The Sequel Week 5
This week's draft
It was in some ways a frustrating week. David Krumholtz's character in 10 Things I Hate About You is unquestionably coded as Jewish, but a rewatch confirmed that is not made explicit in any way. Zach Braff's character does not dance in Garden State, while Natalie Portman's does, and though Portman is as Jewish as Braff, her character is explicitly marked as not Jewish while his is. Eli Wallach's Jewish screenwriter character in The Holiday does not dance. Nor do any of the Jewish characters in The Jewish Cardinal, a biopic about Jean-Marie Lustiger. And I have gotten through seven or eight episodes of The L Word and Jenny has not yet danced, although youtube confirms that at several unidentified moments in the series she will.
That sort of wasted effort was pretty normal the last time around. The difference is that last time I just vented to myself, but because I'm doing these public posts you all get to read about my frustration. I like this better.
Making a massively multifandom vid of this type (One Night Fandoms, Silent Fandoms, Starships, etc...) is not like any other kind of vidding experience. Usually the impetus for vidding is fannish- you've seen a show, or in some cases seen a show many times, and you want to work with this imagery that you're deeply familiar with to tell a story or make an argument. But in these multifandom vids, you're frequently working with source material you're not very familiar with. That's kind of strange. That's why this particular sort of frustration is common. Looking at the lists below, I have in the past 5 weeks clipped over forty fandoms(!), and I have a list of another thirty things to collect. That's a lot of media, some of which I've seen before, but a lot of which I haven't. Seeing all this new media is exciting and fun, but in terms of a path to a completed vid, it is not at all straightforward. There will be a lot of wrong turns. This week I got some work done, but I also took a lot of wrong turns.
But in any case, thanks to
evil_plotbunny and
dirty_diana for fandom recs,
garrideb for Starsky and Hutch source, and everyone for putting up with my babbling.
Also, a couple things in the vid draft I am pleased with: The sequencing at 2:29 of Seth Cohen dancing with Anna to Seth Cohen dancing with Summer to Zoe Hart dancing with Joel pleases me, the alchemical transformation of Rachel Bilson from goy to Jew. And also I was delighted to realize An Emmy for Megan has dancing.
fandoms I have clipped
Caddyshack
Bruriah
The Good Fight
Life During Wartime
Destination Wedding (bad rip)
The Good Wife
The Women's Balcony
Northern Exposure (1.2, other episodes not yet clipped)
Barney's Version
The Sitter
How to Make it in America
Late Marriage
Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
While We're Young
Seinfeld
Hello, Goodbye
This is the End
The Campaign for Camelot
On the Basis of Sex
Modern Romance
The Wonder Years
Hart of Dixie
Community (Annie)
Call Me By Your Name
One Small Hitch
High Maintenance (Derech)
Mean Girls
The OC
Russian Doll
The In-Laws
Parks and Recreation (Jean Ralphio in End of the World Party drumline)
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Full Court Miracle
Mr and Mrs. Smith
Wonder Boys
Harold and Kumar go to White Castle
Superstore
Runaways
Starsky and Hutch (original)
New York I Love You
An Emmy for Megan
Fandoms I know have Jewish dancing, but haven't yet clipped
Caddyshack 2
The Pickle Recipe
Biloxi Blues
Burn Notice (Season 1 episode 5)
Love Comes Lately
Beverly Hills 90210 (David Silver)
Schitt's Creek (The Olive Branch)
The Year of Spectacular Men (bathroom scene)
The Crazy Ones (S1E19)
The L Word (Jenny Schecter)
[redacted]
Falsettos
The Birdcage
Plus One
Also, cartoons including Big Mouth, The Simpsons, Gravity Falls, Duck Tales, and Rugrats, if I feel like adding cartoons
Fandoms that might have Jewish dancing, but I haven't checked yet
Man Seeking Woman
Beauty and the Baker
Shtisel
The Princess Diaries
Legends of Tomorrow
Pinsky
Private Benjamin
Everything is Illuminated
Then She Found Me
Front of the Class
Thirtysomething
Being Erica
The Naked Brothers Band
Lanigan's Rabbi
Red Sea Diving Resort
The Spy
Andi Mack
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It was in some ways a frustrating week. David Krumholtz's character in 10 Things I Hate About You is unquestionably coded as Jewish, but a rewatch confirmed that is not made explicit in any way. Zach Braff's character does not dance in Garden State, while Natalie Portman's does, and though Portman is as Jewish as Braff, her character is explicitly marked as not Jewish while his is. Eli Wallach's Jewish screenwriter character in The Holiday does not dance. Nor do any of the Jewish characters in The Jewish Cardinal, a biopic about Jean-Marie Lustiger. And I have gotten through seven or eight episodes of The L Word and Jenny has not yet danced, although youtube confirms that at several unidentified moments in the series she will.
That sort of wasted effort was pretty normal the last time around. The difference is that last time I just vented to myself, but because I'm doing these public posts you all get to read about my frustration. I like this better.
Making a massively multifandom vid of this type (One Night Fandoms, Silent Fandoms, Starships, etc...) is not like any other kind of vidding experience. Usually the impetus for vidding is fannish- you've seen a show, or in some cases seen a show many times, and you want to work with this imagery that you're deeply familiar with to tell a story or make an argument. But in these multifandom vids, you're frequently working with source material you're not very familiar with. That's kind of strange. That's why this particular sort of frustration is common. Looking at the lists below, I have in the past 5 weeks clipped over forty fandoms(!), and I have a list of another thirty things to collect. That's a lot of media, some of which I've seen before, but a lot of which I haven't. Seeing all this new media is exciting and fun, but in terms of a path to a completed vid, it is not at all straightforward. There will be a lot of wrong turns. This week I got some work done, but I also took a lot of wrong turns.
But in any case, thanks to
evil_plotbunny and
dirty_diana for fandom recs,
garrideb for Starsky and Hutch source, and everyone for putting up with my babbling.
Also, a couple things in the vid draft I am pleased with: The sequencing at 2:29 of Seth Cohen dancing with Anna to Seth Cohen dancing with Summer to Zoe Hart dancing with Joel pleases me, the alchemical transformation of Rachel Bilson from goy to Jew. And also I was delighted to realize An Emmy for Megan has dancing.
fandoms I have clipped
Caddyshack
Bruriah
The Good Fight
Life During Wartime
Destination Wedding (bad rip)
The Good Wife
The Women's Balcony
Northern Exposure (1.2, other episodes not yet clipped)
Barney's Version
The Sitter
How to Make it in America
Late Marriage
Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
While We're Young
Seinfeld
Hello, Goodbye
This is the End
The Campaign for Camelot
On the Basis of Sex
Modern Romance
The Wonder Years
Hart of Dixie
Community (Annie)
Call Me By Your Name
One Small Hitch
High Maintenance (Derech)
Mean Girls
The OC
Russian Doll
The In-Laws
Parks and Recreation (Jean Ralphio in End of the World Party drumline)
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Full Court Miracle
Mr and Mrs. Smith
Wonder Boys
Harold and Kumar go to White Castle
Superstore
Runaways
Starsky and Hutch (original)
New York I Love You
An Emmy for Megan
Fandoms I know have Jewish dancing, but haven't yet clipped
Caddyshack 2
The Pickle Recipe
Biloxi Blues
Burn Notice (Season 1 episode 5)
Love Comes Lately
Beverly Hills 90210 (David Silver)
Schitt's Creek (The Olive Branch)
The Year of Spectacular Men (bathroom scene)
The Crazy Ones (S1E19)
The L Word (Jenny Schecter)
[redacted]
Falsettos
The Birdcage
Plus One
Also, cartoons including Big Mouth, The Simpsons, Gravity Falls, Duck Tales, and Rugrats, if I feel like adding cartoons
Fandoms that might have Jewish dancing, but I haven't checked yet
Man Seeking Woman
Beauty and the Baker
Shtisel
The Princess Diaries
Legends of Tomorrow
Pinsky
Private Benjamin
Everything is Illuminated
Then She Found Me
Front of the Class
Thirtysomething
Being Erica
The Naked Brothers Band
Lanigan's Rabbi
Red Sea Diving Resort
The Spy
Andi Mack
This entry was originally posted at https://seekingferret.dreamwidth.org/317542.html. Please comment there using OpenID. There are
comments.