I saw my first ever vids at the Voyager: The Return convention in Blackpool in 2001. They showed them on the big screen between talks. There were several on the day I went and I don't remember them all, but I'm pretty sure there was one about Janeway set to Hair that I absolutely fell in love with. At the time it didn't occur to me that ordinary fans might have made them but in hindsight I think that was almost certainly the case, I think there might have been some sort of contest involved.
After that I kind of forgot about it for a while (internet wasn't fast enough to watch them) and I rediscovered vids through X-Files fandom in about 2005. This was one of the first ones I loved:
I was linked to it by a friend in the fandom and found others through that vidder's website and links on their site to other vidders. I wasn't aware at all of any other sorts of vidding communities or resources and didn't really become aware of them until I was looking for places to post my DW/SJA vids from about 2008 onwards, when I found the LJ vidding community.
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After that I kind of forgot about it for a while (internet wasn't fast enough to watch them) and I rediscovered vids through X-Files fandom in about 2005. This was one of the first ones I loved:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9fJ-9iM7vY
I was linked to it by a friend in the fandom and found others through that vidder's website and links on their site to other vidders. I wasn't aware at all of any other sorts of vidding communities or resources and didn't really become aware of them until I was looking for places to post my DW/SJA vids from about 2008 onwards, when I found the LJ vidding community.