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Hi! I did a kdrama vidshow for Vidukon 2021. All of the vids except one* were available on YouTube, so here's a YouTube playlist:



Direct link if you're having problems with the embed. If you have access to the show through Conline, I do recommend watching the show that way, for better integrated warnings and fewer ads.

Thank you to all the vidders who let me include their vids!

* The exception is ghost_lingering's Brave, which she graciously allowed me to upload for the con. It's currently in the playlist to allow for con replay, but I'll be removing it eventually.

Warnings
In addition to other triggers, many of the vids in this show incorporate source audio. This sometimes includes audio triggers that you may not be used to encountering in vids like gunshots and explosions. Please consult the show warnings list for details.

Playlist with warnings

The list also notes where you can stream the sources in the US. You may be able to find streaming information for other locations at a Mydramalist or Justwatch.

Notes
I wanted to do this vidshow mainly because there are a lot of cool kdramas and a lot of cool kdrama vids out there, and I wanted other people to appreciate them with me. I am very much a kdrama noob, and the vidshow is very much a product of what series I happen to know about and what aesthetics I happen to like, rather than a rigorous or comprehensive overview. That said, I wanted to showcase a few things:

• The breadth and huge generic diversity of kdrama
  
• The tendency of kdrama, like kpop, to creatively remix distinct styles into unique new combinations
  
• Aesthetics that seem, in my limited experience, to be common in kdrama vids/YouTube vidding, but which are rarer in my immediate vidding circles, like:
  
  • The incorporation of source audio
    
  • The incorporation of subtitles and type effects
    
  • Heavy usage of effects to accentuate beats and musical grace notes
    
  • The use of source soundtrack songs

I also prioritized vidders and vids I thought would be new to most of the congoers, or, in some cases (drawing heavily from the first few Festivids), at least vids that people at Vidukon hadn't seen recently. This ended up meaning I cut several of my favorite kdrama vids from the past 2 or 3 years, just because I assumed people would have encountered them elsewhere. I'm planning to post a list of the outtakes eventually, but it will take a while to put the warnings together. ETA: Outtakes.

Out of all the great Festivids I've watched so far, these are the ones that've stuck with me most:

Love God Herself (Bitch Planet)
You're So Beautiful (The Get Down)*
Tanz aus der Reihe (Ku'damm 56)*
A New Day (Luke Cage)
The Greatest (Pitch)*
Voodoo in My Blood (The Witch)*

* = I haven't seen the source, so -- definitely no source knowledge required

VVC 2013 Playlist Post (The playlists will eventually link to the vid as hosted by the vidder, but these links may not be live yet.)

I haven't seen all the premiering vids yet, but of the ones I have seen, my favorites are:

rhoboat, Supremacy (James Bond) [Premieres]
This is the stand-out vid of the con for me. It makes me want to actually watch the second two Daniel Craig Bond films, even if it makes me want to watch them for Judi Dench and not Daniel Craig. But mostly it makes me want to watch it over and over and over again to figure out the exact details of how the action during the choruses is cut, because, guys, I want to figure it out. The movement and positioning here is phenomenal, and it's hooked to enough of a character study or emotional or narrative arc to keep me heavily invested.

bananainpyjamas, I'm Not Superman (Lego Batman: DC Superheroes) [Premieres]
This is the most fun vid of the con for me. And it made me care about tiny plastic Batman's pain! It made me ship tiny plastic Batman and tiny plastic Superman! Tiny plastic Batman emotes way more than Christian Bale. Life is SO HARD for tiny plastic Batman.

ghost_lingering, Shepherds (Firefly/Serenity) [Challenge]
Full disclosure: I offered to beta this a while ago. I ... did not actually manage to send any beta comments.

Utterly compelling. Uses dialogue edited into a spoken word performance in a beautiful and rhythmic way to construct a backstory/autobiography for Book. It is short but feels incredibly full.

absolutedestiny, Age Like Wine (Multi) [Challenge]
For a few clips I thought this was the remix challenge, but it swiftly became clear it was a self-portrait. Though I do still think of it as a kind of remix of "Walking on the Ground."

sockkpuppett, Retrograde (Beasts of the Southern Wild) [Premieres]
Leaves ripples in the water.

kass, Bathysphere (Fringe) [Also Premiering]
Briefly tempted me to watch Fringe again. Olivia Dunham: Still the best.

obsessive24, Devil Wouldn't Recognize You (Elementary) [Also Premiering]
Intense to the point of claustrophobia.

destina, Sorrow (The Eagle) [Premieres]
A lovely and evocative mood piece.

shati, Total Eclipse of the Heartsword (Revolutionary Girl Utena) [Kareoke]
An accurate representation of Utena.

Not new, but new to me
Kitovraska, Loneliness (I Love You ... I'll Kill You) (Disney movies) [Brand-New Classic Hits]
The tragic romance of Snow White and Sleeping Beauty.

Pogo, Alice (Disney remix) (Alice in Wonderland) [Brand-New Classic Hits]
I'm not sold on all the choices about repeated footage, but this is bizarre and dreamlike, not in the drifty floaty way but in the disturbing disjunctive way. Scraps of memory and scraps of meaning.