Well, this comes as a bit of a shock.

[hmpf]

Remember that vid I worked on like crazy in April/May? And that I couldn't finish due to computer trouble and uni stress? And that I still haven't given up on?

Turns out that, as I feared, someone else discovered what a great LoM vid Tom McRae's "A & B Song" would make, and vidded it during my mini-GAFIA:

http://community.livejournal.com/lifein1973/213097.html?view=2291305#t2291305

I have no idea what the vid's like - don't want to watch it before mine's done, so as not to get influenced by it. I still want to finish mine. Unfortunately I first need to reinstall my entire system to be able to do that, and before I can do *that* I need to finish a lot of uni work. :-(

I feel really uncomfortable about it all now, though. But I can't let that vid idea go, I *need* to finish it. I can only hope that my vid will be good enough to justify its own existence despite there already being another vid to the song...

(A *very* preliminary version of my vid can be found here. It's an *early* version (even though it's version no. 17), and the latest version, which is about two thirds finished, is quite different in terms of timing and some of the clips chosen etc.. I wish I could continue, but every time I try to render it my computer crashes.)

ETA: I would very much appreciate it if someone could have a look at both vids and tell me if any parts of mine could be seen as copying the other vid. I would like to prevent that, although I'm not sure that I can think of alternative clips for any of the parts of my vid without - possibly - destroying its structure.

ETA2: I angst about this to a ridiculous degree, really. *tsks at self*

Comments

[chasarumba.livejournal.com]

I saw it posted and thought of you. I understand the discomfort (really, I would have angst, too), but you know beyond a shadow of a doubt that yours was not derivative and was, in fact, already in progress long before this one came out. Go on with it (when, you know, not impeded by the crashing). Once the LoM fandom grows and there are more vids, there will be tons of duplication/overlap (just like in any other fandom) and this will be the least of it considering that yours was ENTIRELY inadvertent.

[beccatoria.livejournal.com]

Don't angst so much. Make your vid. Post it. I doubt anyone will be pissy with you and if they are you can point them in the direction of the LJ entries showing that you had started it as early as April.

My suggestion would be not to consider what might be "considered derivative" whether it's through watching it yourself or getting someone else to watch it for you, because then it'll affect your clip choice and ultimately you may not be satisfied with your vid, which would really suck seeing as how it's got such a powerful hold on your brain.

[blue-crystal03.livejournal.com]

I had a look at walkwithheroes's vid and found it to be very different from yours. Hardly any scenes are the same, the idea (A and B) is handled quite a bit different and both of your interpretations can stand on their own. So stop worrying and finish the video already. ;) Won't say anything about your vid itself now, after all you said you changed a lot and I don't want to influence your first vid.

One more thing: Reading through your past entries made me understand the reasons why everyone keeps complaining about WMM a lot more. I had no idea how difficult it makes the adjustment of the length of a clip and little things like that. Makes me wonder if I had gotten past my first vid, had I started with WMM.