Shameless self promotion

[amalthia]

maygra wrote one of the most wonderful vid reviews for my Supernatural music video Run.


Basically, she lays it out rather well what worked and the one part that didn't work. :) Which is to be honest something I really love, constructive critiscm. This vid really was a challenge for me and it was a new medium to work with. (and honestly if I had waited another week before sharing, I would have realized I'm still cracking up every time I get to the part of the Light Up, Light up...(at first I thought it was just sleep deprivation) However, at the time I know I had a reason for using those shots and I liked it, and I didn't start cracking up until I saw it over and over again.

With editing vids on a linear timeline (like with UVS9) it's really hard to go back and change things up because the whole timeline shifts and the rest of your stuff goes out of place (one of the reasons i'm still on the look out for a new editing software package) okay moving right along past the excuses. I'll be the first to admit sometimes I'm really lazy.

I gotta be honest for the longest time I really thought I failed with this video because while other people have left feedback. I guess irrationally I expected more of a response from maygra which isn't really fair I know that. Reason and Emotion rarely go hand in hand. I felt like a little girl that drew this picture for her mom and it got stuck in a filing cabinet instead of plastered on the front of the fridge. (which is a weird feeling for me because I rarely write stories or vid for other people so I didn't realize I had any expectations until after the fact.) Before everyone runs over to her journal with pitchforks and tar and feathers, she did email me saying how much she liked the vid. (the unrealistic expecation was expecting some sort of post in her LJ)

I guess this goes down in the list of things that just don't make sense about human nature. (or maybe I really am the attention whore I jokingly claim to be) :)

Anyway, I had to explain all that to get down to why her post meant so much to me today. She really made my day/night/week. It's funny how happy one person can make you feel when they say something nice about something you've worked hard on.

Maygra is one of those people I really respect and want to make smile and do things to make her happier. So yes she has that power over me and honestly I don't mind at all.

Comments

[maygra.livejournal.com]

Aw, Amothea. I'm sorry. You had every right to expect more -- and in my own (lame) defense I think I wasn't clear if you had made it for me alone or released it to the general public since I think you gave me a direct link. I can be incredibly stupid about things like that. I think it wasn't until much later that I realized you had put it up on your website. I get all awkward and uncertain when people make things specifically for me (be they vids or artwork or stories -- i.e. eighth_horizon had done a slash excerpt from one of her stories for me but she had it locked down so I never really mentioned it either.) and unlike the vids Killa & MD made for me because I knew I couldn't talk about them until they'd premiered at vividcon.

So, that was my bad because I could have just, you know, asked as I did later. So, I'm sorry. It was and is very much appreciated, I've watched it bunches and it is still one of my favs in the fandom and you absolutely should have gotten much more recognition from me for the artistry and not just the effort.

So, I'm glad the review made you happy, because again, it's kind of awkward to kind of poke at a gift with a less than steady finger. Iwas pleased and all kind of ovewhelmed and awed that you did it at all...so again, thank you so very much. It was very much like getting an extra and much beloved Christmas present.

I have a little hope tha tsince so many vids are being released post vividcon that people are more geared toward watching vids and hopefully you will get some nice feedback on it. I will not be so casual with your affections again.

[amalthia]

You had every right to expect more -- and in my own (lame) defense I think I wasn't clear if you had made it for me alone or released it to the general public since I think you gave me a direct link.

mis-communications happen all the time especially on the internet. I was pretty sure I told you I'd finished your x-mas gift (which was the vid), but maybe I didn't express it clearly enough, and also it did arrive a few weeks after x-mas. so basically don't beat yourself over the head or anything. :) hugs

okay gotta get back to work now. :)