Festivids reveals! Two "What We Do in the Shadows" vids

FOR THE RECORD, four of the five sources I offered for Festivids this year were NOT about vampires or outer space.

I loved What We Do in the Shadows when it came out in the U.S. and have seen it a few too many times since then. That said, I've talked with friends about how it would be tough to vid the movie well because of its specific, oddball humor. So of course that is what the Festivids algorithm fate matched us on.

I couldn't decide which of two song candidates to use--the more unconventional choice of "Hey Ya!", which had been on the to-vid list for years and would provide opportunities to include Katherine and Jackie, or an "I'm Too Sexy" mashup I found on YouTube, which would allow a dual focus on how these guys are terrible at being sexy and terrible at being vampires--so I started working on both, and figured I'd submit whichever one got done first. Except when "Too Sexy for My Fangs" wrapped up, I still wanted to work on "Hey Ya" because it was fun. The pace of the song and the need to fit the (pared-down) lyrics to the story made me work harder, and as a result I think the editing turned out better. Still nothing fancy, but a little peppier.

Both vids seem to have gone over well. So that is nice.

tl;dr TAIKA WAITITI'S FACE
AND ALSO JEMAINE CLEMENT'S


( Hey Ya )

( Too Sexy for My Fangs )