In the community I hang out with, that's not really too prevalent, so maybe it's part of a particular fandom that does it? For me it all starts with the song, too. I hear a song that screams "vid XYZ to me!" and I do it. I have cut songs down but only when faced with something really long, like 6 minutes. I've reduced one to 3 minutes, but kept the structure intact. At the moment I want to edit a song to move the third verse after the bridge, because otherwise the narrative doesn't work, even though overall the song is perfect. But it will stay the same length. Anything cut down to a minute isn't a vid, it's a vidlet, which is a genre all of its own.
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Date: 2010-04-22 08:22 pm (UTC)