Fanvid recs
Unsurprisingly a lot of these have been cropping up lately, since another Vividcon just finished. Here's a round-up of some favs:
Smells Like Westeros Spirit Game Of Thrones; There's a king in every corner now. Great multi-focus vid that draws on a lot of parallels and themes across the families of the show. Also, it rocks out pretty damn hardcore.
Dyin' Day Hunger Games. A sad, slow, well-timed and pretty (in a bittersweet way) look at the imagery of loss, violence and hardship in the canon. Pulls out a lot of my favorite and most heartrending character moments from the film.
All these things that I've done Avengers; You know you gotta help me out. Oh god. Strikes at that sweet spot that is the intersection between "These guys are badass and awesome!" and "Team FEELS" that capitulates so much what I love about this movie. Plus it's to a Killers song that I've always absolutely loved. "I've got soul but I'm not a soldier" indeed.
The Polka Slayer Buffy the Vampire Slayer; Into every generation a polka is born. A really fun video that does a lot of great and clever, artful uses of timing and lyric matching. Also brings in a neat little nostlgia kick for the earlier parts of the series.
No Direction Home Lost; I'm a complex guy, sweetheart. A Sawyer character study, and man. There were a lot of things I did not like about Lost by the time it was done, but Sawyer's character and the journey he went on was never one of them. This vid reminded me why.
Real World Iron Man/Avengers; I wish the real world would just stop hasslin' me. Tony Stark character vid that manages to be both fun and serious, as his character itself so often is. Also incorporates all four movies he's been in so far, which is impressive to say the least.
Run Boy Run Game Of Thrones; "Girls see more blood than boys." - Ygritte AHHHHHHH. Okay, so if you see none of the other vids I rec, definitely WATCH THIS ONE. It's about all (literally ALL) the ladies of Westeros and why they are awesome.
Smells Like Westeros Spirit Game Of Thrones; There's a king in every corner now. Great multi-focus vid that draws on a lot of parallels and themes across the families of the show. Also, it rocks out pretty damn hardcore.
Dyin' Day Hunger Games. A sad, slow, well-timed and pretty (in a bittersweet way) look at the imagery of loss, violence and hardship in the canon. Pulls out a lot of my favorite and most heartrending character moments from the film.
All these things that I've done Avengers; You know you gotta help me out. Oh god. Strikes at that sweet spot that is the intersection between "These guys are badass and awesome!" and "Team FEELS" that capitulates so much what I love about this movie. Plus it's to a Killers song that I've always absolutely loved. "I've got soul but I'm not a soldier" indeed.
The Polka Slayer Buffy the Vampire Slayer; Into every generation a polka is born. A really fun video that does a lot of great and clever, artful uses of timing and lyric matching. Also brings in a neat little nostlgia kick for the earlier parts of the series.
No Direction Home Lost; I'm a complex guy, sweetheart. A Sawyer character study, and man. There were a lot of things I did not like about Lost by the time it was done, but Sawyer's character and the journey he went on was never one of them. This vid reminded me why.
Real World Iron Man/Avengers; I wish the real world would just stop hasslin' me. Tony Stark character vid that manages to be both fun and serious, as his character itself so often is. Also incorporates all four movies he's been in so far, which is impressive to say the least.
Run Boy Run Game Of Thrones; "Girls see more blood than boys." - Ygritte AHHHHHHH. Okay, so if you see none of the other vids I rec, definitely WATCH THIS ONE. It's about all (literally ALL) the ladies of Westeros and why they are awesome.