New vid! Dueling (Cellos) Winchesters

[ash48]

Gorgeous banner by kj_svala <33

Title: Dueling Cellos Winchesters
Vidder: ash48
Music by: Smooth Criminal played by Sulic and Hauser (2CELLOS)
Category: Themed Montage
Warning: Violence (boys beating on each other)
Length: 1.54
Size: 30 or 70 mb
Summary: Winchesters dueling to dueling cellos.



Special thanks to cupidsbow for the fabulous beta. Finding a structure to this vid was the biggest challenge and she really helped me get a handle on it. *hugs*

Thanks also to counteragent for the fresh eyes look, feedback and helpful notes. *smish*

Password: Winchesters

Download: Sendspace: (small 30mb) || 4 Shared: (large 70mb)
Stream: You Tube (blocked in some countries)

Notes

After watching this video I was struck by how similar the cellists look like Sam and Dean. I thought it would be pretty easy to cut up footage from Supernatural and blend them together with the cello footage. I've always wanted to montage the boys fighting and this seemed like a good opportunity to do that. Well, it wasn't nearly as easy as I thought. Trying to get the right mix of each footage and create a structure that (hopefully) means something ended up being a pain in the butt bit of a struggle. But like a dog with a bone I kept at it (with cupidsbow's help) and ended up with something I'm pretty happy with. In fact, there's an edit in here that is probably one of my all time favourites ever. It won't look like much to anyone else, but it makes me bounce whenever I watch it.

It's weird that I really don't like it when they boys beat each other up, but man...it's pretty sexy when they do (is shallow *g*)



No money made but comments are gratefully and warmly accepted. <33

ETA: Hopefully viewing and DL problems are no sorted. Let me know if not. <3

Comments

[roque-clasique.livejournal.com]

Oh gosh, this looks so awesome. It says content is blocked in my country (USA), so I will try and DL it! I hope to return soon to give you feedback.

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Oh it's blocked in the US? Darn...

I'll see if I can make another streaming file.

Thanks for letting me know.
xx

[chartruscan.livejournal.com]

if you can't make another streaming file, can you at least educate me in which button I should be clicking for the download?

Nebermind, had to log in!

[tenaciousmetoo.livejournal.com]

Well, not "blocked" per se, but 4shared is requiring a Login/Sign up. I think we can still stream on YT, just not DL other formats at the moment.

[tenaciousmetoo.livejournal.com]

Ah, I'm LYING. YT does say it's blocked in this country. And 4Shared wants registration. This SOPA stuff really stinks.

<3 to you though!! Looking forward to seeing it.

[chartruscan.livejournal.com]

Fantastic! (as usual).

Even my mom noticed the resemblance to Sam and Dean. This was a brilliant idea brilliantly executed.

[heartlessbytchh.livejournal.com]

I can't see the vid you made. error message says blocked in my country due to copyright blah blah blah bullshit. So much for 'Freedom Of Speech*
grrrrrrrr
My son showed me the original vid of Sulic and Hauser playing the cellos and asked me "Mom, are these those guys you like on that Show"?
lol
I had to watch it for a minute or so because of how closely they DID resemble 'those guys on that Show I like'.
This is the conclusion I came to after doing some research. These dudes are world famous musicians independently of each other and have played together many times. My personal opinion is that someone noticed the resemblance and said "Hey, why don't you make a vid that resembles 'those guys on that Show you like'? I think it's possible that one or the other or both are SN fans.

Think about it, they're usually wearing tux and tails performing, in this vid one's wearing a leather jacket, the other has floppy hair. It's a little eerie how closely they resemble Sam and Dean, isn't it?

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Hmmm... I knew I was going to have issues with this one. I had notification from YT to say it was blocked in some countries but it was still ok to post.

Didn't know 4 shared wants registration though. *sigh*

I'm uploading to vimeo now. Let's see how that goes.
Thanks
xx

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

(I'm glad you were able to watch it. Others seem to be having trouble...)

Thanks for watching and commenting.

<3

[tiggeratl1.livejournal.com]

Girrrl, that was AWESOME! :DDDDDDD

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Yeah... I knew it was blocked in some countries. A real pain. I'm uploading to Vimeo to see if I can get a stream to work.

The resemblance is uncanny. It would be cool to know if they were trying to imitate our boys...

<3

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Thanks honey! \o/

<33

[tiggeratl1.livejournal.com]

In fact, there's an edit in here that is probably one of my all time favourites ever. It won't look like much to anyone else, but it makes me bounce whenever I watch it.

Okay, which edit makes you bounce? Because I have to admit I've made a few dolphin noises over the editing and beatwork you did with the fight from Skin... especially the pool que sequence!!

[heartlessbytchh.livejournal.com]

Good luck, I tried and tried to find out. Never was able to.

Oh, now lookit what you've gone and done. You've started something. Lookit this vid and tell me how they did that effect wit the camera towards the end of the vid.
(but watch the whole vid first for teh pretteh)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyCiEYFZkoc&feature=related

[roque-clasique.livejournal.com]

Okay I'm back! I was scared to sign up for 4shared but IT WAS SO WORTH IT, THIS VIDEO WAS AMAZING! THE EDITING IS OUT OF THIS WORLD! My favorite part might be just this tiny moment at :40 when they are both climbing to their feet, SO GOOD. I also really love :06-:08 when Dean pushes Sam in time to the music. And the scene with the pool table! LOL okay I'm dying to know YOUR favorite part!

[debbiel66.livejournal.com]

Blocked here but am looking forward to watching it once it's all sorted out! :)

[ash48.livejournal.com]

The pool que sequence is probably my fav bit in the vid. Initially the skin fight wasn't working so well (too long) so I had to do some tightening up and re-editing. I didn't want to lose the pool cue bit so I had to find ways to work up to that bit.

The edit I was referring to happened because of the re-working. It's when shapeshifter!Dean backhands Sam and Sam's head spins and then the next clip is of the cello spinning. I happens really quickly but each time I see it I just squee a little at that clip match. I also like it because it matches the cello spin at the end (when Sam gets the upper hand).

So yeah... it's the little things. :D

And thanks hun. I'm glad you liked that section.
xx

[bythedamned.livejournal.com]

weeee :) It's like pavlovian at this point. I see a vid from you, and not only do I \o/, but I think of it in terms of that emoticon!

4shared gave me Smile Like You Mean It to download instead, (sigh, yeah, YT blocked in the US. Never happened before, actually) but Sendspace saved the day.

Anyway, very fun to watch :) I like how you used clips of the cellists that kept it from being obvious they weren't the boys, and how well you made the sharp accents in the music punctuate the hits and blows they were dealing out. It's really interesting to see that much violence without any sound from all the physical damage around them. I also scrolled down to see which editing bit you really loved, and yeah, absolutely, that quick little flash of clips looks fantastic together :D

TL;DR: \o/!

[bowtrunckle.livejournal.com]

*eee* OMG. Love it!

Seems there's some viewing / downloading issues.

I noticed the original YouTube S&H videos have been made private and can't be viewed anymore either. :(

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

Ugh really, I use 4shared all the time to post stuff. Bleh!

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

Haha! Very cool vid. They do look a bit like our boys too!

[tenaciousmetoo.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the Sendspace link!

What an awesome concept. Great edits, hon, and you're right about the resemblance -- their attitude is certainly spot-on.

Have a wonderful holiday. Mine is off with a bang! *smirks* <3

[mithborien.livejournal.com]

OMG, I remember seeing that cello video before because someone has linked to it saying it totally looks like the Winchesters. And now you have added actual Winchesters!

Very cool!

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Oh YAY! Thank you for doing that! I have since made a sendspace link and it's now (hopefully) streaming through Vimeo.

I'm so glad you like the bit with them getting up. It's weird, I was having trouble with that whole middle section and my beta mentioned that in terms of the structure it needed a "cat and mouse" bit. I had that in mind when I put laid that clip down....it made me think of them getting ready to pounce again.

Thanks so much for letting me know your favourite bits.

The edit I mentioned is at .47 when not!Dean backhands Sam - his face his spun around and then the next clip is the cello spinning around. Just something about that makes me happy.... :))

Thanks so much for taking the time to get the Dl, watch and leave such a lovely comment. <333

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Ha!! \o/

Um... the Smile Like you Mean it dl was my fault.../o\ I pasted the wrong link. (Oh man.. *hides*) It's fixed now. Hopefully I've sorted out all the kinks...

I'm surprised it's blocked in the US. It's a shame because that's where most of the YT views come from.

But thank you!! I'm so glad those bits worked for you. I concentrated a lot on getting the hits on the beats - it's something I really enjoy when editing.

THANKS so much for your feedback and for \o/ :D