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Ohmygod, people, I am so behind on everything! I feel now that I have FINALLY finished the vid, I can take a breath and look around and ... obsessively focus on

yuletide. (Poor Yuletide writer, if you tracked my LJ as I track my assignee's, I swear, I will write the letter this weekend. And if you have already written the story sans letter, I am sure it is awesome and also I hate and envy your industry and time management. But in a good way.)

Anyway, I did dimly notice some cool things going on up in the air while I was submerged, and in case you missed them, they included:

tishaturk is an acafan who has cool thoughts on vids and narrative
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Vids I have really liked and need to send feedback on:
- danegen, Used to Love Him (Heathers) - Heathers is the MOVIE OF MY HEART, guys. Okay, I haven't watched it in way too long, but seriously, up until BtVS, I did not think there would ever be another work of art that ever captured the American high school experience so well. (I have to admit, I had forgotten about all the eighties hair. Because when I saw the movie in the eighties, that was just normal.) This vid gets Veronica and everything about Veronica and GODDAMN why can't we have more smart, sharp, mixed-up female heroines like her? Oh, Veronica.
- halcyon_shift, Non Lievi Alchun (Merlin) - I have never seen Merlin, and a knowledge of Arthurian myth is not helping me parse this vid, which, after what I'd heard about the series, is not a surprise. I do not care. It is gorgeous. Windows and fair maidens at windows, facing horrors and turning away from them, and Morgana with her Lady of Shalott hair spread out in an implausibly untangled way as she sleeps -- so gorgeous. (Does she say, "The curse is come upon me" in the show? That would be awesome.)
- halcyon_shift, Sea Lion (Supernatural) - I actually have Deep Thoughts about this and sweetestdrain's "Lagrimas" and something cesperanza said at VVC and something bradcpu said shortly after VVC and something shati said a while ago (also see her awesome Zoe vid!), but I am running out of time, so I will just say, "WOW" and try to get back to it later.
- proofpudding, Pretty (Supernatural) - This gets at the essential wrongness of Sam/Ruby in a profound and profoundly sexy way. I love the claustrophobic close-ups, the tight shots, the chain link backgrounds emphasizing the dead-endedness and entrapment that drive the participants into the relationship. Short, sharp, killer.
Oh! Also I have been looking at professional music videos with an eye towards how they resemble and differ from vids, and also as objects in themselves (I was the right age but the wrong place for MTV), and I was fascinated by these:
- Two different videos (but with the same color scheme) to Walking with a Ghost (and dude, I totally could figure out how to do Video #2 in AE. It would take a year, but I could do it. I have the technology.)
- Beyonce, If I Were A Boy
- And, um, there was another one, but I can't find the link or remember the name.