Order | Vid Title | Vidder(s) | Fandom | Artist | Runtime | Why I chose it | link to vid |
1 | Jackie Will Save Me | GhostTownExit | House of Yes (1997) | Shiny Toy Guns | 03:59 | I feel like this is one of my first attempts at making a more atmospheric vid, as well as an early experiment in working with a relatively static source. | vid on YouTube |
2 | European | GhostTownExit | GLOW | Lydia Loveless | 04:37 | I really like how the narrative arc of this vid came together, and just how much fun footage I was able to get from the show. | vid on YouTube |
3 | Hollywood Forever Cemetery | GhostTownExit | Buzzfeed Unsolved | Father John Misty | 03:10 | Every greatest hits album needs new material, and this here is a premiere. A sort of jangley, roadtrippy ode to the Ghoul Boys, as well as a gift to sweetestdrain. | vid on YouTube |
4 | Rock N' Roll | GhostTownExit | Henry and June (1990) | The Sounds | 03:10 | I, perhaps strangely, read a great deal of Anais Nin in high school. So, if nothing else, this vid is an ode to some formative influences that shaped my sensiblities. | vid on YouTube |
5 | You Dropped a Bomb on Me | GhostTownExit | Dr. Strangelove/ Atomic Cafe (1964/1982) | The Gap Band | 03:33 | This vid sort of came together in the reverse order of how I normally do things: I built the vid around the song, rather than using the song to complement the visuals. I think the result is something of a different feel, a bit more loose and associative, from my other vids. | vid on YouTube |
6 | Body Damage | GhostTownExit | Crash (1996) | Goldfrapp | 03:41 | This was my first vid to show at Vividcon, and works as a pretty good introduction to the weird, enduring obsessions that would crop up in my later vids. | vid on YouTube |
7 | Evil | GhostTownExit | The Neon Demon (2016) | Ladytron | 03:58 | Those who know me know I'm a sucker for anything glossy and shiny, so it's no surprise that I'd find this movie fertile ground. | vid on YouTube |
8 | What Else is There? | GhostTownExit | Pan (2003) | Royksopp | 03:37 | Another more recent vid. I did this as a gift in the Equinox exchange, and liked getting to play with the source's dreamy, surreal imagery. | vid on YouTube |
9 | Running Up That Hill | GhostTownExit | Riverdale/ Crimson Peak (2015) | Chromatics | 05:36 | I've always really enjoyed constructed reality vids, and this is probably the one I really enjoyed making the most to date. | vid on YouTube |