CVV: Brick House (and Darkness, Darkness streaming version)

[gwyn]

A while ago during the 30 days of TV meme, I mentioned putting up a new streaming copy of Darkness, Darkness, the Miracles vid Jo and I made years ago. I had to post new vids for the VVC shows, so I figured I'd go ahead and put that up, since in recent months there've been a bunch of links to it (for reasons I'm not sure I know!). I haven't seen it in years, and I have to admit: that was a really good vid! ;-) I never say that about my stuff, but seeing it again after so long was kind of cool, like watching something done by someone else. I really should remaster that one, too.

And then there's this vid I made this year for Club Vivid. I have no idea if it's even showing tonight or not, but here it is, anyway! A thousand million thanks cubed to marycrawford for the Herc clips -- she is aces, people!

Since I don't know what the schedule is like this year, I have no idea when non-attending premieres is scheduled, so I don't know if I can post the Ratatouille vid I made for that show (or, again, if it's even in the show). OK! Will put that up later!

All vids are at my web site, of course, at Chez Vids. Because who knows how long Viddler space will last before I get TOSed or something.

Comments

Ooooooh...

[elke_tanzer]

Your new Club Vivid vid is made of shiny and awesome! YAY!!

Re: Ooooooh...

[gwyn]

Thank you! Yay, I'm glad you liked it! I wish so much I'd been there to see it play.

[ellie]

I love Darkness, Darkness.

[gwyn]

Thank you! Yeah, that's probably always going to be a favorite of mine, for sure.

[catwalksalone]

Yay, Gina Torres! Excellent way to start my weekend away, thank you!

[nagasvoice]

Second this motion. Excellent editing to the song, too.

[gwyn]

I think Gina Torres should be the start to every weekend! It's like better than beer o'clock!

[aka]

Gina Torres is amazing, and so are you for creating that aces vid! Love love love.

[gwyn]

Aw, thank you!! I'm so glad you enjoyed it -- I had a total ball making it, to be sure. I mean, how hard is it to work when you get to look at that face and bod all day?

[musesfool]

Gina Torres is awesome and so is that vid!

[gwyn]

She so is. It was not the usual burden to work on this vid, for sure -- she is one of my favorite women on the planet.

[zahrawithaz.livejournal.com]

Here via giandujakiss; love the Gina Torres vid! I especially love the intro, and the way you intercut reactions from other characters with her legs.

[gwyn]

Awesome, thank you so much for saying so, and taking the time to let me know! I just loved the way people often reacted to her in the things I used for clips; after a while, I realized exactly how that intro needed to start out. ;-)

just letting it all hang out

[kiki_miserychic]

GINA TORRES is a god. And everyone knows it.

Re: just letting it all hang out

[gwyn]

SHE SO TOTALLY IS. I do not understand why there aren't like shrines to her everywhere.

[kass]

OMG I loved your Club Vivid vid so much!!!

(And also, I missed you a ton this weekend.)

[gwyn]

I missed you too, so much. I just... I'm glad in some ways I didn't go, because there were people whose faces I just did not want to even look at, but the people whose faces I love were greatly missed. I don't think it was until people started posting from the con that I realized how much I missed it.

And I'm so glad people liked Brick House. I was worried, I tell you.

[thuviaptarth]

"Brick House" is awesome fun.

[gwyn]

Thank you so much!

[cee_m]

I missed Brick House at Club Vivid but this is MADE OF AWESOMESAUCE!!! So much amazing right there.

[gwyn]

I confess, my first thought when I saw where it was on the playlist was, oh crap, everyone will be gone to bed by then! I'm really glad, though, that people saw it at some point and liked it because I had so much fun making it and looking at Gina for, like, hours. Hardship. Total hardship!

[heresluck]

Holy crackers, "Brick House" is AMAZING. GINA FUCKING TORRES, ladies and gentlemen. Yowza.

I think what I love most is that you could totally have made a vid solely about how unbelievably freaking hot she is, and obviously that is important here, but it is ALSO a vid about what a badass she is, about how cool it is to see her wielding a sword or shooting a gun. And the character reactions are fantastic, especially in the intro but throughout; Wash's "...the place where her legs meet her back" is perhaps my personal favorite, but then I do have a soft spot for Firefly. Hee.

This is going straight onto my list of Vids That Make Me Feel Better When Life Sucks. Thank you so, so much for making and sharing it.

[gwyn]

Aw, you have no idea how happy this makes me. It totally is about how much I love her badass self -- I first fell in love with her because she was always in these shows playing really strong women, with weapons, and she just seemed so powerful in her sexuality and her strength and... well, dangerousness. I loved that about her so much. Even when she's playing desk jockeys or something, you just think, underneath that businesswear is a kickass woman who could fuck your shit up!

I knew Wash's line had to go on the 36-24-36 line -- even when I first was envisioning it as a multifandom femme heroes vid, I knew that was his line. ;-)

[purpleyin]

brickhouse is fab :)

[gwyn]

Sorry it took me so long to reply, but I did want to say thank you and I'm so glad you enjoyed it!

[obsessive24.livejournal.com]

Yay, CVV vid post! :D

I'm pretty sure Non Attending Premieres has been and gone, it was scheduled for 4pm today and hollywoodgrrl said on Twitter that she'd seen my non-attending premiere in the show, so I imagine yours would have shown as well. It got last billing on the playlist, if you didn't know already. :) (All the playlists are up at vividcon )

[gwyn-r.livejournal.com]

Awesome, thank you -- I guess you can tell this is my first year not making it, I didn't even think about the online schedule, I'm so used to getting there and getting my booklet. Sigh.

I've been trying to parse the meaning of being last on the playlist for both my premiering vids. My natural tendency is to think it means they're lame. ;-)

BTW, I LOVED your summary of the Wonka vid -- Smells like children. OMG, that is so wonderful.

[obsessive24.livejournal.com]

Are you kidding? Last billing is AWESOME. And I'm sure your vids were put there to let the shows end on a high note. It's total win. :D

Lol, my Wonka vid was heavily influenced by Marilyn Manson. It's actually the title of one of his albums.

[killabeez.livejournal.com]

OHHH pretty Darkness, Darkness. YAY. This makes me happy.

[gwyn-r.livejournal.com]

I really should recut it, you know? I think I'm just too lazy for my own good.

[kirbyfest.livejournal.com]

"Darkness Darkness" is awesome. I've shown it to many people who've never even watched Miracles and they love it.

[kirbyfest.livejournal.com]

Also, LOVE Brick House! So sorry I couldn't dance to it in person. :)

[gwyn-r.livejournal.com]

Yay! Man, I so wish I was there now, so I could have seen you.

[cesperanza.livejournal.com]

Drive by from shitty hotel wireless to say that Brick House ROCKED Club Vivid and was awesome! I loved it SO MUCH. <3

[gwyn-r.livejournal.com]

Oh, awesome, thank you for telling me that. Me being me, I have been trying to parse the meaning of having two premiering vids being the last premieres in their shows -- like, is it because they're lame and no one will be paying attention by then? That's how my mind works. I thought, wow, everyone will be in bed by the time Brick House would come on! I'm glad to know it was fun for people.

[cesperanza.livejournal.com]

It totally didn't get lost - I overheard other people talking about it at dinner also, and in the con suite ("why don't they build shows AROUND Gina Torres instead of having her star in everything ever--not that that's a bad thing!") Is one of the standout Club Vivid vids IMO! Also: great music!

brick house rocks

[valoise.livejournal.com]

Seriously, this is so awesome!

Re: brick house rocks

[gwyn-r.livejournal.com]

Yay, thank you so much! I'm so glad it didn't just disappear into the woodwork.

[tearful-eye.livejournal.com]

UNF, brick house is so awesome! gina torres ... *swoons* love it so! the song choice was perfect as well.

(& yay for the miracles vid <3 <3 )

[gwyn-r.livejournal.com]

Aw, thank you! I loved making it -- but that probably shows. ;-)

[counteragent.livejournal.com]

I LOVE YOU AND GINA TORRES. Great vid!!!

[gwyn-r.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! Muchas smooches to you, too -- man, I wish I'd been there, and could have taken some time to talk with you.

[renenet.livejournal.com]

OMG, I LOVE BRICK HOUSE, OMG! She's SO AMAZING! THANK YOU!!!

ETA: tiny suggestion, if you don't mind me mentioning--would you consider labeling each vid with what it is up there? I'm afraid that folks coming from VVC playlist links may be a bit baffled about whether they're in the right spot. Or is there a link other than this post that we should use for Brick House? Thanks! *mwah*

[gwyn-r.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I retitled the posts; I'm not sure it really matters, but there you go.

[danegen.livejournal.com]

Woohoo Gina Torres! Great song choice!

[gwyn-r.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! Wow, I see LJ has not been mailing me comments again... sorry for the delay. I really appreciate it!

[faos.livejournal.com]

"Hold on Tight" was just utterly adorable and "aaawwww"-inspiring. I haven't even seen the movie but it was perfectly easy to follow the narrative & emotional arc, and that was just an inspired song choice. Perfect ending to the Non-Attending Show!

And "Brick House".... Wow. The previous comments are right -- it totally rocked at Club Vivid. I actually liked it even better on replay, though. Easier to appreciate all the snappy gestures and editing. So, so cool!

[gwyn-r.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! I wish I could have been there to see you and Lys. There weren't a lot of people this year I really wanted to see, but you guys were two of them. I'm so glad that I at least got to be there in vidding spirit, though!