You should see how many unfinished stories I have going. For every vid I've finished, there are 2-4 incomplete ones waiting to be deleted from my comp. ^_^;billy_wires wrote:The writer of the longest posts on this web site (at least that does so consistently) has a short attention span?
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I've never really considered using other vids for inspiration intentionally. I did try it once, finding a style I liked and wanting to test my hand at something 'similar but not quite derivative'. That idea died at about 1:45 because watching it, I couldn't see myself in it. All I saw was the original I got the idea from. It didn't feel like me, so it didn't feel right.
I do close myself off from outside influence when I finish ripping footage so the editing won't be influenced 'after the fact'. One reason is because of how easily I get distracted and jump from one project to another. But I also like the closed system approach. Whatever influence shows itself in my work is there by default - I don't go out of my way to polute the source once the project has begun. I think that's the best way to get the most of 'me' in a video. I don't really have a style for anything I do, so working with an open system just about guarantees it won't be my work that gets produced. I'm inclined to reproduce, copy, mimic. If I'm going to do that, I might as well just watch the video that I'm copying.
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