Festivid recs

[thuviaptarth]

Oh, god, I think I have been watching vids for three and a half hours straight, my eyes are going to fall out. And I haven't commented, not even more than a placeholder for MY VID MINE MINE FOR ME!!, because I can't put reactions together.

But so far, these are my (other) favorites:

Past in Present (Chak De! India)
Mother Mary (China Beach)
Never Be (Criminal Minds)
Me & My 424 (Dark Angel)
Body and Soul (Legend of the Seeker)
You Belong with Me (Lois & Clark)
Feel It (So You Think You Can Dance)
Meddle (The Vampire Diaries)

And I have only seen, hmm, the source for two of these vids. So, you know, canon knowledge not required.

I have been playing mad guessing games about who did which vid in my head, but I am not sharing because I'm not sure everyone would like to play. I will be keeping private score, though! By which I mean that I will remember all the ones I got right and forget all the ones I got wrong and convince myself that I am skilled at identifying vidders purely by style.

ETA: Ahaha. Okay. So as per Yuletide tradition, if you guess which vid I made, I will make you at least a 30-second vidlet for a fandom TBD. Mods and betas are disqualified. No responses before the reveal.

Comments

[chaila43.livejournal.com]

Ah well, since I already guessed for posterity in the big giant post before I saw this, I might as well guess personally, so to speak. I think you made "Etheric Messages." :)

[thuviaptarth.livejournal.com]

Now I owe you a vidlet.

[chaila43.livejournal.com]

\o/ Awesome! Though I have to say, my smugness at being right based only on the visual connectedness of "Riot Act" and the fact that you once helped beccatoria sell Fringe to me as a partial painkiller for Sarah Connor withdrawal is quite enough of a reward in itself. :) But on the non-obligatory vidlet, shall I give you fandom, character, prompt; just fandom; or? What level of specificity do you prefer? (For songs, I feel bad because I feel like I'd only be able to come up with one I want but have thusfar deemed too hard, which seems unfair! But if you prefer to have a song suggested, I can see what I can come up with!)

[thuviaptarth.livejournal.com]

I am so amused that you and sweetestdrain actually see, like, a visual style! Because I want one! But I have no idea what it might be!

Anyway: Be as specific as you like and if I can't work with it, I'll ditch everything but fandom and character. But I will give it a shot.

[chaila43.livejournal.com]

Hmm well for the record, I'm trying to think of a better way to describe what I would say your style is than "visual connectedness" since, um, all vidding is that. But it's the connection of both subject and motion from each clip to the next, if that makes sense? Like people closing folders, and hands dancing and pulling away in Riot Act, and not just light in Etheric Messages but flashlights or flickering lights, or not just water but falling water. Um, if that makes sense? And I think I notice and remember it because visual mirroring like that is something I like and try to do, so it's notable when I see something that does it really well.

As for vidlets, I was trying to give you TSCC ideas but do you mind if I ask you for Fringe again? I have no song for this one, but I would love a creepy, contradictory Walter vidlet. He's my second favorite character and I really love the way the show walks the balance between what he's actually forgotten (deliberately or no) and what he's hiding, between the tenderness of his feelings and the sympathy and affection I have for him and the fact that he really was Dr. Frankenstein, doing stuff like experimenting on children, and is in some way responsible for All This. And I like the way they show his natural whimsy and humor without (I think) mocking mental illness. So that's a pretty long prompt but I think generally a vidlet about what you think about Walter would be awesome!

[thuviaptarth.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. I will have to think about what kind of song might work for Walter.

[chaila43.livejournal.com]

Okay I just read some of the other stuff you've said about this show (i.e. your festivids letter), and I feel bad cause it seems like you might not like the show's portrayal of Walter as much as I do? If that's the case, don't feel obligated! I know they're all for-fun, non-obligatory vidlets anyway, but consider it like, an extra layer of optional if you don't like Walter?

[thuviaptarth.livejournal.com]

No, it's fine; I don't like Walter but he is interesting and that counts for a lot. (I am so glad they cast John Noble even though they originally thought he was too young for the part. He's excellent.) I am still trying to figure out what music is right for him.