2018 vidding meme

[gwenfrankenstien]

REALLY productive year on this front.

January
War Baby
February
Me And My Girlfriend
State of Seduction
March
Bright Blue Rose
Good For Your Soul
Locomotion
Undead
Princes Of The Universe
I Had A King
April
The Killing Moon
May
Our Lady of the Harbour
July
Why Can't We Go On?
Someone You've Never Met Before
August
Johnny Get Your Gun
I Hear My Voice
Hippie Boyfriend
September
I'm Not Going To Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance
October
Monarch (Lay Your Jewelled Head Down)
It's All Been Done



My favourite video this year (of my own): Proudest of War Baby & I Hear My Voice; rewatch Me And My Girlfriend and Princes Of The Universe most often.

My least favourite video this year: Why Can't We Go On?, an experiment in vidding an ot3 that basically share no screen time. I do think the source is the problem here, rather than any fault of my own, but the end result is just not very good.

Most successful video: State of Seduction (most kudos, most tumblr notes, one of what I would consider my most artistically successful attempts this year)

Video most under-appreciated by the universe, in my opinion: Someone You've Never Met Before. I can't believe there isn't a Norma Rae fandom, this unresolved romantic tension is incredible, love this Jewish socialist manic pixie dream boy.

Most fun video: Princes of the Universe is most fun to watch, State of Seduction was most fun to make.

Video with single sexiest moment: the corset sequence in Me And My Girlfriend. Also everything about State of Seduction because this ship hits me directly in the id.

Biggest vid fail: Prof. Marston & I, Tonya vid concepts that have been stewing since the films premiered at TIFF have still failed to materialise.

Hardest video to make: AHAHAHAHA. Pieces of Johnny Get Your Gun have been in my head since Trigger and Hard Core Logo 2 premiered at TIFF like..... seven/eight years ago. That vid is the reason I started learning vidding. I don't think the finished version is perfect (is a premieres vid ever perfect?) but I'm so happy I was able to get the idea out of my head and out into the world.

Most unintentionally telling video: Unintentionally? Monarch. Totally expected someone would guess the San Junipero one was me, didn't think Monarch particularly had my signatures! I do think between Monarch and I Had A King I'm probably done with Labyrinth for the foreseeable future.

Last year's goals:

- Go to the last vividcon -- Check! This was loads of fun and I wish I'd been able to come to more! Also really helped me feel part of the vidding community, I always sort of conceive of myself as a weird interloper in basically any established social group but people were SO nice, open, and welcoming. Also, Chicago is a cool city and I want to go back when I can spend more time actually checking out the sights.
- Vid more f/f -- Check! Four this year to two last year. Ended up vidding more het than I expected this year though!
- Tonya and Prof. Marston drafts -- Still working on these.

Goals for 2019:

- Try more constructed reality stuff. Did this with Hippie Boyfriend but it was a little clumsy, want to try again.
- Keep submitting vids to cons, even though I don't think attending any is feasible right now
- Try vidding some less conventional sources (book? comic?)

Comments

[aurumcalendula]

Ooh! I definitely need to rewatch these!