VID REC: The Professionals - And So It Goes

[justacat.livejournal.com]

Vidder: Rhianne
Musical Artist: Billy Joel
Pairing: Bodie/Doyle
Vidder on LJ: rhianne
Vidder's website: http://www.hiddenmuse.co.uk/index.htm
Why this vid must be seen:

I've just learned that the last Friday of the month is Friday Night Drive-In on crack_van, or the night for making vid recs. This seems like a great idea to me, so here goes (story rec to follow later).

There are so many fabulous, unbelievable Pros vids out there (for a comprehensive list go to The Hatstand). Most of them are older and were made before the DVDs were released, and the vast majority of them aren't online. This includes some of my very favorites - for example, the classic Media Cannibals vids - if I could rec any vid at all here, it would be Detachable Penis, from Media Cannibals 3.

I know that many people hoped that the release of the DVDs would give a boost to Pros vidding. I don't think that's really happened, at least not on the scale we might have liked - but lucky for us, there have been some wonderful Pros vids made relatively recently, and some of these are online. I spent some enjoyable time sifting through them this evening. Most I'd seen before, but not And So It Goes, though I'd downloaded it months ago. I clicked on it tonight expecting something pleasant, but I had no idea I'd be moved so much, almost to teariness (not a usual state for me!). Oh, this vid pulls your heartstrings. The vidder's summary is "Bodie loves Doyle from afar" - and really, that's what it's all about (though the ending holds some promise, at least for a hopeless happily-ever-after OTPer like me, that it might not always be from afar).

I'm not a vidding expert, and I don't know all the technical techniques or terms - but to my uneducated eye (and ear), the music is perfect for the theme, both the mood and the lyrics, lovely and wistful and moving, and the vidder's choice of clips and the techniques she's used, whatever they're called, do it justice. To me this vid represents the best of both worlds: it uses newer technology and vidding techniques, but not for their own sake, not so that you notice them; at heart it's a good old-fashioned fannish vid, with the total focus on the characters. Which really is what I love best, particularly in this fandom.

I can only hope that we'll be seeing more like this, from her and from other vidders.

And So It Goes

Comments

[audrarose.livejournal.com]

All of rhianne's vids are gorgeous, I think. I especially love her Sentinel ones - total angst cocaine *g*.

[justacat.livejournal.com]

I keep watching and re-watching this vid, and oh, it hurts, but it's gorgeous, just gorgeous. Angst-cocaine - that's a perfect term; beautiful on every level, and a great interpretation of the characters.

I've never seen her Sentinel vids and I'll have to give those a look - I did my time in TS fandom, so I'm sure I'll enjoy them, even if my heart is elsewhere these days. But god I wish for more Pros vids from her.

[rhianne.livejournal.com]

Aww! ::sniff:: Thanks for your email, Justacat, and thanks for the rec - I'm glad that you liked it! I am still making vids, though I must admit I have drifted away from the Pros fandom a bit, so that I now find myself writing fic and making vids for The Sentinel and Stargate SG-1 more than Pros, but Bodie&Doyle were my first fandom, and I'll always have a soft spot for them :)

As for making more vids, the reason I'm not making more Pros vids is purely because I find it really hard to come up with songs that fit B&D, whereas songs for Jim and Blair or Jack and Daniel leap out of the radio on a daily basis *g* And So It Goes was a request that I made for a friend's birthday, one of her favourite songs, but if people were to suggest songs they'd like to see turned into Pros songvids, well, you never know what might come of them ::hint hint::

Anyway, thank you so much for the rec, I'm touched, and really glad that you like the vid :)

[justacat.livejournal.com]

YW - but it was my pleasure ...

I think I'm going to have to spread this news around more widely, so others can help with the hunt for good B&D songs!

(And I edited the entry to include your LJ - wasn't sure that was you, so I hadn't put it in there at first)

[rhianne.livejournal.com]

Angst-cocaine! LOL! I love it!

Thanks Audrarose *g*

[green-key.livejournal.com]

Awesome rec. Great vid and Bodie pov. Damn. *sniffle*

[justacat.livejournal.com]

Oh, I know, it just makes you ache, doesn't it ...

I keep playing it over and over - like audrarose said up above, angst cocaine, can't get enough.

Very glad you liked it, and glad I could spread the joy around :-)

[rhianne.livejournal.com]

::beam:: Thank you!

[metabolick.livejournal.com]

::sniff:: This is the only Pros vid I have saved on my computer. It is so hauntingly lovely.

What a shame that out of all the titles listed at Hatstand only a few Pros vids are available online now. I sure would like to see more.

[justacat.livejournal.com]

Hauntingly lovely ... that's a great description for it.

And yes, I totally agree about the old Pros vids. I've been making something of a mission of collecting as many as I can, but many simply aren't available anymore - I've been begging and borrowing from long-time Pros fans. One suggestion: email the Media Cannibals people and beg them to either 1) put their fantastic vids online, or 2) put them on DVD for us, or at least 3) go back to selling the videotapes ... It would be such a shame for those to be lost to posterity.