Hey look I managed to Festivid this year. And I'm starting to feel semi-comfortable with my new vidding software, even, though it still has one particular quirk that makes me want to chuck things out windows. But anyway.

And hey look it's NOT a Vienna Teng song this year!

If you never got around to watching "Fire Island" on Hulu, consider this your prompt. Gay Asian-American retelling of Pride & Prejudice filled with queer joy, highly recommend.


if i were a fish
edited by kaydee falls

fandom: Fire Island (2022)
music: corook ft. Olivia barton
summary: I found you, now I'm not scared. (The power of queer friendship! And romance, too, I guess.)
download: Mediafire (.mp4, 73 MB)
Also on AO3 | Tumblr

It's Festivids reveal day! This is one of the silliest vids I've ever made, and I enjoyed myself tremendously. (I also made the entire vid in one long sitting, which is a testament to how much fun I had.)

Muppets Treasure Island is one of my wife's all time favorite movies, and I'm not gonna lie, she suggested at least three of the funniest lyric/visual mashups in this.


Money (Makes the World Go Around)
edited by kaydee falls

fandom: Muppets Treasure Island
music: "Money", Cabaret 1998 Broadway cast (feat. Alan Cumming)
summary: That clinking, clanking sound can make the world go 'round.
download: Mediafire (.mov, 66 MB)
Also on AO3 | Tumblr

Festivids reveals! I can't believe I got lucky enough to match with such_heights, because man, there is no one I would rather make a vid for. ♥

Also, obvious reveal is obvious. A Vienna Teng vid? By me? You don't say.


Let Me Go
edited by kaydee falls

fandom: Moana
music: "Copenhagen (Let Me Go)", by Vienna Teng
summary: Lock our eyes on distant horizons -- Moana, coming into her own.
download: Mediafire (.mov, 122 MB)
disclaimer: not mine, no profit, don't sue.



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Fic/Vid Masterlist

Hello! Look, there is a journal here. It contains much random blather, most of which is not friendslocked. I have no particular friending policy. Lurk, comment, whatever. It's all good. :D

It's possible you're just stopping by for the fanfic and vids. In which case, might I direct you to a masterlist? Also: I give blanket permission to podfic, remix, translate, or otherwise do anything creative based upon any of my works. Just please drop me a note letting me know so that I can point and squee. ( what you see is what you get )


( Heartstopper )


( The Old Guard )


( X-Men Movieverse )


( Marvel Cinematic Universe )


( Doctor Who/Torchwood )


( Multifandom Vids )


( DnD: Honor Among Thieves )


( Good Omens )


( Ocean's 11 )


( Queer As Folk UK )


( Star Wars )


( Avatar: the Last Airbender )


( Band of Brothers )


( Buffy the Vampire Slayer )


( Harry Potter )


( His Dark Materials )


( History Boys )


( Inception )


( Merlin )


( Star Trek )


( Miscellaneous )

Generals
edited by kaydee falls

music: "Generals", by the Mynabirds
summary: We got strength in numbers and they're going to pay for it. Our princesses are now generals. Deal with it.
download: Mediafire (.mov, 86 MB)
disclaimer: not mine, no profit, don't sue.
notes: for such_heights & happydork

fandoms: 007, Buffy, Cloud Atlas, Doctor Who, Game of Thrones, Hunger Games, LotR, Mad Max, MCU, Princess Bride, Star Trek, Star Wars, Terminator, Wonder Woman



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So then I took a bunch of movies and TV shows and musical artists that I know my girlfriend loves and/or that we watched together and mashed them together into a multifandom joy vid. Like you do. This is a super eclectic mixtape, guys. SUPER ECLECTIC.

Oh What A World
edited by kaydee falls
Music: "Oh What A World", by Rufus Wainwright
Summary: Wouldn't it be a lovely headline? A multifandom joy vid.
Disclaimer: not mine, no profit, don't sue.
Download: Mediafire (.mov, 111MB)



On Tumblr | Vimeo

Fandoms: Across the Universe, Amelie, Avatar: the Last Airbender, Ani DiFranco, Band of Brothers, Better than Chocolate, Blow Dry, Breakfast Club, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid, Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog, Eddie Izzard, Firefly, Hamilton, Harry Potter, Hunger Games, Inside Out, Leverage, Lord of the Rings, Man from UNCLE, Muppet Christmas Carol, Muppet Family Christmas, Pirate Radio, Pride & Prejudice, Queer As Folk, Rufus Wainwright, Sherlock, Stardust, Star Wars: Force Awakens, West Wing, Willow, X-Men

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For the record, I completed a first draft of this vid right around New Year's. It took me until this past week to actually tackle the second draft. It's still not quite what I wanted it to be -- meta commentary vids are not my strongest suit -- but I did my best.

Wildest Dreams
edited by kaydee falls
Music: "Wildest Dreams", by Taylor Swift
Summary: Someday when you leave me, I bet these memories follow you around. Literally, in some cases. (A multifandom Women In Refrigerators vid.)
Disclaimer: not mine, no profit, don't sue.
Warnings: All of the character deaths.
Notes: Created as part of the 1989 Vid Album. Thanks to such_heights for being very honest about why the first draft didn't work!

Primary fandoms: Arrow, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Donnie Darko, Heroes, Inception, Merlin, Supernatural, Star Trek: Deep Space 9, Torchwood, X-Men

With cameos from: Amazing Spider-Man, Angel, Casino Royale, The Dark Knight, Doctor Who, Game of Thrones, Indiana Jones, The Matrix, Star Trek (Reboot), Star Wars, Thor, Vampire Diaries, X-Files



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I may have gotten a bit attached to Danny Pink on Doctor Who. I knew I wanted to make a Danny/Clara vid pretty early on, but decided to wait until the end of the season. Boy, am I glad I waited. This would have been a very different vid if I hadn't.

This song has also wanted to be a vid since June or so. I knew it was right for this fandom, but at the time, I'd pretty much burned out on vidding Doctor Who, and I thought it was too similar in theme to previous Whoniverse vids I've done (particularly One Mississippi). So I held off, waiting for another fandom to fit itself to the song. MCU never quite connected for it. When I received my Festivids assignment -- for which I match SEVERAL fandoms -- I gave it another listen in case it would work for any of them. It didn't. It just made me think of Danny instead.

So.

minute to minute
fandom: Doctor Who
characters: Danny/Clara
music: "Minute to Minute", by Jody Shelton
summary: It's not that you and I will never be the envy of them all. A tribute to Danny Pink.
download: Mediafire (.mov, 72 MB)
disclaimer: not mine, no profit, don't sue.
notes: Thanks to such_heights for the beta! Spoilers for all of Series 8.

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Am I done vidding Winter Soldier yet? No. No, I don't think so.

I've wanted to make a Sam vid from the beginning, but couldn't find the right song for it. Then last week I briefly revisited the Inception fandom (to help finish off Queen's Gambit), and while rewatching a couple of old Inception vids, I remembered that tricksterquinn had told me about wanting an Arthur vid to this one song, and it occurred to me that while yes, this would still make a most excellent Inception vid should she ever revisit her old idea, it would ALSO work exceedingly well for Sam Wilson.

Also, this wound up very Sam/Steve shippy. Which I am totally okay with. :D

Clear the Area
fandom: Captain America: the Winter Soldier
characters: Sam + Steve
music: "Clear the Area", by Imogen Heap
summary: You find your way back down, and I'll keep the area clear. A Sam Wilson vid.
download: Mediafire (.mov, 77 MB)
disclaimer: not mine, no profit, don't sue.

Clear the Area (Falcon fanvid) from kaydee falls on Vimeo.

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For the record, I was supposed to be done vidding CATWS now. I had Firm Beliefs that there were no more Marvel vids that needed to happen in my life for the moment, at least until the DVD comes out and I can make them properly. (For example, I have a very different Steve vid started and shelved until then, because fuck cam footage, seriously.)

So Saturday was the first rehearsal for the latest show I'm stage managing, which is partly a dance theater piece, and they spent the day choreographing the first piece of music, which meant I got to listen to it approximately twenty or thirty times in the space of three hours. Like you do. And when I'm listening to the same damn song that much, my mind tends to mentally vid it, because that's just how my brain works. (I have roughly three hundred theoretical vids in my head at any given time, 99% of which I'll never actually make because the ideas aren't strong enough to bother with.)

Yeah, well. Then I went home and vidded the first 2/3 of the damn song in one sitting, and at that point, you may as well concede defeat.

This is not the sort of song I generally vid. Or at least, I don't think it is. Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe all of my vids are basically the same at this point, except with different characters in them. I dunno. Anyway, look, I made a thing. It's about Natasha. My feelings about Natasha aren't as immediately gut-wrenching as my feelings about Bucky (and, by proxy, Steve), but damn, she's a compelling character.

We Will Dance
fandom: MCU
characters: Natasha (+ Steve, Clint, Bruce, Fury)
music: "We Will Dance", by Jody Shelton
summary: If we can be without fear, without shame, then we can dance. A Natasha vid.
download: Mediafire (.mov, 78 MB)
disclaimer: not mine, no profit, don't sue.
notes: Winter Soldier spoilers.

We Will Dance (MCU fanvid) from kaydee falls on Vimeo.

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So I posted a Bucky fic yesterday, because Bucky Barnes has taken over my life lately. But this vid bunny came first, even if I couldn't start it due to lack of source. Then I unexpectedly found decent cam footage.

I will almost definitely remaster this once CA:TWS comes out on DVD. And I do feel weird vidding with, y'know, cam source. But I'd rather make the vid now with what I've got while I'm still in this stage of new fandom obsession, and fix it with proper source later, than wait until better source video exists when I may no longer have the motivation to make the vid.

This song IS WinterSoldier!Bucky for me, obviously, since I wound up stealing the lyrics for the fic title as well.


The Hymn of Acxiom
fandom: Captain America + Winter Soldier
characters: Bucky, Steve
music: "The Hymn of Acxiom", by Vienna Teng
summary: someone is gathering every crumb you drop, these (mindless decisions and) moments you long forgot. A Bucky vid.
download: Mediafire (.mov, 90 MB)
disclaimer: not mine, no profit, don't sue.
notes: Companion piece to somebody hears you. (you know that.). Massive Winter Soldier spoilers.



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Next up from Festivids: yes it's another Pacific Rim vid to the soundtrack of Tom McRae. I never claimed that my vids weren't INCREDIBLY OBVIOUS.

See, the thing is, when I saw the assignment and starting shuffling through my iTunes in search of a good song to vid, this is actual the first one that really jumped out at me as a THIS MUST BE A PACIFIC RIM VID RIGHT THE FUCK NOW. Except that it was also obviously going to be a Newt vid, and my recipient wanted a Mako&Raleigh vid, and I very badly wanted to make a Mako&Raleigh vid because I love their faces an awful lot. (It also meant that I was ODing a bit on Charlie Hunnam around mid-December, because I was simultaneously making that vid and rewatching Queer As Folk UK for my Yuletide fic. It was a confusing time.)

So once I made my assigned vid, I came back to the Newt bunny, and browsing through the Festivids requests, saw that someone else had actually requested a vid about the scientists. So that was all the excuse I needed. I really do see this one as a sort of companion piece to But I'm Hopeful Yet -- the missing parts of the story. It also provided me with an unexpected challenge: how to vid a character who talks ALL THE FUCKING TIME. I generally try to avoid talky-face in vids, as a rule, but man, it is impossible to get clips of Newt in which he isn't running off at the mouth.

Keep Your Picture Clear
fandom: Pacific Rim
characters: Newton Geiszler, Herman Gottlieb, Hannibal Chau
music: "Keep Your Picture Clear", by Tom McRae
summary: You're never right until you're wrong in the eyes of the world. This one's for the scientists.
download: Mediafire (.mov, 104 MB)
disclaimer: not mine, no profit, don't sue.
notes: created for frith_in_thorns in Festivids 2013.

Keep Your Picture Clear from kaydee falls on Vimeo.

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Level Up
edited by kaydee falls
fandom: Sleepy Hollow
characters: Abbie (+Ichabod, Jenny, Katrina, Corbin)
music: "Level Up", by Vienna Teng
summary: You have been waiting long enough. An Abbie vid.
download: Mediafire (.mov, 56 MB)
disclaimer: not mine, no profit, don't sue.
warnings: violence, horror, a couple of rapid cuts.
notes: Created as part of the Aims Vid Album, a collaborative vidding project based around Vienna Teng's new album, with thanks to silly_cleo for organizing!

Level Up - Sleepy Hollow fanvid from kaydee falls on Vimeo.

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