Catching up on vids
The past few weeks have seen some really wonderful vids come out from some of my favorite vidders, and I realize how lax I've been in terms of reccing *any*thing lately, let alone vids. Part of it is that I seem unable to read fanfic unless someone specifically asks me to edit, so I haven't been able to do much there (and really, anyway, it seems like everyone I know has been sucked into SGA,so there isn't much happening in my world), but part of it is that I find myself so enervated lately. Fortunately, all this good viddage has inspired me to get off my butt and DL.
Judging by the amount of comments on her LJ, I don't think there's anyone who hasn't seen f1renze's incredible Veronica Mars vid, Deja Vu, which you can get info about here. It's haunting and beautiful, and did something that I really love, which is to give me a new perspective on a character I didn't much like in the series. I came away not just understanding better how much Lily meant to, and has influenced Veronica, but who Lily was as a person, and why she mattered so very much to Veronica and to others. Perfect song, perfect show, perfect vid.
That vidding goddess killabeez has made what she called a schmoopy vid for Deadwood, for Seth and Sol, that is so not just schmoopy it is to laugh. A link to The Heart of a Man is here but I just noticed that this post is friends-locked, and I'm not sure if she's put it up on her site yet (and also, that my info about Killa's vids site it woefully messed up and I need to rectify this post-haste). I love the bittersweet edge to the song, which is why I don't think it's just schmoopy, but Killa's threatening to "fix" it in the future, but I hope not. It's just a lovely little picture of these two guys and the complexity of their relationship to each other and to others. Yummy.
sdwolfpup posted a Farscape vid to Tom Waits's Rain Dogs. Yup, you heard that right. Farscape and Tom Waits. In a million years I could not have expected that combo to work, but it so does in her capable hands. Run here and go watch. The timing elements here are just fascinating to me, with these long slow doors-opening-and-closing shots that work perfectly within the vid, and then the faster cuts -- all mixed up and played with to create these wonderfully askew clip timings that match the tone of the show perfectly. As a non-FS fan, I found it really accessible, which I can't always say for vids in this fandom. And? It's just *pretty*.
justacat and przed collaborated on a new Professionals vid called I Don't Know Why I Love You, that is available in RM format on PRZed's site and in Divx here at the Professionals Ciruit Archive. For the most part I really liked this vid, from Bodie's POV about just how difficult it is to understand why on earth he loves a pain in the ass like Doyle. As someone mentioned last night, "poor Bodie" vids are pretty rare. I had some issues with some of the editing techniques used in the vid but for the most part I really enjoyed this, and am just loving the fact that there are NEW Pros vids coming into the world after so long of it being merely history.
Another vid that I had a few issues with, notably the too-soft fadein/fadeout transitions, but that overall impressed me a lot was a Black Hawk Down vid to the Wallflowers' Everybody Out of the Water by missmishka, available here. For the most part this uses the driving beat of the song and focuses on the action of the battle to create a pretty clear picture of the chaos and misery of combat, especially when you're trapped in a city being targeted from all sides, and unable to get help.
I would like to rec my frequent vidding partner in crime's (feochadn) new anime vid called Waltz, but alas, I do not know if she will put it online at the AMV archive. It is to Nickel Creek's The First and Last Waltz, for a fandom I can never remember the Japanese name of but that always makes me think of tonkatsu because it has katsu in the name and I always go to a food place when I hear it, but it is an anime version of The Count of Monte Cristo. Anyway, it is the first vid she's completed solo in years, since her Band of Brothers vid Ebben? Ne andro lontana, and I am very excited that she has done something at last where I wasn't standing behind her going "finish a vid. finish a vid. finish a vid." It's gorgeous and sad and just ... gorgeous and also rare (for me) in anime vids in that it's not just this assault-your-eyes fest, it tells the story as it needs to be told. It is available on our work in progress DVD now, though, and you can get info on how to get those from my vids site page about DVDs (the new one we're putting together is called Son of Don't Fight in the Snow). And also you can encourage her to put it up on the AMV site if you want to see it, but man, it looks shiny on the DVD!
Whew! Okay, hopefully more recs sometime in the future. Unless no one cares. In which case I will stop. Or something.
Judging by the amount of comments on her LJ, I don't think there's anyone who hasn't seen f1renze's incredible Veronica Mars vid, Deja Vu, which you can get info about here. It's haunting and beautiful, and did something that I really love, which is to give me a new perspective on a character I didn't much like in the series. I came away not just understanding better how much Lily meant to, and has influenced Veronica, but who Lily was as a person, and why she mattered so very much to Veronica and to others. Perfect song, perfect show, perfect vid.
That vidding goddess killabeez has made what she called a schmoopy vid for Deadwood, for Seth and Sol, that is so not just schmoopy it is to laugh. A link to The Heart of a Man is here but I just noticed that this post is friends-locked, and I'm not sure if she's put it up on her site yet (and also, that my info about Killa's vids site it woefully messed up and I need to rectify this post-haste). I love the bittersweet edge to the song, which is why I don't think it's just schmoopy, but Killa's threatening to "fix" it in the future, but I hope not. It's just a lovely little picture of these two guys and the complexity of their relationship to each other and to others. Yummy.
sdwolfpup posted a Farscape vid to Tom Waits's Rain Dogs. Yup, you heard that right. Farscape and Tom Waits. In a million years I could not have expected that combo to work, but it so does in her capable hands. Run here and go watch. The timing elements here are just fascinating to me, with these long slow doors-opening-and-closing shots that work perfectly within the vid, and then the faster cuts -- all mixed up and played with to create these wonderfully askew clip timings that match the tone of the show perfectly. As a non-FS fan, I found it really accessible, which I can't always say for vids in this fandom. And? It's just *pretty*.
justacat and przed collaborated on a new Professionals vid called I Don't Know Why I Love You, that is available in RM format on PRZed's site and in Divx here at the Professionals Ciruit Archive. For the most part I really liked this vid, from Bodie's POV about just how difficult it is to understand why on earth he loves a pain in the ass like Doyle. As someone mentioned last night, "poor Bodie" vids are pretty rare. I had some issues with some of the editing techniques used in the vid but for the most part I really enjoyed this, and am just loving the fact that there are NEW Pros vids coming into the world after so long of it being merely history.
Another vid that I had a few issues with, notably the too-soft fadein/fadeout transitions, but that overall impressed me a lot was a Black Hawk Down vid to the Wallflowers' Everybody Out of the Water by missmishka, available here. For the most part this uses the driving beat of the song and focuses on the action of the battle to create a pretty clear picture of the chaos and misery of combat, especially when you're trapped in a city being targeted from all sides, and unable to get help.
I would like to rec my frequent vidding partner in crime's (feochadn) new anime vid called Waltz, but alas, I do not know if she will put it online at the AMV archive. It is to Nickel Creek's The First and Last Waltz, for a fandom I can never remember the Japanese name of but that always makes me think of tonkatsu because it has katsu in the name and I always go to a food place when I hear it, but it is an anime version of The Count of Monte Cristo. Anyway, it is the first vid she's completed solo in years, since her Band of Brothers vid Ebben? Ne andro lontana, and I am very excited that she has done something at last where I wasn't standing behind her going "finish a vid. finish a vid. finish a vid." It's gorgeous and sad and just ... gorgeous and also rare (for me) in anime vids in that it's not just this assault-your-eyes fest, it tells the story as it needs to be told. It is available on our work in progress DVD now, though, and you can get info on how to get those from my vids site page about DVDs (the new one we're putting together is called Son of Don't Fight in the Snow). And also you can encourage her to put it up on the AMV site if you want to see it, but man, it looks shiny on the DVD!
Whew! Okay, hopefully more recs sometime in the future. Unless no one cares. In which case I will stop. Or something.