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?

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[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.