Vidding Chatter

[colls]

Hello vidders!!
Welcome to the monthly(-ish) chatter post. Feel free to talk about any vidding topic at all, it doesn't need to be related to your bingo card - although it can be!

Recently a lot of my DW and twitter feed have been discussing the Plotters vs. Pantsers approach to writing and it made me think about how I approach vidding. Sometimes I plan things out and sometimes I fly by the seat of my pants.

There are some discussion and examples of storyboards on this LJ post (from 2010... wow) Workshop: I Make Images Move With The Music

Are you a vidding plotter or a pantser?
If you use storyboards, how do you approach them? Are they vague or detailed, handwritten or a google doc?

Comments

[dirty_diana]

Ha, I linked to a panster/plotter alignment chart this week. I vid the same way I write, which is to say I begin at the narrative beginning, work linearly until I've reached the narrative end, and get stressed by the mere mention of outlines/storyboards. Who needs that kind of pressure.

[colls]

That's a great graphic!

So do you consider yourself a "Lawful Planster" or a "Neutral Plotter"?

According to that chart, I'm mostly a "True Planster", but have been somewhere between a "Chaotic Planster" and "Chaotic Pantser" before.

[dirty_diana]

Neither, mostly Lawful Pantser! Apparently I'd been doing the flashlight method without having actually heard of it, lol. I will ocassionaly put together something I'd call a beat sheet but mostly as I go, and it's more for thematic notes than anything recognisable as plot details. Vidding is sorta great for how I work because music has all the built-in thematic cues.

[lilly_the_kid]

I'm a mix of True Plantser and Chaotic Plantser :)

[dirty_diana]

Living on the edge!

[maristu]

Ha! I love that! I'm a mix of True Plantser and Chaotic Plotter. I want SO MUCH to be organized but it never works, and I end up vidding in a frenzy as the deadline approaches.

[dirty_diana]

Deadlines are very motivating!