"arty" vid recs

[nemonclature]

I'm doing a vid project that draws on vidding techniques and I wanted to compile a reclist of 'arty' vids - any vids that stood out as partcularly inventive in terms of technique, or maybe a bit more abstract than the usual?

I know that's a bit vague, but it's mostly just for research purposes, to get an idea of the kinds of editing techniques that set vids apart from 'video art' or mainstream films.

So, I'm open to classic vids, youtube vids, creaspace vids, amvs, pretty much anything that you might have seen and thought, wow, that was funky!

Any help much appreciated! The project is three weeks, but I'm hoping to get research done this week.

Thanks!

(x posted to lj)

Comments

[rivkat]

Worthy, a SPN vid, has some amazing effects: all the words have been added by the vidder to the source.

Also, sisabet's Without You I'm Nothing, Smallville, really highlights the way vids cut on the beat (a very distinctive feature versus other video art IMO) and is a relatively early example of the expanding possibilities enabled by vidding on a computer. Hollywoodgrrl is another vidder whose control of the beat is spectacular: Bedtime Story (Legend of the Seeker) and Boom Boom Pow (Fringe) are my favorite examples. Giandujakiss's It Depends on What You Pay (Dollhouse) has fantastic editing to the beat and also a very savage critical message, based on interaction between the visuals and the vocals (another distinctive feature of vids IMO). Luminosity's Vogue is often intelligible to non vidding audiences as well as being wonderful in itself, and does things with the size of the frame. Charmax's Darwinism (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles/Battlestar Galactica) mashes up two sources in a great way, with added visual effects.

[nemonclature]

Yes, thank you, I'd forgotten about the importance of the beat!