"45" commentary by dragonchic

[bananainpyjamas]

Title: 45
Vidder: dragonchic / bananainpyjamas
Fandom: Battlestar Galactica
Link to vid: here
Warnings: Spoilers through 4x01
Commentary by: dragonchic

Download: 35.5 MB Zipped XviD

Comments

[bop_radar]

Wow! This is so enlightening! I totally LOL'd at your red circle around Bill's name on the viper. It never even occurred to me that anyone viewing the vid would have that issue! Wow, that shows how deeply I take the fandom awareness for granted! Surely the dissolve is clear though?! I think you're very generous to viewers that don't know Razor. I know you were obviously going for a very wide potential audience with the vid, but I hadn't really registered just how much you'd reached out to them.

OMG, vidding formula OF WIN! Also MEGA understatement on the 'why not?!'

I think my favourite line from your commentary is: we end with Bill kind of at a loss with what to do with his mutinous son.
Huahaha, foiled by mutiny! :p Also, never underestimate the Adamas' capacity for prioritising Adamadrama over Cylons. ;p

And that freefall Galactica move was SO BADASS!

I found what you had to say about the final shot of Adama really fascinating. While I feel like the final shot (and its contrasting one of young Adama) is instinctively so RIGHT, I had trouble myself articulating why. The contrast in emotional tone is spot on--the resignation that comes with knowing this is just one stage in an ongoing conflict.

I also see that I had one blindness in my own commentary/reading: the inextricable link between Bill and Galactica. Perhaps I was taking that for granted a bit, so I really like that you made specific mention of it!

Also I admire your succinctness. Seriously, I can't believe you managed to precis all there was to say about the vid down to 5.40! I need to work on getting less tl;dr in my own commentaries. ;)

PS. I forgot I had this icon! LOL.

[bananainpyjamas]

It never even occurred to me that anyone viewing the vid would have that issue!

I suspected it might be an issue and had those suspicions confirmed during beta. It led to much vidding angst on my part, because if you don't know who the pilot is, a large part of the vid will fly over your head (no pun intended).

I know you were obviously going for a very wide potential audience with the vid, but I hadn't really registered just how much you'd reached out to them.

I think my background in vidding small fandoms makes me vid with a higher level of transparency in mind. It's one of the main issues I struggle with, because I think it can sometimes be limiting.

, never underestimate the Adamas' capacity for prioritising Adamadrama over Cylons. ;p

LOL, Adamadrama is my new favorite word. And word. Bill and Lee are glaring at each other and Boomer's like, "Bitch, you call that a mutiny?"

Also I admire your succinctness. Seriously, I can't believe you managed to precis all there was to say about the vid down to 5.40!

haha, I was actually worried people would find it too short, but I didn't feel like padding it out. Knowing your commentary was there helped. :)

[bop_radar]

makes me vid with a higher level of transparency in mind. It's one of the main issues I struggle with, because I think it can sometimes be limiting.
Yes, I can imagine! I would have assumed you were going for a BSG-watching audience with this vid and wouldn't have worried about making it accessible beyond that fandom, but of course I know your audience is much wider than one fandom so I should have thunk! *slaps head* Do you ever just decide not to worry about making it readable to fandom outsiders? I'd be interested to see a vid of yours where you did that.

I was glad to be able to use Adamadrama again. :) Ahh, makes me remember the good old days of long post-ep convos... you know, when I actually LIKED the show. :p

[bananainpyjamas]

Do you ever just decide not to worry about making it readable to fandom outsiders? I'd be interested to see a vid of yours where you did that.

I don't worry about it as much for established TV fandoms (i.e. BSG, SV, etc) as I do with movie vids. Khwaab, for example, changed substantially to make it more transparent to fandom outsiders. On the flip side, I want to say I didn't worry about it much at all with Intergalactic Friends, but I think comics knowledge works just as well as familiarity with SV for that vid, so it's a weird example. In short: I don't know. Apparently it's a hard habit to break, lol.

you know, when I actually LIKED the show. :p

Heh, well the Adamadrama never quite went away, did it? I've toyed with the idea of doing an S4 sequel to this vid but I keep waffling on whether or not I can really make it fit.

[bop_radar]

Ohh, sequel? Intriguing! I have no idea how I'd feel about that as S4 sends me into ragefits at Ron (which turns out to be less fun than ragefits at Bill!) but more power to you if you can stomach it!