I think they're my favourite sort. Ones that tell or embellish canon are cool, as well as those that illustrate a character.

But the CR ones impress me the most, when well done.

For all I know, this is old hat, but it's the first I've seen Kirk/Spock Closer vid. God, I love it. The use of out of context!

I saw this vid a couple years ago and it really grabbed me then, and recently I rewatched it and man, does it still have that power to it. I think this vid is a perfect example of the mutability of source material in telling a new story using the same clips. And besides that, it's just one of the most skillfully done vids I've ever seen because of how the material is arranged to tell a completely different story than what it was initially.

That is what they call a Constructed Reality vid--it's the first one I ever saw, that does more than just shift the focus onto something, but actually tells a completely different story than canon. Impressive as hell.

Wow.

There was a cute one I downloaded from headtilt.com some years back (which seems to be no more) which threw a whole new interpretation on Buffy, Willow, and Warren. Still, I don't think I've seen many of those.

Constructed Reality vids are kissing cousins to AU vids, which I've become fascinated with recently. I think any vidder than can take source material from different media that, say, a specific actor has been in, and weave many clips from disparate sources into an understandable and interesting narrative is really impressive. There's been one in SGA that I just adore and make anyone that comes across my path watch.

There was a cute one I downloaded from headtilt.com some years back (which seems to be no more) which threw a whole new interpretation on Buffy, Willow, and Warren.

That's sisabet and Dawn's "Goodbye Earl."

I think my favorite constructed reality vid might be the one of Killa's, where Duncan, Methos, and Amanda are cat burglars.

I think my favourite CR vid after "Closer" is Jill and Kathy's A Beautiful Mind vid, "My Favourite Friend," which takes a conceit that shouldn't have worked, and makes it work beautifully.

Oh, that's a great vid.

Do you have a link to that? I've never seen it.

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That's their site. It's got a password and an auto-replier set up.

So, I had to bookmark a bunch of posts since I decided to read the last 20 posts at work. SCube, I check TtH everyday, how did I miss a Sandman crossover fic? Net nanny here at work has that site blocked, though. It's fairly innocuous, I'm not quite sure why. Vids I don't like to watch at work since I can never be sure just what's in them. Plus, I'm not in a cubicle so anyone walking by can see I'm watching something and not working. I am, however, quite eager to get home and watch them tonight.