Vid Show -- Call for Vids

[arysteia.livejournal.com]

Hello dear ones,

This is a call a) to attendees, but also b) to those who can't come but would like to have their names mentioned vicariously (and a tear shed) all the same.

I would like recommendations (and links!) to fanvids for the vid show.

Criteria for 2008:

1) Innovation -- while there's always room for old favourites, I largely *have* most old favourites. Not least the archival disks from g/t's past (thanks erilyn), but also a substantial collection of my own. I'd really like recs that most of us *haven't* seen a hundred times. That doesn't mean it has to be a new fandom, but a new vid in an old fandom would be preferable to a golden oldie.

2) Format -- please if at all possible avi files are best and easiest. Another plus for newer vids is the death of ram, wmv etc. Yay! But mov still makes my laptop sad. Apparently my new laptop not so much.

3) Fandom -- obviously pimp your own fandom, but if there's anything cool from elsewhere send that too. Multi-fandom vids are always good. I'd like more range, with an emphasis on individual quality rather than the complete oeuvre of one artiste.

4) Content -- slash, gen, humour, anything goes. Got porn cut in? So be it. We're all adults. Though I will warn for any delicate flowers. Less is more, and epic eight minute vids tend to lose people.

Please link me in a comment so I can download the files and assemble all in advance. If there's anything that's *not* generally available on the net that you're in a position to upload somewhere for me, that'd be awesome.

Comments

[angel-a.livejournal.com]

Am I too late???

[arysteia.livejournal.com]

Nope. You coming dude?

[angel-a.livejournal.com]

Just trying to organise the time off. doing a shift swap, but yes I would like to come. :)

[sethra2000.livejournal.com]

Weeee, look forward to seeing you there if you make it.

[arysteia.livejournal.com]

Any progress? Can you make it? Do you need accommodation?

[angel-a.livejournal.com]

Rahhhh!! Just got confirmation of my swap today!!! yes I need accomodation for Friday and Saturday night. I will be trying to leave on sunday afternoon!!

[woolly-socks.livejournal.com]

My vid must-sees of the past year:

Anything the Doctor can do (http://jagwriter78.livejournal.com/214752.html) Doctor/Master
Oh Canada (http://community.livejournal.com/everydamnthing/12573.html) Multifandom, C6D (which I know you don't dig, sorry)

There's also the BEST DOCTOR/MASTER VID EVER MADE, 45eugenia's "Angel", but the post is now flocked. I have a copy that I can upload, but.. what is the etiquette on showing vids that are flocked now but were public at the time I downloaded them?

[arysteia.livejournal.com]

I don't even know what C6D *is*, let alone have an opinion of it!

As far as I'm concerned, the rule is the same as for a book/movie that has its rating changed/is withdrawn from publication. The original copies don't get recalled. That said, my *etiquette* is that you don't hand it round, so maybe link me to it privately rather than publicly (a breach for sure), and I'll show it but not disseminate it? How's that for a compromise? Especially if it's THAT good, and why haven't I seen it?

[woolly-socks.livejournal.com]

Weeeeell, I don't want to hype it too much or anything.... but it's the hottest vid I've ever seen. Damn it's hot. It's got a sprinkling of porn, but that's not why it's so hot.

Other people may disagree, or maybe it wasn't recced widely because of the porn?

I'll upload it later after I get home from the appointment that I am now late for. :-)

[morebliss.livejournal.com]

I'm on her flist, so can ask her if you like. I'm sure she'd be chuffed to know we're watching as a group!

[arysteia.livejournal.com]

Turns out I actually do have it, so it must be publicly available somewhere... I think I got it from a comm, and very recently. So we're okay.

[woolly-socks.livejournal.com]

That sounds good. I was going to suggest asking her directly.

Be sure to gush at her about how frickin great the vid is!

[arysteia.livejournal.com]

Ahahahhahahah!!!!1!

I *do* have it. *feels honour is assuaged*

The more you described it, the more I recognised it. All good then.

[woolly-socks.livejournal.com]

Ahhh, good! Because my download failed anyway. The internets is playing silly buggers.

It is a very good vid, is it not? It helps that that is one of my favourite songs in the entire world.

[arysteia.livejournal.com]

It is indeed!!!

I don't think I actually *knew* the song before... One of the things I love about great vids is that I discover new music too.

[woolly-socks.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I love that too! And then you associate the song with the character/pairing/show, which I also kind of love.

[stickmarionette.livejournal.com]

I will probably return to spam with more, but for now:

A Little Less Conversation (http://mamoru22.livejournal.com/61733.html), Boston Legal. :D

[arysteia.livejournal.com]

Wicked. Keep spamming.

Do you think you'll be escaping the wilds of academe for the weekend? *crosses fingers and holds breath*

[stickmarionette.livejournal.com]

I'll try, definitely. It would be so nice to get away for a weekend.

[stickmarionette.livejournal.com]

Have you got the Ten vid Moons of Jupiter? If not, I'll upload it, because I can't find the original link but it's so adorable.

Are Star Wars vids okay? I've got one that I really love, but it's wmv format - I'll convert it to avi and upload it if the fandom's not too old skool. *g*

Also: All the Small Things (http://tds-smallthings.angelfire.com/), an adorable Daily Show vid. Unfortunately it's wmv, so let me know if you need help converting to avi.

[arysteia.livejournal.com]

1) No I haven't.

2) Of course they are. Paradoxically vids from *old* fandoms are likely to be "new" to most of us too.

3) If you can convert them easily it would be one less chore for me... *bats eyelashes*

[stickmarionette.livejournal.com]

Affirmation (http://butterfly.livejournal.com/1195139.html), a Doctor Who/Torchwood vid full of warm fuzzies.

A touching and lovely Torchwood vid (http://andrastewhite.livejournal.com/421090.html) - beware s2 spoilers.

I uploaded Moons Of Jupiter (http://rapidshare.com/files/143553165/DW_-_Moons_of_Jupiter__Ten_.avi), and All the Small Things (http://rapidshare.com/files/143558312/TDS_allthesmallthings.wmv.AVI), and that Star Wars vid (http://rapidshare.com/files/143564470/Star_Wars_-_Father_Figure.wmv.AVI).

Okay, I'll stop now. :D

[arysteia.livejournal.com]

My hero!

No, don't stop...

Well. If anything else that *must* be seen occurs to you, do let me know. :-D

[china_shop]

Eeeee, BL vid! \o/

[stickmarionette.livejournal.com]

I thought it would be appropriate considering the BL pimping that's gone on at previous g_t years. :D

[china_shop]

Very Successful BL pimping! :-)

[morebliss.livejournal.com]

This is one of my favs. (http://community.livejournal.com/nomorewolfie/35152.html) I will link some others later. xo

[arysteia.livejournal.com]

So cuuuute!

[morebliss.livejournal.com]

I wants him for my own.

[morebliss.livejournal.com]

Okay, this vid (http://community.livejournal.com/everydamnthing/14821.html) is pure sex. Canon slash is so hot. If I was going to pimp Queer as Folk (US) I would probably just show this vid. ;)

[china_shop]

Have you got Channel Hopping (SPN) and Origin Stories (BtVS/AtS)? (I can give them to you on a flashdrive, if not.)

I'm not sure there've been a lot of new DS vids lately, so I might have to agitate for a waiver of the "innovation" clause. Can I? Just for one or two?

[arysteia.livejournal.com]

Nope. Flash me on Thursday!

I guess under "Innovation" for old fandoms maybe I mean: Not those same ones that are on every g/t disk since time began! Seriously.

[china_shop]

In that case, it might be a matter of looking to older stuff rather than newer. ;-) I've completely lost track of what ones we've watched before. If you have a moment sometime, could you check? *looks hopeful*

Pros, of course

[kiwisue.livejournal.com]

Since I skipped a year, I'm not sure if everyone has seen the remastered version of "Detachable Penis". I remember watching in on very scratchy vid in 2006. It's a hoot.

Also, gwyn_r's vid, Broken English (http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/vids/BrokenEnglish.php) (quite dark).

Another one I'm thinking of was a Sweet Charity offering by Ancastar, very sweet & slashy - I could get a copy from the winning bidder.

And Crimson37's 30 year vid also very cool.

[sethra2000.livejournal.com]

Pretty much anything by Wolfpup for Supernatural, my fav's being Bitch, Run Through The Jungle, Desporado, Broken... I could go on. Unfortunately they are all in wmv format *sigh*

Facepalm, forgot the link duh!

http://wolfpupsden.us/