Five great vids from 2020

[sparrow2000.livejournal.com]

Happy Halloween folks. We’re now onto the recs for fandom creativity that has happened since last year’s buffyversetop5. I’ve noticed a lot of great vids this year, so here’s the first of two 2020 vid posts

Welcome to the Jungle by ethereal. This is a beautifully edited Ensemble vid with an emphasis on Buffy for obvious reasons!


Willow Has a Girlfriend Now by periru3 and tafadhali. This one is just bright, cheery and loads of fun. And as the creators say at the end - apologies to Oz…

There’s Only Me by Bloody Thorn is a bit different from the normal vid - it has visuals cut to an orchestral track with extracts of Buffy speaking and it really stood out to me as a great example of the weight of being The Slayer sitting on Buffy’s shoulders through the years.

Island in the Sun by 1SnowWhiteQueen1 So many Buffy ‘verse vids are dark and angsty, so it was lovely to come across this one which is sweet and sunny. This is an Ensemble Buffy and Angel vid.

I’ll finish off with some Giles/Jenny cuteness from Celia - There She Goes. I’m smiling like crazy watching it at the same time as it hurts my heart.

I was intending to rec Dance Monkey by Bloody Thorn, but unfortunately the vid is suddenly locked (it wasn't the last time I looked!), which is a shame because it was a load of fun.

Comments

[yourlibrarian]

Yay for new vids! I decided to start with Island and you're certainly right about the tone. But what struck me was how literally sunny it is. So much of Buffy is actually in dark and shadows and I've noticed a lot of vids suffer from poor quality clips because of the lack of visibility. It's a striking difference.

[sparrow2000.livejournal.com]

Always yay for new vids! :)

You are right about how literally sunny that vid is as well as its tone. So many Buffy scenes are dark that it's actually quite a shock to see so many sunny scenes in one place. *g*

[yourlibrarian]

Just finished watching the rest -- loved Welcome to the Jungle. I think it's easy to remember the drama and humor in the series but it was also a horror show and the vid does such a good job of reminding us of that. Best one I've seen in a while.

The Giles/Jenny one is cute and also has such a light air. And the Willow/Tara one -- funny!

[sparrow2000.livejournal.com]

Agreed, Welcome to the Jungle blew me away. And after all the darkness, cute and fun vids are just what the doctor ordered! :)

[double_dutchess]

Happy Halloween! I'd only seen a few of those before, so thanks for introducing me to the other ones. The Willow/Tara and Giles/Jenny ones were really cute!

[sparrow2000.livejournal.com]

Grins at you in a suitably spooky manner - yeah, I'd run away from me too! *g*

Glad you could revisit old favourites and enjoy some new ones :)

[thenewbuzwuzz.livejournal.com]

Oh, yay for vid recs! "Island in the Sun" is on my upcoming list too. And "Willow has a girlfriend now" is exactly as you said, how nice!

[sparrow2000.livejournal.com]

Well a great piece of creativity can never be recced too many times.

The Willow has a girlfriend vid just makes me grin like crazy.