Grrrrr

[ash48]

I know what I am about to do is bad form but damnit, I need to growl and grumble and just... arghhh...

So, I decided to do some "research" for my next vid (part 2 for my winning bidder). I needed to remind myself where I might find some good old fashioned Dean hitting on girls scenes (remember when he used to do that?) and basically Dean being damn sexy, so I thought I do some YT Supernatural vid surfing.

I figured vids using Brittany's "Womanizer" might be good. Lends itself to what I might be looking for. But MY GOD! The crap I came across. (yes, yes, I know it's not good form to diss other people works.... but arghhhh). I just don't get it. Clips that have NOTHING to do with the song or relate to any "theme" of the vid (yes, Dean might look sexy when he's looking at his dead father...but... arghhh, not appropriate!!) gazzillion talking head, long, loooong scenes, credits and just...just... /o\. But here's the thing... one had about 84,000 views. What the...?!??!?

I suppose it's because I usually only watch vids posted here or YT recs. Which means I am totally spoiled by amazing and wonderfully constructed works. And have been for a long time. I just didn't realise it could be so baaaad.

Ok. End rant. I don't mean to be mean. I just had to get that off my chest. *phew*

That said. Can anyone rec me a good Dean and his "moves" vids. I reckon there must be one out there. Or even a montage of sexy Dean scenes...(I know they'd be some of those!!)... but...only ones I can actually sit through. ;) It's totally for research purposes you understand....:D


Better now...

ETA: For what it's worth I don't believe Dean is a womanizer at all. I think he's a healthy male who appreciates the female form and enjoys sex, but I also think he has a respect for women that is quite deep and not often realised on the show. There's meta here that will have already been written somewhere no doubt, much better than I could write it. But yeah... just thought I'd mention that. :)

Comments

[luminosity]

"90% of everything is crap." - Theodore Sturgeon

Never more true, huh? LOL Youtube proves that everyday.

(yes, Dean might look sexy when he's looking at his dead father...but... arghhh, not appropriate!!)

This is because we understand *context*. Actually, IMO, good vidders understand context so well (most of the time) that it can become creatively crippling if they don't start working through it. Change the clip! Make it physically/locally hard to recognize, e.g., Dean being sexy while Daddy Winchester burns? Flip it, zoom it, saturate/desaturate it, blur it, make it b/w.

Oh wait. You didn't need to hear that. LOL I'm just running off at the keyboard because I don't want to work today. Can you tell?

Did you clip Dean dunking Lust in Magnificent Seven? Punching out Ruby in NRFtW? Dean sliding into the grave in CSPWDT? Stabbing Zachariah in the throat (which was so very hot and proved that Dean's eyes don't burn out)...

/shutting up now
ETA for punctuation and typos

[amnisias.livejournal.com]

"90% of everything is crap." - Theodore Sturgeon

The yt crap quoata might be more like 99.9% :)

[reliand.livejournal.com]

This is because we understand *context*. Actually, IMO, good vidders understand context so well (most of the time) that it can become creatively crippling if they don't start working through it. Change the clip! Make it physically/locally hard to recognize, e.g., Dean being sexy while Daddy Winchester burns? Flip it, zoom it, saturate/desaturate it, blur it, make it b/w.

Exactly! *nods* It's not the easiest thing to do, especially if your new to working with the program *raises hand*, but that's what it's there for. To play around with and learn how to work. The least you could do is try to make it look decent!

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Exactly! *nods* It's not the easiest thing to do, especially if your new to working with the program *raises hand*, but that's what it's there for. To play around with and learn how to work.

And I have no issue (which it's why I think it's bad form of me to complain) with newbie vidders learning their craft. I think I get mostly frustrated when I see no thinking behind a vid. If the vidder had done something like sockkpuppett had suggested at least it shows some consideration for the clip's context. But it takes a very clever vidder, I think, to clip a shot out of context and make it work. Unless it's AU and you can do anything.

*eep* rambling. And it's only 7 in the morning....

xx

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Hee! I HEAR YOU!!

See, if the vid was just about Dean being "hot" I can understand any amount of clip usage - even grieving Dean (maybe especially grieving Dean *g*), but when there are all these clips with Dean hitting on girls and then Dean taking off his shirt in Skin (shapeshifter Dean - ok sexy but what the hell has it go to do with him being a "womanizer"?!) and the shot from IMToD when Dad heart monitor stops I just.... well, I lost it and decided to post my frustration. :)

And no, I haven't used those clips *g* As sexy as they are they would most definitely not be in the context of the vid I am planning. Unless of course I twist it on its head.....Hmmm... ponders....

Thanks hun! <33