it's a velvet goldmine, y'all
Jan. 22nd, 2011 06:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lunabee34So, I've had some vids bookmarked to rec for awhile, and then today ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
talitha78 posted about the wonder that is FESTIVIDS! whereupon I wandered over to Dreamwidth and just about lost my shit at all the shiny. Naturally, I watched all the Star Trek ones first. :)
Lullabye by Anon; TNG
This made me cry, like full on smiling through my sniffles, cry. The vid focues on the relationships between the crew of the Enterprise and the children in their care, and it does a wonderful job of juxtaposing the role of caregiver with the role of child for the same character. So, for example, we see Worf parenting Alexander and Worf being hugged by his own mom. It's really simply done--no flashy effects or editing tricks; just a hauntingly beautiful song over images of love and strength and family. I think this vid's simplicity is its power and strength.
Resistance by Anon; TNG
This is creepy--really, really creepy. It's set to Simon and Garfunkel's "Sound of Silence," the lyrics of which do a really good job of capturing both Picard and Data's internal states as well as describing the Borg themselves. It's been such a long time since I watched this movie (I know! Bad Trekkie! *hangs head*), that I can't quite remember what's going on in the source text. I have the feeling, though, that this vid is making really interesting comments on the narrative arc of that movie, and I kinda can't wait to watch the movie again so I can figure out what they are. LOL
Want You Bad by Anon; TNG; Q/Picard
I've heard before that Patrick Stewart and John de Lancie deliberately played up the slashiness of their relationship, and seeing all these scenes back to back to back to back, it's hard to believe they got away with it. LOL Towards the end of the vid, there's this wonderful filter over everything where everyone seems to have stars in his eyes, and the whole world glitters. I love it! This is funny and fun with just a little bit of teeth, a handful of moments that seem to hint at something more than Q just playing games.
No one asks for their life to change. not really by Tylerr002; Buffy-centric BTVS
I have never seen a video like this before. I don't have the language to talk about what the vidder is doing, but it is OMG!hella cool. The music has no words and so cannot impose a narrative on the images in that way. The music is disonant and discordant with lots of percussion and syncopation--the perfect backdrop for all the darkness and madness in Buffy's life. I love all the fast cuts and the color changes and whatever else it is this vidder is doing that I don't know the words for. This is truly fricking amazing.
talitha78 posted about the wonder that is FESTIVIDS! whereupon I wandered over to Dreamwidth and just about lost my shit at all the shiny. Naturally, I watched all the Star Trek ones first. :)Lullabye by Anon; TNG
This made me cry, like full on smiling through my sniffles, cry. The vid focues on the relationships between the crew of the Enterprise and the children in their care, and it does a wonderful job of juxtaposing the role of caregiver with the role of child for the same character. So, for example, we see Worf parenting Alexander and Worf being hugged by his own mom. It's really simply done--no flashy effects or editing tricks; just a hauntingly beautiful song over images of love and strength and family. I think this vid's simplicity is its power and strength.
Resistance by Anon; TNG
This is creepy--really, really creepy. It's set to Simon and Garfunkel's "Sound of Silence," the lyrics of which do a really good job of capturing both Picard and Data's internal states as well as describing the Borg themselves. It's been such a long time since I watched this movie (I know! Bad Trekkie! *hangs head*), that I can't quite remember what's going on in the source text. I have the feeling, though, that this vid is making really interesting comments on the narrative arc of that movie, and I kinda can't wait to watch the movie again so I can figure out what they are. LOL
Want You Bad by Anon; TNG; Q/Picard
I've heard before that Patrick Stewart and John de Lancie deliberately played up the slashiness of their relationship, and seeing all these scenes back to back to back to back, it's hard to believe they got away with it. LOL Towards the end of the vid, there's this wonderful filter over everything where everyone seems to have stars in his eyes, and the whole world glitters. I love it! This is funny and fun with just a little bit of teeth, a handful of moments that seem to hint at something more than Q just playing games.
No one asks for their life to change. not really by Tylerr002; Buffy-centric BTVS
I have never seen a video like this before. I don't have the language to talk about what the vidder is doing, but it is OMG!hella cool. The music has no words and so cannot impose a narrative on the images in that way. The music is disonant and discordant with lots of percussion and syncopation--the perfect backdrop for all the darkness and madness in Buffy's life. I love all the fast cuts and the color changes and whatever else it is this vidder is doing that I don't know the words for. This is truly fricking amazing.
