fic recs with vid and book covers

[kiki_miserychic]

I realized I'm terrible with words, so I started making book covers for the fics I enjoy as a form of feedback. I also made a little vidlet for one as well.

FIC RECS:

millylicious's The Music Box - Sylar/Claire, Nathan/Claire(ish) of Heroes. (Broken things need fixing.) -Download link for vid.

kuwdora's Through the Gates of Pandaemonium - Sylar/Mohinder of Heroes. (Abyssus abyssum invocat (Hell invokes Hell).)

dollsome's Lines - Sierra/Victor of Dollhouse. (Victor, Sierra, and crayons.)

raphaela667's the ups and downs of you - Kirk/Spock of the Star Trek Reboot. (Starfleet first officers did not regress to childhood without at least submitting prior warning to their commanding officers. They'd established that after the whole Pon Farr mess last year. There were rules about Vulcan biology and scaring the hell out of Jim now. This had to be in violation of at least three of them.)

beccatoria's The name of this story is your name. - Caprica of Battlestar Galactica. (What if Caprica didn't actually die. Ever.)

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I won't read the fic for the video. I don't have to because I'm interested in helping you be a vidder, not a fanfic writer. You don't comprehend vidding and you hide behind effects.

[kiki-miserychic.livejournal.com]

I don't see your opinion as entirely valid if you haven't read the fic. The vidlet is based on the fic, THEREFORE, the fic is where the content originates. How can you comment on the content of the vidlet without having read the fic?

What don't I understand about vidding? Enlighten me. Is it "the basics" of vidding? What do you think "the basics" of vidding are and why do you think making experimental vids requires me to know them? Is there an outline that's been agreed upon that contains the "rules" of vidding? I don't care about making a vid using these basics of which you speak.

[(Anonymous)]

I wouldn't have to read the fic if the video had content. Structure, storytelling, meaning, theme, and pacing are missing from your vidding. I don't think you comprehend vidding at all from your videos. The basics of vidding are the traditional techniques that you use to show your theme.

[kiki-miserychic.livejournal.com]

That's your opinion, but I will say that it's rude to comment anonymously on a journal about a vidlet that's based on a fic that you haven't read that's a thank you and rec to a friend. It's not in a vid post, it's in a RECS post. Who made the rule that vids have to stand alone? I based the vidlet on a fic, I don't think you can talk about lack of content until you know what the content even is. But since you don't understand that, I have to say that I don't respect your opinion on the matter. I never said that the vidlet was meant to stand on its own. It's a freaking rec for the fic and a thank you to a friend, so let's leave at that.

If you think those things are missing from my vids, then fine. I know they're not because I have themes and meanings behind all of my vids. I just don't go around screaming them from rooftops and making a big deal about the nature of my vids. If you get it, you get it. If you don't, then you don't. I'm not going to sit there and spit words at the viewer to explain what I did.

I don't care about traditional techniques. I will vid what I want to vid and I resent the implication that I don't understand vidding. I think you don't understand vidding, at least the vidding I do.

[sinaddict.livejournal.com]

If you're so interested in helping, perhaps you shouldn't hide behind anonymous commenting. If you're so knowledgeable about the basics, let's see your vids for comparison.

[tearful-eye.livejournal.com]

I'm interested in helping you be a vidder...

WTF?

1. anonymous commenting SUCKS, it's rude & absolutely cowardly! (unless it's on a kink meme or something)
2. i don't think you're qualified to 'help' anyone to be a better vidder - your criticism has no substance WHATSOEVER & since you don't show your own work for comparison you're obviously not in any position to judge
3. wow, you sound really arrogant. diaf, yes please!

+ although you're obviously too scared to show your own stuff, i would still be interested in some of the vids YOU think are good. cause imho (and i know many agree with me here) kiki's vids are some of the best & most inspired around, and it makes me wonder what YOU like & which vidders you think have mastered the basics of vidding at all.




/rant.
(sorry about that kiki, but comments like this make fucking ANGRY)

[milly.livejournal.com]

The fic is not for the video, the video is for the fic. The video is like a trailer for the fic, if you want it put more simply, because apparently, you need things spelled out for you. Straight narrative has its place. Metaphor has its place. Expressionism has its place. Personally, I'd rather there be a lot more vidders like kiki_miserychic than your run-of-the-mill linear vidder.

Not to mention that you're a fucking joke for not even having the courage to say who you are. How can any judge the value of your opinion about vidding if you don't have anything to back it off. Be it your own vids or your opinion on other vids, I don't care. But stand for your own goddamn opinions.

(also, if you really wanted to help, you would have gone through all of her vids and seen she's perfectly able to do amazing 'normal' content-filled videos (even though for anyone with half a brain, there's an infinite amount of content to gather from her experiental vid).)

[halcyon-shift.livejournal.com]

You shouldn't comment on vids until you comprehend the basics.

I won't read your comments in-depth. I don't have to because I'm interested in helping you comment, not be a troll. You don't comprehend commenting and you hide behind anonymity.

As you don't seem to be able to see the structure, storytelling, meaning, themes and very precise pacing in Kiki's vids, I recommend a remedial course in cinematography ("Avant-garde", "Experimental", "Ground-breaking", "Imaginative", recommended reading: "Cinematography: The Creative Use of Reality.").

I don't think you comprehend critique at all from your comments. The basics of critique are understanding the subject and using traditional techniques - like politeness, coherency and, you know, signing your name - to illustrate your point.

You're still putting the stupid in place of understanding.