Sorry to keep doing drive-bys; I'm having a hard time articulating what I disagree with about your post, though I think it's mainly that you haven't had a broad exposure to different kinds of vids. As a bunch of people have mentioned, "talky face" is frowned up on by most experienced vidders as a distraction.
It's true that more narrative or thematic approaches to the source are preferred by most of the vidders on LJ/DW who coalesce around the vidding and vividcon comms, but there are a lot of spectacle vids as well, especially in people coming from other comms. YouTube vidders--that is, vidders whose primary community is YouTube, not just LJ vidders who cross-post for streaming--tend much more to be spectacle-focused and effects heavy. There's also a lot of interesting cross-over.
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It's true that more narrative or thematic approaches to the source are preferred by most of the vidders on LJ/DW who coalesce around the vidding and vividcon comms, but there are a lot of spectacle vids as well, especially in people coming from other comms. YouTube vidders--that is, vidders whose primary community is YouTube, not just LJ vidders who cross-post for streaming--tend much more to be spectacle-focused and effects heavy. There's also a lot of interesting cross-over.