One of the local Little Free Libraries had a copy of The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman and that finally motivated me to start reading His Dark Materials after all these years. People were super into them around the time we were going to Harry Potter aca-cons and of course there've been a million fannish AUs but I never got around to trying the ( Read more... )

Continued from here (personal experience at the con)

In chronological order:

( SF in the Classical Tradition, incl. Catherynne M. Valente )

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I laughed, I cried, I marveled at people's skills. Or: favorite new & new-to-me vids of those I saw at the con. I only went to two of the ten non-plenary vid shows, so there will surely be more to rec from the streams/DVDs. Stay tuned.

*denotes super-favorites

( 25 recs + commentary )

I had a great time at Vividcon this weekend. It was my third time going, over a span of six years, and each one has felt more comfortable than the last. I learn more about the history of vidding and vidders and pick up more skills and get to know more people, or get to know people better ( Read more... )

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Definitely glad I submitted the bulk of my desired festivids sources on opening day, before I left for NY; I didn't have a chance to get back online until after nominations closed. Now perusing the submissions and disputes list. Link in case you want to as well and haven't already been doing so ( Read more... )

I had a great weekend at con_txt. It was so nice to see friends again, and to make some new acquaintances ( Read more... )

As an early Father's Day gift, I got my dad and E. and myself tickets through work to attend Film Night at the Boston Pops with guest conductor John Williams. They drove up and we went on Friday. It was such a treat to hear live performances of, in particular, the Jurassic Park main theme, a Harry Potter medley, and the Star Wars opening credits ( Read more... )

1. I wasn't planning to go to Vividcon this year because of stuff, but seeing the programming post today is making me second-guess the decision. Most appealing to me are the panels on song choice, music theory for facilitating audio editing, and making fancy credits with Aftereffects and Photoshop. Also one on how vidder motivation and intention ( Read more... )

Part one here

As mentioned, I spent the majority of the con in panels rather than in vidshows. Here are some notes. I'm still not sure how many of you long-time f-listers care about vidding or vid-watching, but hopefully you'll find something interesting in here.

( Structure of a Vidshow )