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15 Jan 2023 05:52 pm
Festivids 2022 Letter
Dear festividder,
Yay vids! Here is a bit about the fandoms I requested.
Beyoncé Music Videos
I definitely include Lemonade, Homecoming, and Black is King in this category. I'm not so interested in the RPF side of this. I love Beyoncé's music, the amazing visual style of her videos and films, the dancing, and her celebration of Black people and cultures. Anything that focused on any of those things would be fab! Feel free to use one of her songs, but I'm happy with lots of other music, especially by Black artists. In particular I've thought the following artists would vibe well with her: Erykah Badu, Nicki Minaj, Missy Elliot, D'Angelo, or a lot of 70s soul/funk.
Flatbush Cats
This is a Youtube channel for a cat rescue organisation in Brooklyn. They make really high quality videos about their operation, with strong narrative structure and high quality visuals. They used to focus more on rescue and teaching people how to do it/encouraging people to become cat fosterers, but now they are working on building a low-cost spay/neuter clinic and their videos focus on that. The best footage is probably from their videos from a year or more ago, when they focused more on the operations, but they've got some really cute Bodega cats in their recent videos. I love this channel, they warm my heart and also have inspired me in terms of their ability to make high quality long(ish) form videos on such a compelling topic. Note that some videos have graphic injuries in them, usually severe eye infections. These are almost always warned for -- I have found that when the injury is the focus of the video they always warn for it, but sometimes they don't warn when they re-use a clip in a later video. I would like to not have graphic injuries in a vid for this source, though the more commonplace distress is OK for me.
The Lathe of Heaven (1980, Safety)
I love this book, which I re-read earlier this year, and the film. What a trip. If you haven't seen/read it, it's about a man who is able to change reality with his dreams, but he can't control it. He sees an ambitious pyschotherapist who sees the potential and tries to change things, with all sorts of consequences as you can imagine. The book is by Ursula K Le Guin and she was involved in the writing and production of the film, which was done by PBS. It was the only film adaptation of any of her books that she liked. I would be happy with any vid on this -- going over the plot, trippy 70s shit, criticism if you like, whatever interests you!
Nailed It! (TV)
I only watched this about a year ago! I love it so much! I'd love a vid about general hijinx and/or one focussing on Nicole and Jacques' dynamic, which I find super fun.
Twister (1996, Safety)
So, until very recently I was an atmospheric science academic researcher with expertise in the dynamics of storms -- this is a topic that bridges weather and climate research, btw-- I've done a fair amount of field work, AND I am an elder millenial. AND YET I only watched this film for the first time this year, and whooo boy I effing loved it. I love the storms (except when they throw semi trucks, sorry but that is a bit much for me), I love the use of radar and satellite imagery -- I literally shouted "GOES 8!" (or maybe it was GOES 7) when they showed it. I love the focus on field work and tbh the movie gets a lot of things right in terms of the culture of academic weather weenies (not so much the wacky instrument technicians, but Jo and Bill for sure). Also Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton are fantastic, I love them individually and as a couple. I also really liked how the new girlfriend didn't suck! A side note that is probably not relevant, but just in case: the instrument was based on an actual idea, but in reality the instrument never worked for exactly the reason that it didn't work for most of the film -- in order to get the little instruments sucked into the funnel of the tornado, you have to very accurately predict the tornado's track, and that's just impossible, they are too mathematically chaotic. Is there a song about chaos theory? Anyway you can't really go wrong vidding this, unless maybe you focus entirely on the otherwise all-male research team that Jo character leads? TBH the vid could be Helen Hunt in a White Tank Top Hair Whipping in the Wind and I'd be happy.
Wayfarers Series by Becky Chambers
I really love this series. Honestly, any idea you have for this would be wonderful, and given how challening vidding a book series is, I don't want to put on any constraints! If you have a vision, I'd love to see it.
Notes on music, triggers, etc
I like a fairly wide range of music and will watch and enjoy vids to most music, including music I don't choose to listen to. I really mean that -- instrumental music, death metal, it's all good. However, I grew up listening to country music and I have some hangups there. There are loads of country artists that I like but it might be best to avoid country, especially 90s or later country. Also I hate Tom Petty.
I don't see it coming up with these fandoms, but I would not want vids to have graphic violence or sexual violence. By graphic violence I mean something very gory or where a lot of what is happening is shown. For example. the kind of violence that's in Game of Thrones or Spartacus is not OK; the kind of violence that's in Star Trek Discovery is OK.
I don't have any visual or auditory triggers and do not personally require subtitles, but I ask that if at all possible you provide trigger warnings and subtitles for other viewers.
Yay vids! Here is a bit about the fandoms I requested.
Beyoncé Music Videos
I definitely include Lemonade, Homecoming, and Black is King in this category. I'm not so interested in the RPF side of this. I love Beyoncé's music, the amazing visual style of her videos and films, the dancing, and her celebration of Black people and cultures. Anything that focused on any of those things would be fab! Feel free to use one of her songs, but I'm happy with lots of other music, especially by Black artists. In particular I've thought the following artists would vibe well with her: Erykah Badu, Nicki Minaj, Missy Elliot, D'Angelo, or a lot of 70s soul/funk.
Flatbush Cats
This is a Youtube channel for a cat rescue organisation in Brooklyn. They make really high quality videos about their operation, with strong narrative structure and high quality visuals. They used to focus more on rescue and teaching people how to do it/encouraging people to become cat fosterers, but now they are working on building a low-cost spay/neuter clinic and their videos focus on that. The best footage is probably from their videos from a year or more ago, when they focused more on the operations, but they've got some really cute Bodega cats in their recent videos. I love this channel, they warm my heart and also have inspired me in terms of their ability to make high quality long(ish) form videos on such a compelling topic. Note that some videos have graphic injuries in them, usually severe eye infections. These are almost always warned for -- I have found that when the injury is the focus of the video they always warn for it, but sometimes they don't warn when they re-use a clip in a later video. I would like to not have graphic injuries in a vid for this source, though the more commonplace distress is OK for me.
The Lathe of Heaven (1980, Safety)
I love this book, which I re-read earlier this year, and the film. What a trip. If you haven't seen/read it, it's about a man who is able to change reality with his dreams, but he can't control it. He sees an ambitious pyschotherapist who sees the potential and tries to change things, with all sorts of consequences as you can imagine. The book is by Ursula K Le Guin and she was involved in the writing and production of the film, which was done by PBS. It was the only film adaptation of any of her books that she liked. I would be happy with any vid on this -- going over the plot, trippy 70s shit, criticism if you like, whatever interests you!
Nailed It! (TV)
I only watched this about a year ago! I love it so much! I'd love a vid about general hijinx and/or one focussing on Nicole and Jacques' dynamic, which I find super fun.
Twister (1996, Safety)
So, until very recently I was an atmospheric science academic researcher with expertise in the dynamics of storms -- this is a topic that bridges weather and climate research, btw-- I've done a fair amount of field work, AND I am an elder millenial. AND YET I only watched this film for the first time this year, and whooo boy I effing loved it. I love the storms (except when they throw semi trucks, sorry but that is a bit much for me), I love the use of radar and satellite imagery -- I literally shouted "GOES 8!" (or maybe it was GOES 7) when they showed it. I love the focus on field work and tbh the movie gets a lot of things right in terms of the culture of academic weather weenies (not so much the wacky instrument technicians, but Jo and Bill for sure). Also Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton are fantastic, I love them individually and as a couple. I also really liked how the new girlfriend didn't suck! A side note that is probably not relevant, but just in case: the instrument was based on an actual idea, but in reality the instrument never worked for exactly the reason that it didn't work for most of the film -- in order to get the little instruments sucked into the funnel of the tornado, you have to very accurately predict the tornado's track, and that's just impossible, they are too mathematically chaotic. Is there a song about chaos theory? Anyway you can't really go wrong vidding this, unless maybe you focus entirely on the otherwise all-male research team that Jo character leads? TBH the vid could be Helen Hunt in a White Tank Top Hair Whipping in the Wind and I'd be happy.
Wayfarers Series by Becky Chambers
I really love this series. Honestly, any idea you have for this would be wonderful, and given how challening vidding a book series is, I don't want to put on any constraints! If you have a vision, I'd love to see it.
Notes on music, triggers, etc
I like a fairly wide range of music and will watch and enjoy vids to most music, including music I don't choose to listen to. I really mean that -- instrumental music, death metal, it's all good. However, I grew up listening to country music and I have some hangups there. There are loads of country artists that I like but it might be best to avoid country, especially 90s or later country. Also I hate Tom Petty.
I don't see it coming up with these fandoms, but I would not want vids to have graphic violence or sexual violence. By graphic violence I mean something very gory or where a lot of what is happening is shown. For example. the kind of violence that's in Game of Thrones or Spartacus is not OK; the kind of violence that's in Star Trek Discovery is OK.
I don't have any visual or auditory triggers and do not personally require subtitles, but I ask that if at all possible you provide trigger warnings and subtitles for other viewers.
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