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Look, I know a lot of people here are of the attitude that fanedits are done for ourselves and nobody else, and that's fine.
I appreciate your reply. I think you understand how isolated I've been feeling. I can't work without support though and I can't keep doing this. I believe you when you say my work is appreciated. I really do need the kind of support that it seems I'm just not going to get. Maybe I will get that support from elsewhere. You visit Reddit, right? I'll see how it goes there.
Thanks for the kind words. I'm positive I'm not alone in this appreciation, though. One just has to see the IFDb ratings and reviews your edits have been getting. But some projects just have slower starts than others. I've had edits that kinda exploded unexpectedly, and others that only gathered choirs of crickets. But anything, if worthwhile, can gain an audience at any given point.
I hear you loud and clear. I think it's unfair to expect people to cater to my needs though. As you said, people have their own stuff going on. The world certainly doesn't revolve around me and I just need to do the best for me. Rather than complain that people aren't paying attention to me, it's best for me to stop looking for it.
Everyone has their own motivations. For me, the main one is the learning. I've gone through film school and graduated not knowing the 1% of what I know now about actual editing, and the other 99% was achieved via fanedits, both making my own and studying other people's. Editing is an art by itself, which goes way beyond cutting out scenes you don't like from movies. It's the perspective that cutting out said scenes gives you, it's the problem solving when the removals present their own issues that have to be worked around, it's checking if the changes hurt or enhance the narrative or the pacing ir the flow, or beyond all that it's even using the footage as pieces to build your own puzzle. Right now, while I am never really satisfied with anything I make and while I'm still learning and won't stop doing so till the day I die, I can confidently call myself a decent editor (editor, not faneditor). And that's largely thanks to fanedits.
hmm... being able to succeed is a thing. I have a learning disability that makes it monumentally difficult to see the bigger picture though, so I rely on feedback from others for a lot of stuff. I get that people appreciate my work, but it's really not 100% mine, I get a lot from the people who feed back to me. The special thanks on my credits are more than just a tip of the hat.
So a change in tack.... that is powerful feedback. You are right, providing quick and accessible things for people to look at does generally result in more engagement. I feel concerned that There would be no way to get feedback on general pacing, but people have limited time of course. I understand that all too well.
Tremault said:
I apologise. I 100% agree with what you say. This is completely on me and is to do with my own personal issues. That's why I said earlier that when I find myself in this place it is not good for my self esteem. I know you're right, but I can't help it.
Thank you, I appreciate that.
This makes a lot of sense. I'll keep this in mind, thanks.
Got a chance to view a few of these & love what I see. I really appreciate the use of Chadwick's speech to the UN, kinda wish it were in the actual movie.
