Meat + Procrastination = SPN Vid Recs (bhuz? Shhh, fuzzy logic)
After months of laying low and lurking on the edges of fandom, I suddenly looked up and realized I've been hiding away for half of the season and we only have four episodes left until the uber-summer hiatus! And now I'm starting to feel like I'm missing out on all the interesting episode discussions/recaps, meta, vids and ... everything. :(
The workload is still the same, but I'm realizing that I don't have to do 110% all the time, esp. if it does nothing but stress me out and takes up the little "fun" time I have. So here's to lowering my personal standards. *raises glass* We'll see how it goes starting this week with photocopying intro. pages from a lab book for pre-readings like everyone else instead of completely rewriting my own. Also, tonight I could finally stomach the sight of meat and was feeling good enough to actually cook an entire dinner. And even better I ate a little bit of red meat for the first time in months and *looks at watch* so far so good. \o/ It was SOOOOOOO SOOOOOOOO YUMMY. Sorry to you vegetarians out there, but meat is delicous, fat and protein and gravy and mmmmm. *wants more*
So as I was properly fed and feeling ambitious (and procrastinating), I cleaned out my hard drive tonight and stumbled across never finished fic, half baked meta, and cinematography stuff, and now I'd rather work on that than my real work. I think my brain is starting to decompartmentalize itself as it realizes the freak out my body has been having for the past 4 months is not going away any time soon. But more importantly, I found amazing insta-rec vids that I didn't share previously when I was in hiding. So in lieu of anything of my own complete enough to contribute to fannish glee, I'll pass along these recs instead.
This vid, Somebody's Child, by sabaceanbabe is well done and one of the most unique vids I've seen. The use of a secondary screen along the sidebar allows for multiple interpretations of the lyrics and lends to its alternating (or omnicient if you look at it another way) POV. Dividing attention between a large and a smaller screen has an interesting effect, and you'll probably have to watch this vid more than once just to see exactly what's going on. Also, because of the size of the small screen, to get the intended effect either download the vid and watch it in its original size or maximize it to full screen. The song catchy, achy, and fitting for a future look back on the "Winchester gospel" (*chuckles* that still cracks me up) and the sequences during each play of chorus are beautifully chosen and will probably make you choke up (but maybe I'm just an over-emotional sap right now). Go watch, you won't be sorry.
This vid, Kinetic, by maichan808 is gorgeous and flows from clip to clip almost seamlessly. It's seem to be more of study of camera movement and impressions than a narrative-based vid. I really like the severe desaturatization and blurriness; I think it fits nicely with the music. If you want to see some of the most striking pans and crane shots of the entire series (with the exception of the awesome overhead umbrella shot in "Scarecrow" ... more vidders should use that in my very biased opinion) take a look at this vid.
The workload is still the same, but I'm realizing that I don't have to do 110% all the time, esp. if it does nothing but stress me out and takes up the little "fun" time I have. So here's to lowering my personal standards. *raises glass* We'll see how it goes starting this week with photocopying intro. pages from a lab book for pre-readings like everyone else instead of completely rewriting my own. Also, tonight I could finally stomach the sight of meat and was feeling good enough to actually cook an entire dinner. And even better I ate a little bit of red meat for the first time in months and *looks at watch* so far so good. \o/ It was SOOOOOOO SOOOOOOOO YUMMY. Sorry to you vegetarians out there, but meat is delicous, fat and protein and gravy and mmmmm. *wants more*
So as I was properly fed and feeling ambitious (and procrastinating), I cleaned out my hard drive tonight and stumbled across never finished fic, half baked meta, and cinematography stuff, and now I'd rather work on that than my real work. I think my brain is starting to decompartmentalize itself as it realizes the freak out my body has been having for the past 4 months is not going away any time soon. But more importantly, I found amazing insta-rec vids that I didn't share previously when I was in hiding. So in lieu of anything of my own complete enough to contribute to fannish glee, I'll pass along these recs instead.
This vid, Somebody's Child, by sabaceanbabe is well done and one of the most unique vids I've seen. The use of a secondary screen along the sidebar allows for multiple interpretations of the lyrics and lends to its alternating (or omnicient if you look at it another way) POV. Dividing attention between a large and a smaller screen has an interesting effect, and you'll probably have to watch this vid more than once just to see exactly what's going on. Also, because of the size of the small screen, to get the intended effect either download the vid and watch it in its original size or maximize it to full screen. The song catchy, achy, and fitting for a future look back on the "Winchester gospel" (*chuckles* that still cracks me up) and the sequences during each play of chorus are beautifully chosen and will probably make you choke up (but maybe I'm just an over-emotional sap right now). Go watch, you won't be sorry.
This vid, Kinetic, by maichan808 is gorgeous and flows from clip to clip almost seamlessly. It's seem to be more of study of camera movement and impressions than a narrative-based vid. I really like the severe desaturatization and blurriness; I think it fits nicely with the music. If you want to see some of the most striking pans and crane shots of the entire series (with the exception of the awesome overhead umbrella shot in "Scarecrow" ... more vidders should use that in my very biased opinion) take a look at this vid.
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