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[ash48]

Title: Channel Hopping
Vidder: ash48
Music: Various TV Theme tunes (12 in all - listed at the end of the vid)
Category: Umm.. crackish self-indulgence.
Spoilers: S3
Length: 4.30
Size: 37mb
Summary: The Boys watch TV
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Vid comment:

So this officially hits the top of my list as the most fun I've had making a vid. This presented a number of new challenges which I relished.

This vid really does show my age! Though not all TV shows are as ancient as me, so there's (hopefully) something for everyone. I've been wanting to do this for a while (ever since "Supernatural 5-0" and "Supernatural Dukes") and I took my time over this (for a change).

Special thanks to the lovely deirdre_c for her encouraging words and to my wonderful beta _sharvie_ whose eye for detail never ceases to amaze me (and keep me on my toes!). These gals helped give it the spit and polish it needed.

No money made, but comments gratefully accepted.

Comments

[winterevanesce.livejournal.com]

Wow! This is such a cool video! I love the way you did this and I think it's genius! The whole dean and sam watching TV and all the tv themes going on was done really nicely. Well done! I really enjoyed this!

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Hey Hun. Thanks so much (again!). You know, I knew I wanted to string a few TV shows together but wasn't sure how and then it came to me about putting them into TVs (as TVs feature quite a lot on the show). I wasn't sure I could actually do that - which was the challenge!

Thanks so much for your feedback. :)

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

I was officially in stitches after "So you think you can dance" and only got progressively more giggly from there. You fucking rock!! You rock so loud I gotta swear about it, that's how much you rock!!!

Downloading!! So totally downloading!! Wheee!

Also, how the heck did you manip the TVs so perfectly, because I just cannot get it to look right in my vid? *puppy eyes*

(Oh and I'm pimping today. Please join and post at The Roadhouse. *grin*)

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Hey starrylizard. Thank you so very much. Hee! SYTYCD was when I started having fun! Thanks so much for you squeeful feedback.

Manipping those TVs just took a lot of patience (and a keen eye from sharvie). Mostly shrinking the overlaying shot, then cropping and centering and sometimes rotating till it fit. I also found this thing called a "4 point garbage matte" (?) which allowed some fine tuning. (This is in FCE) Almost drove me mad! (actually the burning fuse in MI actually did drive me mad!)

Thanks again for your comment. Happy to join "The Roadhouse" - looks cool.

[dotfic.livejournal.com]

Oh my god, this is so awesome I HAVE NO WORDS. ♥

I have been wanting to see an SPN vid set to the Odd Couple theme for a few seasons now. All the rest was amazing too, and made me laugh so much. (There was only one theme I couldn't ID -- the gritty cop-show theme, what was that?)

Terrific work. *goes off to rewatch*

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Hey dotfic, thanks so much for your lovely comment (and for the rec!). It was The Odd Couple that really started this off. I didn't think it would be enough for one vid so I decided to put it together with some others. The cop show was (my first TV love) Starsky & Hutch.

*hugs*

[ivy03.livejournal.com]

This was awesome--especially since I just finished watching all four seasons of Starsky and Hutch. I'm going to get meta here for a second, but I love how it does what vids do best--recontextualize. In this case, it shows the blend of genres, and possible influences, in Supernatural by using the visual style and theme music of a bunch of different shows--and relying on the audience to pick up on those cues just from the theme music. In other words, what vidding is meant to be.

(Can I also say, putting in a stripper moment and a black police captain in the Starsky and Hutch section? Kind of awesome.)

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Hey ivy03,

Thank you for your meta on this. \O/ SPN lends itself to so many "styles" of TV shows. I was banking on the audience knowing some of these shows in order for it to work.

Yay! I'm so glad you picked up on the stripper! It was the closest I could get to the exotic dancer Hutch is staring at in the opening sequence. And yep - Hendrickson as Captain Dolby! Just had to do it.

Thanks for your wonderful comment.

[musesfool.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's awesome, especially the Odd Couple bit, because I've wanted someone to do that for ages. Also the Mission Impossible one. Hee!

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much. The Odd Couple was how this all began actually - I was playing with that show as a stand alone vid, but didn't think it would be enough. So glad you liked it. :D

[ash48.livejournal.com]

KATIEEEEE!! Hee! I got caps!

Thanks so much hun. This was so much fun I have to say. Tricky, but fun!

Thanks again. *huggles*

[kimonkey7.livejournal.com]

This was a ton of fun. I really enjoyed it. The editing is so clean. Really great job.

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Hey kimonkey,

Thank you so much. I'm thrilled you watched this (I'm a big fan of your fic!) Thanks for dropping by. :D

[destina.livejournal.com]

This vid made me clap like a demented seal. *g* I loved it - so clever, and your clip choice for each of those shows was hilariously perfect. Thank you for the best laugh I've had in ages and ages - this is marvelous. :D

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Hey destina,

Thank you so much. Hee! demented seal! I'm so glad it made you laugh. Thanks for letting me know.

[lark_ascends]

starrylizard recced this, and I loved it!!!

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Hey rinkle,

She a honey for recc'ing this. I'm so glad you popped by. Thanks.

[(Anonymous)]

I loved the frame thread of Dean switching channels to move through the various themes, and how each theme showed something different about the boys. Very cool vid.

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much.

[charis-kalos.livejournal.com]

Okay, got over here on starrylizard's rec and I'm so glad because this is brilliant! Was jumping up and down at the themes/shows I recognised (particularly Buffy and Friends - those two were fabulous) and now will have to watch again having seen the list at the end (The Odd Couple - of course!) Excellent, excellent. Has made me happy.

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for dropping by and commenting. I didn't list the vids in my post because I wanted some of it to be a surprise and to test everyone knowledge of the shows, *g*. The Odd Couple was one I wasn't sure many would remember but I just had to do it 'cause it reminded me of our boys so much.

Thanks again.

[barkley.livejournal.com]

This was so much fun!

[ash48.livejournal.com]

\O/ thanks so much for watching and commenting. :D

[twasadark.livejournal.com]

You are BRILLIANT!! I loved this vid - so beautifully done. And you included Starsky & Hutch, which makes me love you forever!!!

Great job, hon. It's so refreshing to see a Supernatural vid that makes me smile instead of burst into tears. :-)

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Hee! Yes, I also need to take a break from the angst (thou I love that too!) I've wanted to do Starsky and Hutch for ages (as one of my first TV loves) so this was a good opportunity. Thanks for your lovely comment.

[mkitty3.livejournal.com]

This was totally brilliant!

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Yay! Thank you so much.

(This gives me the opportunity to say that your vid "Breathe" was one of the very first fanvids I ever watched and in fact inspired me to give vidding a go - so, thanks. It's still one that I go back and watch and love to bits.)

[girlmostlikely.livejournal.com]

Oh my gosh, honey!! I've watched this vid NINE TIMES already, and I just love it so, SO MUCH. It's absolutely brilliant crack!! *loves*

[ash48.livejournal.com]

OMG Nine times?! \O/ Thrilled you liked it. Thanks so much for letting me know. It means a lot. :D

[2sexyboys.livejournal.com]

Is it sad I knew all those themes before you listed them? LOL
This was so well done and absolutely brilliant and I shall perch here and wait for a part two, cause we are so going to need to smile soon. Brilliant

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Is it sad I knew all those themes before you listed them?

I know! Glad I'm not the only one. *bg*

Thanks for your lovely comment. And I suspect we are all going to need a smile before too long! Part 2? I'm sure there's a few shows I've missed. :)

Thanks for watching and commenting. :D

[riveroceansea.livejournal.com]

Sam watching 'The Love Boat'! Yeah, that's almost as awkward as porn. And 'Simon and Simon'--I loved that show. Gerald McRainey's legs are almost as long as Jared's.

Loved it!

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Sam watching 'The Love Boat'!

Oh yes. For some reason that just tickled my funny bone.

I wanted to include Simon and Simon somehow and it wasn't until the credits that I saw a place to fit it in. That show was my other Bro love show! (well, after The Hardy Boys that is!)

Thanks for watching and commenting. :D

[hope]

THIS IS SO TOTALLY AWESOME!!!1

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much. I'm thrilled you liked it.

I just saw a comment that someone popped by from your rec - so thank you for that. I really appreciate it. :D

[lilacsigil.livejournal.com]

Here from a rec by angstslashhope.

I'm a totally ignorant vid watcher, but this was awesome! I especially like the Buffy montage and the jolliness of Friends, with all the Special Kids.

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Thank you for popping by, especially if you are not a big vid watcher. That means a lot.

I really wasn't sure about the Buffy bit because I've never watched Buffy and I wasn't sure what reaction I'd get with casting John as Buffy! :)

Thanks for watching and commenting. :D

[missyjack.livejournal.com]

OMG - its like you took my TV viewing history and made it into this BRILLIANT CRACKED OUT WONDERFUL PIECE OF ART! Awesome in every way!

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Oh MJ, I can't tell you what it means to get a comment like this from you! Hee! This is my viewing history too.

Piece of Art - that's... I can't... just, thank you. :D

(Oh and your icon! Perfect!)

[shadow-of-doubt.livejournal.com]

This is such a great video! The scenes you chose were perfect and you put them together flawlessly. I'm in awe of your talent! I've rec'd your video on my LJ.

[ash48.livejournal.com]

\O/ Thank you so much. And thank you so much for the rec. I really appreciate it. *hugs*

[vickita.livejournal.com]

OMG, that's *brilliant*. ::goes to watch again::

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much. :D

[smilla02.livejournal.com]

dotific yesterday and tvm today recced your video and I have squeed with them and only now realized that I never told YOU how much I've loved it.
I started grinning like a loon at the Starsky & Hutch theme and couldn't stop. Well done you!

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Oh thank you so much. I'm so glad you popped by. I didn't know tvm rec'd it - that's awesome. Thanks for watching and commenting. :D

[taniapretender.livejournal.com]

ah ah ah ah
BEST VID EVER !!!

I LOVED the Mission Impossible one, but I thought the ER should have been Chicago Hope instead - less action, more emo -

anyway, AWESOME

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much. Eeek, I confess I don't know Chicago Hope! Actually I don't know ER that well either - I just knew I wanted a hospital drama at that point in the vid and ER came to mind (I was looking at General Hospital as well, but went for ER as I liked its opening sequence.)

Thanks so much for watching and commenting.

[mresundance.livejournal.com]

This was a total delight! Very skillfully done and the shows you picked - OMG! The General Hospital sections made me giggle (I so didn't watch that show, I promise). Nice. Downloaded!

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Hee! Thanks so much. That hospital sequence was ER - I did consider using General Hospital (it would have been more fitting there as it's day time TV), but I really liked the style of ER, so I used that.

Thanks so much for watching and commenting. :D