Scrap or Salvage?
- dj_ultima_the_great
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Scrap or Salvage?
Okay, so here's the situation:
Hot on the heels of my previous video, I start working on a new one. However, when I reach roughly the halfway point, something occurs to me: no matter what I do, no matter how I readjust the clips, this video is going to turn out... well... average. So, I'm faced with a bit of a dilemma.
I can...
A. Complete the video, knowing that it isn't my best work. Sure, I get the satisfaction of knowing that I finished the video, but I'll always be left with that bitter aftertaste that tells me that this is not what I was capable of.
Or...
B. Cut my losses with a Huffyuv of the half-completed video and throw it in an Unfinished Business styled project at a later date. However, by just quitting halfway, I'm always left wondering what the video could have been.
So, what are your thoughts on the matter? Have any stories-from-experience to share? I'd like to hear them. ^_^
Thanks.
- Jen
Hot on the heels of my previous video, I start working on a new one. However, when I reach roughly the halfway point, something occurs to me: no matter what I do, no matter how I readjust the clips, this video is going to turn out... well... average. So, I'm faced with a bit of a dilemma.
I can...
A. Complete the video, knowing that it isn't my best work. Sure, I get the satisfaction of knowing that I finished the video, but I'll always be left with that bitter aftertaste that tells me that this is not what I was capable of.
Or...
B. Cut my losses with a Huffyuv of the half-completed video and throw it in an Unfinished Business styled project at a later date. However, by just quitting halfway, I'm always left wondering what the video could have been.
So, what are your thoughts on the matter? Have any stories-from-experience to share? I'd like to hear them. ^_^
Thanks.
- Jen
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Finish.
I lways finish a video. Even when it takes me three years. If I need to go back and reedit, I do.
I have only made one video I gave up on, and that's because someone beat me to the same source with the same anime using several of the key scenes I was going to use.
Otherwise, I keep a list of every video I start and attempt to go back and get them when I can.
I lways finish a video. Even when it takes me three years. If I need to go back and reedit, I do.
I have only made one video I gave up on, and that's because someone beat me to the same source with the same anime using several of the key scenes I was going to use.
Otherwise, I keep a list of every video I start and attempt to go back and get them when I can.
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- Melanchthon
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Re: Scrap or Salvage?
Try shelving it until you can execute the idea properly. Delete the large files if you need the space, and restart work if you find you can do what you want with it.
Not knowing anything about the video in question, I can't offer much more than that. It sounds as though you like the idea though.
Not knowing anything about the video in question, I can't offer much more than that. It sounds as though you like the idea though.
- Kisanzi
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Maybe you don't need to finish it now but make sure not to delete that file. I was working on a video just testing stuff out that started to take its own form. But since it wasn't an idea I thought I was going to finish, I deleted it. And I really wish I hadn't. Who knows, if you give it some time and come back to it later you might have some new ideas on how to fix it.
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I rarely delete unfinished things in the hope that I'd come back to them at some point. Just recently I've been putting the finishing touches on something that's about 5 months old and am near completion. The only time I delete them is if I lose part of the source footage. I've considered making Unfinished Business style projects, but since I tend not to edit linearly that makes it a bit difficult. Still, I'd advise holding onto them since you never know when inspiration might come back.
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