Dear Festividder Letter
Dear Festividder,
Hi! First of all, thank you so much for making me a vid! I can't wait to see what you come up with! The stuff below is mostly meant to help, not hinder, optional details are optional and all that. Like there's a couple of things that I'd be less keen on receiving but I'll try to be clear about flagging those! But really, there's loads of my favourite vids I didn't even know I needed till I saw them, so I don't want to hamper you too much, and have fun!
(Also a lot of this is fairly shamelessly copy/pasted from previous letters. ;D)
Music
I've been introduced to so much music I adore that I may never have discovered but for vids so I don't want to rule anything out. Possibly not famously faily artists or songs like Blurred Lines or like, Chris Brown maybe, but other than that, go wild!
I particularly adore Taylor Swift, Dar Williams, Vienna Teng, Emeli Sande's 'Our Version of Events' album, Sia, and female vocalists/singer/song-writers in general. HOWEVER as I said, I *also* adore being introduced to new music via vids. I also fucking adore musicals but I feel kinda weird about them being used for vids cuz of how closely I associate them with their own source, if that makes sense?
The most important thing is that the song be right for the fandom/character/vid, and seriously, some of my best beloved music has come to me through vids soooo...surprise me! :D
General
I am kind of all about the ladies, as my fandom list may indicate, so women kicking ass vids always go down well with me. However, so do shippy vids, character studies, silly vids, funny vids, cute vids. Team feelings vids are also a good bet.
Bunheads
I love this show SO MUCH and there are SO many good vids for it already, BUT THERE CAN ALWAYS BE MORE. I would be so happy with anything here, but my particular favourites are Boo, Michelle, and Sasha. And Fanny. Like, I would take a character study of any of them, co-character studies of any mix of them, anything you fancied. I would also be completely delighted with a vid focusing on dancing itself, what it means to any of them, to the community, what the studio means to them all. I have a lot of feelings about dance and community and found family which is why this show works so well for me. Something that captures the adorableness of the show would be lovely. I ship Michelle/Fanny, if you wanted to vid that, likewise Boo/Sasha. An ensemble vid would also be lovely. Oh god, I would be so happy to get anything in this fandom, really. <3
Evita (1996) [SAFETY
Er, so. This letter isn't the place to detail my giant thing for Evita, both the musical and the actual historical figure, but I really do have A Thing for both. I first saw the musical when I was 12 or 13, and then proceeded to watch it every day for 2 months, and read every biography I could find in the library. (The 20 years ago equivalent of putting the soundtrack on repeat plus one and going on a Wikipedia spiral.)
I love many versions of the musical, but the movie and Madonna were my firsts and remain my favourites.
I actually don't really know what I want from a vid for this, I want it to EXIST enough that I'm prepared to find I might not like it and it would still have been 1000% worth it to find that out? Like that sounds really negative, but it's more, I don't have any vision for what a vid of this movie would look like, so I am excited to see someone else's take.
I think the only thing I'd say is I would want the focus to be on Eva herself (natch, it would be hard to do otherwise) and not bashing her? Like I think a nuanced look at her is awesome but I have a lot of feelings about her not just being this cold, ambitious bitch?
Jem and the Holograms [TV]
So I rewatched this last year and um, it's amazing? I used to ADORE this show as a kid, it was one of my favourite things and pretty formative.
I LOVE how it showcases how competent girls and women can be. Like the Holograms can absolutely be amazing singers and performers, but also make their own clothes, and fix their own instruments, plus fix and drive racing cars, plus run businesses really WELL, and there's just no question about whether they're good enough at all of these things? And even the rival band, the Misfits, are also very talented, they're just mean?
That's not so helpful as to what I'd like VID-wise from this though.
I've said before that I felt like Taylor Swift would pair well with this show and I stand by that, but not the only thing I'd be happy with by any means.
I would love a team feels or friendship vid for the Holograms, possibly including the Starlight girls? A women kicking ass vid would also work well? If you felt like doing a character study, a Jem/Jerrica one would be lovely, likewise Aja if you can find the footage. Ship-wise I ship Jerrica/Aja (also Jem/Aja) and obv Kimber/Stormer but I think you'd struggle to find enough footage for either of them!
I enjoy the Misfits but it's definitely about the Holograms for me. I really don't enjoy the Stingers, so would prefer not to get a vid about them, or really have them involved.
Moana (2016) [SAFETY]
OK this movie is perf I love it so much? Particularly Moana herself, perfect little squeaky cupcake? *_* Basically this movie is beautiful and I want a vid of it. Have fun. (Sorry, that's not very helpful, is it?)
A character study of Moana would be *_* *_* *_*, or something funny, or a general movie in a vid summary type vid, something about 'the girl who loves her island, and the girl who loves the sea', or about life in the village, though there's not a ton of footage for that, or about wayfinding. IDK. Or like. Really I love the look of the film a lot, I use it and Mamma Mia! as movie SAD lamps in winter, so something showcasing the beaches and sea and how gorgeous the film is would be lovely maybe?
(I also overidentify with Hei Hei quite a lot, but possibly not enough to receive an entire vid about him? ;))
My Little Pony (1984-1987) [Movie, TV]
So this, She-Ra, and Jem are my trifecta of childhood cartoons, and I am psyched I got to request all three this year. :D I was MLP-OBSESSED as a kid.
I think some episodes are easier to get hold of than others so if you wanted to just vid the movie or the first few episodes, or whatever you can get hold of, that would be A-OK.
Or if you're looking at what we matched on and not feeling it, this is a fairly easy one to watch some of and still make a great vid.
I love Megan, and a vid about her relationship with Ponyland and the ponies, sort of Wendy and Neverland style would be lovely. Equally I love all the ponies, especially Firefly and Windwhistler. And their relationships to Megan, actually. Sort of 'Horse and His Boy' style vids about them and Megan might be nice. :D
Possibly just a giant technicolor <3 vid is the vid of my heart here though, I dunno? Team feels also good? To me, 80s cartoons are just so colourful and PRETTY, so that's where requesting them for vidding exchanges comes in?
She-Ra: Princess of Power (1985) [TV]
Much like Jem and MLP, this was a huge childhood favourite and formative influence. I also have no clear idea what I want here, in similar vain. She-Ra herself, and Adora are my favourites, also Swift Wind/Spirit. (More 'girl and her pony' love! Actually, a vid about She-Ra/Adora and Swift Wind/Spirit and what good BUDDIES they are would be AMAZING.)
As ever, team feels/all the awesome ladies on this show kicking butt/found family all apply.
Actually, one thing I do adore about this show is it actually has quite a serious backstory with the rebellion, so something focusing on that might be cool?
Shockingly, I would prefer less dude-focus for this canon. (Sorry Bow. ILU Bow.)
Three Men and a Little Lady (1990) [SAFETY]
So this request kind of breaks my 'all ladies all the time' streak of requests but omg I LOVED this film as a kid and I REALLY want it to be vidded. I OT4 Peter, Michael, Jack, and Sylvia REALLY HARD, if you could find a great song to showcase their lovely poly family, that would be perfect, really. I also love their poly parenting, so that's a thing too. Mostly this request is all about the poly.
Wicked (Broadway/West End/Touring Musical) [Audio, Performance]
OMG. This is probably my favourite musical. Ever. I love it so much. I know there's good recordings online of Defying Gravity, The Wizard and I, One Short Day, and For Good. Possibly also Popular and What Is This Feeling? Also lots of featurettes and interviews and whatnot. I mean, hopefully if you offered this you know that already but helping! ;D There's also some incredible storyboards that might be of use but poss getting permission to use those is more faff than it's worth.
There is no Elphaba or Galinda I don't love. I am so here for when famous Broadway/singing types do covers not in costume. (See Anna Kendrick and Kristin Chenoweth, or Sutton Foster, or whoever did it at Broadway for Hillary that I haven't actually watched yet.)
I ship Elphaba and Glinda so hard. If you could manage a vid about their friendship or even manage to make it a ship vid through cutting or song choice or ACTUAL PIXIE MAGIC I would die.
Now I'm typing this something about For Good and friendship and different casts singing it would be amazing.
I don't know. I am not picky. Surprise me.
Thank you so much again, I cannot wait to see what you come up with, and I hope you enjoy it!!
Hi! First of all, thank you so much for making me a vid! I can't wait to see what you come up with! The stuff below is mostly meant to help, not hinder, optional details are optional and all that. Like there's a couple of things that I'd be less keen on receiving but I'll try to be clear about flagging those! But really, there's loads of my favourite vids I didn't even know I needed till I saw them, so I don't want to hamper you too much, and have fun!
(Also a lot of this is fairly shamelessly copy/pasted from previous letters. ;D)
Music
I've been introduced to so much music I adore that I may never have discovered but for vids so I don't want to rule anything out. Possibly not famously faily artists or songs like Blurred Lines or like, Chris Brown maybe, but other than that, go wild!
I particularly adore Taylor Swift, Dar Williams, Vienna Teng, Emeli Sande's 'Our Version of Events' album, Sia, and female vocalists/singer/song-writers in general. HOWEVER as I said, I *also* adore being introduced to new music via vids. I also fucking adore musicals but I feel kinda weird about them being used for vids cuz of how closely I associate them with their own source, if that makes sense?
The most important thing is that the song be right for the fandom/character/vid, and seriously, some of my best beloved music has come to me through vids soooo...surprise me! :D
General
I am kind of all about the ladies, as my fandom list may indicate, so women kicking ass vids always go down well with me. However, so do shippy vids, character studies, silly vids, funny vids, cute vids. Team feelings vids are also a good bet.
Bunheads
I love this show SO MUCH and there are SO many good vids for it already, BUT THERE CAN ALWAYS BE MORE. I would be so happy with anything here, but my particular favourites are Boo, Michelle, and Sasha. And Fanny. Like, I would take a character study of any of them, co-character studies of any mix of them, anything you fancied. I would also be completely delighted with a vid focusing on dancing itself, what it means to any of them, to the community, what the studio means to them all. I have a lot of feelings about dance and community and found family which is why this show works so well for me. Something that captures the adorableness of the show would be lovely. I ship Michelle/Fanny, if you wanted to vid that, likewise Boo/Sasha. An ensemble vid would also be lovely. Oh god, I would be so happy to get anything in this fandom, really. <3
Evita (1996) [SAFETY
Er, so. This letter isn't the place to detail my giant thing for Evita, both the musical and the actual historical figure, but I really do have A Thing for both. I first saw the musical when I was 12 or 13, and then proceeded to watch it every day for 2 months, and read every biography I could find in the library. (The 20 years ago equivalent of putting the soundtrack on repeat plus one and going on a Wikipedia spiral.)
I love many versions of the musical, but the movie and Madonna were my firsts and remain my favourites.
I actually don't really know what I want from a vid for this, I want it to EXIST enough that I'm prepared to find I might not like it and it would still have been 1000% worth it to find that out? Like that sounds really negative, but it's more, I don't have any vision for what a vid of this movie would look like, so I am excited to see someone else's take.
I think the only thing I'd say is I would want the focus to be on Eva herself (natch, it would be hard to do otherwise) and not bashing her? Like I think a nuanced look at her is awesome but I have a lot of feelings about her not just being this cold, ambitious bitch?
Jem and the Holograms [TV]
So I rewatched this last year and um, it's amazing? I used to ADORE this show as a kid, it was one of my favourite things and pretty formative.
I LOVE how it showcases how competent girls and women can be. Like the Holograms can absolutely be amazing singers and performers, but also make their own clothes, and fix their own instruments, plus fix and drive racing cars, plus run businesses really WELL, and there's just no question about whether they're good enough at all of these things? And even the rival band, the Misfits, are also very talented, they're just mean?
That's not so helpful as to what I'd like VID-wise from this though.
I've said before that I felt like Taylor Swift would pair well with this show and I stand by that, but not the only thing I'd be happy with by any means.
I would love a team feels or friendship vid for the Holograms, possibly including the Starlight girls? A women kicking ass vid would also work well? If you felt like doing a character study, a Jem/Jerrica one would be lovely, likewise Aja if you can find the footage. Ship-wise I ship Jerrica/Aja (also Jem/Aja) and obv Kimber/Stormer but I think you'd struggle to find enough footage for either of them!
I enjoy the Misfits but it's definitely about the Holograms for me. I really don't enjoy the Stingers, so would prefer not to get a vid about them, or really have them involved.
Moana (2016) [SAFETY]
OK this movie is perf I love it so much? Particularly Moana herself, perfect little squeaky cupcake? *_* Basically this movie is beautiful and I want a vid of it. Have fun. (Sorry, that's not very helpful, is it?)
A character study of Moana would be *_* *_* *_*, or something funny, or a general movie in a vid summary type vid, something about 'the girl who loves her island, and the girl who loves the sea', or about life in the village, though there's not a ton of footage for that, or about wayfinding. IDK. Or like. Really I love the look of the film a lot, I use it and Mamma Mia! as movie SAD lamps in winter, so something showcasing the beaches and sea and how gorgeous the film is would be lovely maybe?
(I also overidentify with Hei Hei quite a lot, but possibly not enough to receive an entire vid about him? ;))
My Little Pony (1984-1987) [Movie, TV]
So this, She-Ra, and Jem are my trifecta of childhood cartoons, and I am psyched I got to request all three this year. :D I was MLP-OBSESSED as a kid.
I think some episodes are easier to get hold of than others so if you wanted to just vid the movie or the first few episodes, or whatever you can get hold of, that would be A-OK.
Or if you're looking at what we matched on and not feeling it, this is a fairly easy one to watch some of and still make a great vid.
I love Megan, and a vid about her relationship with Ponyland and the ponies, sort of Wendy and Neverland style would be lovely. Equally I love all the ponies, especially Firefly and Windwhistler. And their relationships to Megan, actually. Sort of 'Horse and His Boy' style vids about them and Megan might be nice. :D
Possibly just a giant technicolor <3 vid is the vid of my heart here though, I dunno? Team feels also good? To me, 80s cartoons are just so colourful and PRETTY, so that's where requesting them for vidding exchanges comes in?
She-Ra: Princess of Power (1985) [TV]
Much like Jem and MLP, this was a huge childhood favourite and formative influence. I also have no clear idea what I want here, in similar vain. She-Ra herself, and Adora are my favourites, also Swift Wind/Spirit. (More 'girl and her pony' love! Actually, a vid about She-Ra/Adora and Swift Wind/Spirit and what good BUDDIES they are would be AMAZING.)
As ever, team feels/all the awesome ladies on this show kicking butt/found family all apply.
Actually, one thing I do adore about this show is it actually has quite a serious backstory with the rebellion, so something focusing on that might be cool?
Shockingly, I would prefer less dude-focus for this canon. (Sorry Bow. ILU Bow.)
Three Men and a Little Lady (1990) [SAFETY]
So this request kind of breaks my 'all ladies all the time' streak of requests but omg I LOVED this film as a kid and I REALLY want it to be vidded. I OT4 Peter, Michael, Jack, and Sylvia REALLY HARD, if you could find a great song to showcase their lovely poly family, that would be perfect, really. I also love their poly parenting, so that's a thing too. Mostly this request is all about the poly.
Wicked (Broadway/West End/Touring Musical) [Audio, Performance]
OMG. This is probably my favourite musical. Ever. I love it so much. I know there's good recordings online of Defying Gravity, The Wizard and I, One Short Day, and For Good. Possibly also Popular and What Is This Feeling? Also lots of featurettes and interviews and whatnot. I mean, hopefully if you offered this you know that already but helping! ;D There's also some incredible storyboards that might be of use but poss getting permission to use those is more faff than it's worth.
There is no Elphaba or Galinda I don't love. I am so here for when famous Broadway/singing types do covers not in costume. (See Anna Kendrick and Kristin Chenoweth, or Sutton Foster, or whoever did it at Broadway for Hillary that I haven't actually watched yet.)
I ship Elphaba and Glinda so hard. If you could manage a vid about their friendship or even manage to make it a ship vid through cutting or song choice or ACTUAL PIXIE MAGIC I would die.
Now I'm typing this something about For Good and friendship and different casts singing it would be amazing.
I don't know. I am not picky. Surprise me.
Thank you so much again, I cannot wait to see what you come up with, and I hope you enjoy it!!