Gift for thingswithwings by ghost lingering (Festivids)

[fv_poster]

Title of vid: Silent Fandoms
Recipient: thingswithwings
Vidder: ghost lingering
Fandom: Festivids

Additional Visual Material:
Fantaghirò, Finian's Rainbow, Lagaan, ATL, Wing Chun, Dogtooth, Ghost, Ghost Shark, Ghostwriter, City of Ember, Firestarter, Doogie Howser, Bagpuss, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Dong Yi, Dream High, Last Exile Fam The Silver Wing, Deadly Premonition, Malay Chronicles Bloodlines, Bomb Girls, GCB, Borgen, Political Animals, You I Love, Secretary, Hysteria, Christopher and His Kind, El Mariachi films, Better Than Chocolate, Boys on the Side , Maid Marian and Her Merry Men, Cinderella's Stepsister, IRIS, Mary & Max, Incredible Hulk (tv), Black Panther (tv), The No. 1 Ladies Dectective Agency , Blazing Saddles, Chee & Leaphorn, Get Smart, Galileo, The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec, The Land Before Time, Dinosaurs, Caramel, Connie & Carla, Bedknobs & Broomsticks, Hex, Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, When Night Is Falling, Born in Flames, Janelle Monae / Many Moons, The Color Purple, Contact, Kahaani, Double Happiness, Bay Rong, Beginners, Noah's Arc, Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls in Love, Kissing Jessica Stein, Outland, an untitled webseries about a space traveller who can also travel through time, WarGames, Idelwild, The Beaver Trilogy, The Sapphires, Daughters of the Dust, Legend of the Tsunami Warrior, Tank Girl, Kung Fu Hustle, Ban Baaja Baaraat, 3 Idiots, Dil Chahta Hai, The Associate, 21 Jump St (movie), Slow Mo Guys, Gummi Bears, Dungeons & Dragons (sort of?), Mockingbird Lane, M*A*S*H, 300 series, A Prophet, A Tale of Two Sisters, Hausu, Ace of Cakes, Good Eats, Antique, Acting Outlaws, The Motorcycle Diaries, Hong Gil Dong, Sungkyunkwan Scandal, Hedwig & the Angry Inch, Zerophilia, Adam West Batman, Festivids website & dreamwidth accout, Philly 360 Creative Ambassador - Jeri Lynne Johnson, Gyeonggi Philharmonic led by Korea's first woman chief conductor Sung Shi-yeon to perform Mahler…, Archer, Nobuta wo Produce, Albert Nobbs, The Good Wife, Painter of the Wind, Fullmetal Alchemist, Farscape, Orphan Black, Community, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Guardians of the Galaxy, Canadian Heritage Minutes, Babylon 5, Pushing Daisies, The Amazing Adventure Hour, Hero (webcomic), Indestructible Hulk, Ms Marvel, X-Treme X-Men, William Marks performing 4'33", something that I thought was the Dungeons and Dragons TV show but upon reflection I think is actually an ad for the game, Secret Six, My Faith in Frankie, X-Factor, Alabaster: Wolves, minus, Saga, Daughters of the Dragon, Gothan Central, Archive of our Own website

Sundry additional material by:
thingswithwings, eruthros, anoel, giandujakiss, condnsdmlk, Laura Shapiro, starlady, violace, rhivolution, hollywoodgrrl, bironic, rhea314, settiai, some stars, talumin, kass, littleheaven70, goodbyebird, cosmic llin, sanguinity, ghost lingering, seekingferret, purplefringe, gwyn, rhoboat, shati, thirdblindmouse, jetpack monkey, absolutedestiny, lithiumdoll, elipie, genusshrike, grammarwoman, fray-adjacent, franzeska, isagel, Nancy Blackett

Music: A John Cage 4'33" Mashup containing the following:

4'33" by unnamed vidders, William Marx performing 4'33", orchestra conducted by Lawrence Foster performing 4'33", Death Metal Cover of 4'33", 3 unnamed vidders each discussing why Festivids is awesome, soundbible.com sound effects by mike koenig including pterodactyl & ocean waves, soundbible.com sound effect of egg cracking & light saber, pizza hut commercial before Land Before Time, Seishun Amigo by Shuji to Akira, Song My Friends Taught Me by Laura Veirs, You Gotta Be by Des'ree, Jump by Van Halen, Wrecking Ball by Miley Cyrus, Big Jumps by Emiliana Torrini, Puff the Magic Dragon by Peter Paul & Mary, Monster Mash by Bobby Pickett, Veteran by Dessa, Get Out of My House by Kate Bush, Julia Child Remix: Keep on Cooking by John D Boswell, Too Many Cooks, Starfish & Coffee by Prince, Motorcycle Song by Arlo Guthrie, Yo Lo Quiero by Maria Isa, The Whim of the Ruling Class by Nick Jaina, Fire (space ver) by 2NE1, Angry Angels by Noisettes, Real Men by Joe Jackson, Behind Blue Eyes by The Who, Bein' Green by Andrew Bird, Nakupenda (I Love You) by Brenda Fassie , Beg Steal Borrow by Noisettes. Lazarus,(Dead or Alive) by Buffy Sainte-Marie, Intelligent Song by Yoshihiro Ike, Galileo by no fucking clue sorry, Faces by Clio, Things that Don't Exist by Jason Eppink Matt Hannon Alex Taite, Dinosaurs by We are Scientists, Sweet Love by MeShell Ndegeocello, Smells Like Rockin' Robin (Nirvana vs Jackson 5) by Go Home Productions , Black Magic Woman by Santana, Girlfriend by Icona Pop, Pool Mashup from Pitch Perfect, Glitter in the Air by Pink, Talkin' About A Revolution by Tracy Chapman, Space is the Place by Sun Ra , Deep Sea Diver by Angel Haze, I'm Going to Go Back There Someday by The Muppets, Fame by David Bowie, Mother Stands for, Comfort by Kate Bush, The Beginning After The End by Stars, [4 songs withheld until after reveals because it would be too revealing], Kiss The Girl from The Little Mermaid, 爱不分 / Ai Bu Fen (Love Does Not Discriminate) by QiaoQiao, Shatner of the Mount by Fall On Your Sword, Take Time by The Books, Deep Blue by The Arcade Fire, Guilty by Billie Holiday, Hopelessly Devoted to You (Dens54 Knows You Will All Scream) 2 versions — an Olivia Newton John remix, Took The Children Away by Archie Roach, Gullah-Geechee ring shout from Georgia by McIntosh Country Shouters, Travelling Dunk Tank by Doomtree, The Hustle (Disco Mix) by Van McCoy, Quicksand by La Roux, Double Rainbow autotune song, U Can't Touch This by MC Hammer, Walking with a Ghost by Tegan & Sara, Ghostwriter by RJD2, Plant a Radish by the original Fantasticks cast, Devil's Dance Floor by Flogging Molly, Air by The Owls, The Girl With The Red Balloon by The Civil Wars, 彼此 (Each Other) by HOCC, Little Bombs by Aimee Mann, The Bullpen by Dessa, Apple Candy by Ben Lee, Master & Servant by Depeche Mode, Whatever You Like by Anya Marina, Kiss You Off by The Scissor Sisters, Los Lobos from the Desperado soundtrack, Pour Some Sugar On Me by Emm Gryner, Alive by Dala, Holding Out For A Hero by Bonnie Tyler, Chambermaid by Emilie Autumn, Secret Agent Man by Johnny Rivers, This Isn't Disneyland by The Sisters of Invention, Pressure by Billy Joel, Angel of the Morning by The Pretenders

Summary: This is not a vid. It might not be anything else either.
Content notes: Physical triggers, other: for visual there are moments similar to moving gif sets with multiple things happening in different parts of the screen & some of these things include flashes and jump cuts; audio levels are variable; NSFW — nudity and sex!; there is some Hollywood violence w/ guns & swords & fighting & explosions & blood
Signed length: 04:33

See the vid here

Title of vid: Behind-the-Scenes Bonus Material for "Silent Fandoms": Excerpts from a Festivids Masterlist that Never Existed
Recipient: thingswithwings
Additional Recipients: purplefringe, Scribe, goodbyebird, sisabet, Aris Merquoni, jagwriter78, Talumin, shinealightonme, cosmic llin, hollywoodgrrl, imbir, joyo, absolutedestiny, hellpenguin, valoise, KRIM, Nicole Anell, eruthros, ghost lingering, shati, blithesea, jarrow, elipie, sweetestdrain, cupidsbow, deejay, franzeska, sabinetzin, VesperRegina, bisclaveret, settiai, sophinisba, zen, elderberryink, hmmyeahokay, china shop, futuransky, thuvia ptarth, livrelibre, Valika, Chaila, Gianduja Kiss, cara marie, bironic, Sanguinity, shopfront, such heights, feochadn, lizbetann, fan eunice, SDWolfpup, shinyjenni, colls, Dogstar, Marina, ladymajavader, heuradys, rhoboat, aphrodite-mine, seekingferret, legoline, f1renze, imbir, Rhea314, glovered, condnsdmlk, Meddow, alley-skeywalker, apathedia-jane, kuwdora, alba17, mithborien, theleaveswant, Nancy Blackett, Kitty, piecesofalice, thingswithwings
Vidders: ghost lingering & Sanguinity
Summary: "Silent Fandoms" might not be a vid, because it doesn't entirely follow the form. This behind the scenes video isn't a vid, because it's comprised of excerpts from festivid gifts that never existed. Everything was made specifically for use in "Silent Fandoms". Fandom/recipient pairings were largely taken from this list: http://www.festivids.net/festivids/sign-up/history. Including them here should be considered a behind the scenes extra, not an actual vid or gift proper, though I hope those who recieved snippets find some measure of joy in them.
Content notes: Most of these fandoms I've never actually watched and as such the song choices (when songs are used) are largely based on wikipedia, bad puns, and guesses. Footage is typically whatever trailer I could find on YouTube. The quality, therefore, ranges widely. I tried to avoid imagery that obviously contained sexual violence, but I can't be 100% positive, as I'm not familiar with most of these fandoms. Like "Silent Fandoms" there is Hollywood-style violence, NSFW sex & nudity, and physical triggers. Typos in credits will be fixed by reveals.
Signed length: 19:48

See the snippets here and here.

Comments

[laurashapiro]

Wow. That is amazing. What a huge amount of work -- and love! -- on display. I kind of love the ending, whether it's a true reflection of your process or a meta-commentary on Festividding generally. We can all relate!

[ghost_lingering]

Thank you!!! I'm glad you liked the end result -- and thank you so much for your help along the way!

[kass]

This is amazing. I'm going to have to watch this many more times before I can say anything cogent other than: omg, I love fandom SO MUCH, and this vid is a perfect example of why. The creativity, the meta-commentary, the dedication, the behind-the-scenes time and energy, the love that went into this -- I am blown away.

[ghost_lingering]

Thank you! I'm glad you liked it! And thank you so much for your response to my anon message. <3

[thingswithwings]

OK WOW. This is such a huge, amazing, beautiful thing that you've made - and I can't even imagine the amount of work that went into it! (or, lol, I can, b/c I remember making the Yuletide vid, which I was tickled to see show up in this vid!). I think it was a super interesting choice to put together the idea of "festivids - small fandoms" and "4'33'' - silence" - and I really thought all the quotes from vidders about how "loud" their fandom is grounded that idea beautifully. And I love how you included yourself (is that you???) blurred out eating dinner as you go through the arduous process of putting all this together. This vid is so reflective and weird and interesting, and I'm so happy that you made it. I had no idea what I'd get (if anything) when I requested it, and this surpassed anything I could imagine.

Also, I LOOOOOVE all the mini-vids you made - what an undertaking! I loved so many that I can't remember them all right now, but some of my faves were the Bewitched/I Dream of Jeannie crossover, my Mary and Max and Noah's Arc ones (can't wait for the music on that latter one!), The Incredible Hulk, Batman, Inspector Spacetime, Wing Chun (lollll), Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Double Happiness, The Sapphires, and Hong Gil Dong (off the top of my head!).

Seriously, thank you so much for this - it's the coolest gift to receive and I think it's a fascinating work of art. <3

[ghost_lingering]

<3<3<3 Thank you again!

You probably know this by now, but the Double Happiness, The Sapphires, & Wing Chun snippets were all by sanguinity! Her snippets are the best snippets seriously. But I'm also very glad that you love my Bewitched/I Dream of Jeannie snippet & my Hong Gil Dong one -- I couldn't resist filling some of my own previous requests. (Also a great use for a Hong Gil Dong vid that has been unfinished for years. Someday I'll finish it! Maybe.)

[livrelibre]

Oh wow this is amazing and fascinating! I can tell I'll be coming back to this again and again. I love the snippets of these vids of mine and everybody else's heart, the cloud of images and sounds that flicker by, the quotes and process meta, the poetry of it all. Kudos!

[livrelibre]

So I wrote that comment before I watched the bonus material and now all I've got is key smash and laughter and tears and awe. I am super excited that even a snippet of a Daugters of the Dust vid (with perfect song) exists, and as predicted even a little of the hand clapping scenes in the Color Purple (also with cool song choice) instantly turned me into a hot crying mess. Plus When Night is Falling (ugh vid of my heart!), Wing Chun (lols for days), Noah's Arc (perfect and totally curious about song now), Secretary (now I don't have to make that vid!), Janelle Monae (of course Sun Ra!), Double Happiness, Sapphires, Batman, Bewitched/I Dream of Jeannie (genius), Slo Mo Guys, Idlewild and so many more; I want all of these now but I'm so happy with the snippets you gave us. Kudos to you!

[cupidsbow]

I haven't quite got my head wrapped around this yet. I really want to download it and see it full size, after reveals. What I can say is that I've never seen anything quite like this, and I really like it. I like the commentary on fandom and how we pursue it, I like the snapshot of Festivids as more than a compilation of vid excerpts, but a process, an obsession. Thanks for making this.

[ghost_lingering]

Thank you! A process and an obsession is definitely what this project was for me.

[raven]

This is a remarkable piece of visual art; I am so so impressed by this.

[ghost_lingering]

Thank you!

[elipie]

This is seriously beautiful, and it's obvious you put a ton of work into it. This is such a unique take on vidding and there will be many rewatches in the future!

[ghost_lingering]

Thank you!

[futuransky]

Whoa. My mind just got completely blown! This is just an amazing meta commentary on fandom, vidding, community, everything. Also sound and silence. And subtitles. Truly amazing work.

[ghost_lingering]

Thank you! I'm particularly glad you mentioned the subtitles -- that was an unexpected rabbit hole that I fell down at the very end.

[leanwellback]

Holy crap, this is amazing. I can't even begin to imagine how much work went into this, but my god, you are a trooper. The snippets are wonderful, some of them had me laughing out loud (60s Batman, Incredible Hulk and Wing Chun), others made me clutch my chest in delight (MAID MARIAN! Kung Fu Hustle!), a couple made me go 'noooooo' when they ended because they were so gorgeous (the one with the acrobats that I can't remember the name of! That little moment where her breath catches? *HANDS*), and more than a few made me want to check out some of these silent fandoms. An absolutely unbelievable undertaking, I know I'll be coming back to this many times.

[ghost_lingering]

Thank you! I'm glad you liked it! And I want to give credit where credit is due: sanguinity made many of the snippets, including the Wing Chun and Maid Marian ones! You can find them over on her journal

[settiai]

Wow. Just, wow. I'm going to need to rewatch them about a dozen more times before I'll be able to come up with anything more coherent than that.

[ghost_lingering]

Thank you!

[valoise]

I knew just watching the non-vid that this was an enormous undertaking, but after watching the snippets I am seriously just blown away by it all.

[ghost_lingering]

Thank you! sanguinity made many of the snippets, so I definitely had help on that front!

[sanguinity]

On the one hand, I'm surprised only one vidder tried to take on Festivids as a fandom, but looking at the sheer, yawning scope of this... I am awed by what you took on here.

I love the Cageoid idea of turning the festival inside out and listening to the "silent" fandoms, and I also love your interstitial discussion -- in words and images and sound -- of what "silent" might mean in context. And also the Magritteoid paradox of "not" being a vid composed of "not"-vids of "un"-vidded fandoms! It's a very elegant idea, with a lot of depth, and even after several watches the idea continues to expand for me.

And the excerpts from the Festivids Masterlist that Never Existed...! It is such a tantalizing well of potential that Festivids draws from, and has only just begun to tap. I so dearly wish some of these hypothetical vids existed in full, and I am more than a touch curious about many of these fandoms.

(FYI, my own personal soundtrack for the vid included the kitty chasing a buckeye around the inside of an Amazon box. Which normally annoys me hugely if I'm trying to watch a vid, but seemed very appropriate here.)

[bironic]

And also the Magritteoid paradox of "not" being a vid composed of "not"-vids of "un"-vidded fandoms!

Your comment just managed to make me enjoy this vid even more.

[shati]

There's so much, holy shit @_____@ it's like the marble in Men in Black that's a universe!

[ghost_lingering]

This comment made me laugh forever, thank you! I'm living in a self-contained Festivids AU over here.

[alwaystheocean]

Good lord, this is incredible. Um, I'm sorry to sound patronizing but SERIOUSLY well done!!

[ghost_lingering]

Thank you!

[actiaslunaris]

This is one of the most brilliant examples I've ever seen of getting inside the box and then breaking it. As one of your recipients, thank you for making what is probably the most perfect Galileo vid that will ever exist (and I mean that with utmost sincerity as I've often listened to the Indigo Girls' version of "Galileo" with a mind to making it for that fandom; now I don't have to).

I think what fascinates me most about the process of vidding is the internal process of idea leading to idea and then the external work of making it actual, like sparks along a fuse. The multiplicity of visuals laid out in scrapbook-like fashion along the timeline of your vid set to the ambience of your chosen tracks mimics the external process of gathering source, pausing to go live life, pushing around clips to see what works -- all the nitty-gritty of vidding.

So very meta; so very good. You gave a voice to our silent fandoms and captured the essence of 'vidding' as a fannish involvement in a marvelous way.

[copracat]

This is amazing, one vid I will be watching again not just for joy but for discovery. The beginning, closing in on Sung Shi-yeon and her 'shhhh' to set the space for the vid, was inspired and inspiring.

[talumin]

Wow, that was impressive.

[chaila]

Many people have smart things to say above, and I'm like I SPY BORGEN and my fav Borgen lady and her EPIC SWAGGERING. So mission maybe partly accomplished? :D? This is a heroic endeavor--bravo for taking on and pulling off such a complex idea.

[sanguinity]

Heh, for all my words above, I'm very much the same: I SPY NOAH'S ARC.

With a healthy side of "BORGEN FOR CHAILA!" and "CHEE AND LEAPHORN FOR FRANZESKA!" And so on. :-P

[fairestcat]

Wow. What an undertaking. This is impressively amazing.

[starlady]

This is a monumental undertaking and a really interesting--vid? vid--with a lot of chewy stuff going on. Brava.

[odessie]

I am just so in awe of all the effort and love and joy that went into this. Stunning piece of work and a really fascinating take on Festivids/vidding - feel I need to watch it a few more times to take it all in.

And ohmygod, you made me my Maid Marian vid! To Holding out for a Hero! And it is PERFECT. :D (Did you go digging through old Dear FV letters, because I'm sure I mentioned that song for this fandom several years ago? Again, total AWE. You are amazing.)

[cosmic_llin]

Oh my goodness, this is so fascinating and cool and just so MUCH! And I LOVE all the snippets, especially my fabulous M*A*S*H snippet! :D I also loved the Gummi Bears one, the Hedwig one, the Batman one, Land Before Time, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Maid Marian, plus all of the punny song matchups for fandoms I didn't know!

[gwyn]

When you approached us about the project, I was sooo curious to see what you'd come up with for all the various inputs. This is absolutely fascinating and a monumental achievement.

[were_duck]

WOW this is AMAZING! I am going to watch it fifty more times. I love the density of it, and the way your own vidding process (and the time crunch you were up against!) came through. This feel like such an immersive vid to me, I loved the peek behind the scenes and especially the depth of work and love you bring out in not only your own process but the Festivids community's participation and creativity as well. AMAZING :D

[violetemerald]

WOW this is so impressive and unique and I love that you chose to make something like this. I wish I had put this much effort into my own Festivids vid this year. Yours here obviously took so so much effort and yeah... what everyone else said, I guess. ;) Keep being awesome!!