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I made three Frontera Verde vids for bironic for festivids! bironic had some really amazing prompts for the source, which I hadn't seen, so I watched it after festivids assignments went out.

Frontera Verde is a really interesting canon, both structurally - one of the main characters is found dead in the first episode - and tonally. I ended up wanting to make vids for three of bironic's prompts in three pretty different genres! I don't think there's a single clip that's in all three, except for a particularly lush jungle scene that was a very helpful clip for overlays.

The three vids are:

yesterday, today, and tomorrow
song: thick as thieves by Amelia
summary: The chiricsanango, or yesterday today and tomorrow plant, has color-changing flowers that last for just three days: yesterday they were purple, today they are lavender, tomorrow they will be white, and then they will be gone.

Download: 178 MB on mediafire or 99 MB on mediafire
AO3 Link: yesterday, today, and tomorrow on the AO3

( Notes on yesterday, today, and tomorrow )

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uyariy nisqayki (listen and I'll tell you)
song: Tijeras by Renata Flores
summary: No one hears what I'm saying
So I say: I will scream
content notes: nazi symbols (the bad guy does a nazi salute while wearing a nazi uniform), murdered woman, violence against women, depictions of police

Download link: 263 MB on mediafire or 143 MB on mediafire
Subtitle download links: Original (Runasimi and Spanish) or English
AO3 link: uyariy nisqayki on the AO3

( Notes on the song Tijeras )

( Notes on uyariy nisqayki (listen and I will tell you) )

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Mother Jungle
audio: by me; individual effects are from the BBC Sound Archive and Motion Array
summary: It is the heart of the jungle that makes roots that spread below the ground.
content notes: Nazi symbols (a swastika), audio triggers (loud abrupt noises, heartbeat)

Download: 165 MB on mediafire or 90 MB on mediafire
AO3 Link: Mother Jungle on the AO3

( Notes on Mother Jungle )

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Title: Confident
Fandom: Killjoys
Song: Confident by Demi Lovato
Summary: what's wrong with being Fancy Lee?

This was made for aurumcalendula for Festivids!

Download: Confident on mediafire, 175 mb
Subtitles: Subtitles on mediafire


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Title: Straightening Up the House
Fandom: Marvel comics and films
Song: Straightening Up the House by Romanovsky and Phillips (from "Emotional Rollercoaster," released in 1988)
Length: 4:00
Contains: No standard content notes. Queer erasure. Suicidal ideation (in comics speech bubbles). Opens with a terrible James Gunn interview.
Summary: Commemorating more than ten years of queer characters (not) appearing in Marvel films.

This is my premiere for the wiscon_vidparty! I have been thinking of making an angry vid like this about the translation of comics to films and tv for a long time, and I happened upon this amazingly perfect song last year. I had a lot of ... fun? trying to combine comics and films (I initially was doing some comparison panels that did video and comics side by side that just did not work) plus trying to combine lyrics + comics dialogue + title cards.

Thanks so much to thingswithwings for making this vid what it is - her beta work was invaluable.

Also, kuwdora made the motion text in the opening credits - this was so so helpful, because I didn't have to figure out how to do it or what it should look like (my brief was, like, "here's the music, something about text getting less rainbowy") and also, once someone else had made credits for me, I was committed to the vid and couldn't give up when it got infuriating.

Most comics footage in the vid is titled with character names, but if there's anything you want to hear more about I would be happy to tell you where it's from or the context of the panels.

Download: Straightening Up the House, 68 MB, 1280x720
Subtitles: Straightening Up the House subtitles

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Title: ESPN First Take November 15, 1996
Fandom: Space Jam
Audio: Stephen A Smith on ESPN First Take, 11/13/2015, on Steph Curry
Length: 0:30
Contains: No standard notes apply.
Summary: He is the greatest shooter I have ever seen in my life.

Download: Download ESPN First Take, 25 MB, 1920 x 1080
Subtitles: Coming soon!

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( Audio Transcription )

Title: Weapon
Fandom: Janelle Monáe - Works (Cindi Mayweather universe)
Song: Weapon by Bastille vs. Angel Haze vs. F-U-G-Z vs. Braque (But I cut a lot of it, including the whole coda. I love the coda but I couldn't make it work. The full 4:30 minute version is amazing.)
Length: 2:57
Outside Source: Metropolis, Blade Runner, Philip K Dick's Electric Dreams, The Matrix, Pumzi, Strange Days, St Beauty - Caught, Big Boi - Be Still, Jidenna - Knickers, Jeezy - Sweet Life, Fun - We Are Young, Goodie Mob - Special Education, Covergirl commercials, Pepsi commercials, Welcome to Wondaland, Sonos Wondaland West
Contains: Some quick cuts between two clips. A scene in this vid could be read as character death.
Summary: Throw all your hell towards the heavens, cause your voice is a weapon.

Notes: thingswithwings did truly heroic beta work on this, including proposing the credits aesthetic, bridging some sections I was despairing about, and (bless her) discouraging me from trying to solve those problems by going searching for more outside footage. Thanks so much, friend.

Download: Download Weapon, 71 MB, 1280 x 730
Sutitles: up soon!

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