Dear Festividder 2023
Oct. 19th, 2023 08:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Thank you so much for making me a vid!
Some things I generally like in vids are focus on worldbuilding or a specific concept, character studies, f/f if relevant, vids that are high energy/fast paced/lots of movement, and vids that make me have big feelings (of any kind). But feel free to ignore any of this and make what you want to make - I'm most excited to see something you're excited about making.
Music-wise, I listen to a lot of folk and pop, but I love discovering new music and would be equally happy with something outside of those genres. Please include subtitles if it has lyrics (or other dialogue).
Bound (1996) [SAFETY]
Lesbian heist movie! I had so much fun watching this movie. I'd most like a vid that's also just a bop focused on the f/f and/or the heistiness (and not taking the darkness inherent in fighting the mob too too seriously).
Fire Island (2022) [SAFETY]
Gay pride and prejudice retelling set on Fire Island! I loved how much this was both very much a modern queer friend group and also a beat for beat pride and prejudice adaptation. In terms of vid ideas, I'd love to see something focused on Erin, if there's enough screen time for that, or on Noah's friend group and the ensemble cast energy of this movie. A Noah and Howie friendship vid would also be great. (But I am not opposed to a more straightforward ship vid for either or both of the main couples, they were cute!)
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
A fun puzzle game where you play as a ghost trying to solve mysteries (including your own death?) through what amounts to a series of rube goldberg machines. As a mystery game, I don't want to go into too much detail and spoil the mystery, but I had a lot of fun playing it (and I've also been informed that it's fun to watch as an lp if you don't like puzzle games), and it's got very dramatic character animation that I think would be fun in a vid. I'd be happy with any vid for this game, I liked pretty much all the characters who got much screentime, the various friendships, the tragic(?) detective romance, and the worldbuilding in general. As you will see if you keep reading this letter, I'm also a big fan of time shenanigans.
开端 | Reset (TV 2022)
This is a relatively short (16 episode) cdrama about two young people who find themselves in a time loop on a bus that's about to blow up. It's not without flaws (there's a couple moments that are annoyingly focused on giving you a Moral Lesson) but it's a really fun time loop and does a nice job both being funny and heartrending at times. I love the ensemble cast of bus passengers, and I'd love to see a vid that focused on them as a collective or one about Lu Di (the cat apostle!!) in particular. Or something about the time loop itself? Also happy with a focus on the Li Siqing/Xiao Heyun romance.
DNW: a vid only following around the cop characters/a character study for one of them
Russian Doll (TV 2019)
More time loops! I knew I was going to love the time loop aspect of this show (which is VERY well done and gives you some great worldbuilding) but I also pretty much instantly fell in love with Nadia. She's SUCH a good character, and I love how much of an asshole she is. So I'd be most interested in a vid either just focused on the world or about her or her relationship with Ruth or Alan.
As of writing this dear vidder letter, I am in the process of watching s2 so I haven't specifically requested anything based on that yet (letter may update). Heads up if you're checking out this show (or s2 of this show) that s2 is partially about the holocaust. DNW Nazis or swastikas in this vid. I am happy with an s1 only vid.
Not a hard line DNW, but the scene in s1 where she coughs up a shard of glass is at the borderline of my limit for gore. So don't feel obligated to completely leave it out if you need to use it, but if so I'd prefer to have it be broken up a bit/no super long lingering shots.
沙海 | Tomb of the Sea (TV)
I'm very fond of this tomb show's tonal choices - it goes really dark at times in a way that I think is cool, but it's also doing some tonal whiplash and switching between genres pretty quickly. I'd love to see a vid for the teens (individually or as a whole group), Liang Wan, Hei Yanjing, or Su Nan. Feel free to also include or focus on the iron triangle (or Xiao Hua, who has a few great moments in this movie despite his tragic lack of screentime). If you've got ideas that are weird or goofy or out there, go for it!
You're welcome to include other tomb shows/movies if you so desire, but I still haven't seen mystic 9.
The Wheel of Time (TV)
This show is gorgeous, and also full of cool characters and worldbuilding. It'd be cool to do a magic/worldbuilding focused vid that did something with the expansiveness of the world and everyone's focus on history and how it repeats itself. I'd also love something character or relationship focused for Moiraine or Nynaeve or the whole two rivers ensemble.
As of writing this dear vidder letter, I haven't seen s2 so I'm not specifically requesting anything based on that (letter may update), but I'm planning on it before reveals so feel free to include it in your vid.
I'm fine with some gore, but please don't include the torture parts of the whitecloak torture scenes.
I haven't read the books (and definitely don't plan on reading 14 wheel of time books before January), so nothing that will be incomprehensible without that please.
Some things I generally like in vids are focus on worldbuilding or a specific concept, character studies, f/f if relevant, vids that are high energy/fast paced/lots of movement, and vids that make me have big feelings (of any kind). But feel free to ignore any of this and make what you want to make - I'm most excited to see something you're excited about making.
Music-wise, I listen to a lot of folk and pop, but I love discovering new music and would be equally happy with something outside of those genres. Please include subtitles if it has lyrics (or other dialogue).
Bound (1996) [SAFETY]
Lesbian heist movie! I had so much fun watching this movie. I'd most like a vid that's also just a bop focused on the f/f and/or the heistiness (and not taking the darkness inherent in fighting the mob too too seriously).
Fire Island (2022) [SAFETY]
Gay pride and prejudice retelling set on Fire Island! I loved how much this was both very much a modern queer friend group and also a beat for beat pride and prejudice adaptation. In terms of vid ideas, I'd love to see something focused on Erin, if there's enough screen time for that, or on Noah's friend group and the ensemble cast energy of this movie. A Noah and Howie friendship vid would also be great. (But I am not opposed to a more straightforward ship vid for either or both of the main couples, they were cute!)
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
A fun puzzle game where you play as a ghost trying to solve mysteries (including your own death?) through what amounts to a series of rube goldberg machines. As a mystery game, I don't want to go into too much detail and spoil the mystery, but I had a lot of fun playing it (and I've also been informed that it's fun to watch as an lp if you don't like puzzle games), and it's got very dramatic character animation that I think would be fun in a vid. I'd be happy with any vid for this game, I liked pretty much all the characters who got much screentime, the various friendships, the tragic(?) detective romance, and the worldbuilding in general. As you will see if you keep reading this letter, I'm also a big fan of time shenanigans.
开端 | Reset (TV 2022)
This is a relatively short (16 episode) cdrama about two young people who find themselves in a time loop on a bus that's about to blow up. It's not without flaws (there's a couple moments that are annoyingly focused on giving you a Moral Lesson) but it's a really fun time loop and does a nice job both being funny and heartrending at times. I love the ensemble cast of bus passengers, and I'd love to see a vid that focused on them as a collective or one about Lu Di (the cat apostle!!) in particular. Or something about the time loop itself? Also happy with a focus on the Li Siqing/Xiao Heyun romance.
DNW: a vid only following around the cop characters/a character study for one of them
Russian Doll (TV 2019)
More time loops! I knew I was going to love the time loop aspect of this show (which is VERY well done and gives you some great worldbuilding) but I also pretty much instantly fell in love with Nadia. She's SUCH a good character, and I love how much of an asshole she is. So I'd be most interested in a vid either just focused on the world or about her or her relationship with Ruth or Alan.
As of writing this dear vidder letter, I am in the process of watching s2 so I haven't specifically requested anything based on that yet (letter may update). Heads up if you're checking out this show (or s2 of this show) that s2 is partially about the holocaust. DNW Nazis or swastikas in this vid. I am happy with an s1 only vid.
Not a hard line DNW, but the scene in s1 where she coughs up a shard of glass is at the borderline of my limit for gore. So don't feel obligated to completely leave it out if you need to use it, but if so I'd prefer to have it be broken up a bit/no super long lingering shots.
沙海 | Tomb of the Sea (TV)
I'm very fond of this tomb show's tonal choices - it goes really dark at times in a way that I think is cool, but it's also doing some tonal whiplash and switching between genres pretty quickly. I'd love to see a vid for the teens (individually or as a whole group), Liang Wan, Hei Yanjing, or Su Nan. Feel free to also include or focus on the iron triangle (or Xiao Hua, who has a few great moments in this movie despite his tragic lack of screentime). If you've got ideas that are weird or goofy or out there, go for it!
You're welcome to include other tomb shows/movies if you so desire, but I still haven't seen mystic 9.
The Wheel of Time (TV)
This show is gorgeous, and also full of cool characters and worldbuilding. It'd be cool to do a magic/worldbuilding focused vid that did something with the expansiveness of the world and everyone's focus on history and how it repeats itself. I'd also love something character or relationship focused for Moiraine or Nynaeve or the whole two rivers ensemble.
As of writing this dear vidder letter, I haven't seen s2 so I'm not specifically requesting anything based on that (letter may update), but I'm planning on it before reveals so feel free to include it in your vid.
I'm fine with some gore, but please don't include the torture parts of the whitecloak torture scenes.
I haven't read the books (and definitely don't plan on reading 14 wheel of time books before January), so nothing that will be incomprehensible without that please.