Vividcon 2006 Auction Vid - I Enjoy Being a Girl

[absolutedestiny]

Earlier this year, I offered to auction my vidmaking abilities. It was a bitterly fought contest with Jacon almost winning. However, in the final stages of the auction, paraviondeux won out.

When she contacted me, she had some very simple instructions. She gave me a song and said "I generally just want it to be funny, and for the girls to kick ass." Fine by me. I picked the version of the song (the modern revival recording as it had the most interesting instrumentation) and negotiated the cast, deciding upon Sydney Bristow, Starbuck, Veronica Mars, Zoe and Buffy.

To me, this vid was all about strong female roles in modern TV and for that reason Buffy was essential to the mix. The only problem was, I'd not seen any buffy. So after much stressing and binge watching, I finally worked out how the hell I was going to do this vid.

Vidding lots of shows is hard. I'm so bad when I have too much footage. This vid was really really difficult for me. Thankfully, bar a few scenes which still bug me, I think this vid came out really well. I hope you all like it :)

Vid: I Enjoy Being a Girl
Footage: Alias, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Veronica mars, Battlestar Gallactica, Firefly, Dario Argento's Opera (for the opening)
Song: I Enjoy Being a Girl from Flower Drum Song. Written by Rogers and Hammerstien, performed by Sandra Allen

download here - AbsoluteDestiny-IEnjoyBeingAGirl.avi (40mb divx)

thanks par!

Comments

[kassrachel.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's unendingly fabulous.

Comic timing is spot-on, as usual. There's really no shortage of kick-ass heroines these days...!

[etben.livejournal.com]

you officially win at everything EVER. I'm not, as a general rule, a huge fan of multi-fandom vids, but this one works so well that I'm just floored. It's amazing, and I love it, and I'm so glad you made it.

[kalpurna.livejournal.com]

(here via svmadelyn) OMG YAY. This vid made me so squeeful and happy about being a girl, and oh man, reminded me that not ALL portrayal of women on TV sucks – because hey! Here are these girls, kicking ass and taking names and looking hot doing it. And it is awesome. I could just kiss Joss. And you! For making this vid which was fabulous and filled me with joy.

YAYS. ♥

[oxoniensis.livejournal.com]

This was fabulous - so much fun to watch!

[swanswan.livejournal.com]

So good! I've been just recently begging for a GIRLS ARE AWESOME vid, and HEY! look! the universe listened and gave me THIS! So thank you!!! I love every single one of the shows you used, and every single one of the women as well. Loved the excellent timing and silliness, the clash between the old fashioned lyrics and the modern (postmodern?!) actions, and the whole thing was beautifully put together. Great stuff!!!

[cold-poet.livejournal.com]

There are not sufficient words to describe how utterly cool that vid is. Absolutely brilliant!

[mahaliem.livejournal.com]

This was great! I adore it!

[amalthia]

I really liked this. :)

[barkley.livejournal.com]

This was the absolute best way to end the con for me. It was a wonderful vid that just kept moving! And being funny! I'd say you hit par's requirements wonderfully!

[aillychan.livejournal.com]

Here via svmadelyn, and that was AWESOME. I don't even know who Starbuck is, and I think she rocks. (And oh, the many wigs of Sydney Bristow...) I was grinning pretty much the whole way through this. Thanks so much for sharing this!

[yhlee.livejournal.com]

This is brilliant! I missed your panel on comedy vids but you know what--in lieu of that I can study this. (And I had to leave before the auction show, so I'm glad this is online!) I especially enjoyed the continued/parallel motion (I was slow and only really picked up on this toward the end; first viewing, what can I say) and the wonderful use of timing in conjunction with the musical accents. It's a great song; the varied instrumentation and various segments are playful in all the right ways. Yay!

[eleveninches.livejournal.com]

I love this. Amazing.

[faith-girl222.livejournal.com]

that was fantastic. and you are so right about the instrumentation.

[absolutedestiny.livejournal.com]

Yay! Thank you :)

[absolutedestiny.livejournal.com]

thanks!!

[absolutedestiny.livejournal.com]

Thank you ever so much!!

[absolutedestiny.livejournal.com]

Thanks!!

[absolutedestiny.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'm glas you liked it :D

[absolutedestiny.livejournal.com]

Yay! Glad you enjoyed it :)

[absolutedestiny.livejournal.com]

Woohoo! Yeah, I like it too :D

[absolutedestiny.livejournal.com]

Yay! Thanks for letting me know :D

[absolutedestiny.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[absolutedestiny.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you liked it!

[absolutedestiny.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

BTW I loved your challenge vid this year, really great stuff! :D

[absolutedestiny.livejournal.com]

Thanks!!