foundations!

[schmerica]

So, as a complete and utter newbie, my first places to go for learning about vidding were permetaform's Vidding for newbies links and vidding community's memories -- along with lots of just general quiet lurking and observation of my friends list and friendsfriends list and vidding fandom.

At this point, I think I can say that these are the first three rules I feel fairly certain I have learned about vidding:

1) Cut to the beat
2) Don't be overly literal
3) Always know what you're trying to say (your theme, your thesis, your point, whatever)

There is other stuff I've learned or noted, of course, but I'd say those are the ones I've most internalized. What about you guys? What were the first building blocks you picked up? I'm thinking conceptual rather than technical, which, um, is a whole different thing.

Comments

[elke-tanzer.livejournal.com]

(another imaginary vidder chiming in here...)

Make it a conscious choice to use clips in canonical/arc order or out of canonical/arc order, keeping your theme/thesis/point in mind when you make that choice.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

That's one of the things that is hard in general when you're starting, I think -- trying to look at the clips BOTH for what they are in the source and what they can do in the vid.