New Pros Vid: I Don't Know Why I Love You

[przed]

For your viewing pleasure, my first collaborative vid...

Song: I Don't Know Why I Love You
Vidders: justacat & przed
Artist: The House of Love
Fandom: Pros
Vid Files:
RealMedia (13 MB)
DivX .avi (24 MB)

Thanks to morgandawn, lithiumdoll and Angelfish Archivist for helpful beta duties.


Until this summer, I would have sworn that I would never collaborate on a vid. I tend to work very much in the lone wolf mode: I'm not usually keen on discussing the meta of vidding and I'm a serious control freak who dislikes handing over the power of creative decision making to someone else.

But then I started corresponding with justacat. Only a bit at first, a few emails about posting my stories at the Circuit Archive. And then she volunteered to beta Forget Regret. Suddenly our email traffic exploded and I found that we shared a lot in common. Love of Pros and the lads, of course, but also opinions about vid aesthetics and taste in music. Not that our views were identical, just very compatible.

So, when she was looking to start vidding and lithiumdoll suggested she work with a collaborator, I jumped in with both feet and volunteered. It seemed the right thing to do. And I'm so very glad I did.

Our collaboration has been a joy from beginning to end. The whole process forced me to stretch and grow, to consider doing things in ways I'd never thought of. It compelled me to abandon all sense of ego, to not stick with a sequence because it was my idea, goddamnit, but to think about what was really best for the vid. And it was amazing to me how exhilarating it was when Justacat came up with a really great idea, which she did constantly.

I can't wait to do it all over again...

Comments

[hermine.livejournal.com]

This vid is gorgeous! I´m sorry that I´m late with feedback- but here it is;)

I really like the beginning- all the different scenes with Bodie. As I didn´t know the song I had to watch a few times to get the lyrics, but you (well both of you actually) fit the lyrics very nicely to the scenes.

[przed.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much. Nice to hear you thought the clips worked nicely with the lyrics. A few of them had us pulling out our collective hair ("I feel like a seventh heir?" WTF) but we both were extremely happy with the results.