VID: Sound the Bells (Gojira 1954)

Title: Sound the Bells
Song: Sound the Bells by Dessa
Source: Gojira (1954)
Length: 4:27
Warnings: Urban destruction.
Made for: larissabernstein, Festivids 2015

The sun rose from the West today. I doubt we'll see it set.

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Notes: This vid has been living in my head in one form or another since I made my goofier Club Vivid Godzilla vid over three years ago. I knew that, at some point, I would need to go back to basics and make a vid that really respected the weight and the horror of the original film from 1954. I'm very happy that larissabernstein requested this, giving me the chance to do just that. I'm really proud of the final result.

Special thanks to chaila, who made a Pacific Rim vid to this song in 2013. I'm not sure it would have found me otherwise.

Festivids revealed!

I made three vids this year:

• Sound the Bells (Godzilla) for larissabernstein 
• The Bullpen (Hazards of Helen) for thirdblindmouse 
• Blank Space (MacGyver) for thirdblindmouse 

I predicted that I would get guessed for the first two (so much that I ended up making a second vid for tbm so I would still have some secrets). However, I was a little surprised to see that bessyboo guessed me for both at the same time (in, like, the fifth comment to the Guess the Festividder post). I kinda wish I was still offering vids for guesses, because you would have earned it, Bessy.

VID: Blank Space (MacGyver)

Title: Blank Space
Song: Blank Space by Taylor Swift
Source: MacGyver
Length: 2:30
Warnings: Physical triggers (e.g., epilepsy or migraine: strobe lights, bright lights, "stuttery" cuts between 2-3 stills)
Made for: thirdblindmouse, Festivids 2015

Flirter by assassination. (MacGyver/Murdoc)

Password: macgyver!

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Notes: I knew going into Festivids that thirdblindmouse was going to get a Hazards of Helen vid from me. I make her a vid every year (except last year). I also knew that she would immediately guess that I'd made said Helen vid. So, I decided to use this to my advantage, using the Helen vid to draw her attention away from a *second* vid. This one.

It's not exactly what she asked for, but I needed to come up with a concept that I could clip quickly with a limited number of episodes. Foeyay seemed the best way to go, so I whipped up this Murdoc vid (after a few false song starts). It is... much more ridiculous than I'd anticipated when I started.

Also, obviously, this owes a debt to the marvelous Doctor Who vid to the same song by such_heights  and purplefringe. I honestly tried to find a different song for a long time (options included Britney Spears and Nat "King" Cole), because I didn't want to step on their toes. However, ultimately this was the only song that really worked for what I wanted to do. I hope they don't mind.

VID: The Bullpen (Hazards of Helen)

Title: The Bullpen
Song: The Bullpen by Dessa
Source: The Hazards of Helen (1914-17)
Length: 2:11
Made for: thirdblindmouse, Festivids 2015 

"An Action Girl is a female Badass who is just as tough and kicks just as much butt as the guys do. ... Expect regular appearances in action scenes, facing dangerous foes and deadly obstacles, and expect her to win." -- TV Tropes

 

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( Yes, I have rambling notes and some brief discussion of film history )