My first vid was made ... uh, sometime in late 2006. I was a complete and utter n00b, but I had one advantage: my flatmate is a vidder who studied editing in film school. So she gave me a lot of tips, like avoiding long speaking scenes and using a shortish song "because by the time you've finished making it, you'll never want to hear that song again".
With all that in mind, I chose the world record holder for "shortest song ever" -- Yoko Ono by German group Die Aerzte, clocking in at 30 seconds. It's in German, which is obviously not an advantage if you're an English-speaking vidder, but the lyrics are about an annoying girlfriend who has terrible taste in music and just won't leave.
This was made into a character-hatin' Doctor Who vid. Since I'm not down with the character hate, I feel a bit cheap for having done so, but it fit the song and got a few giggles. Editing is uneven at best -- I've done four vids now and I'm still learning.
One day, I'm hoping this can fade away into obscurity -- sorry, further obscurity. But I'm keeping it around to see the learning curve in action.
On imeem (http://squiddishly.imeem.com/video/JgijkkQU/dw_yoko_ono/).
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Date: 2007-02-07 10:29 pm (UTC)With all that in mind, I chose the world record holder for "shortest song ever" -- Yoko Ono by German group Die Aerzte, clocking in at 30 seconds. It's in German, which is obviously not an advantage if you're an English-speaking vidder, but the lyrics are about an annoying girlfriend who has terrible taste in music and just won't leave.
This was made into a character-hatin' Doctor Who vid. Since I'm not down with the character hate, I feel a bit cheap for having done so, but it fit the song and got a few giggles. Editing is uneven at best -- I've done four vids now and I'm still learning.
One day, I'm hoping this can fade away into obscurity -- sorry, further obscurity. But I'm keeping it around to see the learning curve in action.
On imeem (http://squiddishly.imeem.com/video/JgijkkQU/dw_yoko_ono/).