Vids: "A Love That Won't Sit Still" and "Can't Take a Hint" [Astaire/Rogers films]

[icepixie]

Title: A Love That Won't Sit Still
Song: Stray Italian Greyhound
Artist: Vienna Teng
Fandom: Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers films
Vidder: icepixie
Length: 4:08
Summary: In almost all of their movies, Fred's character spells bad news for Ginger's, at least for a time--he gets her fired, he ruins her auditions, he screws up her engagements, etc. You just want to tell her to run far, far away as soon as he enters the scene. But then, of course, she would never fall in love with him, and there would be no film, and that would be no fun. Besides, he always manages to charm her in the end...*

A Love That Won't Sit Still from Icepixie Vids on Vimeo.

Download the Quicktime version (46 MB) at MediaFire. (If the idea of downloading a 46 MB file makes you cringe, you can get a lower resolution, 25 MB version here.)


Title: Can't Take a Hint
Song: There She Goes
Artist: The Las
Fandom Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers films
Vidder: icepixie
Length: 2:53
Summary: As I was making the vid above, a collection of Astaire characters tapped me on the shoulder and insisted there be a vid from their POV. Fearing strangulation by white tie, I obliged. So here is a vid about how crazy they are about Ginger's characters. Emphasis on the "crazy," because, let's face it, his character is KIND OF A STALKER in most of these movies. ;)

Thanks to rowdycamels and eldivinomarques for looking it over.

Can't Take a Hint from Icepixie Vids on Vimeo.

Download the Quicktime version (31 MB) at MediaFire.


* I actually had narrative rationale for putting particular clips where I did in this one--well, moreso than the "movement of feet (or hands, arms, heads, etc.) match the beats/body position makes a good transition with the last clip/generally matches the flavor of the music" that primarily drove the last one--so if there's interest, I would be more than happy to babble about this vid, and about the awesome fun that is vidding musical films, in another post because I am a nerd.

Comments

[eldivinomarques.livejournal.com]

I already gave you my opinion about the second vid so there no use to reapeat it. ;) Now, in the first one, "A Love That Won't Sit Still" I found it exquisite. I really appreciate the fanvideos that use actual songs.Music from the movies and that era are fantastic but I think that mixing these 30's movies with modern music let us notice how feelings, emotions that were described there are timeless and that fit perfectly with that moderm music. Btw, I love how you take care over the dance clips to follow the music (specially around 2:17.

Downloading right now, the 46 Mb version to go directly to my ipod ;)

[icepixie]

Thank you so much! I'm glad you liked it. I thought the song just went perfectly with the relationship they so often have in the films. (Plus I've been itching to use that song for something...perhaps it says something about me or my tastes that I can think of no fewer than three other fandoms/relationships it would work well with. Hmmm.)

[eldivinomarques.livejournal.com]

I'm curious... which other fandoms/relationships do you think this songs fits with?

[icepixie]

The song was practically written for Susan Ivanova and Marcus Cole from Babylon 5, in my opinion. I think it would also work pretty well for Trevor Hale and Claire Allen from Cupid (the original version from the late nineties, not the one that aired four episodes and got canceled last year) and Rick Castle/Kate Beckett on Castle. They've all got the "smitten guy chasing--or at least flirting with--a girl who won't give him the time of day because it would be messy and/or he's annoying-but-charming" dynamic.