Crowdsource request for vid clips
Okay, so this is a wacky DW/LJ access list that I hope makes sense. I'm looking for help identifying movies & TV shows to scan for clips for a vid project that I'm excited about but don't want to make super public at this point in case it can be completed in time to submit to Festivids. Which means a lot of vidding friends can't see this post.
What I'd like to attempt is a book trailer for the Ancillary Justice/Imperial Radch series. That means using an array of science fiction sources -- or sources that could look like science fiction in the context of this vid -- that are not immediately recognizable but instead can be stitched together in short clips to give the impression of this universe. Sort of the opposite of Starships!, which went for iconic shots.
Not necessary for you to know the books to help out. The Google doc linked below has a list of the sorts of things I'm looking for (or have found), with outstanding items of greatest interest highlighted in yellow, like interior/exterior shots of a non-iconic ship that could pass as the troop carrier Justice of Toren (here's what it looks like in the cover art), or hands opening a case that contains a space/alien-looking gun.
The other key point that makes this a particularly tricky search is that any characters who can be seen in the vid need to be dark-skinned. If possible I'd like to avoid big-name stars unless they're shown from the back or in silhouette or something. I want people watching it to think "Breq" or "Seivarden" (or "character from the book," at least), not "Zoe Saldana" or "Idris Elba." ETA: But to be clear, I don't intend for the vid to focus on faces anyway.
The constraints I put on myself sometimes... *shakes head*
The format and narrative of the vid will depend on the clips acquired. Either way, it'll be short. I've already gotten started, done a lot of reading about the slim history of black actors & actresses in sci fi films, have my final clip in hand, have some music finalists, etc., and a couple of friends have contributed great ideas, but there is a bunch of stuff left to find. Any thoughts you have would be greatly appreciated! Including recommendations for sources that you think might be helpful even if they don't track to a particular item in the spreadsheet.
Here is the Google doc. Warning for book 1 spoilers in the clip descriptions.
Originally posted at http://bironic.dreamwidth.org/326780.html, where there are
comments.
What I'd like to attempt is a book trailer for the Ancillary Justice/Imperial Radch series. That means using an array of science fiction sources -- or sources that could look like science fiction in the context of this vid -- that are not immediately recognizable but instead can be stitched together in short clips to give the impression of this universe. Sort of the opposite of Starships!, which went for iconic shots.
Not necessary for you to know the books to help out. The Google doc linked below has a list of the sorts of things I'm looking for (or have found), with outstanding items of greatest interest highlighted in yellow, like interior/exterior shots of a non-iconic ship that could pass as the troop carrier Justice of Toren (here's what it looks like in the cover art), or hands opening a case that contains a space/alien-looking gun.
The other key point that makes this a particularly tricky search is that any characters who can be seen in the vid need to be dark-skinned. If possible I'd like to avoid big-name stars unless they're shown from the back or in silhouette or something. I want people watching it to think "Breq" or "Seivarden" (or "character from the book," at least), not "Zoe Saldana" or "Idris Elba." ETA: But to be clear, I don't intend for the vid to focus on faces anyway.
The constraints I put on myself sometimes... *shakes head*
The format and narrative of the vid will depend on the clips acquired. Either way, it'll be short. I've already gotten started, done a lot of reading about the slim history of black actors & actresses in sci fi films, have my final clip in hand, have some music finalists, etc., and a couple of friends have contributed great ideas, but there is a bunch of stuff left to find. Any thoughts you have would be greatly appreciated! Including recommendations for sources that you think might be helpful even if they don't track to a particular item in the spreadsheet.
Here is the Google doc. Warning for book 1 spoilers in the clip descriptions.
Originally posted at http://bironic.dreamwidth.org/326780.html, where there are
comments.