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My Year in Vids 2022
Jan. 6th, 2023 09:12 pmIt's a little late, but we're still in the first week of January, so I think I can still do this.
Would've Been You | Multifandom (ships that weren't endgame)
watchingyou | Agents of SHIELD (the AIDA arc)
Die Young | Multifandom (CW, WB, and UPN shows)
Breakaway | Disney movies
Let Me Live | Multifandom (women in refrigerators)
Color and Light | Rian Johnson films
seven | Psych (Shawn and Gus friendship)
And, of course, the Star Trek vid album, Blame It on the Stardust. The album comprises 15 vids, 13 of which were publicly posted for the first time this year.
I also completed two vids that I haven't posted yet for various reasons.
My favorite video this year (of my own)
I'm honestly not sure I can pick one. It's probably one of "watchingyou," "They're Coming Back for Me," or "Breakaway."
Least favorite
I'm not a big fan of the song "Old Flames" (from the vid album) and I think it shows in the vid. It's still a neat idea, and there are some visual matches I like, but I think you can kind of tell that I just wanted that one over and done with.
Most successful
"Praying," from the vid album, just beating out "Rainbow" by a couple dozen views. It's (in my opinion) a good vid about a character and a relationship that people have a lot of feelings about, so I'm not surprised.
Video most under-appreciated by the universe, in my opinion
"watchingyou" is really fucking good, but it's also on a very niche subject. If you like stories about evil AIs with very understandable motives, maybe give it a try!
Video with single sexiest moment
Pick a shot, any shot, from the "sexy dancing" section of "Die Young."
Most fun to make
"Die Young" was SO MUCH WORK, but I also amused the hell out of myself with every single clip I placed.
Hardest video to make
Honestly, it might be "They're Coming Back for Me." It's a very long song, and in places a very weird song, and the point I was making with it is not necessarily an inherently visual one, and it pulls on a lot of lesser-known Star Trek episodes. I pushed myself to all sorts of places while making that vid, and it went through a lot of lesser versions. (This is where I need to thank my beta, without whom it simply would not have existed.)
Runner-up: "seven," a vid where I was actively working against the tone of the most of the source material, but by trying to make it more earnest and sentimental, which is, it turns out, really difficult.
Most unintentionally *telling* video
I think they're all telling, this year.
Things I've learned
I learned a lot of tricks in Motion (which I promptly forgot) to make the binary effect in "watchingyou." I learned how to create a soft focus effect for "seven." I learned better methods for quickly editing comics for comic vids. I learned that SOMEONE MADE UPSCALES OF DS9 AND VOYAGER, and now I'm having to stop myself from remastering my Star Trek vids.
Things to work on
Better motion.
Resolutions for 2023
I want to try new things, both structurally and technically. And I'd like to make a few more single-subject vids—I feel like I've gotten very focused on multifandom lately, but the few single-subject vids I made this year were some of my favorites.
Would've Been You | Multifandom (ships that weren't endgame)
watchingyou | Agents of SHIELD (the AIDA arc)
Die Young | Multifandom (CW, WB, and UPN shows)
Breakaway | Disney movies
Let Me Live | Multifandom (women in refrigerators)
Color and Light | Rian Johnson films
seven | Psych (Shawn and Gus friendship)
And, of course, the Star Trek vid album, Blame It on the Stardust. The album comprises 15 vids, 13 of which were publicly posted for the first time this year.
I also completed two vids that I haven't posted yet for various reasons.
My favorite video this year (of my own)
I'm honestly not sure I can pick one. It's probably one of "watchingyou," "They're Coming Back for Me," or "Breakaway."
Least favorite
I'm not a big fan of the song "Old Flames" (from the vid album) and I think it shows in the vid. It's still a neat idea, and there are some visual matches I like, but I think you can kind of tell that I just wanted that one over and done with.
Most successful
"Praying," from the vid album, just beating out "Rainbow" by a couple dozen views. It's (in my opinion) a good vid about a character and a relationship that people have a lot of feelings about, so I'm not surprised.
Video most under-appreciated by the universe, in my opinion
"watchingyou" is really fucking good, but it's also on a very niche subject. If you like stories about evil AIs with very understandable motives, maybe give it a try!
Video with single sexiest moment
Pick a shot, any shot, from the "sexy dancing" section of "Die Young."
Most fun to make
"Die Young" was SO MUCH WORK, but I also amused the hell out of myself with every single clip I placed.
Hardest video to make
Honestly, it might be "They're Coming Back for Me." It's a very long song, and in places a very weird song, and the point I was making with it is not necessarily an inherently visual one, and it pulls on a lot of lesser-known Star Trek episodes. I pushed myself to all sorts of places while making that vid, and it went through a lot of lesser versions. (This is where I need to thank my beta, without whom it simply would not have existed.)
Runner-up: "seven," a vid where I was actively working against the tone of the most of the source material, but by trying to make it more earnest and sentimental, which is, it turns out, really difficult.
Most unintentionally *telling* video
I think they're all telling, this year.
Things I've learned
I learned a lot of tricks in Motion (which I promptly forgot) to make the binary effect in "watchingyou." I learned how to create a soft focus effect for "seven." I learned better methods for quickly editing comics for comic vids. I learned that SOMEONE MADE UPSCALES OF DS9 AND VOYAGER, and now I'm having to stop myself from remastering my Star Trek vids.
Things to work on
Better motion.
Resolutions for 2023
I want to try new things, both structurally and technically. And I'd like to make a few more single-subject vids—I feel like I've gotten very focused on multifandom lately, but the few single-subject vids I made this year were some of my favorites.
