4) I'd love to hear people's thoughts on how they use bridges/instrumental sections in songs.
My theory on bridges/instrumentals is that:
a) ideally you luck out and the bridge just falls in the right place to let you continue your narrative arc
but when that doesn't work out:
b) My more pedestrian theory of vidding bridges is that your bridge should be an opportunity to say the same thing you're saying in the rest of the song, but in a different way. So if you've focused primarily on one set of characters, maybe the bridge is an opportunity to explore how a different character interacts with the same themes, or an opportunity to show the same set of characters in one particular setting that reinforces the vid's overall themes.
Also:
c)If you have nothing, it's totally okay to just cut out the bridge altogether! It's not cheating and nobody will look down on you for it.
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My theory on bridges/instrumentals is that:
a) ideally you luck out and the bridge just falls in the right place to let you continue your narrative arc
but when that doesn't work out:
b) My more pedestrian theory of vidding bridges is that your bridge should be an opportunity to say the same thing you're saying in the rest of the song, but in a different way. So if you've focused primarily on one set of characters, maybe the bridge is an opportunity to explore how a different character interacts with the same themes, or an opportunity to show the same set of characters in one particular setting that reinforces the vid's overall themes.
Also:
c)If you have nothing, it's totally okay to just cut out the bridge altogether! It's not cheating and nobody will look down on you for it.