FESTIVIIIIDS
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jetpack_monkeyFestivids are up (and have been for a few days, yes yes). There's a recs post coming later, but first let's talk about two awesome and currently anonymous people who made me VIDS! FOR ME! VIDS FOR ME!
The first is a Martin (1977 George Romero vampire(?) movie) vid, Devils Haircut, set to the Beck song of the same name. Holy crap, this mother is stylish. It's a movie I'd never expect a vid for, even when requesting it. And it's there. And it's amazing. It completely captures that loving ambiguity that is the main character, who is either a fucked up teenage serial killer or a fucked up immortal vampire. The movie toys with the ambiguity, this vid becomes it. It totally centers you in the mind of sad, forlorn world of Martin and uses the black and white sequences that Romero inserts throughout (are they flashbacks? delusions?) to great effect. Whoever made this vid just *gets* this movie and they used some pretty amazing editing -- especially cross-cutting -- to bring that understanding across in vid form. They make me gleeful. This is such a wonderful, underrated movie and such a lovely, thoughtful present.
The second is a Eureka vid centered around Fargo, (Fargo) for the First Time set to the Barenaked Ladies' "Falling for the First Time." I requested the epic dorkiness of Fargo and I got it... more than I could have possibly hoped for. I mean, he's just such a lovable dork! Sure, you know, he nearly causes the destruction of his friends, the town, the world on occasion, but he's just eager! And still somehow not fired. I cut my teeth on humorous lyrical matches but whoever made this vid just schooled me in how it's done. So many of the clips take on additional meaning in tandem with the lyrics and knowledge of canon. Oh and the framing device is done in such a way that the entire vid could actually be a canon occurrence. As far as I'm concerned, it is (even if many of the events in the vid take place after the framing device in canon -- this is Eureka, it could totally be pulling memories from the future accidentally). Also, bonus points for use of Warehouse 13 footage! And the moments of unexpected sadness!
I myself made four vids for Festivids. If you can guess two of them, I'll make you a little something something, details to be worked out upon the winning. I say two because I feel like there's probably one that's completely obvious. My roommates and anyone else who already knows are disqualified for obvious reasons.
The first is a Martin (1977 George Romero vampire(?) movie) vid, Devils Haircut, set to the Beck song of the same name. Holy crap, this mother is stylish. It's a movie I'd never expect a vid for, even when requesting it. And it's there. And it's amazing. It completely captures that loving ambiguity that is the main character, who is either a fucked up teenage serial killer or a fucked up immortal vampire. The movie toys with the ambiguity, this vid becomes it. It totally centers you in the mind of sad, forlorn world of Martin and uses the black and white sequences that Romero inserts throughout (are they flashbacks? delusions?) to great effect. Whoever made this vid just *gets* this movie and they used some pretty amazing editing -- especially cross-cutting -- to bring that understanding across in vid form. They make me gleeful. This is such a wonderful, underrated movie and such a lovely, thoughtful present.
The second is a Eureka vid centered around Fargo, (Fargo) for the First Time set to the Barenaked Ladies' "Falling for the First Time." I requested the epic dorkiness of Fargo and I got it... more than I could have possibly hoped for. I mean, he's just such a lovable dork! Sure, you know, he nearly causes the destruction of his friends, the town, the world on occasion, but he's just eager! And still somehow not fired. I cut my teeth on humorous lyrical matches but whoever made this vid just schooled me in how it's done. So many of the clips take on additional meaning in tandem with the lyrics and knowledge of canon. Oh and the framing device is done in such a way that the entire vid could actually be a canon occurrence. As far as I'm concerned, it is (even if many of the events in the vid take place after the framing device in canon -- this is Eureka, it could totally be pulling memories from the future accidentally). Also, bonus points for use of Warehouse 13 footage! And the moments of unexpected sadness!
I myself made four vids for Festivids. If you can guess two of them, I'll make you a little something something, details to be worked out upon the winning. I say two because I feel like there's probably one that's completely obvious. My roommates and anyone else who already knows are disqualified for obvious reasons.
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Date: 2012-01-24 06:53 am (UTC)I have no idea what you made, I suck at guessing. No prizes for me, alas! But I might offer something for correct guesses of mine... hmmm.
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Date: 2012-01-24 05:52 am (UTC)Aw, damnit. You're no fun.
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Date: 2012-01-26 12:40 am (UTC)So I will guess the Wonderfalls one. And! Um. Rise of the Planet of the Apes!
I thought about doing this myself, but then I realized that 1) no one knew I participated, 2) my vid this year doesn't look like me, and 3) I don't so much have time to make a vidlet for someone!
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Date: 2012-01-26 03:43 am (UTC)I'm going to guess that you made the absolutely awesome Unusuals Sabotage vid. Not sure why. Something just pings there.
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Date: 2012-02-04 03:17 pm (UTC)I had them open.
They were on the tabs of my guesses.
But then I went with the other two!
Too bad this isn't horse shoes or hand grenades.
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Date: 2012-02-04 07:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-02-05 04:38 pm (UTC)Can there be actual hand grenades?
Or, bearing against that: Scott Pilgrim! Or Kim Pine! Or Muppets! Or -- really, just something that makes you happy and you'd have fun with.
Did I mention that the vids were pretty awesome/fun? Too many thiiiiiiiings in my liiiiife and I forget sometimes what I did and what I meant to do.
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Date: 2012-02-06 12:35 am (UTC)Also, thanks for the love. If your life is as crazy as it was last time we emailed, I don't blame you for losing track of anything/everything.
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Date: 2012-02-09 04:44 am (UTC)Can I beg 'my liiiiiiiiiiiiife' again?
/o\
MUSIC. Um. I don't always like telling people what music to use, but that's largely because of how I relate to music and how it ~moves.~ I'm trying to think of something that says 'Kim Pine wishes she had a hand grenade.' If you want to go a little more literal video game sounding, Anamanaguchi are pretty fun. Apples in Stereo? I Wanna Hold Your Hand by the Beatles? The Donna's Cover of Drive My Car?
I am not sure if I am being helpful by giving you lots of freedom, or annoying by waffling!
I mean, as long as it's not like, Brittney Spears' Toxic, I think I will enjoy it!
... um, actually, that might make an awesome Scott Pilgrim vid.
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Date: 2012-02-09 05:10 am (UTC)Cool music ideas! Keep in mind that my sense of musicality is shite, so I may not do this the kind of justice you could, but I'll look into all of your suggestions. At worst, they'll give me a good jumping off point.
And ohmyeffinggod Toxic would make an awesome Scott Pilgrim vid. I hate your brain right now.
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Date: 2012-02-09 05:37 am (UTC)You know, it wasn't actually until I started vidding that I realized I was synaesthetic with regards to music, too? I picked up early on that occasionally smelling and tasting colours wasn't quite normals, but we use texture and motion words in classical music as directions. Sharply! Broadly! Etc.
And ohmyeffinggod Toxic would make an awesome Scott Pilgrim vid. I hate your brain right now.
I don't know, dude. Would you like my brain for a bit? Right now, the parts that aren't all SCIENCE and OMG I HATE STATS are 90% occupied by Avengers fic. Most of which is Steve/Tony (... what is this, I can't even) except for the parts where it's full of Tony Stark and Emma Frost being snarky rich BFFs who do science, make fun of people, and fight crime.
What. Just. What.
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Date: 2012-02-09 10:38 am (UTC)I had to look up "synaesthetic". That sounds... fascinatingly weird.
I might want your brain. My brain is feeding me terrible vid ideas all of the time when I'm supposed to be working on other stuff!
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Date: 2012-02-10 03:30 am (UTC)*sarcasm meter broken*
Synaesthasia is -- one of those things that probably a lot more people have than they realize. Because you never really talk about those perceptions, you know? I know at least two people who've realized they have some form when talking to me about it. One, a friend, has a version where numbers have personalities; the other, my sister, has the version where letters have colours*. She insists that that's normal, and letters are always colours!
Of course, this is the same girl who argues that I am full on autistic, which. I'm not even on the spectrum. The ADHD testing would have turned that up!
ANYWAY.
* One of the really interesting things about this form is that different individuals tend to perceive the same letters as being the same colours. It breaks down as you move further into the alphabet, but it's highly indicative of a genetic or biophysiological basis.
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Date: 2012-02-10 03:44 am (UTC)*contrition meter broken*
I sort of get what you're talking about? Like, I've had that stuff go through my head, but I can't think of any particular examples right now.
Also, I've met you. You're one of the least autistic people I know.
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Date: 2012-01-30 06:52 am (UTC)Whoever made that one, I freakin' love you.
ETA: Crap, I have to guess two. I have no idea.
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Date: 2012-01-30 08:47 am (UTC)(If someone only guesses one correctly and nobody else guesses two, I might be persuaded to grant the prize to the one-guess person -- assuming anybody guesses correctly)