Vid Polling

[andraste]

I have had my shiny computer set up for one week now, and I now have a trial version of Premiere CS3 downloading and installed, hooray! Which brings me to my current inquiry.

[Poll #1255627]

It is kind of awesome to be working on a light, funny vid where I can contemplate including gratuitous nudity. So often I end up cutting this kind of thing out. I mean, Jack makes out with people in A Thousand Suns, but nowhere near as many people as he could have done. Which reminds me of one of the great lessons I have learned while vidding: sometimes actors are too hot.

For a long time, there was a shot of Jack Harkness pulling Susie's body out of cold storage in End of the World News. It would have been thematically relevant and it was a good clip, except that the good captain was bent over. After much messing around with the draft, I realised that if John Barrowman's arse was pointing at the camera, nobody would be paying attention to the lyrics, let alone my Srs Bizness themes.

Similarly, American Tune intially included, I think, every clip of Jack Bristow - what is it about guys called Jack? - in handcuffs/tied up from the first three seasons. It took me a while to realise that half of them had NOTHING to do with what the vid was trying to say and were just there for reasons of kink. (I don't even remember which episode it is from Season One where he's in a pale suit and gets tied up and interestingly rumpled, but that was the last one to get cut.)

I think the most important thing in vidding is to stay on message at all times - if your message is that guys called Jack are hot (has someone made that vid?) you can have all the arses pointed at cameras and bondage you want. Otherwise, it is always a bad idea to get off topic when you only have four minutes or so to make your point.

One of these days, I should just make a drool vid. It would have way too much Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, though.

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

It would have way too much Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, though.

Is there such a thing as too much Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart?

[andraste]

Is there such a thing as too much Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart?

Possibly I should make the vid and find out!

In I, Claudius there is a character who kills her husband so she can continue having sex with Patrick Stewart. If ever there was a justifiable homicide ...

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

Possibly you should. *nods a lot* And heh, justifiable homicide is right. ...Wait, I, Claudius was Derek Jacobi, right? So you're telling me there's an episode with Derek Jacobi and Patrick Stewart in it? Scuse me, I need to go check Netflix. (I typed "Netfix" first. That may be more accurate.)

[andraste]

...Wait, I, Claudius was Derek Jacobi, right? So you're telling me there's an episode with Derek Jacobi and Patrick Stewart in it?

I, Claudius is television at it's best - some of the sets may look a little dated in a post-Gladiator world, but the writing and acting are top-notch throughout.

Also, Patrick Stewart wears a tunic. This is very important.

(I typed "Netfix" first. That may be more accurate.)

Hee. In Australia, we have Quickflix instead, and I know just what you mean.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

Writing and acting are way more important than sets. And the importance of Patrick Stewart in a tunic should not be overlooked. *nods*

[jhall1.livejournal.com]

I imagine that Matt Keeslar is American, so that his right to bare arms is enshrined in his country's constitution. :)

[andraste]

I imagine that Matt Keeslar is American, so that his right to bare arms is enshrined in his country's constitution. :)

He is indeed, and the character he plays exercises his rights with laser guns and truth bombs on a weekly basis *g*.