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thedothatgirl
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Title : Oh My God
Music : Oh My God by the Kaiser Chiefs
Characters : Ensemble with heavy focus on Buffy, Willow and Spike.
Warning/Rating : This is Season Six so there's violence and sex.
Download links for Med AVI (77mB) and HQ AVI (130mB) and embed under cut.
Description: BtVS S6 Overview - Oh My God I can't believe it, I've never been this far away from home. Everyone has lost their way.
Notes : I was only really familiar with the Kaiser Chief version of this song until recently, and feel that the harsh piano cords at the introduction and mood throughout this recording suits Season Six perfectly, Lily Allen would be too chipper. Anyhow this focuses on how, after Buffy's return, things just go from bad to worse. I had made half of this vid already when I stopped to make the SPN vidlet 'Happy Together' - something I have never done before, so I was concerned about picking up the timeline again. However the change of mood helped no end as by the time I got to the last stages of this vid I felt very emotionally disturbed by the events from Episode 6.18 onward I don't hate season Six but damn, those were dark, dark times. Well I hope you enjoy the vid but you know, not 'enjoy' it. Comments welcome. Now off to cuddle some kittens.
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Date: 2010-10-24 01:55 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-10-25 03:50 pm (UTC)I'm very pleased you thought I captured the season, angst abounded so there were so many clips to choose from. And great we had both thought of that song for the show.
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Date: 2010-10-24 02:40 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-10-25 03:51 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-10-24 04:28 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-10-25 03:56 pm (UTC)It's always great to hear what especially works in a vid so I appreciate the feedback.
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Date: 2010-10-24 09:35 pm (UTC)Recently rewatched season six and this captures it perfectly!
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Date: 2010-10-25 03:57 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-10-25 09:02 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-10-25 03:58 pm (UTC)Thanks for the feedback!
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Date: 2010-10-25 12:24 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-10-25 03:59 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-10-25 08:54 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-10-26 09:37 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-10-25 09:54 pm (UTC)I find this version of the song really fitting. Loved those passage bits, at 02:11, 02:51, 03:19...
Also, since I'm here...... I've enjoyed very much your other vids too:
"In Noctem" is set to such a wonderful music and it merges different footage from the movies so effortlessly - like that bit with the hands at 1:33... Amazing. And the final part is just epic.
"Carol of the Bells" is so tender and fun to watch. Also, the circular moment circa 00:54, wow.
"If It Gives You Joy" makes me grin madly!
And... I'll stop now. ;)
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Date: 2010-10-26 09:42 am (UTC)Also I am delighted at the bonus feedback on some of my other vids - I have a soft spot for my Harry Potter ones so the fact you singled those out makes me very happy indeed.
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Date: 2010-10-27 05:20 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-10-27 06:36 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-10-28 07:05 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-10-28 09:42 am (UTC)It's not really Halloween other than it being damn scary in places .... It's very angsty but it is Season 6 and we all know that pretty much everything is in that Season.
Anyhow I hope you like watching it. I shall make up for it by perhaps doing a Holiday/Christmas vid which shall be light and fluffy, with kittens.
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Date: 2010-11-04 05:35 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-11-05 10:30 am (UTC)I'm toying with a Season 4 overview vid bunny that'll definitely be full of Spikeness... but perhaps a little lighter in tone - if I ever get time to do it before Christmas.
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Date: 2013-01-29 03:08 pm (UTC)Yes, it was a dark season and I loved it despite itself. This is terrific.
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Date: 2013-01-30 11:06 am (UTC)I don't think there is any season I hate in Buffy - you just have to accept each is different and love it for where it takes us, what it is trying to say. The song really drove me to make this though, I couldn't listen to it without visualizing Season Six so it was best to get it out of my system.
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Date: 2013-01-30 03:17 pm (UTC)Very much so! I feel that way about most of the characters as well.
I'm going to take a glance at your other Buffy vids. BTW, mind if I friend you?
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Date: 2013-01-30 03:35 pm (UTC)Friending is lovely thanks, I'll do likewise. Enjoy the rest of the vids, the very early ones can a bit rough round the edges though.
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Date: 2013-01-30 03:46 pm (UTC)One of the things that I especially like in your vids is the way you layer images over one another (the lighter "shadow" adding commentary to the main image) or morph images into each other (as in the S6 vid - Dark Willow into the demon in Africa, the demon and Spike from Dark Willow and Giles - very very nice "catch" in terms of the similarities, I'm sure I hadn't noticed that watching the show.)
Confession - I get really cranky about Riley in S5 (and S6). I try to be really understanding, blame the writers, blah blah but, yeah, I have my holdouts. :)
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Date: 2013-01-30 04:40 pm (UTC)Glad that you find the layers work. They can be tricky if misplaced but I do try to make sure both clips are visible otherwise there is no point. It's a great way to show parallels and themes.
Confessions about Riley not a problem.
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Date: 2013-01-30 08:03 pm (UTC)I wish I had the talent/ability/software to do videos like this - every so often there's a song, such as some of the tracks from Annie Lennox's "Songs of Mass Destruction" CD that are so late-season BtVS that the video practically constructs itself in my head. So I'm in awe of people who do it and do it well. (At one point back in college I considered becoming a film editor - before everything switched to digital, which doesn't have the same kinesthetic quality - so when editing is well done I really appreciate it.)
the oldest vid I've found here is either 2008 or '10 - is "All Fan Vids" the link for all of your vids, or at viddersnet?
Confessions about Riley not a problem.
Ha. I actually wrote a little bit about him in my first two meta (and I think I was trying to be polite); I was pretty much blathering without a plan, so if I could rewrite them I'd hopefully be much more focused. Talk about "rough around the edges"? Oy vey.
http://red-satin-doll.livejournal.com/1857.html#
http://red-satin-doll.livejournal.com/2266.html
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Date: 2013-01-30 08:56 pm (UTC)'All Fan Vids' takes you to my personal vidding site where everything is hosted. It's sorted by fandom so you can avoid film and tv vids that don't interested you. There's streaming and download links for each one.
The earliest vid on LJ is this one from '05 - it's an Angel the Series vid.
http://thedothatgirl.livejournal.com/3179.html
Thanks for those meta links - I'll take a look tomorrow.