Almost entirely about fanvids

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I've only found two more vids which I still really like on rewatching:

• I Remember When, a nice overview of Spike's character, including some flashbacks all in chronological order.
  
• Jesus Walks A Gunn from Angel character study which captures him fairly well. His urban stoicism sits in contrast to the somewhat unrealistic angstiness of much of the series as a whole :)
  

Also, Fanvid Recs and a really long list of recs, this lj is also where I found....uh..nothing *cough*.

It would be kind of cool to have a compilation of the Angel/Spike/Dru/Darla story in order since the flashbacks are pretty much randomly scattered over the 13 years combined of Angel and Buffy.

Um..so...another recommendation. For, well..slash. In a totally non explicit sense because this is still me here, and the slash isn't why I like it though it does add a nicely subversive aspect given I can imagine CS Lewis's reaction.

Anyway: Too Young, Too Old: Edmund from "The Voyage of the Dawntreader", exploring some of the ideas Lewis totally didn't.

I know, it's appalling, I'm sinking into the morass and all attempts to extricate myself just drive me deeper...if I didn't know I'd be totally, amazingly bad at it there's this idea for a vid buzzing around in my brain I would make actual.

If you're curious: Angel, one of those songs which seems cheerfulish but when you listen really isn't (like "Wonderful" by Everclear, but maybe not so much with the child-of-divorce pov. Unless you made it Connor centric :)) Imagery from the many scenes where things look happy but aren't , intercut with the violence/badness underlying the situation, finishing with Wesley and Illyria-Fred from the final episode. eg Angels hallucinations, Gunn and Lynsdays "happy family", Cordelia and Connor, Jasmine, ah there were others I forget. Actually not that great an idea, but it appeals to me :)

Comments

[trs80.ucc.asn.au (from livejournal.com)]

I realise you probably won't know the answer to this, but why do so many fanvidders password protect their vids? This http://www.henryjenkins.org/2006/09/how_to_watch_a_fanvid.html also talks about it, but not why.

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Apparently there's a real problem with random people downloading all the vids off a site and putting them on YouTube or something, sometimes using bots. Also it is supposed to help prevent copyright holders coming down on the vidders, not sure it would. There may be other reasons.

[trs80.ucc.asn.au (from livejournal.com)]

And being on YouTube is a problem? Odd. Copyright problems is more understandable, but only from a "random copyright holder sees video" perspective than a targeted campaign against vidders.

[alias_sqbr]

I think part of it's the idea of losing control (and possibly perceived authorship) of your vid, but I find some of the attitudes of vidders/ficcers etc a little alien (though I'm sure they make sense in context), being an outsider.