Aeronautic Primates and Other Delights

All the vids! I kind of put this off because most of my vids are just available at Youtube, but that's not 100% true anymore. So here we are!

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Title: Weapon of Choice
Song: Weapon of Choice by Fatboy Slim
Source: Busby Berkeley movies
For: fairestcat, Festivids 2022
Length: 2:32

Just Busby Berkeley Vibes



Vimeo Password: rubykeeler


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Notes: Busby Berkeley was the top choreographer in 1930s Hollywood. His sequences were often the finale for a "let's put on a show" film, although sometimes he would have sequences in the body of the film as well. He was known for inventive staging, kaleidoscopic bodies, and sheer ambition.

I've had this vid in my head ever since I saw my first Busby Berkeley movies on Filmstruck (RIP). The idea centered on a visual that turned out to not actually exist, oops. I was delighted when I saw that fairestcat requested these movies because it was the perfect excuse to put this long-gestating idea down on a timeline.

Not all Berkeley sequences are represented -- Shanghai Lil was avoided for racism/yellowface reasons, for instance. However, the sequences stretch across ten different films. Clipping was handily assisted by the existence of a bonus feature in the first Busby Berkeley box set which was literally just the choreographed sequences for the included films, plus a couple extras. All killer, no filler.

Sources:
42nd Street (1933)
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
Footlight Parade (1933)
Fashions of 1934 (1934)
Wonder Bar (1934)
Dames (1934)
Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)
Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936)
Varsity Show (1937)
Gold Diggers in Paris (1938)

Title: Let's Hear It for the Boy
Song: Let's Hear It for the Boy by Deniece Williams
Source: Project Runway
Length: 1:23
Warnings: The dog is too cute.

Summary: Project Runway has one job and that is to show me the dog.



Vimeo password: swatchwatch



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Notes: I'm a huge Project Runway fan. I only picked up the show during the first Christian Siriano seasons, but I've spent an inordinate amount of time and money backfilling my PR experience. Everybody knows the best part of Project Runway is Swatch, the dog who shows up 2-4 times a season when they're at Mood. His appearances last about a second. Imagine making a vid out of that. I really plumbed the depths of what was available. You're seeing clips here from the mothership as well as All Stars and Junior, plus some supplementary videos from various sources. I had to resort to some truly janky video acquisition methods for some of this.

I'm still retired (lol), but I'm also apparently determined to make a vid every calendar year. So here you go.

Title: Best Day of My Life
Song: Best Day of My Life by American Authors
Source: Strip Search (web series)
Length: 2:17
Warnings: None that I'm aware of.
Made For: seekingferret (Equinox Exchange Spring 2020 -- Game On)

I definitely came here to make friends.


Vimeo password: pineapple


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Notes: I'm still retired. I just wanted to make a Strip Search vid for seekingferret for as long as he's been requesting it, because I was an avid viewer of the show when it first ran and even own the Blu-ray. I thought it would be an out-of-nowhere surprise, but he absolutely no scoped it the first day.

Edited to add: This is the first vid I've made in a long time that wasn't something sitting around from a while ago. Basically the first new idea I've executed in 3-4 years. Song, concept, clipping, editing all happened in about 2-3 days, with some additional toying around with it after.

Also, you should all watch Strip Search, which is an adorable reality competition that's supposed to set web cartoonist's at each other's throats, but honestly they're all in it for the friendship. It's really great.

Title: Wrecking Ball
Song: Wrecking Ball by Miley Cyrus
Source: X-Men
Length: 3:25
Warnings: None that I can think of.
Made for: kuwdora / Vividcon Premieres 2018

Summary: Love Overpowering

Now on Youtube!

Vimeo Password: oldfriend

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Notes: I've been working on this on and off for four years as a gift for kuwdora (who is a good friend who deserves presents). I despaired that it would never been a complete vid but finally managed to get it finished withsol_se's encouragement.

This might be my last vid? Like, I don't want to say I'm never making another vid, but I feel done. I feel like it's time to move on. Now I'm in that D&D life. Now watch, I'll make another seven in the next 18 months.

Sources are drawn from X-Men comics (616 continuity only), the 1990s X-Men animated series, and the 20th Century Fox X-Men films.

Title: Rollercoaster
Song: Rollercoaster by Bleachers
Source: Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
Length: 2:20
Warnings: None that I can think of.
Made for: sol_se (Spring Equinox 2018)

Summary: Marvel at the Magic of Harryhausen

 

Vimeo Password: harryhausen


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Notes: Obviously I had to make a vid for sol_se . I mean, obviously. I sneakily asked her for some music recs and then got down to work. The vid came together relatively quickly. Thanks tothirdblindmouse for cheerleading. Thanks to Ray Harryhausen for the memories!

Title: Under My Skin
Song: I've Got You Under My Skin by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
Source: Multifandom
Length: 2:01
For: genusshrike, Spring Equinox 2017: Vids in Space!
Warnings: Physical triggers (e.g., epilepsy or migraine: strobe lights, bright lights, "stuttery" cuts between 2-3 stills), graphic violence, sexual violence, gore, all the tentacles.
Note: This version differs slightly from the one posted during the anonymous period of the exchange.

Summary: You Never Can Win

Password: challenge142

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Notes: This vid is sort of a dark mirror to Fly Me to the Moon by thirdblindmouse (with her full approval). I knew that this vid was the right call when I told settiai the concept and she responded with the textual version of facepalming. I made the whole thing in about nine days, I want to say. Also, I am very grateful that the trailers for Alien: Covenant have contained so much stuff, because I'm not sure the vid would be nearly as good without those contributions.

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Title: Stronger
Song: Stronger by Kanye West (for all intents and purposes with Daft Punk)
Source: Re-Animator / Bride of Re-Animator
Length: 1:58
For: terajk, Festivids 2016
Warnings: Physical triggers (e.g., epilepsy or migraine: strobe lights, bright lights, "stuttery" cuts between 2-3 stills), implied animal harm, comedic gore.

Summary: Herbert Kanye West

Password: reagent

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Notes: For personal reasons, I had trouble getting a vid put together this year. This was my first major attempt at a vid for my recipient but it wasn't my only. There are like three other incomplete timelines for other vids for a different fandom still on my computer. One of them may actually get finished someday. Anywho, I just find the arrogance of Kanye West and Herbert West to be weirdly simpatico and the driving refrain of "Harder, Faster, Stronger" spoke to Herbert's obsessive desires (not just to reanimate flesh). Many thanks to jmtorres and thirdblindmouse for encouraging/enabling this weird addition to my vidography.

Title: A Boy and His Dog
Song: Love Don't Die by The Fray
Source: Scooby-Doo
Length: 2:41
Warnings: Physical triggers (e.g., epilepsy or migraine: strobe lights, bright lights, "stuttery" cuts between 2-3 stills)

We got some work to do now (mostly running and hiding)



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Title: Blank Space
Song: Blank Space by Taylor Swift
Source: MacGyver
Length: 2:30
Warnings: Physical triggers (e.g., epilepsy or migraine: strobe lights, bright lights, "stuttery" cuts between 2-3 stills)
Made for: thirdblindmouse, Festivids 2015

Flirter by assassination. (MacGyver/Murdoc)

Password: macgyver!



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Notes: I knew going into Festivids that thirdblindmouse was going to get a Hazards of Helen vid from me. I make her a vid every year (except last year). I also knew that she would immediately guess that I'd made said Helen vid. So, I decided to use this to my advantage, using the Helen vid to draw her attention away from a *second* vid. This one.

It's not exactly what she asked for, but I needed to come up with a concept that I could clip quickly with a limited number of episodes. Foeyay seemed the best way to go, so I whipped up this Murdoc vid (after a few false song starts). It is... much more ridiculous than I'd anticipated when I started.

Also, obviously, this owes a debt to the marvelous Doctor Who vid to the same song by such_heights  and purplefringe. I honestly tried to find a different song for a long time (options included Britney Spears and Nat "King" Cole), because I didn't want to step on their toes. However, ultimately this was the only song that really worked for what I wanted to do. I hope they don't mind.