Half Life - Buffy vid

[big_n_happy]

Song: Half Life - The Sneaker Pimps
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Vidder: cvalda
Summary: Slayer mythology filtered through trip hop.
Notes: Wanky response to latest Buffy rewatch. My second fanvid to this song (first was a Who vid). Took forever due to various computer issues.

Comments

[elisi]

Fascinating! I love your Amy vid to this song, so I was very excited to see what you would do with Buffy! This I'll have to rewatch a fair few times to catch all the different nuances - is there a download at all?

[big_n_happy]

Thanks! I'd vid every show to Sneaker Pimps if there were enough hours in the day. Keen for any feedback. Lost access to old domain for downloads, but if you click through to vimeo there's a download option there :)

[rbfvid]

I feel a bit silly leaving such a bland comment, but I already rewatched it 3 times and I love your vid so much! I think I love it more and more with every rewatch.

[big_n_happy]

thanks! I'm glad it rewards rewatching, I like to pack things densely (not in the sense of tight editing necessarily, just like dense referentially) and hope they make any sense at all. Anything in particular stand out, if you don't mind my asking? Good to have a sense of how people respond

[rbfvid]

Depends on the definition of "stand out" =) It's very well-paced video, so there are no parts that would stick out. Though there are some wow-moments, like that transition around 2.22, from whitout of Buffy's death to the white sheet.
But if you ment it as "how did you interpret this vid"... For me it is about making a choice even in the circumstances that don't allow any choice. NOT being a Slayer is not an option, it was forced on them. But they all still make choice - between different aspects of slayerhood. Being a slayer is just a part of them.

[big_n_happy]

thanks! I was looking for both any technical and any thematic feedback.

Intention was actually bleaker than that - slayerhood, particularly singular slayerhood, as a form of alienation from self and community. The way that alienation also involved a hierarchy between Buffy and others (Faith, the Potentials, Nikki & Robin Wood). Very S7, with Chosen as the resolution. But what you say makes sense - slayerhood as a part of various people with different trajectories

[big_n_happy]

TBH there's more I'd have liked to do with it (particularly re Kendra and Nikki Wood) but it would've taken more hours to get right and I've got other commitments - projects aren't finished, they're abandoned - so thanks for that.

If you have any meta on the thoughts provoked, feel free to divulge, as mentioned upthread meta is my jam.

[big_n_happy]

yeah I was kind of playing with the idea that Buffy embodies the line, like she's split and cut off in some ways (heavily emphasised especially in S7), but she's also part of something collective and ancient. The First Slayer not just as an external stalking presence (as she kind of appears in Restless) but internal to the narrative logic, driving slayerhood and guiding Buffy.

and thanks again for that! I don't understand how people write fiction, even fanfic, it's not something my brain is wired for, whereas like you I'm somewhat visual and also quite interested in the interaction between visual movement and music. Half-jokingly I think 90% of vidding consists of avoiding the parts where people's lips are moving lol

[double_dutchess]

I first watched this on elisi's rec, and have now watched it again on rbfvid's. I think it's brilliant. I'm sorry I don't have the time (or the words) for any more meaningful feedback.

[big_n_happy]

Glad you liked!

[sol_se]

Love this!