DOTW l Vidding: Underappreciated ?

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Edited by -Neetz- - 13 October 2009 at 10:30am

I have been doing both Siggies as well as VMs but believe me both are difficult tasks and making VMs are especially more difficult !!.

I would never agree with a person saying its easy to make VMS. NO IT IS NOT !!! U need the right scenes. The sync of scenes need to be right with the lyrics of the song which is NOT AN EASY TASK !!! I seriously believe that VM makers are really provided with talent and PATIENCE which is really important. U can make siggies in maybe 10 mins. or max 1 hr. but making a single VM requires more than one hour !!! I dont want to compare both the things coz both are totally different. But since i make both for me, i would say that VM making is a more difficult task as compared to siggie making !!!

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Awesome topic. I don't know I feel I can express myself better with videomixes and though it takes more time it's easier. Maybe because I like telling stories and that's what a vm can do. As for signatures sometimes I just feel stuck and nothing looks good.

well i think it is underappreciated..but would never agree that its easy..i dont know how to make them n the reason is that its so tough!..n i dont even wanna try bcuz of that..lol..i've tried making sigs..but they turned out trashy too..but still...VM's are definately more difficult..

I've been making both VMs and siggies, and I've appreciated the talents of both creators for a long time. I have to say though, seeing the people around me, they seem to appreciate less the effort that goes into picking a suitable song, picking scenes to go with it, cutting down the scenes, adding in effects, playing around with the colouring, and everything that goes into creating the VMs we see on YT and IF, and many other sites. I'm not saying making a siggy is less hard work. It's not. Especially when you're a relative beginner in both like me. But VM making, I believe, is underappreciated. I don't know why, but it is.

Now though, I think people are opening their eyes to the painstaking patiance VM makers have to craft their works. I personally love to surf YT for VMs on many things, and faux trailers, to appreciate a person's hard work into making something that never happened in the show or movie they took the clips from seem as though it did. Case in point a trailer by the YT user themanbatman. His trailers seem as though it were an actual movie. That's the point I want to reach.

But my family thinks I'm nuts, which is a whole other story.

The point is, vidding is not as widely acknowledged as an art, though I think people are starting to appreciate it more. The talent our VM makers have is clearly opening up the eyes of people.

Love,
Radz

I would also never say that its easy. Photoshop is a lot more easier than vidding. Its not easy at all, to download the clips, scenes, music and stuff and then put effects on the video, cut it and so on. I always try to do my best and its a good way to express myself.  Especially when I vid about a couple or actors I love, and make videos about them, I always want to make sure that people who watch my videos get chills. I know its weird but its just how I think about vidding. Its like making a movie, just a smaller version of a movie.

Making siggys, icons, and stuff is way easier.

Edited by throughmyvains - 14 October 2009 at 11:09am

great topic yaar!

i think that sig making and vidding have a separate place but if u think about it, both can require the same amount of time. a sig maker who makes 10-20 sigz could have put in the same amount of hours as a vidder on one vid. but if u're comparing the work put in one sig versus in one vid, then yeah vidding requires more work.

as for unappreciation - in non-indian fandoms - like vids of american shows and movies etc, vidding is more appreciated. at least thats what i feel. this could be due to the fact that more people watch those vids as opposed to indian fandom vids. also, many people who watch indian vids dont have a youtube account and dont visit forums so receiving comments etc can be a challenge.

anywho, here's to vidding getting its right amount of appreciation and praise! cheers.

-roz