Just let me lie here on the tile

This vid premiered at the Vividcon challenge show. The challenge theme was IDIC (Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combination) and I couldn't resist.

Swing
Music: Club des Belugas
Fandom: Star Trek: TOS
Summary: All you got to do is swing.
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Lyrics
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing
Doowop (x7) doowah

It don't mean a thing, all you got to do is sing
Doowop (x7) doowah

Makes no difference if that rhythm's sweet or hot
Give that rhythm everything, everything you've got

Don't mean a thing, all you got to do is swing
Doowop (x7) doowah

(scat section)

(repeat last two verses)

(more scat!)


Notes
TOS was my first media fandom, and I love it still. I always wanted to make an Uhura vid, but while she shines in every scene she's in, I found that there just aren't enough of those scenes for a full vid -- at least not one set to a fast and upbeat jazz song. So the theme for this vid morphed into 'life aboard the Enterprise, seen through Uhura's eyes'. Or possibly 'outtakes from the Captain's Log, carefully collated and edited by the Senior Communications Officer for the annual staff party'.

On a more technical note, TOS has gallons of beautifully lit, gorgeously colored and incredibly static footage, so my personal challenge for this vid was to make things move; I mostly used fast cuts and jump cuts as well as all the internal motion I could find.

Feedback would be wonderful!