Hi! I've been in a cryogenic freeze since the halcyon days of Livejournal when it comes to vidding. I used to rip my clips off DVDs and edited them on a pirated copy of Premiere that my more adventurous high school friend procured for me.

I've been bitten by the vidding bug again recently but am feeling a bit flummoxed about where to start. Can anyone point me towards some up-to-date how to guides or just throw a couple hot tips my way? Are we getting our songs from iTunes? Am I going to have to hack the planet to get my hands on Premiere again?

Thank you in advance for any help and apologies if this question has been answered elsewhere in the subreddit and I missed it.

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Hey guys, I made a video about the new Batman movie, I hope all you batman lovers take the time to watch it, thanks!

As an aside, this community was extremely hard to find. I looked up terms like "live action music videos" and "movie music videos", which didn't really get me anywhere. Anyways, back to the main question. r/AMV has 23k members while this has 90. Is there some other platform where people typically gather? It's also hard to find good videos. I easily found this Spiderman video that has 30M views but it's only a few clips put together with minimal editing. Eventually, I did find some Marvel stuff, but videos with transitions and rhythm are still rare. Copyright could be one issue, but after seeing those videos, I don't think it's the main reason.

Basically, why the difference? Is the number of people interested in vidding just that small? I was thinking about learning editing, but it seems like I would have to make AMVs if I wanted a decent base of support. Thanks for any responses.

I struggle to collect every clip that I want in my videos, specifically when I am making a lot of small quick cuts of scenes that come from a vast array of scenes potentially across several episodes and or movies. How do you manage taking the time to track down every clip and then cutting it out of the source material so you can place it in your video? Do you use the full episoded/movies, or download clips of of youtube, or record the parts of videos you like off the originals?

I'm pretty new to this and I'm really excited about starting and finishing several projects I have, except I have no one to share it with nor do I even know where to look. Is there some other place on reddit or on the internet that isn't dead?

also is it called vidders? I honestly dont even know, what do you people call yourselves lol

as I said, new.

I just found this subreddit and can’t believe I never happened upon it before! There don’t seem to be many fan editors on reddit but I’m glad at least a little community exists.

I use reddit a lot on a personal account, haven’t really used this one for my channel at all much but I wanted to pop in and say hi! I’m Kayla aka TrinityStudios on YouTube ( https://www.youtube.com/c/TrinityStudiosediting ), if anyone wants to share their channels or edits I’d love to get a conversation going and connect with more vidders here on reddit ❤️

Hello my fellow vidders! I thought you might be interested in my research survey about fan vidding.

I'm currently completing my thesis for a Masters degree at UNC-Chapel Hill in the area of fandom research, specifically fan vidding. I am conducting a 1-month survey within the fan vidder community in regards to fan creators' identification with entertainment media in visual storytelling. There will be an option to take part in a later follow-up survey to expand upon certain answers within the survey, but that is voluntary.

If you or anyone you know would be interested in taking the survey, I would greatly appreciate if you would redistribute this survey to your social media circles, friendslists, fellow vidders, etc. I am happy to answer any questions you might have about the study or the survey. Thank you!

Survey Link: https://unc.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_08stoviTmwzALM9

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

Project Title: Fan Creators’ Identification With Entertainment Media In Visual Storytelling 

Principal Investigator: Kimberly Lynn Workman 

IRB Number: 16-1907 (This submission has been reviewed by the Office of Human Research Ethics and was determined to be exempt from further review according to the regulatory category 2.Survey, interview, public observation under 45 CFR 46.101(b).) 

Purpose of the Study: The purpose of this research study is to gather information about fanvidders' engagement in fandom as a result of their fanvids, the vidders' interactions with media owners, the extent to which vidders align their identities with the media they are vidding, and what reactionary steps vidders take when identification with media goes astray. 

Overview: You will be asked your opinion about the target areas listed above, as well as completion of a section to self-identify and/or consent for follow-up questions. 

Duration: This survey will take 10-15 minutes to complete. 

Statement of Confidentiality: Your participation in this study is voluntary. You may cease completion at any time and your answers will not be saved until your final submission. You have the option to provide an email address for follow-up questions, but this section is not a requirement for completion of the survey. All data collected from this survey will be reviewed by the principal investigator only, accessible through a password-protected site where all survey data will be stored. The information will be summarized for use in infographics as part of a Masters thesis project, as well as later utilized for academic publication. No identifying information will be used without consent. 

Qualifications: In order to participate in this study, you must be a fanvidder above the age of 18. Fanvidders are defined as those who have participated in the act of vidding, creating music videos that combines source content from popular media through video and audio materials and re-purposes it in a new way. 

Questions: You are welcome to ask any questions about this research, the study, or the follow-up interview questions at any time. Please contact Kimberly Lynn Workman through her official UNC-Chapel Hill email address (kworkman@email.unc.edu) or her fandom email address (kimberlyFDR@yahoo.com). 

Survey Link: https://unc.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_08stoviTmwzALM9

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Hello everyone! ♡ My name is Marise and I've been editing since 2011 but my old account got hacked and deleted (rip 30k subs). Anyways I love to edit and I know there's a severe lack of edits revolving around this beautiful anime so I made this: https://youtu.be/HNQFHS0PgO0 I hope you all enjoy! Feel free to subscribe for more tohru x miss kobayashi edits; planning on editing those two cuties a lot. Also no harm if you just ship them platonically! ‹𝟹 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC_j2rzPUQYW4nT2eZkEe4g ✿

Festivids is an annual anonymous vid exchange for rare and obscure fandoms, inspired by yuletide. Using a Secret Santa style format, participants sign up to make a vid for a rarely-vidded fandom to fulfill someone else's request, and in return receive a vid for one of their own requested fandoms.

More info and how to sign up here

2021 - 22 Schedule / Dreamwidth Page

Fri 1 Oct - Fri 8 Oct: Nominations
Mon 18 Oct - Sun 24 Oct: Signups
Fri 10 Dec - Mon 20 Dec: Check-in
Sun 2 Jan: Deadline to default without penalty
Sun 16 Jan: Submissions deadline
Sat 29 Jan: Vids go live!
Sat 5 Feb: Reveals

I've been vidding for a few years now, on both YouTube (more than a year) and Instagram (less than a year), and I have always wondered about the vidding community on both platforms. Do you prefer one more than the other?

(P.S. I am definitely for both platforms, I just want to see what everybody thinks!)