I've posted a second vid rec list to Buffyverse Top 5

[red_satin_doll]

Once again, it took me all damn day (because I'm slow, badly organized and indecisive) - and once again it was worth it. TBT5 is one of the very best ways I know of in this fandom to discover works I've missed otherwise. And it's fun to see what other people come up with! F.ex. snogged posted a recs list of "remix" fanfics  - how cool and clever is that

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[debris4spike]

I love a good video - they say so much don't they?

It's not something I will aver attempt as there is just so much emotion that could go so wrong! (And I never get time to do the things I want to do already!!)

I must try to do a Top 5 post of something - sometimes it's hard to "just" do 5!

[red_satin_doll]

I would love to make vids, because I loved doing film editing in college and actually considered it as a profession, but then editing switched to video(VHS) from film; and I ended up having a couple of seizures. (I think it would be different now with digital editing - the pixels are much smaller, the imagery higher quality. early VHS video editing was terribly crude.)

In some ways I envy videos - ONE shot of a person's expression can be so powerful, more visceral than I can achieve with pages and pages of writing; but as a writer I have a "blank page" to take anywhere, vidders are constrained by the pre-existing material.

I must try to do a Top 5 post of something - sometimes it's hard to "just" do 5!

You can do as many "top 5" posts as you like; a lot of people do five of one type of genre (as I did with vids) or very something very specific, like in Oct when rebcake did five stories that were about therapy in the Buffyverse. Or mix it up

[debris4spike]

Hadn't realised editing was something you could do ... wow, such skills! I think the combinations seen on some fan video of a shot from the series linked with a poignant line in a song is truly sensational.

I did do a Top 5 of someone else's art work, although ended up doing 10 as I couldn't decide which ones to pick. I tend to find it hard to decide on a favourite, so picking a set is impossible!

I have been hopelessly disorganised recently and the bugs I am fighting have made things worse.

[red_satin_doll]

I haven't done any actual editing in a couple of decades. Back in college (a million years ago, *lol*) I started with 8mm film, a crude, handcranked roller system with very small viewscreen, a hot blade and glue at my dormroom desk in the wee hours. And I LOVED it. It reminded me of quilting (which I've admittedly never done) on one level; but I loved the craft of it, crude as it was, and I loved choosing and putting together the pieces and creating meaning through that. That's where the film really takes shape because before you edit, you may have a story on paper or even a concept, but the rough footage doesn't tell a story on it's own.

I think maybe the closest thing in my life right now to editing is, oddly enough, cooking, which I also love. You have a lot of separate ingredients but I have to chose what might go well with what to create something entirely new.

I did do a Top 5 of someone else's art work, although ended up doing 10 as I couldn't decide which ones to pick.

You mean comlodge's? Yes I saw those posts, excellent

[velvetwhip]

I am right there with you, because my other fandom is dying, so, like you, I know the difference.

I love Buffyverse Top 5... and the Buffverse.

Gabrielle

[red_satin_doll]

May I ask which other fandom you're referring to?

[velvetwhip]

Profiler. Nobody writes in it regularly at all. I think there are - maybe - five people even marginally active in it worldwide?

Gabrielle

[red_satin_doll]

Never heard of it to be honest - that's a tv show?

I can tell you that Crossing Jordan has a fandom that consists of two people - me and bone_dry1013 basically; a lot of stuff in Bones is stolen from CJ, and it's a much better show than Bones. I don't get the huge Bones fandom at all.

[snogged]

Wow! Thank you so much for plugging my remix rec lists!

Also...I agree with you that the Buffyverse isn't dead and isn't dying.

There are fandoms with the shows still on the air that have less participation than the Buffyverse (*cough cough* How I Met Your Mother *cough cough*)

[red_satin_doll]

*cough cough* How I Met Your Mother *cough cough*

*SNORFLE*

I'm shocked the show has lasted as long as it has - we found out Robin isn't the mother in episode one. I just finished S8 and they're still doing the Barney/Robin/Ted dance yadda yadda? That got boring years ago. Dude, move on already!

[snogged]

I'm a diehard HIMYM fan and can assure you the show does return to it's awesome roots in Season 9.

What made me sad is there used to be a huge RPG (that I was part of), fandom awards, and active participation in the LJ communities. There is still a decent chunk of activity at the barneyrobin comm, but it's not like it used to be.

[red_satin_doll]

Oh good to hear. Who is your favorite character btw? "Robin Sherbatsky" is the best name in the history of fictional character names ever (don't ask me why I just love the sound of it. It rolls trippingly off the tongue.) And I love me some Marshall and Lily awesomeness, although I think of the core group Lily on her own is the least interesting to me

[red_satin_doll]

I know I'm not ready to quit.

Coolness. And I just got here a year and a half ago so, still a newbie here.