New Buffy vid: "Under Stars"

[frayadjacent]

Song: "Tightly" by Neko Case
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (entire series, no plot or character spoilers)
Character: Buffy
Download: 56 mb mp4

Buffy goes hunting.  Second in my "Neko meets Buffy" series, but could be considered a prequel to "Deeds That Have Made Me".

Password: "Under Stars"

"Under Stars" (Watch on Vimeo)

My fourth vid, and I feel that I'm really improving in terms of structure and narrative, thanks in large part to the discussions (and undergoing an open beta on this vid) at vidpub.

Lyrics:
When I'm walkin' under stars
I covet all the waning hours
All the lonely houses stand like monuments
To thieves

When I'm walkin' in the dark
I'm free to covet all I want
You've made it all so very dangerous
I can't stay away

When I'm walkin' under trees
I'm free to covet all I please
New moons in the alley
And it's madness calls to me

Tonight, tonight, tonight...

If I meet you in the night
You're free to covet all you like
Don't you try and stop me
I cling tightly...to this life

Comments

[frayadjacent]

Oh, well I was referring to the very end -- from after the kills the vamp in "Prophecy Girl" on. And actually I'm pretty happy with that part, but it took more effort and struggle and trying things out and discarding them than any other part. So it was a "struggle" in that sense.

OMG I'm soooo excited that you liked that part with Buffy on the Mausoleum, cause that is *definitely* my favorite part of this vid. \o/

I think it's mostly not a coincidence that almost all the clips are from S1-S5? The vid is about her love of slaying, the excitement she feels when she's out on the hunt, and the satisfaction she gets from doing it well. That definitely applies more in the first 5 seasons than later.

It's also meant to be a vid about Buffy's everyday (everynight?) life, rather than the big moments. Because I disagree with Whistler -- it's *not* just the big moments who tell you who you really are. S7 is kinda one big moment after another, and S6 just doesn't work for the tone of the vid, for reasons you and I already said.

So, I wasn't like, "I'm not going to include the last 2 seasons." But I didn't find much in those seasons that worked for this vid. Which I guess says something about how tightly made the show is? :D Then again, it's also possible I just got tired of clipping and didn't look as hard once I got to S6. :D

[red_satin_doll]

Oh I definitely disagree with Whistler on that one! And I sort of suspect Buffy would to -although her "big moments" and mine are two different things proportionately. Are rescuing Spike in the cave or throwing away the stake and not dusting him "big things"? It depends on who you ask. Or showing kindness and compassion as she so often does? Every night she stakes a vampire, she saves someone's life, it's no big to her. It's her job. But all those things matter.

And I can see exactly why you chose what you did. By the end of S5 she's exhausted, terrified that "A Slayer is just a killer after all" and then comes back haunted, horrified and ashamed; her sacrifice and her choice dishonored. (And I know Willow really, genuinely meant well. She meant to rescue Buffy as Buffy had so often rescued them.) There's no pleasure in it anymore.

The only late season episode I can think of that would work is Showtime, and that's an "event" , theatrical, she's trying to teach the girls a lesson. And it shows in the fight - maybe there was a different fight trainer that season but that battle is often very crude, without the style and grace of many of Buffy's fights.

[frayadjacent]

Heh, very true. It'd be an epic moment in my life if I slayed a vampire! Falling off a log my ass. :D

[red_satin_doll]

Buffy Summers: Saved the World, Died Twice and All I Got Was This Lousy Headstone"

[frayadjacent]

Ha!