Vividcon 2018
2018 Key Influences

Key Influences, part one

# Title Vidder(s) Song (if different) Artist Fandom(s) Duration Download URL
1 sisabet's influence 1 none none none 0:00:05
2 Ecstatic Drum Trip Luminosity Rusted Root Farscape 0:03:06 [link]
"The driving and inescapable build of this vid influenced almost every vidder of my acquaintance." - sisabet
3 sisabet's influence 2 none none none 0:00:10
4 On the Prowl sisabet and sweetestdrain Lydia Lunch Multi 0:03:37
5 kuwdora and jarrow's influence 1 none none none 0:00:08
6 Street Cafe Jill, Kathy and Kay Street Cafe (Smash n' Go Remix) Icehouse The Bourne movies 0:03:59
"This vid grabs you and never lets go. It was incredibly influential for me as a budding vidder. It taught me how external motion can be used across a series of clips to create longer sequences, like a relay, while also using quick cutting to create a sense of motion with more static clips." - jarrow / "Lots of quick cuts and dancey beat." - kuwdora
7 kuwdora influence 2 none none none 0:00:10
8 Filthy/Gorgeous kuwdora Scissor Sisters Heroes 0:02:55
9 jarrow's influence 2 none none none 0:00:10
10 Telephone jarrow Lady Gaga 24 0:03:53 [link]
11 Trelkez's Influence 1 none none none 0:00:05
12 Razzle Dazzle Killa, T. Jonesy and WOAD Society Richard Gere Star Trek TOS 0:03:36
"This vid taught me internal motion timing. Every beat or sound I hit in a song with a look or a gesture or a car spinning in slo-mo is owed directly to this vid." - Trelkez
13 Trelkez's Influence 2 none none none 0:00:10
14 Me Against the Music Greensilver Britney Spears ft Madonna Red 0:03:41
15 hollywoodgrrl's influence 1 Title Title Title 0:00:05
16 Living Dead Girl bradcpu Rob Zombie Angel and Buffy the Vampire Slayer 0:04:30 [link]
"This vid is a sexy smoothie enriched with perfect musicality, effects, movement, and most importantly, a clear story. Yum!" - hollywoodgrrl
17 hollywoodgrrl's influence 2 none none none 0:00:10
18 I Come With Knives hollywoodgrrl IAMX Multi 0:04:24 [link]
19 sweetestdrain's influence 1 Title Title Title 0:00:05
20 Jig of Life astolat Kate Bush Witchblade 0:03:15
"The symbolism! The motion! The lyric matches! Mind-blowing. I watched it on repeat. I feel like Jig of Life personally took me by the hand and led me out of the faces-looking-at-other-faces mode of vidding." - sweetestdrain
21 sweetestdrain's influence 2 none none none 0:00:10
22 Fire In Your New Shoes sweetestdrain Kaskade ft. Dragonette The Prisoner 0:02:39
23 bessyboo's influence 1 none none none 0:00:05
24 Handlebars Margie and Seah Flobots Doctor Who (2005) 0:03:27
"This vid is an absolute MASTER CLASS in pacing and how to build to a climax in a way that knocks you on your ass when you realize what it's doing." - bessyboo
25 bessyboo's influence 2 none none none 0:00:10
26 Blank Space bessyboo & moonling Taylor Swift Doctor Who 0:03:58 [link]

Key Influences, part two

# Title Vidder(s) Song (if different) Artist Fandom(s) Duration Download URL
1 Rhoboat's Influence 1 Title Title Title Title 0:00:05
2 To Touch the Face of God Destina Nasivern Pi E.S. Posthumus Multi 0:04:38
"This was the vid that showed me how to let clips just BREATHE." - rhoboat
3 Rhoboat's Influence 2 none none none 0:00:10
4 Losing My Religion rhoboat Clelia Vega The Hunger Games 0:03:40
5 ohvienna's influence 1 Title Title Title 0:00:05
6 Smoke and Mirrors obsessive24 Gotye Mad Men 0:03:38 [link]
"Less is more, musicality, themes, crescendo, as;lkfsjf!!!" - ohvienna
7 ohvienna's influence 2 none none none none 0:00:10
8 Sweet Blossom ohvienna Emilie Simon Heavenly Creatures 0:03:08 [link]
9 Franzeska's Influence 1 none none none 0:00:05
10 Temper of Revenge Mary Van Deusen Julia Ecklar Miami Vice 0:03:36 [link]
"If I ever felt shame in being OTT, it ended when I watched this." - Franzeska
11 Franzeska's Influence 2 none none none 0:00:10
12 King of Brooklyn Franzeska Devil Doll Wiseguy 0:04:45
13 thuvia ptarth and Destina's influence none none none 0:00:08
14 Rook Laura Shapiro +4db The X-Files 0:04:12
"This vid taught me to think carefully about where and how I use lyrics metaphorically, and when to use them literally, for the greatest emotional impact." - Destina / "This was the first time I understood why you'd want to watch a vid and not just re-watch the show." - thuvia ptarth
15 thuvia ptarth's influence 2 none none none none 0:00:10
16 No Skin thuvia ptarth The Golden Palominos The Inside 0:01:44 [link]
17 Destina's Influence 2 none none none 0:00:10
18 Want Destina Recoil Supernatural 0:02:43
19 bradcpu's influence 1 none none none none 0:00:05
20 Fix You SDWolfpup Coldplay Battlestar Galactica (2003) 0:02:49
"The POV work felt like a knife to the gut. That’s kind of the holy grail of narrative structure to me. I looked to it when trying to structure my own." - bradcpu
21 bradcpu's influence 2 none none none 0:00:10
22 Tear You Apart bradcpu She Wants Revenge Firefly 0:04:18 [link]
23 kiki_miserychic's influence 1 none none none 0:00:05
24 In Your Honor lithiumdoll Foo Fighters Farscape 0:03:18
"First vid I saw and loved that used effects. Until this vid I had no idea how amazing vids could look." - kiki_miserychic
25 kiki_miserychic's influence 2 none none none 0:00:10
26 Volcano kiki_miserychic Damien Rice the l word 0:02:40 [link]
27 AbsoluteDestiny's Influence 1 Title Title Title 0:00:05
28 Caffeine Encomium Kevin Caldwell William Tell Overture Gioacchino Rossini Kodomo no Omocha / Kodocha 0:03:09 [link]
"This amv taught me everything I'd ever need to know about sync editing and lyricless structure." - AbsoluteDestiny
29 AbsoluteDestiny's Influence 2 none none none 0:00:10
30 There is Too Much Light in this Bar AbsoluteDestiny Wammo Life on Mars (UK) 0:03:23 [link]
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