Xena Video (REMASTERED)

[charmax]

Video Title: Boom Boom Ba (REMASTERED)
Song Title/Artist: Boom Boom Ba - Metisse
Show: Xena
Summary: This video focuses on the sensual aspects of the show Xena and the relationship between Xena and Gabrielle. This was made originally in Oct 04 for a theme challenge and the theme was “lust”. This vid plays heavily on the lust, the swaying bodies and the subtext text.
Length/Format: 4.49, (RM, Xvid)



Notes: So, I decided to remaster this video because a few folk requested a DVD version. That wasn’t my only reason but it was the final push I needed. Of late I’ve been thinking about remastering a few of my older vids and this came first because I thought this would be the least difficult. That was what I thought anyway...but truthfully it was a bitch. Most of my problems related to timing and colouring. I know what I did before but the same thing didn't work second time around. Of course I have fixed the timing but the colours are not the same as the original. In fact I think the colours are even better and that is one of the things that I wanted to fix with the new version. The other main difference is visual quality! Back in 04 I was still making vids at relatively small file sizes. This version is bigger and much less muddy . Let’s just say I have learnt a lot in the past 18 months. I did make a few changes in clip choices, not many, and only chosen to make it flow better. This new video, though slightly altered from the old, still remains true to my original idea. It was made as a "mood piece" and that is what it is.

About the DVD version - I have never encoded to NTSC DVD before (PAL for me) so I hope that is all okay. I followed vividcon's guide which was pretty straightforward on the matter. If any problems do arise please tell me and I'll fix it!

Anyway, I've very glad I finally got around to doing this; I think it was worth it. I hope you guys approve. :)

Feedback always welcome and never turned away.

Download Xvid (640x480 - 50MB. It's huge, sorry!)
Download RM (400x304 - 26.9MB)
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Xena_Boom Boom Ba [vidding] - charmax

Comments

[thirdblindmouse.livejournal.com]

Wow. I never realised Xena was made of sex. But your vid has taught me better.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Xena is totally made of sex regardless of the vid. Thanks for giving me the credit though. *g*

[anashi.livejournal.com]

I LOVE this vid. I think it's the best example of female sexuality I've seen in fandom (thank you thank you for it not being a voyeuristic thing, with the men looking on at all the crazah sexy amazons, which I have seen before *shudders*)...It was just so warm and loving and it also displayed the tensions as well (with the vampires), because their relationship was dangerous and fraught at times. And you really got the sense that these were two soul mates. Xena was a great show and you really did justice to it. The ending was just...wow...Thanks so much for sharing this. I really miss this show.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the feedback!

I'm glad you mentioned the lack of voyeuristic men because that was pretty much the idea - keep the sexy women whilst surgically removing the men. For me this vid is the show as I choose to remember it.

[kangeiko]

Here via thefourthvine via an exceptionally well-deserved rec - my God, that has to be sexiest thing I have ever seen. *stares* You're making me want to run out and buyt the entire Xena collection now - how come I don't remember it as being this bloody sexy?

*stares some more*

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Xena was definitely that sexy, it's just been condensed into five minutes worth of vid. ;)

[faith-girl222.livejournal.com]

i really liked this. in fact, it makes me want to go watch xena again. thanks for sharing!

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Chants *go watch Xena Go watch Xena* *g*

Thank you so much!

[copracat]

Hi, here from thefourthvine's recs. What a gorgeous, gorgeous vid! It's beautiful and sexy. They way you tied together the scenes that weren't all about Xena/Gabrielle seamlessly slipping them between the wonderful canon that was all about Xena/Gabrielle and making it all more? That was great.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you liked it. It was fun to build on the canon a little bit, plus I got to put in a ton of midriff action!

[xie-xie-xie.livejournal.com]

Stunning video... it was recc'd in the comments section of my journal and I'm just in love with it. Beautiful.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much for commenting and thank you to whoever gave the rec! :)

[ileliberte.livejournal.com]

That was gorgeous. I loved the way you made the cuts work so well with the music, especially in the beginning with the group of dancers and drummers. Very sensuous and the song is perfect. Thank you for sharing.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

It's great to hear you enjoyed the vid. Thank you for the feedback. :)

[pollyrepeat.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow, this is gorgeous.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

Boom Boom Ba

[(Anonymous)]

That was an absolutely fabulous video. I have watched many and I think it could win in the con video competition that Creation holds every year. I would suggest it be submitted for the 2008 con. Loved it and don't think I have every seen a video quite as sensual as this.

Marilyn aka Mac

Re: Boom Boom Ba

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for your feedback, Mac. I am thrilled you think Boom Ba could win at the Creation contest! I am not sure how I would go about entering my vid but I am very open to you or anyone else suggesting it to them. Thanks again. *g*

[animehime.livejournal.com]

Dude...this was so freaking lovely! I just...can't say enough good things about it. Plus it makes me want to see the series again. ::wide-eyed::

The song was gorgeous (have to find it somewhere), the scenes you chose were so smooth and both erotic, and just plain beautiful. Especially the scenes with them dancing in the middle eastern style (belly dancing, correct?).

I loved it so much, I ended up downloading the 50MB version so I could have a really good copy. =D

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Glad you liked it so much! I agree the song is beautiful and it was perfect for the video I wanted to make. Thank you so much for taking the time to leave a comment, it's much appreciated.

[buddleia.livejournal.com]

Hi hi, I followed a rec from thefourthvine and I'm so glad I did! I've been sort of looking for that song since I watched a bunch of Dead Like Me eps, and what a lovely way to find it! I'm totally in awae of people who can vid and the timing and tone of this is just gorgeous. I foresee a lot of rewatching.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you found the vid. A few people have mentioned Dead Like Me and yet I can honestly say I don't remember it from the show. Anyway lyrically and in tone it was perfect for seduction and I could associate it much more easily with Xena.

[trekgirl55.livejournal.com]

Wow! This really is an amazing vid! I am a huge fan of Xena/Gabrielle and this blew me away. H-O-T Are dvds of this still available and if so how do I go about getting one?

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for commenting!

The dvd version is a .m2v file which is the format that is needed to go onto a dvd (I'm not actually sending out the dvds, unfortunately). What I can do is give you the link for the .m2v file so you can download it but it is huge (236MB) and you will need to encode it to dvd yourself. I shall link it shortly in the post above if you are still interested.

Thanks again. :)

[par-avion.livejournal.com]

I am grabbing this this time. I never do grab m2v files, but the experience of seeing this on a huge screen as VVC was intense -- the color, you could drown in it -- and I'll be happy to burn this to dvd myself. Thanks!

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Thanks for telling me paravion! :)

[seraphina_snape]

Okay, so I've only ever seen one episode of Xena and I thought it was silly and stupid and I didn't like it at all. But... I've seen your vid and it's one of the best I've ever seen. The clips and music fit perfectly together, and if I'd known there would be so much subtext between Xena and Gabrielle, I might have watched more than one episode.

Now, excuse me, I have to go re-watch that scene with the Amazone type women doing their war dance or whatever in slow motion.

~ sera

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Well to be honest it can was silly in places but there's also lots of good stuff in there. It definitely shouldn't be condemned on the strength of a single ep.

Anyway, it's very flattering that you enjoyed the vid in spite of the source material and the Amazons dancing is always worth another watch!

[sailorscully.livejournal.com]

Saw this vid at Muskrat Jamboree...Oh my lord, it is BEAUTIFUL. And now I'm in love with the song. This is so good! Awesome stuff!

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much, it's great to hear you enjoyed the vid! The song is gorgeous isn't it. :D

[thepouncer.livejournal.com]

I saw this at Muskrat Jamboree and was entranced - it's an incredible piece of work. I never even watched Xena! Sensual and mesmerizing.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Thank you. It's nice to know that it plays well even to people who don't know the show.

[picara.livejournal.com]

I saw this at Muskrat Jamboree and absolutely loved it. It's just made of gorgeous. I'm downloading the big version now. Thank you!

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Wow, It's great to know that you loved it enough to get the HQ version. Cheers!

[lysimache.livejournal.com]

Oh, how pretty! What a truly lovely vid.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much!

[ender24]

I am quite sure, I have already said it to you somewhere, but today, tonight, I am sitting here, and doing my fannish stuff in SV, whilst hearing your vid in loops. damn, xena was and is still one of the most sensual shows around, and you have captured gabrielle and xena in all their beauty with all those wonderful moments so perfectly, and it did flow with the music so much , that I simply couldn't stop listening and watching. its´perfect! if there has been a vid that could have seriously convert me to ship canon femslash, it would be yours.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

And if I haven't thanked you for such lovely feedback already I have now. It certainly was a show that was easy on the eye and therefore no real hardship to edit in a sensual way. I'm glad the vid seems to have caught people's attention and made them aware of the show again. I don't think there could be a bigger compliment to a vidder.

[everysecondtues.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow, I miss Xena. This is excellent.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

I miss Xena too. Thank you so much!

[vass]

I just watched this, and *wow*.

That's the Xena that I love.

It takes me back to ten years ago, watching 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun' for the first time, and sitting there staring at Gabrielle and the Bacchae.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It definitely makes me nostalgic for the show.

[bofoddity.livejournal.com]

This is so beautiful and erotic. I love how this vid is all about women being stunning and sexual, and I've been practically hypnotized by it ever since I saw it. Gorgeous!

[charmax.livejournal.com]

It certainly is a sensual vid and it was great fun cherry picking the sexiest bits from the show. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thanks!

[raptor47.livejournal.com]

I found my way here through a rec at counteragent's New-to-Me vid watching challenge. I've always had a certain fascination with Xena and Gabrielle -- you've captured them beautifully -- the eroticism, the sensuality. This is just fantastic.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

The New-to-Me challenge has been such a revelation, it was great of counteragent to set it up.

Glad you enjoyed the vid. It's hard not to fall for the sensuality of Xena and Gabrielle.

[slamaina.livejournal.com]

This is excellent. I have been away from this fandom for a while but this brings me back.

Slam