New to me vidder: kaydeefalls. Check out What it is, Merlin OT4, which has a great sense of musicality and parallels, and really captures the hopeful, playful innocence of this show and these characters.

While there I also checked out All the Things I've Done, Torchwood/Doctor Who, no CoE spoilers. This was really impressive for a first vid and I love the ( Read more... )

Insta-rec:

Supernatural: At the Movies by ash48, Supernatural, experimental/humour?
Six short vidlets made in distinct film genre styles, with great accompanying artwork from maichan. My personal favourites were Splendor in the Fall and Running Scared, both of which made me fall off my chair laughing, but every vidlet is expertly done and really captures the ( Read more... )

I went to my parents' over the long Queen's Birthday weekend. Trip was good: watched lots of Buffy, booked our Fiji trip and went shopping with my sister. Got a pair of comfy new Hush Puppies and a nice trench coat. I went looking for one like Castiel's, but the cut is very unflattering on me, so I ended up with one that had an A-line flare, almost ( Read more... )

The Devil's Inside My Head by mithborien, Supernatural, Mary-centric.
Fantastic use of specific effects and colour symbolism. In terms of narrative structure the vid had a certain Lovely Bones-ish feel (at least for me), which really hit the spot emotionally.

Lost at Sea by halcyon_shift, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Jesse character ( Read more... )

The Negative Sex by 0mindthegap0, multi, meta.
I'm not a fan of feminist statements to the extent they categorically demonise men. As far as I'm concerned, nothing should ever be categorically anything; issues of power and dominance should be viewed through a gender lens, but it's worth remembering that's only one lens available from a vast trove of other ( Read more... )

Soul of a Man by off_that_bridge, Supernatural, Castiel/Dean.
Murky, pulsating B&W study of Dean's hell both above and below the earth, and Castiel's place in it. I thought the repetitive elements were just fantastic.

Vid recs.

I Can't See Why by proofpudding, Gilmore Girls, Rory/Dean.
Gilmore Girls is probably one of the hardest sources to vid ever, in my opinion, so it takes a lot for a GG vid to impress me. What I love about this vid is that it doesn't shy away from the static source and try to make it something else; it works with the source, the very traditional ( Read more... )

Well, this certainly explains the crazy old cat lady.Time-management-wise, I think I'm not doing any better than any other VVC peer but reading over my friends list, I'm definitely getting the feeling that I'm one of the calmer ones. :D My guess is it still hasn't sunk in how much work I need to do on my premieres vid. I'm moving this weekend, ( Read more... )

On The Golden Compass:

( Spoilers for film and books )

Because good things need to be shared, I point thee to Strawberry Net, which sells designer skincare, cosmetics and perfume at a fraction of their usual price (lower than duty free - at least over here), and shipping is FREE (unless you're buying perfume outside the US ( Read more... )