Blank Space - Gravity Falls Vid (Remaster)

[findmeinthealps]

Today is kind of a special day for me. It's my 5-year vidding anniversary! On this day in 2015, I posted my very first fanvid to Tumblr.

Sadly, this vid has been unavailable for a long time because of a copyright claim. I never reposted it because there were some things I wanted to fix first (wrong framerate, low-quality sources etc.) and I never fixed it because I use different software now, which means that I had to wholly recreate the vid in Vegas. And then there's the fact that, despite this being my very first vid at the time, I made the insane choice to lip-sync much of the song by rearranging the mouth movements in the clips, often frame by frame, which is quite an annoying thing to have to recreate.

But, seeing as the vid's anniversary was coming up, I finally got off my ass and did it, and I even added some credits and a few tiny fixes here and there. So here it is, my very first fanvid, remastered:

Title: Blank Space
Fandom: Gravity Falls
Character: Mabel Pines
Summary: So it's gonna be forever, or it's gonna go down in flames
Song: "Blank Space" by Taylor Swift
Runtime: 3:52
Content Notes: -

AO3

Watch on Vimeo

Password: mabel

Comments

[goodbyebird]

I'm a sea, so can't stream, but congrats on your 5 year vidversary 🎉 Huzzah!

[findmeinthealps]

Thank you! :D

[teyla]

\O/ I still enjoy this vid! And I feel like I didn't give the lip synching enough credit the first time I saw it. It wasn't something I would expect anyone to do, so I didn't pay it much attention. It's great, though!

Also man, Gravity Falls. What a weird show.

[findmeinthealps]

Thanks! It's hard to remember why I did the lip sync, looking back, but I think it was that one of the first lines of the song actually *almost* matched up already and so it looked kind of odd and I just had to fix it. And then I kept doing it, despite it being way too much work.

But hey, doing the lip synching on other vids is what ultimately got me my 15 minutes of Tumblr fame so I guess it was worth something in the end, for better or worse.