Jen wrote:

Well, admittedly our DVDs aren't special or anything, they're just the

videos

copied onto DVDs,

<slobber, drool> Did you do them yourself or take them somewhere for conversion?

I've been tracking the progress of recordable DVDs in the hopes of doing that very thing. I've also pondered the possibility of having my tapes transfered by professionals, but I wasn't sure they'd dub copyrighted material.

but it is comforting to know that the degradation process is slowed down dramatically

That's my goal.

(haven't Our Heroes suffered enough?)

Not enough for a hurt/comfort fan like myself. ;-)

And it does make making a songvid a lot easier. I hope.

I hope as well. Per what I've heard about doing music vids on computers, there are both advantages and disadvantages to computers vs. the old-fashioned way.

...

    If you were making your own songvid, what music and clips would 

you include?

I have so many songs in mind for future vids that it would take me all morning to touch on them.

Some past ones include:

Sadder But Wiser Girl for Me from "The Music Man" - clips of Avon lusting after "wiser" girls--blonde in GOLD, Servalan, Soolin, Anna Too Long a Soldier - clips of Tarrant, Blake, and Blake with Tarrant paralleling that they've both been "too long a soldier" The Rose - clips from the suggestive Avon and Cally scenes, ending with a freeze of Avon clutching her arm and with them looking at each other from SARCOPHAGUS Camp Granada - clips such as the box monster in DAWN OF THE GODS for "the lake has alligators" and Gan and company tramping over Cygnus Alpha for "send out a searching party"

My first impulse has been to do Tommy Shaw's "Girls With Guns" (has someone already done that?

Not that I know, but I'm notoriously musically challenged. I'm not familiar with a lot of popular music and I can't always identify songs by titles. I need to hear the lyrics.

It seems like a natural), and David Bowie's "Rebel Rebel"

(also seems a no-brainer). I'd tend to put shots of Avon or Tarrant grinning over the line, "Hot tramp! I love you so." :) I'm also tempted by Living Colour's "Glamour Boys" for a montage of Tarrant.

I don't think either of those have been done, either. But again, I'm not familiar with the songs. And anything with Tarrant would be, as you note, scenic. <g>

These are the first music videos I've ever seen, and I did love them, esp. "Brothers in Arms." Does anyone know where I can get my hands on more,

I only accessed those myself the other day. I've not kept up with vids on the Net, and I don't know what else is out there. There are oodles of vids done the old-fashioned way (with vcrs). But there is format incompatibility to take into consideration. The only PAL offering that I know of is from Horizon; Mary Van Deusen provided them with a copy of her vids in PAL with permission to distribute them. If you have NTSC capability, contact me off line and I'll tell you what is available.

or on some tips for making a good music video?

There is a vidder's list that might be helpful. I don't belong to it, but I can get you info if you are interested. Also, I'm pretty sure there are FAQs on computer vids out there. I'll ask a friend for information for you.

Carol