New Vid: Behind Blue Eyes

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Title: Behind Blue Eyes
Vidder: ash48
Song: Behind Blue Eyes by Limp Bizkit
Category: Sam character study / angst
Length: 3.50m
Size 41.4mb
Summary: My love is vengeance, that's never free.

For greyowl88 Your constant support makes me *beam*. And anyone who can watch and comment on all my vids deserves a friggin' medal. I'm all out of those so I hope this vid will do. :)


Links:
Watch: You Tube Downloads: 4shared (.avi) sendspace (.divx)
And an experiment (and a bit presumptuous I suppose), but I have been asked about this: Download for iPods -.m4v
(I'll be curious to know if this works if any one tries it).

vid_the_grid I'm going Vidder's choice for this as I've already used my angst one. :)

Thanks:
I've been lucky to have 2 betas help me out on this. My ever fabulous beta_sharvie_ and the wonderful mithborien. Thanks gals for your keen eyes and awesome suggestions. Special thanks tomaichan808 and my_sn_therapy for their feedback and input. *heffa hugs to you all*

Notes
Right then. I'm going to blab because there's some stuff I want to say about this. So yeah, feel free to skip it. :)

I've been tossing this song around for ages - will I, won't I use it. For me the lyrics were just so perfect for the story and meta I wanted to say about S4 Sam. With stuff like "My dreams aren't as empty as my conscience seems to be", just hit me. But I was reluctant also because I felt the song might be a bit, um sentimental and slow. But those lyrics just leave wouldn't me alone. So here it is.

There's some stuff in here that I was thinking but might not leap out. Like the link I wanted to make between Sam's thirst for killing Lilith is in fact making him turn into the thing he despises the most. So I've gone with symbolising that by overlaying their hands etc.

Also, the idea that Sam was pre-destined to drink demon blood. "Fated" as it were. Quick moments, but that's the thinking behind them.

And lastly the line "No one knows what it's like" - has a double meaning for me. It's not just about Sam lamenting that his brother doesn't understand him or what he's been through but we, the audience, don't much either. We haven't really been given that much insight into what actually drove Sam to saying yes to drinking demon blood for example. That of course, doesn't come out in the vid, but it was one of the motivating factors for choosing this song.

Though this is more of a look at why Sam made some choices and his sense of loneliness.

No money made but comments make me feel nice. :)

Comments

[greenpear.livejournal.com]

Not being a fan of Supernatural I can only comment on the technical aspect of the vid.

The most prominent thing I see (whether it's conscience or not) is selecting "non-talking head" clips. In doing so it helps in boosting the atmosphere you're trying to achieve. I also like the little skips in the scene whi9ch advance it quickly. Instead of a scene taking 15 seconds it's reduced to 6-7 seconds. Then you can move over to something else for the next stanza of the song.

You are a good editor. If I knew more about the show I could comment on that...

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Not being a fan of Supernatural I can only comment on the technical aspect of the vid

And not being a SPN fan I am impressed (and happy!) that you watched this. Thank you. :)

The most prominent thing I see (whether it's conscience or not) is selecting "non-talking head" clips

This is an extremely conscience effort. One of the first things I learned (or was told rather) was to avoid talking heads. And I do at all costs now. Unless it fits the scene or it's clear what the actor is saying.

I also like the little skips in the scene whi9ch advance it quickly

Which is essentially what making a music vid is all about. I know from a previous comment that you didn't "get" music vids. So the whole point is to tell the story very succinctly without tremendously long scenes. Also, a lot of what is in here would be understood contextually by fans. So when Sam and Dean share looks for example the viewer basically knows what's going on (because they usually know what episode it is from) if they are into that fandom...

You are a good editor.
That means a lot to me. Especially from an accomplished editor such as yourself. :D

Thanks so much for watching and leaving me some wonderful feedback. :)