Vid rec: Charles Gunn meet Joe Gillis

[aycheb]

butterfly’s new Gunn vid set to ‘Sunset Boulevard’ from the Andrew Lloyd Weber musical sung by John Barrowman is a remarkable character study that weaves elements from the show, the movie and the series to make one exhilarating whole.

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[ninerva]

Thank you so much for the rec, a real treat. Great vid. (Of course now I'm going to be singing Sunset Boulevard all night, but hey ho, well worth it ;-)

[aycheb]

It's brilliant isn't it. Andrew Lloyd Webber and Charles Gunn who knew? But I feel your (ear) pain :-)

[midnightsjane]

Thanks for that link. I loved the vid!
Rec'd it on my LJ, for those not on your flist..
I'm unfamiliar with the Sunset Boulevard musical, so thanks for your explanation and commentary!

[aycheb]

The more recs the merrier, it's worth it :-)

[yourlibrarian]

Angel is a wonderful show for camerawork

The more time goes by the more I appreciate how wonderfully done these shows were. And yes, there was something particularly stylish about Angel.

[aycheb]

I only ever tried viding Angel once but the difference betwen it and Buffy was very striking. Buffy is quirkier but you have to search that much harder for shots with those big cinematic sweeping moveents that seem to be almost the default mode in Angel.

Speaking of vidding could I ask you a big favour? Would you be prepared to do a beta on a Willow vid I've been working on? It's a look at Willow and magic and the scoobies and Tara to the Lou Reed song Perfect Day. "You're going to reap just what you sow," or what the real price for bringing Buffy back became. I mean I'd very much appreciate your opinion on it but it really would be a big favour and obviously I'd quite understand if you were busy or it doesn't sound your kind of thing. :-)

[yourlibrarian]

Wow, I'm flattered that you would ask! Well, timewise I'm going to be off at Writercon a week from today (ack!) so at the moment things are a little busy but not impossible. But more importantly I don't do any vidding myself, so I'm not sure that technically I could be that useful to you. If you want more of a viewer's reaction of what's coming across, what could be improved, I'd be happy to.

I will say though that that song choice sounds terrific. I'm actually more familiar with the Duran Duran cover which I like better as it has a more dreamy mellow tone to it, but that's just personal taste.

[aycheb]

Fantastic!

I'm not quite finished with the first draft and the family descend next week so after writercon (panel envy) would be perfect. Viewer's reaction is exactly what it needs, I've a terrible habit of trying to say too much too telegraphically and ending up with chunks of stuff that would need pages of footnotes to make sense to anyone not me.