Welcome back;
pull up a chair. I won't be but just a
minute. I've got this autopsy to wrap
up. I promised I'd have the report ready
by tomorrow morning and I don't see why it has to be a scheduled issue. It's
not as if anyone but Jack needs to see the report, right?
As I've said
before, fanmade videos are a form of art like paintings, sketches, and
fanfiction. They may be only tributes to
a character, a movie, or an episode, but they can also tell a story within the
mix of lyrics, dialogue, and imagery.
Sometimes, those stories are time capsules which create a sort of
portrait, but there are other fanvids which tell unique stories of their
own.
Each month we
publish five videos found on Youtube which either encapsulate the month's
featured episode, is a tribute to the team or a character or a relationship, or
stand as a sort of video fanfiction.
During the month, we will post twelve fanvids to the Project: Torchwood
Facebook page and you, as readers, can vote on the ones you think should make
the final cut. Vote on every one of them
if you like, no one minds, but please do vote.
If you have comments about the fanvid, have at it---your words are
valued. Well, valued as much as anyone
values words around here.
And with that
in mind, let's begin.
The top five
videos are chosen by a process of vote elimination. The more votes, the higher each video is
rated. At the end, the team tallies
things up and bob's your uncle. That
part gets confusing, the tallying up.
You wouldn't think it does, but there you go.
So, for the
month of October, the winning fanvids are:
5.
Cells (Owen Harper)
by OfNightside
song: The Servant
This
character portrait of Owen Harper (me!) is poignant, isn't it? The lyrics are well matched. The use of black and white in the video is
appropriate to the starkness of this story, which shows you the development of
Doctor Harper's character.
4.
Torchwood Jack/Ianto My Skin
by bassairmoon
song: Natalie Merchant
The song is a
beautiful one, changing key at a passionate moment. Its use with this video, to show the
relationship between Jack and Ianto, is heart-moving; the dialogue from Phil
Ford's "The Dead Line", strategically placed, is sketchy for quality
but drives the point home.
3.
Torchwood: A View to a Kill
by Lady Soliloque
song: Duran Duran
The video
quality could be better, but given that the song is marvelously matched to the
team and its forays into the dangerous and gritty parts of Cardiff and
surrounding areas, it's no wonder this video made the top five. It gained a lot of followers almost
immediately upon being posted. I wonder
how much of that's because of the song itself?
2.
Torchwood: The End
by SophieKemme
song: Florence + the Machine (No
Light, No Light)
By far, one
of the most popular fanvids we've had.
This video tells the story of that last day in series two, where the
world explodes with Jack's past coming back to bite us all. The song is a driving, fiery piece which
works well with the story line itself, bringing back the knowledge of what is
being lost.
1.
Ianto Jones - James Bond for a Day
by Allumie
song: Scouting for Girls
This is a
happy, fun song and a surprisingly upbeat video, considering that not all of
Ianto's moments are wonderful.
It's
rather obvious that the tea boy has a thing for James Bond and despite my
personal preferences, it's hardly a shock that this would come in at the top
slot for the month's competition. Well
done!
And that
brings us to the end of another month's fanvideos. I hope you enjoy them as much I don't. At least one of us ought to be getting our
jollies. I'll see you again soon, I'm
sure. You just can't seem to learn which
is the right way to hold a stun gun, can you?
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