Saturday was ‘Vlog Your ABC’ day, so to say. Five second snippets, in one way or another connecting letters that mattered to each person’s take on it. In teams of 3 we ventured into town, Raymond (The Boy King) hooked me up with Sigrid and Joel.
I thought I knew what I was doing from the get go…but, as it is in so many other instances, you change your mind over time. In my case, during filming. Half way, still not sure, I decided I would just continue what I was doing and figure it out while editing. So I ‘taped’ the sights, bicycles, people, details, panoramic views, etc, trying to capture what I wanted to take home from my impressions of Budapest. Both for the assignment and Amsterdamize.
Today it hit me. Going through that footage, I realized my recent pre-VlogEurope / memory lane post had become an important part of the creative process. It was finally clear, Jan’s video about the surprising lack of sounds (noise) on the streets of Amsterdam would be the frame work for my video.
This also enabled me to play it out a little more. Soundtrack? No need. Rhythm section? No bother. It was already right there.
The only guideline of the assignment I couldn’t live up to was the 5 seconds part…these became ten times shorter, lol. Tell me what you think.
Joel Carner just published this video which really captures well part of the Budapest psyche.
Check out Joel’s other videos here.
We let things get a bit quiet over the holiday period, but we’re back and ready to move forward with the blog!
First, we invite you join the Vlog Europe Yahoo! Group (mailing list), in which many conversations surrounding the annual event and general discussion about Videoblogging. For instance, one member let us know that a very promising event, VideoCamp Paris , is in the planning stages.
One thing we’ve been discussing over the past few months on the Vlog Europe Yahoo Group is the how and the where of Vlog Europe event for 2008. We are in the middle of compiling everything that was said, and will be putting forward a proposed plan both on the Yahoo! Group and on this blog within the next couple of weeks. We hope that the past participants and interested future participants will like the ideas we came up with based on your feedback and watching what other people are doing with their events.
Finally, we will begin curating videos here soon, and we think it’s a good idea to start by posting some of the best work we’ve seen from past Vlog Europe participants. If anyone would like a login to post some of these videos or to post about anything related to Vlog Europe, please let us know.
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