new vid! Doctor Who, Handlebars

[flummery]

Our Vividcon Premieres vid is up now:

Vid title: Handlebars
Song artist: Flobots
Fandom: Doctor Who (2005)
Vidders: Seah and Margie (Flummery)
Vidder website: http://flummery.org
Summary: I'm the Doctor. Look me up.

Notes: Thanks to merryish for the all the help, and especially all the baking, without which this vid probably never would have been finished in time. (she made us say that -- but it's true anyway.)

Right-click to download: http://flummery.org/handlebars/handlebars_dw_flummery.avi

There's a streaming version up on our imeem (http://flummery.imeem.com), but it's a little stuttery in spots and we're not sure why. Hopefully we'll get it figured out and fixed soon.

Imeem went boom, so we put a streaming version up on our site, which you can watch there or here:

ETA April 17, 2012: Our streaming vids are temporarily offline while we look into a technical issue. Sorry! The download still works, and we'll get the streaming version back up as soon as we can.

Comments

[flummery.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

Here on bradcpu's recommendation... this is marvellous! It is the Ten vid I have been waiting for! (And if you'd heard me yack away about how DW vids rarely hit the right note for me you'd know that's a big call.) The song is in an inspired choice and the intro in particular was absolutely spine-tingly. I *knew* 13 seconds in that this was going to ping the right way for me. You capture so well both the aspects I love about the Doctor and the ones I hate--it's very truthful to the new series, and captures Ten perfectly. I love that you show the surface Ten, as well as his darker layers. I think the relationship between the two is the most compelling aspect of the Doctor, for me, so vids that only deal with the darker/angstier or (sigh) schmoopier aspect of the Doctor don't always work for me, alas, despite their being many great vidders of the fandom. This vid really nailed 'my' (viewing of the) Doctor: thank you!

[odditycollector.livejournal.com]

Thank *you*, I think is more appropriate. I had it on repeat all of yesterday, and at least part of this morning. Even ignoring the message, it's a fun vid to watch. Very 'slpodey!

[merryish.livejournal.com]

I know I've said it before... in fact... I TOLD YOU SO! ... but officially -- this vid is amazing, and I'm wildly happy for you two and proud of you and I now plan to drop your names liberally into every conversation I have with anyone even remotely connected to fandom. Just so you know.

Did I mention, I told you so? AWESOME.

[flummery.livejournal.com]

*beams at you* Thank you! We honestly had no idea how this was going to go over, and we're a little staggered at the response. So cool to know it works for you!

[flummery.livejournal.com]

*beams at you* Thanks, Nin! (Why am I not surprised? *g*)

[flummery.livejournal.com]

Thank you! When we heard the song, we just had to vid the Doctor to it, and it's so cool to see that that's working for other people, too.

[jujuberry136.livejournal.com]

This is one of the coolest things I have ever seen. Though I've hear the song about a million times this summer, I hadn't realized how perfect it is about describing the doctor.

Seriously, this was AWESOME.

:D

[laurashapiro.livejournal.com]

This was THE vid of the con for me. I love it so, so much. I hope to have something smart to say about it soon. (:

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

*STARES* That is just amazing. Fun and fluffy right up until it gets really really scary, that's so very, very incredibly Ten. *goes to download so I can watch fifty billion times*

[meelie.livejournal.com]

Wow! Awesome vid!

[mirageofmae.livejournal.com]

to add to the general buzz: love the video! So perfect. I second everything on this comments page.

[rj-anderson.livejournal.com]

Pure and simple genius.

[jacquez.livejournal.com]

ok now, there has to be a name for that structure in a song, where you start out small (I can ride my bike with no handlebars) and then you escalate to something really big (I can end the planet in a holocaust) and then you go back to small again.

...this comment is totally not about the vid, is it? sorry. i am fascinated by the song structure because it's a common one and it needs a naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame.

o.O

as it happens, I can also ride my bike with no handlebars

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I watched the video, and it was every bit as awesome as mswyrr said when she recced it. It reminded me of this video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beb_FGnMpQ8) actually, but with a better song and more elegant and cohesive editing.

Everything she said about it capturing the personality of the Doctor is true... I loved that it builds and builds, from little "fun" things to big, scary things. And Ten certainly seems to embody the wide range therein. The last minute (my cause is noble, my power is pure) just blows the viewer away. (almost literally!)

I adored it.

Re: as it happens, I can also ride my bike with no handlebars

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I recced it on my LJ! I hope you do more vids. Do you have a Youtube account I can subscribe too?

[devildoll.livejournal.com]

That was awesome.

[black-eyedgirl.livejournal.com]

Just wanted to say that I recced this at my journal here (http://black-eyedgirl.livejournal.com/81947.html#cutid1), because it says everything I wanted to about Ten, but way more eloquently. I'm just in awe!

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

THIS. I love this song, I love this vid, and I love, love, love your take on Ten. The editing is impeccable and the crescendo is pitch-perfect, escalating from smiles and laughter to the horror and devastation the Doctor can leave behind him.

Perfect.

[baffledking.livejournal.com]

Holy wow. This was awesome.

[flummery.livejournal.com]

Wow, thank you so much -- and thank you for the multiple (!!!) reviews/recs! We've both been absolutely flabbergasted by the response to this, both at the con and after, and I can't tell you how happy it makes us that the vid worked so well for you. Yay!

[flummery.livejournal.com]

Harriet Jones was one of the very first sets of clips we knew we were going to be using, right from the beginning -- and as soon as we saw that snap, we knew that had to go in, too. We're both incredibly happy that they're working for other people the way they work for us. And yes, "fey and whimsical", perfect description!

Thank you so much!

[flummery.livejournal.com]

Thank you! And yeah, we heard the song and pretty much went straight to the Doctor -- it just summed him up so perfectly for us!

[flummery.livejournal.com]

I bounced up and down with glee, and my skin crawled.

Dude. That is the coolest compliment ever. Thank you so much!

[flummery.livejournal.com]

*beams* Thank you!