Last updated 11/8/11

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I'm up for auction! (And some super awesome other vidders, too.) It's the annual fundraiser for VividCon, the tiny con that is the highlight of my year. You can check out all the vidders and what they're offering here.

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Short version: I will make a vid to pretty much any movie, even if I've never seen it before, and might consider making a vid for a TV show, but message me to ask first -- Spartacus, Teen Wolf, and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles are the shows I'm into at the moment and already have source material for, so those are a surer bet.

I'll screen comments on this post, too, in case anybody has any questions! Go, bid on vidders!

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Hi y'all! For VividCon this year, Pipsqueaky and I are co-VJing a vidshow about SPACE. We have some ideas for vids already, but space is pretty vast, so we'd love some help finding some other great vids we might not know! This is our blurb:

Vids in spaaaaaace! A vidshow for fannish sources located in outer space, or concerned with space travel/exploration. Aliens, spaceships, and supernovas, oh my.

You can comment below with your ideas (comments screened), or fill out the official suggestion form, whichever seems easiest. Thanks so much!

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Song: "What is Your Secret" by Nada Surf
Source: Pretty in Pink

Our movies don't play much anymore.

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Notes: Made for fan_eunice for her birthday! ...last year. (Hey, at least she actually saw it on her birthday? I just then failed to post it for eleven months.) Also dedicated to my own teenage Duckie, long may he wear ridiculous hats.

I have a lot of complicated feelings about this movie. You may be able to tell. All comments and feedback welcomed!

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I've been so busy watching vids (and falling asleep watching vids, and making guesses in the Guess the Festividder post while half-asleep and not remembering it the next morning) that I've been remiss in reccing the standouts for me so far. I'm still not through all the vids, and I've been kind of clicking around at random, so this is by no means comprehensive!

First, the vids made for me. I received three (!!) vids this year, and they're fantastic!

Luther / The Crow : At some point last year I completely fell in love with Luther, both the show and the character. And this is the vid I needed about him -- how he's struggling and self-destructive, but strong, with a keen edge of hopefulness that sometimes just makes everything more painful. You learn to live on less. (Plus, it's gorgeously edited and packed with symbolism.)

Witness / You Were a Kindness : Agh, my heart. Witness is film that's fairly new to me, but as soon as I saw it, I understood why everyone had been telling me to watch it for years. It's my kind of movie. And this is definitely my kind of vid: gut-wrenching, both intimate and atmospheric, and utterly lovely. (And full of Harrison Ford's sexy wounds.)

The Wolf Man / Wolfsbane : I first saw Lon Chaney Jr.'s Wolf Man in Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, which is a pretty unambiguously comedic film, and all I could think while watching was, "But why is this funny? He's so TRAGIC!" And finally, this vid shows why. Melancholy and unnerving, with just a brief flash or two of dark humor -- "hike up your fishnets," indeed -- and the song choice is excellent.

And when I'm not endlessly rewatching those three vids, I might be rewatching some of these:

Cleopatra 2525 / Lady Marmalade : I love it when lovably crappy shows make awesome vids. And my inner 14 year old is SO HAPPY about this vid, y'all, you don't even know.

Dororo / Hand in My Pocket : This vid can't really be described. I don't quite know if I need to run out and find the source material immediately, or run screaming, but regardless, this is a ton of fun to watch.

Dead Poet's Society / Measuring Cups : The song choice works so well, and I love the vid's implicit commentary about educational systems. So neat.

Elementary / Electric Feel : I loved the rhythm of this vid. I definitely need to catch up on Elementary now, but the thought also makes me kind of sad, cause I suspect there's no way the show can be as hot or as endlessly rewatchable as this vid.

Mad Men / Smoke & Mirrors : This vid convinced me these dudes were gigantic assholes, and also made me really sympathetic to them, all at the same time. Beautifully structured.

Moon (2011) / Another Code Against the Gone : Surreal, with a cool editing style that really highlights the movie's creepiness.

RPF - Channing Tatum / Wild One : Glorious.

Star Wars trilogy / Greased Lightning : MILLENNIUM FALCON, SHIP OF MY HEART.

The Unusuals / New York is Safe : I only watched half of this short-lived show before getting distracted by my thesis, but these two characters were my favorites. Great vid and kind of bittersweet.

Wings of Desire / What No Angel Knows : Agh, gorgeous. I've been wanting to see a vid of this movie for a long time, and finally! It's so lovely and the music is perfect for it.

Winter's Bone / Cross Bones Style : So eerie and stark and relentless, much like the movie.

Wonder Woman / Titanium : *cries and cries because WONDER WOMAN*

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Song: "Pull My Heart Away" by Jack Peñate
Source: Star Wars trilogy

"All his life has he looked away... to the future, to the horizon. Never his mind on where he was. What he was doing."

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Notes: Made as a treat for dkwilliams in Festivids 2012. I loved Luke already, and then I started vidding and my inner eleven-year-old had even more feelings than I'd even realized. Thanks so much to what_alchemy for the song and cheerleading, to jetpack_monkey for leading me to the deleted scene I thought only existed in my brain, and to fan_eunice and greensilver for assuring me that this vid gave them Luke Feelings. (What, I can totally keep secrets.)

Thanks to all those who left lovely comments and feedback on the Festivid post(s)!

Song: "Love On Top" by Beyoncé
Source: Carrie (1974)

Finally.

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Notes: Made for sisabet as a treat for Festivids 2012. Dude, I thought you'd guess me for this vid immediately. But I also thought I'd told you that I did finally watch Carrie for the first time last year? Whoops. Thanks to jetpack_monkey for the last-minute beta that saved this vid's behind.

Thanks to all those who left lovely comments and feedback on the Festivid post(s)!

Song: "Made You Move" by Lykke Li
Source: Eyes without a Face / Les yeux sans visage (1960)

A ray of light.

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Notes: Made for jetpack_monkey as a treat for Festivids 2012. I watched this movie for the first time and vidded it in the span of about two days. It was awesome.

Thanks to all those who left lovely comments and feedback on the Festivid post(s)!

Song: "Heart it Races" by Dr. Dog
Source: The Secret of NIMH (1982)

The knots in our laces.

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Notes: Made for greensilver as a Festivids treat! (Officially my most secret vid EVER -- only my mother knew I made this.)

Thanks to all those who left lovely comments and feedback on the Festivid post(s)!

Song: "Proof" by I am Kloot
Source: Proof (1991)

"Your whole life's the truth. Have some pity on the rest of us."

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Notes: Made for giandujakiss for Festivids 2012. I was so happy to get a chance to vid this movie -- maybe between us we can get more people to watch it! Thanks so much to you and halcyon_shift for another year's batch of amazing vids.

Thanks to all those who left lovely comments and feedback on the Festivid post(s)!