New Buffy- and Angelverse vid

[gwyn]

I've been trying to get a decent compression with Divx avi for a while now on this vid, but it isn't happening, and between my constant gallbladder attacks (of which I'm having one right now, arg) and feochadn's schedule, we haven't been able to try her setup out to see if we'll get something better. So, in the meantime, I'm putting up an old-fashioned MP4 with a small 320x240 window. I'm sorry for the tiny size, but it is a lot clearer than what I'm getting with Divx right now. Whenever Jo and I can figure out a better format, I'll put that up, but in the meantime, I hope you can enjoy this even though it's small.

This is just the silly fluff. About a year ago I put up a poll for what vid I should do next, and the "lightweight, humorous Buffy and Angel all-cast vid" won by a longshot. I didn't feel up to making it then, but I finally got around to it. ETA: In my pain from last night, I forgot to acknowledge mlyn for creating the little animation on the credits, and killabeez for the beta.

Female of the Species
Artist: Space
File: QT 32MB
They're the women of the Buffyverse. You got a problem with that?

Vids page is here. Still passworded, but here it is:
The user is gwyn, PW: cymru

Comments

[minim_calibre]

I just rewatched Teacher's Pet last night, so this vid made me grin huge grins.

Love the final shot you chose, too.

[elz.livejournal.com]

YAY! I love this one so much. It's just perfect and fun and awesome, and I have a huge grin on my face.

[voleuse.livejournal.com]

Heeeeeee. This is sweet, and really fun. I am especially captured by the shot of Oz & Willow, around 2:32 (ish). Thanks for sharing this!

[mlyn.livejournal.com]

God, has it really been a year since that poll?

I'm glad you did finally get this made, because I think it's really successful and will go over well at any Buffyverse fan gathering. Congrats on finishing!

[smithereen.livejournal.com]

I really like this. The black and white bits are fantastic, and the music choice really works amazingly for me with the silent film feeling of those parts. Not that it doesn't work in general, because it does...but I especially love it there because it's kind of unexpected. I think you did a great job with the whole thing. It's tons of fun to watch.

[kassrachel.livejournal.com]

Oh, this is just fabulous!

I love the transitions from the sort of grainy, silent-film-looking black-and-white into color (and back to b-&-w, and then back to color) -- that contrast between the two visual styles really tugs at me in interesting ways.

(And having just seen S1 for the first time, I giggled a lot at the clips from "Teacher's Pet" and -- oh, what's the one where Amy's mother is dropping Barbie figures into the cauldron? well, anyway, my point was, recognizing context makes everything funnier.)

And wow, the male characters on Buffy take quite a beating, don't they? And that's without even some of the darker and more sexual stuff between Buffy and Spike -- which I'm glad you didn't include, actually, because it would have changed the feel of the vid in weird ways.

In a word: lovely!

[killabeez.livejournal.com]

I really like the changes that you made. :-) Thank you! And the ending is just perfect.

I wish you were feeling better. {{{{{{hugsyou}}}}}}

Female of the Species

[laurashapiro.livejournal.com]

So much fun!

I love some of the more unexpected clip choices, like Ripper jumping happily when Buffy punches Ethan, and Oz gobsmacked by Willow on Halloween. And the final clip is just *perfect* -- it's a very powerful ending.

::glee:: My show!

[anoel.livejournal.com]

Ooh this is so cool. I love how you captured all the great female moments, lots of fun clips and sexy ones all together. I really enjoyed this!

[ficbyzee.livejournal.com]

That was so cute. I loved seeing all the girls of Buffy and Angel together like that--there aren't enough vids that cross over the two shows, imo. (And thank you for putting up an .avi file; I couldn't get the quicktime file to play on my computer when you first announced this.)

[aycheb.livejournal.com]

Just downloaded the big version of this. Sighs and collapses into puddle of happy Buffy memory goo. Joyce! With an axe! Giles walking into a tree!

You know I think it’s as much the male reactions as the female actions that make the vid. My current favourite is the cut from Spike stalking Buffy for the first time to Glory’s minions coming over all dreamy but Angel’s facial contortions in response to Queen C of Pylea come a close second.

[soundingsea.livejournal.com]

Ooh, lighthearted and cute! I like! :)

[par-avion.livejournal.com]

Hey sweetie - I'm planning a vid rec post that will link to this entry. Not sure if you want to leave the pw up or not! (And feel free to delete this comment too).

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

that's so much fun! Delightful!