A few scattered VVC recs
Hi! I am making a vow to post more. VividCon was lovely, I cried at ALL THE VIDS, and as a bonus, my vidshow and panel on setting in vids seemed to be well received -- thank y'all so much. If anyone's interested, the vidshow playlist is here with links. (All the vids looked so gorgeous on the big screen!)
I'm not going to get into recs from the Premieres show yet, as I still have some hopes of posting a review of everything. We'll see if that happens. In the meantime, here are a few other premiering vids that stood out to me (and a few aren't online yet, but this post has been drafted and ready for days, I'm impatient!):
Bright Star (Bright Star) by kiki_miserychic
I absolutely love the editing in the first half of this vid -- the metronomical cutting and the repeated clips are really evocative. Totally fresh.
Come On (Firefly) by charmax
Y'all, it is still possible to make a Firefly vid that looks new and exciting! And the visuals are full of such movement that it's pretty impossible for me not to bop along.
Crawling Back to You (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid) by radixiscat (Will update with link once the vidder posts it online. Goddamnit, radixiscat!)
Listen, the Cowboys vidshow was supposed to help me recover from the crying jag that Dreams sent me into. Then this vid happened. (And then destina's Brokeback Mountain vid happened but I'm not even going to talk about that one. Ow.) Anyway, radixiscat's vid is gorgeous, and it made me realize that Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid should really be on my list of favorite movies. I love them SO MUCH. I also choose to read this vid as an AU where most things [they] worry about never happen anyway. Anyone who claims differently will get a glare.
Dance Dreams (Tron: Legacy) by bradcpu
I've never had any desire to see the Tron movies (and still don't) but now I really don't need to -- all the beautiful visuals are here in condensed form. So pretty! Also, bradcpu's editing is so smooth it blows my mind a little.
Human (Iron Man) by barkley and destina
This vid is SO GORGEOUS. Tony Stark, I love you. I love your stupid face.
Hook Shot (Multi) by kuwdora
I enjoy a good "girls kick ass" multifandom vid as much as the next person, but I think the use of movie source (including more obscure films) does something really interesting and different for this vid. It becomes less of a "spot the fandom" vid and more focused on ass-kicking for the sake of ass-kicking. Which I dig. Combined with the sharp editing, I could watch this vid on repeat for a long, long while.
Music Again (The Karate Kid movies) by f1renze
This vid made me cry in the Totally Rad vidshow, no lie. I was sitting there going "OMG HE MAKES HIM WANT TO LISTEN TO MUSIC AGAAAIN" and tearing up. (We'll keep blaming Dreams for this.) The rest of you will probably... not cry. However, it remains an awesome vid. Miyagi!
I also really loved both of cappylicious's premiering Merlin vids this year. (I'll link them here when they're posted.) I've been enjoying the show still, but I've been frustrated at some of the storylines that have been stagnating or getting shortchanged in the past couple of seasons. cappylicious has some sort of magical ability to vid the show I've been wanting to watch, rather than the one that exists, and it makes me really happy.
Yay, vids!
I'm not going to get into recs from the Premieres show yet, as I still have some hopes of posting a review of everything. We'll see if that happens. In the meantime, here are a few other premiering vids that stood out to me (and a few aren't online yet, but this post has been drafted and ready for days, I'm impatient!):
Bright Star (Bright Star) by kiki_miserychic
I absolutely love the editing in the first half of this vid -- the metronomical cutting and the repeated clips are really evocative. Totally fresh.
Come On (Firefly) by charmax
Y'all, it is still possible to make a Firefly vid that looks new and exciting! And the visuals are full of such movement that it's pretty impossible for me not to bop along.
Crawling Back to You (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid) by radixiscat (Will update with link once the vidder posts it online. Goddamnit, radixiscat!)
Listen, the Cowboys vidshow was supposed to help me recover from the crying jag that Dreams sent me into. Then this vid happened. (And then destina's Brokeback Mountain vid happened but I'm not even going to talk about that one. Ow.) Anyway, radixiscat's vid is gorgeous, and it made me realize that Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid should really be on my list of favorite movies. I love them SO MUCH. I also choose to read this vid as an AU where most things [they] worry about never happen anyway. Anyone who claims differently will get a glare.
Dance Dreams (Tron: Legacy) by bradcpu
I've never had any desire to see the Tron movies (and still don't) but now I really don't need to -- all the beautiful visuals are here in condensed form. So pretty! Also, bradcpu's editing is so smooth it blows my mind a little.
Human (Iron Man) by barkley and destina
This vid is SO GORGEOUS. Tony Stark, I love you. I love your stupid face.
Hook Shot (Multi) by kuwdora
I enjoy a good "girls kick ass" multifandom vid as much as the next person, but I think the use of movie source (including more obscure films) does something really interesting and different for this vid. It becomes less of a "spot the fandom" vid and more focused on ass-kicking for the sake of ass-kicking. Which I dig. Combined with the sharp editing, I could watch this vid on repeat for a long, long while.
Music Again (The Karate Kid movies) by f1renze
This vid made me cry in the Totally Rad vidshow, no lie. I was sitting there going "OMG HE MAKES HIM WANT TO LISTEN TO MUSIC AGAAAIN" and tearing up. (We'll keep blaming Dreams for this.) The rest of you will probably... not cry. However, it remains an awesome vid. Miyagi!
I also really loved both of cappylicious's premiering Merlin vids this year. (I'll link them here when they're posted.) I've been enjoying the show still, but I've been frustrated at some of the storylines that have been stagnating or getting shortchanged in the past couple of seasons. cappylicious has some sort of magical ability to vid the show I've been wanting to watch, rather than the one that exists, and it makes me really happy.
Yay, vids!