I've come to request vids and chew bubble gum, and I'm all out of bubble gum.
Dear festividder (and any possible treat makers),
Thank you for offering to make me a vid! I'm already looking forward to see what you decide to do with the fandom(s?!) we matched on.
One of the earliest feature films about space travel, Aelita: Queen of Mars (1922) is a strange and visually rewarding Soviet mishmash of science fiction and real world melodrama. This movie would be great for a vid that uses the science fiction elements as the metaphor/dreamscape for the real world melodrama (as they are in the movie), or it could be one that treats the Martian plot as real and alien. Anything you could do with the footage from this movie would delight me. [A frame-by-frame restored version of Aelita is available for free download from Archive.org.]
Holy campy bondage, Batman (1960s TV series & movie)! Clipping this show for a non-festivid has reminded how much I love everything about it -- particularly Batgirl and Robin -- and how much I'd love to see vids about these superheroes being heroic and/or in delicious distress, individually or with teamwork.
MacGyver is another one of the happiest shows ever. Angus MacGyver is not the slick, suave ninja that many secret agents and special operatives in fiction are. Instead, he saves the day with science and creative thinking! He can improvise a non-violent way out of any sticky situation. I would love a vid celebrating his unique variety of badassery, his adorkability, or his cute relationship with surrogate little sister Penny Parker.
The short-lived New Amsterdam series wasn't perfect by a long shot, but I'm still disappointed it didn't get more of a chance. I wanted to see more about this immortal and his long and complex family tree. It's rare to meet an immortal character who can have children, much less one who remains in the life of his family members, as painful as that can be. John and Omar's relationship had me from day one, and the glimpses of John's past connections and how they haunt him through the present (even though in many ways he has moved on) fascinate me. What I felt the show underemphasized in its scant eight episodes is a sense of place. Given the title and the first episode, I had hoped it would explore John's long history with New York City more. It would be a bonus if you managed to incorporate a sense of the changing city into a New Amsterdam vid.
Weretigers, wereowls, and vampires -- oh my. This is the third year that I've requested Night Watch (2004) (and its sequel, Day Watch (2006)) for Festivids, and I will go on requesting until I get a vid. Take a blockbuster fantasy film with an atmospheric world where dolls crawl on spider legs, vodka mixes with pig's blood, and a Byzantine curse whirls in a silent vortex of fate around a women on a subway train. Add the humor of cars screeching up the sides of skyscrapers, showers turning into romantic waterfalls, and the ultimate battle of light vs. dark being practiced via video game. You could go serious or silly or passionate or thoughtful or actiony or any direction your heart desires. What more could you ask for in a vidding source? If your answer is f/f relationships (thanks to bodyswaps) and canonical gay male vampires, these movies have that too. (NB: If you don't speak Russian, I recommend the version with animated subtitles, which are highly expressive and would be cool to see worked into a vid if you so choose.)
This year I've been watching a lot of Star Trek, including Star Trek: The Next Generation for the first time ever. I'd wager my relationship to this show is very different from that of someone who grew up with it. I generally say vid anything and I'll be happy, but TNG is an exception: for this show I would prefer a vid showing off the awesomeness of Wesley or Guinan or Troi or Beverly or any of the other female characters (I love them all). I am not interested in a vid focusing on men or male-shaped characters (except for Wesley Crusher) or romantic relationships involving men (except for something about Guinan's relationship or friendship with Picard). Alternatively, I would go wild for any sympathetic or thoughtful treatment of the Borg. I think Star Trek could do with more non-villainous portrayals of truly alien societies, even if that requires reading against the text.
They Live (1988) is a subtle and thoughtful film that delicately explores the themes of... ah, hell, I can't keep this up. This movie follows an itinerant construction worker who discovers a pair of sunglasses that lets him see through the LIES and DECEPTIONS that the upper classes (ALIEN INFILTRATORS) use to keep the lower classes (HUMANS) down. My favorite things about this movie are the wonderful SUBTLETY and the sequence where the main character and his best friend PUNCH each other IN THE FACE for about fifteen straight minutes.
As for music, do whatever you think is right. I have no pet peeves when it comes to vid music -- the combination makes the experience, and there is no music I won't like if it goes with the vid. (No really, I've tested this.)
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Thank you for offering to make me a vid! I'm already looking forward to see what you decide to do with the fandom(s?!) we matched on.
One of the earliest feature films about space travel, Aelita: Queen of Mars (1922) is a strange and visually rewarding Soviet mishmash of science fiction and real world melodrama. This movie would be great for a vid that uses the science fiction elements as the metaphor/dreamscape for the real world melodrama (as they are in the movie), or it could be one that treats the Martian plot as real and alien. Anything you could do with the footage from this movie would delight me. [A frame-by-frame restored version of Aelita is available for free download from Archive.org.]
Holy campy bondage, Batman (1960s TV series & movie)! Clipping this show for a non-festivid has reminded how much I love everything about it -- particularly Batgirl and Robin -- and how much I'd love to see vids about these superheroes being heroic and/or in delicious distress, individually or with teamwork.
MacGyver is another one of the happiest shows ever. Angus MacGyver is not the slick, suave ninja that many secret agents and special operatives in fiction are. Instead, he saves the day with science and creative thinking! He can improvise a non-violent way out of any sticky situation. I would love a vid celebrating his unique variety of badassery, his adorkability, or his cute relationship with surrogate little sister Penny Parker.
The short-lived New Amsterdam series wasn't perfect by a long shot, but I'm still disappointed it didn't get more of a chance. I wanted to see more about this immortal and his long and complex family tree. It's rare to meet an immortal character who can have children, much less one who remains in the life of his family members, as painful as that can be. John and Omar's relationship had me from day one, and the glimpses of John's past connections and how they haunt him through the present (even though in many ways he has moved on) fascinate me. What I felt the show underemphasized in its scant eight episodes is a sense of place. Given the title and the first episode, I had hoped it would explore John's long history with New York City more. It would be a bonus if you managed to incorporate a sense of the changing city into a New Amsterdam vid.
Weretigers, wereowls, and vampires -- oh my. This is the third year that I've requested Night Watch (2004) (and its sequel, Day Watch (2006)) for Festivids, and I will go on requesting until I get a vid. Take a blockbuster fantasy film with an atmospheric world where dolls crawl on spider legs, vodka mixes with pig's blood, and a Byzantine curse whirls in a silent vortex of fate around a women on a subway train. Add the humor of cars screeching up the sides of skyscrapers, showers turning into romantic waterfalls, and the ultimate battle of light vs. dark being practiced via video game. You could go serious or silly or passionate or thoughtful or actiony or any direction your heart desires. What more could you ask for in a vidding source? If your answer is f/f relationships (thanks to bodyswaps) and canonical gay male vampires, these movies have that too. (NB: If you don't speak Russian, I recommend the version with animated subtitles, which are highly expressive and would be cool to see worked into a vid if you so choose.)
This year I've been watching a lot of Star Trek, including Star Trek: The Next Generation for the first time ever. I'd wager my relationship to this show is very different from that of someone who grew up with it. I generally say vid anything and I'll be happy, but TNG is an exception: for this show I would prefer a vid showing off the awesomeness of Wesley or Guinan or Troi or Beverly or any of the other female characters (I love them all). I am not interested in a vid focusing on men or male-shaped characters (except for Wesley Crusher) or romantic relationships involving men (except for something about Guinan's relationship or friendship with Picard). Alternatively, I would go wild for any sympathetic or thoughtful treatment of the Borg. I think Star Trek could do with more non-villainous portrayals of truly alien societies, even if that requires reading against the text.
They Live (1988) is a subtle and thoughtful film that delicately explores the themes of... ah, hell, I can't keep this up. This movie follows an itinerant construction worker who discovers a pair of sunglasses that lets him see through the LIES and DECEPTIONS that the upper classes (ALIEN INFILTRATORS) use to keep the lower classes (HUMANS) down. My favorite things about this movie are the wonderful SUBTLETY and the sequence where the main character and his best friend PUNCH each other IN THE FACE for about fifteen straight minutes.
As for music, do whatever you think is right. I have no pet peeves when it comes to vid music -- the combination makes the experience, and there is no music I won't like if it goes with the vid. (No really, I've tested this.)
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