So it's come to this

[gwyn]

In the words of my beloved Max Blum from Happy Endings, "Crap dammit!" I stumbled on a perfect song for a Captain America: The Winter Soldier vid, and I have a ::koffkoff:: type copy and I so desperately want to make this vid. It's got multiple verse/choruses that would allow me to make it Steeeeeve plus everybodyyyyyyy. ALL the feels. I have never been the type of person who vids those types of copies of movies. And my copy is...okay, I guess. I mean, the people on the sides of the frame are very skinny, due to the curvature of the screen, and the action scenes are a mess, but... Geez, I didn't even make that kind of vid when I was dying to before Pacific Rim came out on disc.

I don't know what to do. I have no time to write, because I need to get into the headspace and work is kicking my ass, but vidding doesn't really require headspace as much and I can do a few minutes here and there. But...it's a cam. And it looks like one. What do I doooooooo?

Comments

[klia]

FWIW, I think if you use what you have, the shit video quality will eventually get to you. So, unless you're planning to remaster it once the DVD/BluRay comes out, you might want to wait. It shouldn't be terribly long, and in the meantime, you could storyboard/plan it out.

[gwyn]

Oh, I would absolutely remaster it after the discs came out. I just worry that, with the intensity of my feelings right now, I wouldn't match that later. I mean, I did when PR finally came out, but...like, geez, I actually spontaneously burst into tears thinking of Bucky when I'm driving! I don't think I can sustain that level of emotion for so long.

[ratcreature]

I don't vid, so I don't have much insight in how the process works, but I'd follow the creative impulse with the material available if the urge was this strong and then revise or redo later. Like using the immediacy with imperfect footage to capture in a draft that can be remastered later. But then I very rarely feel a strong compulsion to create, so I cherish that type of energy, and I'd be afraid to loose it waiting some months for perfect source material.

[sperrywink]

Oh, that sucks! I must admit I am waiting until August-ish when the DVDs come out. I am keeping myself motivated just by reading Steve and Bucky and Sam stories and meta.

But, yes if you want to vid NOW, that doesn't really help. Sorry, I don't know if a better source.

[feochadn.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that sucks. The cams are watchable be very, very cam-ish. I'd wait, if I were you -- the dvd/H64s will come out fairly soon.

[moonpupy.livejournal.com]

I say: VID IT! And if it is good, it has been vidded!

And if it's crap (quality), you've got a visual reference all ready to go when the DVDs hit.

My ::koffkoff:: copy was very watchable and even included both end scenes.

[gwyn-r.livejournal.com]

I was wondering if your copy was any better than this one -- they might be the same one, I don't know, but I figured I'd ask if I could see yours.