Festivids vid #1: They Want More (Jurassic Park trilogy)

[bironic]

Title: They Want More
Fandom: Jurassic Park movies
Rating: R
Music: "I Want More" by Elton John (edited demo from Lestat the musical)
Length: 3:31
Summary: The inevitable outcome of cloning giant carnivores.
Warnings: Dinosaur-related violence, gore, cruelty to animals, morbid humor. One clip has possible overtones of sexual threat. There is lightning at :23-:24 and 1:18-1:19.
Dedication: Made for Festivids 2010 for Dogstar (leanwellback), who shares my love of "Dinosaurs! Also, DINOSAURS."

A/N: You guys. This vid. I made something silly, hoping it would make the recipient laugh as much as it made me laugh, and then it ended up accruing more comments than anything else I've ever posted.

If you've known me for a while, you know that I loved the original Jurassic Park to pieces (complete with blushing crush on Jeff Goldblum -- shut up, I was 13) and that I nearly vibrated out of my skin with anticipation when the (godawful) Lestat musical finally happened. Between that and the fact that this vid is basically my Wraith vid, all vampires & POV-switching only this time with dinosaurs (and without the aspect ratio and interlacing issues), you know why I thought LJ friends might easily recognize the vid as mine.

So that happened, and I am thrilled.



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Lyrics:

Don't chastise me, I'm a child acting as a child does
You ply me with lifeless dolls when what I want is blood

You took me from the streets to complete this union
Do you expect some little saint kneeling for Communion

I want more, I want more

Look at you, you disapprove like two fussy mothers
Who are you to criticize the habits of another

Did I rock the family boat by dining on the help
Aren't I just the little beast? Well, I can't stop myself

I want more, I want more, I want more
I want more, I want more

I don't want their milk and honey
They can keep those fine herb teas
I don't need their chocolate hot and sweet
It's thick and red for me

For everyone that comes along knockin' on this door
Don't blame me, it's your fault that I want more

Look at me, I'm so sweet, I'm innocent and charming
But all you see is some spoiled brat, a child so demanding

Don't fuss so, you both know the rapture of the bite
Is not monstrous, it's just Claudia's healthy appetite

And I want more, I want more

Should I be the little miss and while away the hours
I think not, I'd rather hunt than cut up paper flowers

Thanks to you, things I do verge on the obscene
What a pair of hypocrites. Well, this cat wants the cream

I want more, I want more, I want more
I want more, I want more

I wander through the streets at night and find a charming couple
Who fear that such an angel lost could find herself in trouble
They can't resist my trembling lip, my eyes so filled with tears
They rest my head upon their necks... Oh, dear

More
I want more, I want more
I want more


When I first signed up for Festivids, I had a brief conversation with anoel that led to me brainstorming Plan B ideas for each fandom I'd volunteered, to use if my recipient's request left me at a loss. By going through my music collection and thinking of which fandoms each could apply to, I came up with two ideas* I really loved. One was to set Claudia's song from Lestat to the dinosaurs from Jurassic Park, because it turns out carnivorous dinosaurs are not so different from vampires when it comes to blood thirst. Then my assignment arrived, and not only was that the matched fandom, but threaded between Dogstar's character-related requests were exclamations about how much he loved the dinosaurs. So, hurrah!

*The second idea turned into my second Festivid.

"I Want More" was the only halfway decent song to come out of the Lestat musical. While Allison Fischer sang the hell out of it, I decided to use Elton John's demo version; it was cleaner, it didn't have the Lestat and Louis interludes, and it's just creepy/ridiculous to hear him imitate a little girl. Which was exactly the tone I wanted the vid to hit. Then it was only a matter of clipping every shot of dinos threatening, chasing, snapping at and chewing on people, and slotting the best ones into place.

Incidentally, I didn't mean to make an anti-science vid. If anything, the lines about "it's your fault" are a statement about how many of the characters involved in the construction of the park did not think like most real-life scientists would think; there should have been more Alan Grants and Ian Malcolms trying to get everyone to be more reasonable about the potential consequences.

The thing I would change is the first three clips in the "I wander through the streets at night" verse. That's supposed to be about how Claudia/the dinosaurs seduce people into believing her/their innocence, so she/they can get close enough to chomp. But the shot of the T-rex in L.A. and of Alan and Lex cowering by the Land Rover show chaos and fear. Oh, well; people didn't seem to mind.

And RIP once more to Pete Postlethwaite, who appears in one clip here.

Feedback & concrit are always welcome as I try to improve my vidding.

This vid has shown at: Escapade 2011, Vidukon 2011 ("Best of Festivids" vidshow), Swancon 2011, Vividcon 2012 ("Let's Put on a Show" vidshow), Vidukon 2015 (Pets vidshow) and... I'm forgetting something. :(

Comments

[killabeez.livejournal.com]

So, now that the reveals are up, feochadn and I would love to request this vid for the Escapade vid show. I'm so sorry I didn't leave feedback earlier -- she just told me about it a couple of days ago, and I finally watched it, and agreed that it is awesome, hilarious fun. Would you please consider sharing it with us for the con? Thank you for the laughs, in any case!

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Oh, dude, I would be thrilled and honored. Just let me know how best to get it to you, settings, etc. And so glad that you enjoyed it!

[charmax.livejournal.com]

This still has me in fits of giggles. Love the dark humour!

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much. :) It really was a pleasure to put together.

And let me repeat how much I enjoyed your V vid and Skinny Genes!

[decor-noctis.livejournal.com]

I am amazed that this was the assignment and not a treat, because it's like everything I love in one awesome vid. I honestly thought it must've been a treat from someone I know, because it is exactly the kind of dark humour I delight in, it's dinosaurs and it's to a song from Lestat the musical! The fact that the other vid you made was for my boyfriend is just mind-boggling.

Anyway, I wanted to gratefully flail to your face, so: THANK YOU, I LOVE IT!

- Dogstar

[bironic.livejournal.com]

I am so, so happy you like the way it turned out! Yay dinosaurs and vampires and dark humor! I couldn't have asked for a better match on the assignment.

[chocolate-frapp.livejournal.com]

if they were gonna do a Lestat musical they should have got David Bowie to do the music, not Elton John!

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Oh, wouldn't that have been a treat! He could have been in the play, too.

Elton John is/was a huge Vampire Chronicles fan, though; he and Anne Rice were in cahoots over a musical for a while.

[angearia.livejournal.com]

I LOVE THIS VID.

I've been reccing the hell out of it to my friends.

*wanders off to go watch Jurassic Park*

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Hooray! So glad to hear it. And yes, it was a joy to watch the movie again (and the sequels, albeit with no sound) while putting this together.

[counteragent.livejournal.com]

I'm friending you, fair warning!! Loved your vids.

[bironic.livejournal.com]

:D Thanks! I'm so glad you liked it. And I'm going to have to check out your meta SPN vid one of these days; I don't know the show much, but the vid has been praised up and down.

[bitter-crimson.livejournal.com]

Hooray hooray hooray, so happy to have a downloaded version now! :D

I didn't mind the "I wander through the streets at night" part at all, b/c though it did have a different type of ...street-wandering than what Claudia was supposedly doing, heh, I liked the ~amusement~ of that. Like, here, these dinosaurs are wandering the streets, too. Only they're stepping on cars and eating ppl while they do it and it's ttly ridic. Which was great and made me lol! The whole vid was just so, so fabulous, and I feel like I could rewatch it forever and not get tired of it.

[bironic.livejournal.com]

*g* Well, I won't complain if it's working. Again - so pleased it pleased you!

[franzeska]

Yeah, it might be the wrong kind of wandering through the streets, but it's an overly-literal lyric interpretation, which is pretty much always hilarious. On "charming couple", my main reaction was that their facial expressions are funny... and Hey, they're not a couple! Ha ha ha!

[bironic.livejournal.com]

That works for me. :) Thanks again! Really glad you enjoyed this.

Fandom: Recs

[pingback-bot.livejournal.com]

User escritoireazul referenced to your post from Fandom: Recs (http://escritoireazul.livejournal.com/338786.html) saying: [...] they get to have a happy, wonderful threesome as teens or adults.) Jurassic Park to "I Want More". [...]

[http://users.livejournal.com/xenakis_/]

ZOMG IT WAS YOU????

You win everything ever, darling. *snuggles you and the raptors*

[bironic.livejournal.com]

:D I have earned your overflowing ball pit of love, and that is enough for me!

[eruthros]

I didn't know it was you at all! But it made me laugh so much, I'm so glad to have a downloaded version now.

PS: I also loved Jurassic Park and had a baby!fan crush on Jeff Goldblum. I thought I was alone!

[bironic.livejournal.com]

My heart yearned for him in Independence Day and Powder, omg. Why couldn't he have been my physics teacher? :) I'm glad *I* wasn't alone - my best friend wouldn't let me live it down.

Anyway, so, so glad to give you a laugh.

[k-e-p.livejournal.com]

Oh my gosh, this was my favorite vid during festivids, and now I get to download it and love it forever and ever! This was freaking amazing- I died laughing, and then immediately watched all three JP movies afterward.

(Also? Jeff Goldblum is the only celebrity crush I have ever had. The first JP movie came out when I was... five? six?, and immediately after watching it, I apparently turned to my mum and informed her that I was either marrying Malcolm or a velociraptor.)

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Aww. :) There are at least three of us with this non-mainstream attraction, then!

And that is so cool to hear re: the vid itself. Thanks so much. I had a lot of fun making it, and it's great to see people having a lot of fun watching it.

[aughoti (from livejournal.com)]

Oh. My. God.

I've just gotten around to looking at the Festivids recommendations several folks mentioned/linked to, and having seen this, I cannot stop laughing.

That was the most perfectly twisted combination in the history of ever. So wrong it's right. And I'm getting why it popped up multiple times!

...still giggling, btw.

[bironic.livejournal.com]

This comment filled me with joy. Thanks so much - I'm glad it made you laugh! The vid definitely felt terribly, horribly, wonderfully wrong to make, so it's been great to find people with similar senses of humor.

[tearful-eye.livejournal.com]

this is still absolutely brilliant, *snags shiny dl file*

[bironic.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you think so! Thanks again.

Re: Showing your vid at Vidukon

[laurashapiro.livejournal.com]

Like Killa above, I would love to show this at Vidukon. I sent you email about it but I'm not sure you got it.

If you're willing, please reply and I'll give you all the info you need for encoding and submitting the vid (hint: it'll be the same file formats as for Escapade).

Thanks so much!

Escapade 2011 Vidshow and Vid Review Panel

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[tardis-stowaway.livejournal.com]

That was utterly amazing!!! A dozen t-rex roaring would barely have enough volume to express my enthusiasm for this.

[bironic.livejournal.com]

*g* Thanks so much! I'm so glad you enjoyed it.

[carawj.livejournal.com]

I saw this in the Festivids show at vidukon and I ADORE it! It's so funny! And catchy! And dinosaurs! So I had to come and download it and tell you that you are awesome! :D

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Oh, yay! Thanks so much. It's still weird to me to know that this vid has shown at two cons now when I haven't been there, but it helps when people tell me that they saw it and what they thought. I'm really glad you like it!

[theoret.livejournal.com]

*clappy hands of glee*

I too saw this at vidukon and instantly knew I had to get my hands on a download. Thank you for making me laugh so hard! :D

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Aw, thanks for letting me know! I'm so glad it made you laugh. I've watched it so many times now I sometimes wonder that anyone can find it funny. :)

[foreverdirt.livejournal.com]

I think (I hope!) I left an admiring comment on this back during Festivids, but I just wanted to say this is fast becoming one of my favourite vids ever -- it's brilliantly funny no matter how many times I watch it, and the music choice is inspired.

[lowellboyslash.livejournal.com]

foreverdirt I followed your recommendation here, and I'm so glad I did. bironic, this is absolutely wonderful!

[woldy]

Great vid! It's such fun, and a great reminder of the cheesiness that was Jurassic Park.

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'm so glad to hear it.

[magnifica7.livejournal.com]

Only a couple of days ago my sister and I agreed on how much we like those movies. Your vid gives further motivation for a JP movie night! :)

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Excellent! Thanks for the comment, and sorry those thanks come so late.

[jacinthsong.livejournal.com]

I never commented on how much I love this vid, despite having watched it many times. (I originally typed 'commended on'. I commend you on it too!) But it's wonderful fun, thank you :D

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! I'm always thrilled when someone pops by to say this vid made them happy. It was happy-making to put it together.

[thirdblindmouse.livejournal.com]

Pretty much every "more" in this vid is excellent, but if I had to nominate just one I'd say the little pterosaurs at 1:13. But if I can nominate several, then 1:39 is second place. And of course plenty of other bits -- "disapprove", "so sweet", "glorious", "obscene", the whole sequence leading up to "Oh dear..." And the beautiful "I want more" ending.

I have shown this to a couple of people who aren't in fandom (but would be for Jurassic Park), and they all thought this was hilarious.

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Belated belated thank you for this! I am so glad all those moments made an impression on you and that you liked the vid enough to share it with others. It is so silly, and yet it is such lingering fun.

And ya, the pterosaurs are hilarious. The jumping babies in the nest always crack me up.

[kiki-eng.livejournal.com]

This is so utterly wonderful. I love the song choice you've made and the message of this vid. It makes me grin kind of ridiculously - wonderfully dark and hilarious.

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Your comment made me grin in turn - thank you! I'm so glad this is still making people smile.

And thank you so much for the rec in your love letter to dinosaurs today! I am right there with you on the dino adoration and am happy they are still popular in media and on random merchandise these days.