"Fight" was fun. And I made my guest watch it, and talk about it from a non-fandom perspective. Which is kinda cool. He is a Buffy fan, just not a Fan. So he was familiar enough with the source material, but not too much.
He did promise that if he ever gets the hardware in his house that he'll make a vid. On the chickfighting theme even. But I think it'll be HK action, not a TV fandom. So my quest is unfulfilled.
"Uninvited" is one of my favourites -- many vids I forget right off. Not that one. I need to find it again. "Closer" was also impressive. But for sheer sticking in my memory, "Gett Off" takes the cake. I've heard the song umpteen times since then, and I always see Daniel in my mind's eye on the "move your big ass 'round this way So I can work on that zipper" line.
Over use of special effects can make a really bad vid. I'm thinking of one in particular that looks like the vidder just used everything at her disposal. However then there are 2 vids by vyra that use a lot of special effects that are amazing.
One is a Buffy/Angel vid to a Moby song that I'm blanking on and the effects match the mood of the music. And her Spike vid to Tool's Schism uses a lot of effects but again it doesn't seem like "See the effects I used!!!"
I'd say when using effects you want an impact and look like in Lord of the Rings rather than the look of Phantom Meance and Attack of the Clones.
I haven't watched enough vids to have especoially strong critical opinions. I know there's a Connor vid set to the Dixie Chicks song "Godspeed" that always makes me cry. And the "Closer" vid is wonderful.
I still want a Harmony-centric vid done to Voltaire's
When You're Evil.
I just bumped into an LJ entry by LauraShapiro that's really detailed and kinda offputting about vids.
Not saying she's wrong -- it's obviously hard and there's a lot of stuff going on in creation I couldn't even dream of understanding.
But DAMN. She has a high bar.
Which might just explain the quality of her work.
Which might just explain the quality of her work.
Well, yeah. She's among the very best around. And hanging out with her has, frankly, spoiled me for a lot of vids.
Vids are like fic, like writing, like almost any artistic endeavor; and Sturgeon's Law applies. But it took a while for me to begin to develop the tools to evaluate them.
Thank you Katie -- these are just amazing.
Thanks for the rec, Katie. Those are lovely.
Is anyone else rapidly becoming annoyed with the "...and then an army of Slayers shows up and saves the day!" ending to post-"Not Fade Away" fics? I understand why people want to see it, but on the asspull scale it's up there with having all the demons suddenly discover they're allergic to water.
