rl, vid commentary comm, and birfday

[kiki_miserychic]

I started back at college and this is my last semester before I graduate with my Bachelor's Degree (yay accomplishment). It pretty much means the only thing I'm going to be doing for a while is going to classes and student teaching.

I've been meaning to make a post about vid_commentary, but never actually did it. I posted commentary for charmax's multifandom (Battlestar Galactica, Terminator: Sarah Connor, Terminator movies) vid, Unnatural Selection. Also, thuviaptarth posted commentary for my Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles vid, Ding! Dong!

I'm considering participating in Challenge 2: Combined Vidder & Viewer, but I can't figure out what I want to do for it. The idea is a comparison of point of view from creator and audience on a vid, which sounds like it could be incredible and enlightening.

Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes and the super cute virtual gifts (nursedarry, bop_radar, talitha78, and sol_se).

Comments

WHAT DON'T YOU FUCKING UNDERSTAND??

[bananainpyjamas.livejournal.com]

Bale Out!! If only because it has the best automatic commentary title ever.

Re: WHAT DON'T YOU FUCKING UNDERSTAND??

[kiki-miserychic.livejournal.com]

Hheheeh, that is a perfect commentary title, but I doubt people would be interested in the actual commentary

Re: WHAT DON'T YOU FUCKING UNDERSTAND??

[bananainpyjamas.livejournal.com]

You never know. I almost didn't include two of the top vote-getters in my poll as options because I figured no one would be interested. We probably have vidder-blinders on.

Re: WHAT DON'T YOU FUCKING UNDERSTAND??

[kiki-miserychic.livejournal.com]

Hmm, maybe. I might do a poll thingy too. I don't know, too many decisions. :)

Re: WHAT DON'T YOU FUCKING UNDERSTAND??

[0mindthegap0.livejournal.com]

Seeing a Bale Out commentary would definitely interest me. A lot.

Re: WHAT DON'T YOU FUCKING UNDERSTAND??

[kiki-miserychic.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, I might do one in the future when there's not so much focus on Dollhouse...

Re: WHAT DON'T YOU FUCKING UNDERSTAND??

[0mindthegap0.livejournal.com]

Oh, and happy birthday! ♥ That was a bit slow on the uptake, but oh well.

Re: WHAT DON'T YOU FUCKING UNDERSTAND??

[kiki-miserychic.livejournal.com]

:) Thank you.

[chaila.livejournal.com]

thuviaptarth's commentary made me realize how much awesome I was missing in that vid (which I already loved). Better late than never?

And Happy Birthday! :)

[kiki-miserychic.livejournal.com]

I'm loving all the commentaries and the thinky thoughts that are coming out of them. :)

Thanks!

[deathisyourart.livejournal.com]

The resulting shock wave brought about by Bale Out commentary would be EPIC! Hee!

I would be incredibly happy to have you participate in any way that you can; I know that school is going to be very busy for you this semester.

HAPPY FUCKING BIRTHDAY! \o/

[kiki-miserychic.livejournal.com]

LOL, I still want friends after they listen to the commentary.

I've only had one session with my advisor (we only meet Fridays), so I think I'm nervous and things are looking more difficult than they really are. I'm more than halfway done with one of my 3 week classes, so that's where most of my time is going.

I love swearing birthday messages!

[deathisyourart.livejournal.com]

I still want friends after they listen to the commentary
Really? Are you sure? Okay... I'll see if I can get someone to take the bullet on that one during the January viewer commentary challenge. *evil grin*

[kiki-miserychic.livejournal.com]

"I didn't come here to make friends!"

:)

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

Last semester, woot! :) I wish you much good studying. (And will try not to pester you with my fangirling too much. :p)

If you had any interest in writing about your Fall vid, I would, you know, love to write about it too. Just throwing it out there.
ETA'd to say, don't worry about it, I see your attentions may need to be, er, elsewhere. *glances up page* (And I haven't watched that vid yet: it's not personal.)

[kiki-miserychic.livejournal.com]

The studying part is mainly over! I'm student teaching, so no final exam per se, just bunches of evaluations. :)

My 3 week class is what's taking up my time, so I'll have more time after that's over. If you'd like to do The Fall vid with me, I'd totally be up for it. :)

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

You would? Are you sure you wouldn't like to do Bale Out? Don't feel pressured because I asked... I'm totally going to write commentary on it at some point regardless of whether you do. Promise!

[kiki-miserychic.livejournal.com]

I'm not doing Bale Out commentary for a while. I'm not sure I have enough to say about the vid, Once Upon A Time, so much as I have stuff to say about the movie, which doesn't fit the challenge. Seem how you're relaxed about it, is it ok it I don't do the challenge? I wouldn't have much to say, lol.

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

No prob at all! (And there is so much to say about that movie, yes, that I can see how it could easily veer off into that.)

[kiki-miserychic.livejournal.com]

:)

I know my tendency to go into tangents and the commentary would devolve into something very not what it's supposed to be. Mainly because I don't have defined thinky thoughts on the vid itself. It'd be mostly about the nature of storytelling and interaction.

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

Mmm, true... and knowing my love for the source I could get derailed into that as well. Wise rethink there! ;) I love what the film has to say about storytelling so much.

[laurashapiro.livejournal.com]

Eep! Happy Birthday! ::offers belatedcake::

[kiki-miserychic.livejournal.com]

MMmmmm, CAKE!

[jehnt.livejournal.com]

oh god, Unnatural Selection might just be my favorite fanvid EVER. Whenever I watch it, I always have to put it on repeat and go like five times in a row before I've had enough. There are VERY few vids that I watch like that.

Also happy belated birthday!

[kiki-miserychic.livejournal.com]

I adore Unnatural Selection and can watch it on repeat too. charmax also did Seven Nation Army (http://charmax.livejournal.com/122262.html), which has similar source. You might enjoy that one too.

Thanks!

[cathexys.livejournal.com]

My boys adore that one and so we watched both of them back to back several times :)

And then I had to tell them that they can't watch ANY of the sources (except for DW)

[kiki-miserychic.livejournal.com]

Yeah, T:TSCC and BSG and the Terminator movies could scar a child. My dad let me watch Silence of the Lambs when I was a kid and look what happened...

[cathexys.livejournal.com]

That's it! It's all Jodie's fault!!!! (oh, my foster icon's gone here...too bad :)

i can spell...honestly :)

[cathexys.livejournal.com]

Belated happy birthday! Do you know whom you'll be doing your commentary with? If you're looking for a viewer, I'd love to do that!

Re: i can spell...honestly :)

[kiki-miserychic.livejournal.com]

Thanks. :) I haven't decided if I'm doing one yet. Did you have a vid in mind? I'd have to think if I have enough to say in a commentary. I'm not a very word-oriented person.

Re: i can spell...honestly :)

[cathexys.livejournal.com]

No, anything not Heroes would be good I think. Of course my favorites I've already talked about or it just had a commentary (Ding Dong). Hey, how about the Dollhouse one???

Re: i can spell...honestly :)

[kiki-miserychic.livejournal.com]

lol, I'm holding off on the Dollhouse one until things have simmered down. I'd ratherhave angry villagers coming after me with pitchforks. :)

Re: i can spell...honestly :)

[cathexys.livejournal.com]

I was kinda afraid of that. Was it really that bad? Wow!!!

Hm...then you throw one out...

Re: i can spell...honestly :)

[kiki-miserychic.livejournal.com]

It didn't go over badly, but there would be issues if I explained everything behind it, I think. So when fandom has cooled down, I might.

Fiddle and the Drum? Maybe? I want to do one you're interested in.
http://kiki-miserychic.livejournal.com/156877.html

Re: i can spell...honestly :)

[cathexys.livejournal.com]

Oh, I remember that one...but somehow I never fully got there with that one. Lemme go through my HD and see what else of yours I'm really into :)

Re: i can spell...honestly :)

[kiki-miserychic.livejournal.com]

If you don't find something there's always other commentary challenges, so don't feel like you need to do one of mine.