Vidshow Discussion Post: 2009 Retrospective

[cosmic_llin]

 

Welcome to the discussion post for the 2009 Retrospective vidshow, curated by such heights!

This is a new thing we’re trying - we love talking about the vidshows at the con itself, but we think there’s scope for further discussion here on Dreamwidth, where folks who weren’t able to attend the con can get involved too. Anyone who’s interested is welcome to watch the show and join in! We’ll be running these posts roughly once a month, initially featuring shows from VidUKon 2019.

You can see the list of vids and their descriptions here - scroll down and click on the show title in blue. If you’re struggling to find any vids from the show, please drop me a line and I’ll see what I can do to help!

Comments

[cosmic_llin]

This show was such a fascinating snapshot of a very particular fannish moment. It honestly felt simultaneously like we'd stepped into a time machine, and also like it couldn't possibly have been ten years since some of those vids!

It's also kind of fascinating to look at the names of the vidders and note how many of them are people who are still active in vidding now - having become a part of the vidding community at around that time, it's nice to feel that sense of continuity and connection when vidding fandom can sometimes feel so ephemeral. The fact that so many of these vids are no longer readily available to stream just drives home the point that, on the internet, ten years is long enough for something to disappear, or to become visible only through metadata and commentary left behind. Vidshows like this feel like a really important way to keep in touch with our own history.

[colls]

I remember watching 'Hard Sun' when I was a newbie vidder and it had such an impact on me. I still love how it shows fannish interaction with source.

[brokenmnemonic]

I wasn't really a part of the mainstream vidding fandom around this time, so I missed a lot of these when they first appeared, although I've seen a fair number through VidUKon shows since. It seems like a really long time ago now - back when I was still part of an excited fandom.

I remember when bop-radar was making DLZ - we were both baby vidders at the same time, and good friends, and there was a lot of agonising about how to vid and how to learn and so much fandom stuff. I think it was around then that she had me watching Smallville and having all the Lois and Clark feelings while we were either waiting for or angrily recovering from the BSG finale. One of the things I love about her vids is that she combines such a great sense of timing and imagery with feelings; there are only a small number of TSCC vids I keep rewatching, and this is definitely one.

Break Teen Spirit in Four Minutes is one of those quintessential dragonchic vids I've watched hundreds or maybe even thousands of times since someone first showed me her vids (probably boppy again). It's been more than ten years, and I'm still amazed at how she uses motion and cutting to make these glorious, flowing vids that look absolutely amazing. I remember dragonchic made a number of these vids with remixed audio that I've watched a lot - this one is a particular favourite, but also Wonderwall and Intergalactic Friends, which I think all came out within a few months of each other.

One of the things I'm always struck by whenever I go back to the VidUKon 2008 vids is how difficult it is to find live copies of them, streaming or otherwise. It looks like it's the same with these vids from 2009. Rememebr when the BAM vid vault was going to be the next big thing? Youtube's still around from that period, but I think everything else has gone. I wonder how many vidders who were around at the time have vanished almost completely from the internet, along with their vids?