I Crossed Over to the Dark Side...

[sisabet]

Or How I learned to download the wildfeed and watch it early. I was supposed to go to bed, but the episode beckoned. No spoilers - not from me... but we are finally in hiatus and now I can finish Closer. Funny that hiatus is a relief for me. I think I just need time to process everything... AtS, BtVS, oh my. It is just too much.

Speaking of finished vids - cool new crop coming up. Cappy vidded Spike/Dawn to White Wedding and it is up on the video page at Headtilt. Dawn is fairly skeeved by the pairing - I think this vid is kinda sweet. From what I gather, Spike knows that Dawn has this hero-worship crush on him, but he doesn't pay her much notice. Things happen and he goes away and now Dawn is angry and moving past him and her childish crush. Spike comes back and is hurt when Dawn no longer cares about him. Then he realizes she has grown up and it is too late for him so he turns to alcohol. At this point I sorta lose the narrative flow of the vid - and Cappy hasn't explained it to me yet.

heres_luck made an incredible Faith/Buffy vid, Come On, it is at paper cup -- Go forth and reap the Faithy goodness. Also - it is deep. I promise. Check out the fight scenes - check out the flow - see how she does that? Buffy swings in one episode and Faith ducks in the next frame but it is a different fight, different season - Did you catch that? Cause that is freakin' cool. She makes all of the fights one big fight and it ties in thematically with the vid (you'll see). Told you it was deep. I didn't even touch the hand imagery. I leave that for you to decipher.

myrtleneunice have finished their second season 2 vid. This will really, really depress you - but in that good cathartic way. Go and download Fragile at Myrtle & Eunice Productions. And then cry. When you are ready we can discuss the larger import - the presence that hangs over the vid, and is yet unseen. Very, very effective technique - you see the wrecked lives and the fallout from the unending pain of season 2 BtVS. Ah, pain...how I love thee...

Comments

[luminosity]

huh. My notes (a sort of shorthand. Do y'all do this?) from watching it earlier today--

Ooh, ensemble! Buffy/Angel. Angelus destruction. Opening circle on the most gorgeous Buffy shot I've ever seen. Circles, spheres, even the hand movements are in the round throughout the vid. The weapons move in arcs. Love the clip of Giles swinging at Angelus. Sad close up of Xander. Wow. Circles. Library floor. Circles on the wall at the Bronze. Moon/necklace/dark, looking through library door.

LOL

This is a great illustration of what our subconscious minds do when we are vidding. Circles are symbolic of life, rebirth, reincarnation, completion, and I think this vid covers that. And it shows the utter humanity of all of the characters.

I thought it was a little long, but that's just me, and I couldn't see any place where it could be cut and maintain the swirling feeling of the song with the vid. So. Long, but good.

I saw a couple of tech things in this otherwise stunning vid. We can talk about it if I remember it later. LOL Otherwise, I've seen E&M's other vids, and this one also is indicative of what I see in vidders who keep at it--a shift somehow. A shift to tighter ideas, better clip choices, and technical know-how. Sometimes it all comes together at once, and it's GREAT when that happens.

I really liked this vid--the idea, the imagery and the execution. I was left with a sense of bittersweet melancholy, and I always love the BIG EMOTION.

[sisabet.livejournal.com]

Yep, why go for the kill when you can go for the pain... Man I love some pain.

[just-eunice.livejournal.com]

I saw a couple of tech things in this otherwise stunning vid. We can talk about it if I remember it later.

Eunice here. Oh, please, please, pretty please with the naked fiction character of your choice on top!! I keep chickening out of emailing you, even though Myrtle and sisabet both say you're very nice and won't laugh at me, because I am in absolute awe of the technical genius in your vids. Awe, I tell you. I'm pretty good at figuring out programs like Premiere...it's that idiot-savant thing, but I know there are definite technical weaknesses in all our vids that I could improve if I only knew how.

It's the fades, right? I screwed up the fades?

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[luminosity]

There were no SCREWUPS! None. The vid is spectacular.

And actually? I'm a creampuff, underneath this gruff bitch exterior which is hidden by an overlay of Southern Charm patina. heee

After work today? I'll buzz you. :)

[just-eunice.livejournal.com]

Wouldja really? That would be great. Mmmmmm....creampuffs. I suppose it would be bad manners to start licking?