Festivid reveals

[amnisias]

Vid: Moment of Truth
Source: Varsity Blues
Song: Survivor (Karate Kid OST)
For: festivids 2012
Recipient: Greensilver



Hidden under a lot of frat boy humor, football and teen romance 'Varsity Blues' has some poignant story lines about institutional bullying sanctioned by a whole community - all for the greater good of bringing home yet another football trophy . I tried to dig out that story line with the invaluable beta-help from counteragent and used an iconic sports antheme as counterpoint to the reality of playing varsity sports - the exitement and exhilaration, the disappointments, and the emotional cruelty and physical damage. I'm not sure I managed that - but you can always just watch the vid for the Van Der Beek and the football, and play 'spot the starts of tomorrow'.

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Comments

[brokenmnemonic.livejournal.com]

I'm seriously in awe of how you've made a layered vid that I can read several different ways using what sounds like an 80s big hair rock band. That's... epic. I want to be able to vid like that! I don't know the source, although it reminded me strongly of Friday Night Lights. I love how you mixed together all of the hoo-rah and celebration I associated with team sports in the US - particularly small town team sports - with the grimy, morally ambiguous (or just plain wrong) reality of pushing kids beyond their limits in a way that goes well beyond discipline and which is also somehow accepted. Thank you for including it in Vidder's Choice!

[amnisias.livejournal.com]

Oh my, thank you! *blush* Nothing is as nice as unexpected feedback for an 'oldie'. I'm glad the diffrent aspects of the vid came through - it took me forever finding a suitable vid song, and I was not really happy with the one I picked because it's lacks variations and emphasis, but festivid time pressure made me do it. I also wasn't sure of putting it into the Vidder's Choice because Paul Walker died last year, so it felt a bit - weired, I guess?