fandom: 2020
Dec. 16th, 2020 11:34 pmVids premiered this year
May
Mission: Paperman (The Untamed, Wiscon premiere)
October
Phenomenon (Dickinson, Fanworks premiere)
CW for the first section: Some brief mentions of 2020 being 2020, parental death
( The year in fandom )
( Vid meme )
( Vid notes - Mission: Paperman )
( Vid notes - Phenomenon )
( Things I learned this year )
( 2019 Goals as Accomplished 2020 )
( 2021 Goals )
Vid commentary
Stealing this fromkiki_miserychic:
If there is any question you would like to ask me about any one of my vids or stories (from this year or any year), then go ahead! What I meant by a particular clip or sequence, why I chose to highlight that characterization, why I chose that song, what crack I was taking and where you can get some...anything. Anything you might like to know about how I made a vid, I shall do my best to answer. Or any questions about vidding or writing that I can answer in general, I guess.
May
Mission: Paperman (The Untamed, Wiscon premiere)
October
Phenomenon (Dickinson, Fanworks premiere)
CW for the first section: Some brief mentions of 2020 being 2020, parental death
( The year in fandom )
( Vid meme )
( Vid notes - Mission: Paperman )
( Vid notes - Phenomenon )
( Things I learned this year )
( 2019 Goals as Accomplished 2020 )
( 2021 Goals )
Vid commentary
Stealing this from
kiki_miserychic:If there is any question you would like to ask me about any one of my vids or stories (from this year or any year), then go ahead! What I meant by a particular clip or sequence, why I chose to highlight that characterization, why I chose that song, what crack I was taking and where you can get some...anything. Anything you might like to know about how I made a vid, I shall do my best to answer. Or any questions about vidding or writing that I can answer in general, I guess.
Password: joy
Summary: Sip on joy the purest drink (Emily Dickinson character study)
Music: "Phenom" by Thao & the Get Down Stay Down
Content notes: Bright flashes. Sexist bullying. A parent strikes their adult child.
Content notes: Bright flashes. Sexist bullying. A parent strikes their adult child.
Elsewhere: AO3 | Tumblr | YouTube
Download: mp4 1920x1080 (132MB)
Many thanks to nestra, springgreen, and starlady for beta.
Vidding process: Proxy workflow
Jul. 27th, 2020 08:09 pmalpharatz and corbae put together a really great presentation on getting started vidding. It includes examples of a lot of different ways of doing things, and that plus people sharing some of their processes, tips, and tricks at ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
vidukon_cardiff made me think it might be useful to share how I do things. I'm going to try to put some stuff together and tag it all "vidding process".
Today I'm going to talk about using proxies when vidding.
( What's a proxy? )
( Why are proxies necessary? )
( Proxy file size and hardware constraints )
( Proxy workflow )
Me at equalityauction
Jun. 19th, 2020 07:58 pmI'm offering a vid at equalityauction! Bidding is June 20-26 EDT (UTC-4).
My offer
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions: Dreamwidth DM, thuviaptarth @ gmail, thuvia_ptarth @ Twitter.
equalityauction! Bidding is June 20-26 EDT (UTC-4).My offer
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions: Dreamwidth DM, thuviaptarth @ gmail, thuvia_ptarth @ Twitter.
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Jun. 16th, 2020 08:17 pmVimeo's video reviewing tools look incredibly useful for betaing vids, but are limited to paid viewers. It looks like there are a bunch of free tools out there that do the same thing, though -- has anyone tried them out?
Nirvana in Fire info
Jun. 15th, 2020 06:24 pmIt looks like there is some interest in Nirvana in Fire due to vidukon_cardiff's excellent Ancient Chinese Boyfriends vidshow and in particular bingeling's amazing premiere, Cycles to Gehenna (not in the linked playlist because it's not on YouTube; available in Vidukon's online playlist if you're a member).
( Why You Might Like It )
( Barriers to Entry )
( How to Find It )
( On Season 2 )
vidukon_cardiff's excellent Ancient Chinese Boyfriends vidshow and in particular bingeling's amazing premiere, Cycles to Gehenna (not in the linked playlist because it's not on YouTube; available in Vidukon's online playlist if you're a member).( Why You Might Like It )
( Barriers to Entry )
( How to Find It )
( On Season 2 )
Wiscon Vid Party 2020!
May. 23rd, 2020 07:50 amI guess entries originally posted locked will always show up in their original chronological location in Reading Lists? At least I do not see my last post where expected, so I will link to it from here.
wiscon_vidparty was great, as usual, and too much interaction for me to stay the whole time, as usual, even though virtual, not as usual. There was a short premiere list this year, with a delightful Muppets vid by brainwane, a Delle Seyah vid by aurumcalendula that has convinced me to watch the last couple of seasons of Killjoys, and an eye-opening multi vid by garrideb (I had no idea there was so much open queerness in 70s TV).
The full list of vids is here, with links and content notes.
I had two vids in the show, one premiere and one past collaboration withspringgreen:
For people who are wondering if the So Close canon is really that gay: No, it's not. It's much gayer. For supporting evidence, I present We've Only Just Begun and Pretty Girl.
wiscon_vidparty was great, as usual, and too much interaction for me to stay the whole time, as usual, even though virtual, not as usual. There was a short premiere list this year, with a delightful Muppets vid by brainwane, a Delle Seyah vid by aurumcalendula that has convinced me to watch the last couple of seasons of Killjoys, and an eye-opening multi vid by garrideb (I had no idea there was so much open queerness in 70s TV).The full list of vids is here, with links and content notes.
I had two vids in the show, one premiere and one past collaboration with
springgreen:- Mission: Paperman (陈情令 The Untamed, premiere)
- She Knows (So Close 夕陽天使, premiere from 2014)
For people who are wondering if the So Close canon is really that gay: No, it's not. It's much gayer. For supporting evidence, I present We've Only Just Begun and Pretty Girl.
Summary: Attempt the impossible
Fandom: 陈情令 | The Untamed
Music: Mission:Impossible theme by Lazlo Schifrin
Length: 0:54
Content notes: Look, I swear this is very fluffy despite the decapitated head.
Vid Amnesty 2018
Dec. 31st, 2018 04:12 pmThis year at VVC there were many Supernatural vids about many different characters and I enjoyed them all, and also Supernatural and I are never, ever getting back together.
So I am declaring vid amnesty on this vid that I haven't actually worked on since 2010, which would have been SO GREAT if I'd finished it while I was still watching Supernatural, I swear.
So I am declaring vid amnesty on this vid that I haven't actually worked on since 2010, which would have been SO GREAT if I'd finished it while I was still watching Supernatural, I swear.
Things I learned about vidding in 2018
Dec. 30th, 2018 02:57 pmThis should probably have gone in the previous post, but I forgot. Maybe I will update it just to have everything in one place.
Things I learned this year
Things I learned this year
- Premiere's new color match tool is amazing.
- Relatedly, color matching can smooth a jarring clip transition.
- You can use vignettes to subtly change the focus of a clip. This again can help to smooth jarring clip transitions.
- You can color code source and clips to track useful information.
- You can stack timelines vertically as well as tabbing through them horizontally.
- Sometimes video tutorials on video editing are helpful.
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Dec. 30th, 2018 02:08 pmserrico asked: Do you use any tools, like clip notes or storyboards?The short answer is: I use an outline, markers, markers with notes, sometimes title cards with notes, themed sequences, and a time-tracking spreadsheet.
I used to completely misunderstand the meaning of "storyboard"; I am not visual enough to use them.
The long answer is: ( Read more... )
