nightchik and I complied the Understanding Meta Vids (I C WHUT U DID THAR) vidshow (she ran the panel at VVC) for 2009 vividcon.

Vids that exist on a meta level, working in more ways than one, often suggesting a basis beyond the individual fandoms of the source andmore about a larger concept and/or fandom itself. Vids that go beyond the narrative of their source, commenting on the nature of that narrative, connecting with outside meanings, or placing the story in alarger culture context.

Everytime I thought we had a good description I'd realize it was excluding some type of meta or possibility for meta. I had no idea how tediously difficult it would be a write a definition for what meta vids are. We went for a wide range of meta topics, so I hope people didn't look at it and reject the vidshow in the basis that it's not what they consider to be meta. Meta has a wide variety of possibilities and these vids are some of them:

( On to the playlist! )

Questions? Comments? Suggestions? While this was the playlist for meta vids used in the vidshow, I encourage others to drop links in the comments to other meta vids. Feel free to spark discussions as well. I'm sure they'll be notes coming from the meta panel and I'd love for online discussion as well.

Ok, I've watched this video about ten times in the last two days. I have no idea exactly what makes it and Sara Schaefer so great, but I've watch it so many times that I need to pass it off to my flist: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBzOfUTGTts]


VID RECS:
butterfly's Jacob Marley's Chain (Merlin) - A haunting Uther vid with simmer and barely contained emotions in the languid editing.

charmax's Smile (Buffy and Angel) - BEWBS ARE KEWL in this cute and fun vid.

deirdre_c's Supernatural (In My Pants) (Supernatural) - You haven't lived until you've laughed with this vid.

millylicious's Pandora's Box (Heroes) - She is a sick genius and I loves it. The vid is so creepy and amazing that I want to have it's scary Elle and Sylar babies.
millylicious's Soldier (Merlin) - Quiet sadness soaks this Hunith vid right along the sheer joy and beauty.

obsessive24's Love Lockdown (Battlestar Galactica) - An amazing destruction and construction of Gina/Cain that uses repeated imagery to give a more full representation with limited source.

COMIC/COLLAGE:
dogeared and aesc's Escape Velocity (Stargate: Atlantis) - This blew my mind with creativity and innovation. It's set before 5x16 with the Vegas!verse that pays such mind to composition and interaction between text and image that I could stare it at.

Today I hit snooze for 4 hours. That is a new record for me. I'm glad that for the first time in months, I had nowhere important to be today.

Everyone should go enjoy heyiya's Battlestar Galactica flavored meta, Why I heart the Cylons: integrated meta, vid recs and notes on Sons and Daughters.

VID RECS:
Remember when I said that BSG was producing some of the greatest vids ever? Yep, it's still happening. chaila43's Cathedrals (Battlestar Galactica) - There have been many character studies of the woman of BSG, this one focuses on Three, Laura, and Caprica. There's an innocence to the editing that gives way to lovely lyric interpretations, clip choice, and an instinctual editing style. It's lush and languid in a way that allows the viewer to organically connect with the characters through their search.

sweetestdrain's Lágrimas (Supernatural) - The musicality is beautifully rendered with glitching and static noise. The whole piece is moody and sweetly creepy. It's a quiet story with well chosen scenes and shots from limited source.

vid title: She's Awesome!
music: "Glass Danse" by The Faint
source: Tank Girl, Lady Vengence, Kill Bill, Blade Runner, and Fay Grim.
duration: :41
summary: A multifandom love note in the form of a meta vidlet.
notes: Made for the multividious instrumental challenge.

download: 10mb avi via sendspace.

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Title: Hearing Only One True Note
Author: kiki_miserychic
Recipient: sheepfairy
Fandom: Battlestar Galactica
Rating: Explicit
Characters/Pairings: Boomer/Caprica
Timeline: In the slight gap between Exodus Part 1 and 2 (3x03 and 3x04)
Summary/Prompt: The world is moving beyond our grasp.
Written for hot_toaster in the Cylons vs. Humans INTERNATIONAL FEMSLASH DAY ficathon.

( Hearing Only One True Note )

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Title: I'm the One and Only Sound
Author: kiki_miserychic
Recipient: sheepfairy
Fandom: Battlestar Galactica
Rating: Explicit
Characters/Pairings: Natalie/the drowned 6
Timeline: Sometime between Exodus Part 2 (3x04) and Faith (4x08).
Summary/Prompt: If you can be good, you'll live forever / If you're bad, you'll die when you die
Written for hot_toaster in the Cylons vs. Humans INTERNATIONAL FEMSLASH DAY ficathon.

( I'm the One and Only Sound )

A few friends and I went out the other night not realizing that the holiday would effect bars. It was so empty and boring for the first half hour because there were 10 people in the whole place that I played I Spy with a guy down the bar. The owner felt bad, so he gave out free drinks and if it was boring after that, I didn't care or notice.

I made cupcakes today, which is a major thing for me. The first time I decided to make cupcakes I stood in the baking isle of the grocery store looking for cupcake mix for ten minutes. I ended up asking a stock boy where it was. Needless to say, he looked at me like I was made out of stupidity and said cupcakes are made from cake mix. So I've come a long way from that to making cupcake so good you'll suck dick.

VID RECS:
balistik94's Awakening (The Maxtrix Trilogy) - I love the sense of beat and editing. There's a strong stylization to the effects and use of them.
balistik94's Exterminating Son (Blade Trilogy) - I'm a little bit in viddinglove with balistik94. There's an amazing ability to get a feel for the music and the source with the pacing, editing, and just plain coolness inherent in the vid. It has some very cool musical edits.

humansrsuperior's end. (Doctor Who) - Interesting concept that ties everything together and it fits perfectly. The effects are soft and organic. A whole mood is created with the music, clip choice, visuals, and audio work.

jagwriter78 and rhoboat's Anything the Doctor Can Do... (Doctor Who) - EHehehhe, I still have a huge doofy smile on my face from watching this vid.

ladymajavader's Powrót (The Return) (Multi) - I think everyone will see something a little different when they watch this vid, but it will be beautiful.

tearful_eye's Promises, Promises (Torchwood and Doctor Who) - Excellent jumpcuts that really create a taped together atmosphere. It's like the pieces of Ianto put back together with some of them covered by Jack.

thedothatgirl's Venus in Furs (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) - A disturbingly hot vid with great song choice, concept, music matching, structure, and black and white.

Mondays are now my favorite day of the week. I get up super early (or just stay up all night) to go to McDonald's with my grandparents. There's a group of people from their church that meet at 6am for 2 hours to have coffee and talk. There's usually a dozen senior citizens (I call them cool old people in my head, but that might be offensive...) and every once in a while a younger person comes along. I totally love going. Everyone is so happy sweet. It's pretty much just the people I miss from when I went to church. For me, it's as close as I'll get to going back to church. I take my sketchbook, talk, listen, and drink a hugemongous caramel iced coffee.

The funniest part is how my grandfather goes to the register before we leave to pay. He's the only person I have ever heard of that can run a tab at McDonald's. It blows my mind how he's such a baller that he can get coffee for me, himself, and my gramma; 2 cherry pies for us to split; and an occasional cinnamon roll for my gramma and not pay until later. They were training a new clerk this morning, so when he listed off everything, she turned around to collect the items, but the other clerk explained that he already had his order and he was paying for it before he left. The girl was as amazed as I was the first time I went.

VID RECS:
arefadedaway's The Bells (Doctor Who) - A beautiful opening and bringing the Doctor fully in with the rising of the music. Great pacing and clip choice, as well as interesting parallels and overall progression. It never stops being awesome.

tallulah71's Hera has Six Mommies (Battlestar Galactica) - A beautiful interpretive dance-like vid about how the 6 women come together to form Hera. Just as Hera is the shape of things to come, I think this vid is the shape of things to come as well. There's an elegance of execution, planning, and forethought. It's a complex and interesting study. The remix track used brings in many layers of the songs all come together in the same way that all the women, Cylon and human, come together in the devastation and culmination of gaining and losing Hera.

tzegha's Dirty Hole (Life) - Kickass editing, inspired clip choice, and amazing thesis. It's about Charlie, his prison; Dani, her prison; Ted, his prison; and all the things that signify them.

sapote3's The Test (Torchwood) - It's like there Gwen and Tosh and this vid is the line between them.
sapote3's Teeth in the Grass (Doctor Who) - While it may shatter any illusions as to how awesome it would be to travel with the Doctor as a Companion, the music matches are excellent and there's beautiful moment in the 1:40s to watch for.

vid title: so say we all I (Handlebars)
music: "Handlebars" from The Flobots
fandom: Battlestar Galactica
duration: 3:38
spoilers: First 10 episodes of season 4.
summary: I can ride my bike with no handlebars.
notes: I'm only partially crazy and this proves it. Who has two thumbs and would release a vid at 2am on a Saturday night? *points thumbs at self* This vidder. This is the first in a series of Battlestar Galactica vids I'm planning, so wee!

download: 30mb avi via sendspace and BAM vid vault stream.

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I participated in the illustrative typography challenge over at artword with bergann, so check it out:

title: Blue
music: Winter's Love by Animal Love
fandom: Stargate: Atlantis
duration: 4:55
notes: I used BBC idents, a deleted scene from Battlestar Galactica, photos from Joe Mallozzi's blog, a Stargate: Atlantis screencap, and some traditional art of my own. Created using Adobe Photoshop and Sony Vegas.

download: artword post
stream via imeem
30mb xvid avi via mediafire

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The Fifth Wheel (in which I flail over all the pretties from The Fourth Wall as I plow through them):

Mister Anderson's Every Penguin Dance Now (Happy Feet) - Throughly enjoyable, Extremely well executed lip sync-ing, great rhythm in the editing and motion, and completely adorable. I love the slides on the snow at about 3:00.

meivocis's The Noose (Heroes) - There's something about it that I love, but I can't put my finger on it. The editing is odd and off kilter in a meaningful and interesting way. The clip choices and the use of the source with the music is insipred. All that comes together into an amazing vid.

winterevanesce's Sick (Resident Evil Trilogy) - Holy crap, this vid is so kick ass. There's great clip choices and the coloring and effects, which are grossly awesome. Using the remix version of the song is fantastic.

cherryice's Only (Battlestar: Galactica) - The way all the characters are weaved together in such a complex web is amazing. There's deep thought put into it and amazing motion. I don't really have the words to express myself, suffice to say: lksajfldlkeyboardsmashofamazingnessadf.

gigglemonster's The Scars of All I'll Ever Know (Supernatural) - The layering conveys so much meaning in so little time. Also, yay for manip smooches. The coloring and effects are so pretty and the AU comes across beautifully.

vid title: I Trust Nathan Fillion to Tell Me Everything I Need to Know About White Noise 2
music: 46 Bliss' The Way You Are, Clint Mansell's First Snow, Daniel Licht's Fight, Muse's Sunburn, Neutral Milk Hotel's King of Carrot Flowers, Pts. 2-3, and Nine Inch Nails' My Violent Heart.
fandom: White Noise 2
duration 9:22 (not a typo)
summary: An extremely experimental study in viewership... which means you don't need to have watched the movie to watch the vid. It will spoil you for the movie, but as the title says, I trust Nathan Fillion to tell me everything I need to know about White Noise 2.

download: 40mb xvid avi via mediafire and 60mb avi via sendspace and BAM vid vault stream.

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A handful of long overdue VID RECS:
charmax's Cry Me a River (Lost and Delirious) - Blissful editing that contains so much pain and love.

gigglemonster's Breathe Me (Friday Night Lights) - With such texture and effects, it feels light, yet heavy in a meaningful way.

keewick's Recessional (Dead Like Me) - Beautiful and understated editing that emphasizes the quiet motion and natural connections.

kuwdora's Reinvent Yourself (Heroes) - Great motion, use of beat, and pacing.

special_trille's Twist (Dexter) - A bittersweet mixture of music and source with blissful use of beat and lyrics.

crickets's Karma Police (Battlestar Galactica) - After watching 4x01 of BSG, I went back to watch some Final Four vids and fell in love with this interestingly distorted and desolately disjointed (yet connected) look at the Final Four.

tearful_eye's Back Then (Doctor Who) - Lovely editing style, song choice, and a killer piano section.

wistful_fever's Four Years (Stargate: Atlantis) - A comprehesive and graceful exploration of Sheppard/McKay.

My New Years Eve was rather crappy, so I’m going to pretend that 2008 begins on January 2, so that my year doesn’t start horribly. Please indulge me in this delusion.

I think a softer world sums it up fairly well.

( real life resolutions )

( fannish and vidding resolutions )

Thanks, charmax, I love my 2008 glasses. :)

My finger is doing much better, so to celebrate I made an LOLCAT complete with bad spelling:


Best news today: Tim Burton to direct Alice in Wonderland. In my mind it's the perfect fit. I can't wait to see who Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter play. I think Ellen Page would make an interesting Alice, but no one agrees with me.

All of my holiday cards were so wonderful. I have to make another memoboard because I still have more to put up.


( My Holiday Loot )

I've finished all my finals, having e-mailed my ten page one last night and did my Religion one this morning. I feel so much lighter.

When we started putting up the Christmas tree I was excited, but I got irrationally pissed off after, then I wanted to cry. I've had some shitty Christmas holidays, so maybe I'm trying to hard to have a good one. Whatever, bring on the eggnog!

Working with high quality vid source is a lot different than what I'm used to working with. I never realized that my source is semi-shitty. I have 30GB on my laptop for my next vid, which is a Christmas vid. Not exactly a happy cutesy Christmas vid, but as close as I can allow myself to get. Of course just as I'm gearing up to start my Christmas vid I get an idea for a another one. It's a really screwed up Supernatural one that will offend a few people, so I'm thinking I'll stick with the one I've started.

VID RECS:
Abbey's Better Off (due South) - There's so much action, quirky editing, energy, building tension, and excellent motion that I must warn that it may give you a heart attack.

Dayln's The Scars of All I'll Ever Know (Supernatural) - Beautiful manipulating, coloring, effects, and layering that conveys so much meaning.

hollywoodgrrl's (Boulevard of) Broken Songs (Doctor Who) - An amazing vid that takes the concept of a mashup and runs with it to awesometown.

KC's Battlestar Inferno (Battlestar Galactica) - Colorful fun with effects, beats and handclapping.

My Thursday night classes are cancelled for the rest of the semester and the final is over e-mail because the professor's father is dying. My Teaching and Learning Process class already had the final, so we just have class. My Literacy class finished early too. For those finals I have a 103% and a 92%, respectively. On the tenth I find out my grades for my student teaching because I did the final early because my cooperating teacher is having surgery. I'm not worried about that grade because I rocked it. Out of a 200 point scale I was marked off one for not wearing dress shoes. My CT said to wear tennis shoes in case I needed to run after a child. Even after I explained the situation she still marked me off. I think my professor was offended by my chucks. In the grand scheme of things, it's only a half of a percent and I know it isn't an issue.

Michael Showalter toured blogs and stopped at stereogum to talk about music

( I has thinky thoughts on Adrian Pasdar in relation to vidding. Let me show you them. )

VID RECS:
Abbey's Half-Boyfriend (House) - I love everything from start to finish, from the sheer musicality of the editing to the pacing.

buffyann's When the Sun Goes Down (Queer as Folk) - Sparkly, flashy, colorful, motion-filled, flow-y goodness.

dualbunny's Cuz I Can (Battlestar Galactica) - I can't believe I've never has this in my recs. Prepare for your mind to be blown.

pinkfinity's Faith (Heroes) - A season two Peter/Nathan vid that it too adorably cute for it's own good.

lcsbanana's La Resistance (Heroes) - Too perfect lyric matches that make my face hurt from smiling.

meivocis's The Noose (Heroes) - There's something about this vid that grabs me. It may be the odd editing or the off kilter nature of the vid that makes it meaningful and interesting.

ryty's melancholia (Multi) - This was done as a film studies thingy for his class "Age of Melancholy" and it made me flipping depressed for the entire vid and for about twenty minutes afterward.

Vid Title: Ain't No Reason
Vidder: kiki_miserychic, miserychic47@hotmail.com
Musical Artist: Brett Dennen
Fandom: Battlestar Galactica: Razor
Characters: Kendra, Cain, Gina, Kara
Summary: A character and relationship study of the women of Battlestar Galactica: Razor.

Download:
30mb, avi download, via mediafire
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My friends and I were out Friday at the lamest bar known to man. It was a friend of a friends' birthday, so we took her out. Of course my stupid self didn't know her dad was the mayor of my town. I am made of epic fail. She's fun, but I wish I'd known before. That way I wouldn't have done half the things I did. It was her first time in a club so we took her to a tame one. No gay bars. :)

My grandparents are on vacation again, which means I'm cooking Thanksgiving Slapsgiving dinner for the family... If you don't hear from me it's because I burned my house down. Seriously. I didn't know it took days to defrost a turkey and I'm thinking about taking my mini-blow torch to it.

LINKS:
Celebrating Kandy Fong: Founder of Fannish Music Video
David Hewlett's cutest use of a baby
Hayden Panettiere is 18, so it's ok to drool a bit now

VID RECS:
astartexx's Jesus Christ [alt: Wood and Nails] (Supernatural) - Every choice made by the vidder feels right from the black and white to the editing choices to the clip choice to the framing to the use of the lyrics to everything. It makes my heart squeeze tight. After this vid I think I need a hug as much as Dean does.

butterfly's Digging the Heroine (Heights) - It's understated, like the movie itself. The vid weaves come of the threads from the movie together.

gwyneth and jo's I Remember (Charlie Jade) - Striking and stark visuals with a harsh mood. Don't let lack of fandom knowledge keep you away.

Eunice's And She Was (Doctor Who) - This is the Rose I remember and love.
Eunice's Don't Touch That Dial (Doctor Who) - This is my Martha.

Jessie's The River (Angel/Buffy the Vampire Slayer) - Smart use of the lyrics and quick editing with the drumbeats.

kazbaby's Eurydiceverse (Stargate: SG-1) - A layered and moody vid with so much under the surface.

kitty's On Top (Supernatural) - Great use of outtakes and other footage to create a cute and vaguely homicidal vid with a heart of gold.

Speranza's Lifetime Piling Up (Stargate: Atlantis) - Nice jump cutting, witty use of the lyrics, overlays, and creation of mood. It's adorable and endearing.

Via slodwick, amazing typopgraphy that will brighten up your day:

My lesson rocked the cashbah today at preschool. Next week there's no school for Thanksgiving, so I'll have plenty of time to finish all my papers for my classes.

I has vidding awards, let me show you them: Stronger Forest got Best Editing, Best Music Use RU, and Best Character for Round 8 and Best Editing RU and Best Character RU for BOTB R1 at Driver Picks The Music Vidding Awards

My grandparents came back from their vacation and it's like I'm suffocating again. It's like there no oxygen left for me in the room.

On the art side of things, Jen Stark does some truely lovely work with paper.


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Six and Starbuck are getting it on the glowy swirly supernova.