New Vid! Levee Breaks

[ash48]

Made for the Sam Celebration 2010 at summer_sam_love


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Title: Levee Breaks
Vidder: ash48
Music: Pet by A Perfect Circle
Category: episodic, character study, angst
Rating: PG13 (language in the song).
Length: 2.27m
Size: 26mb
Summary: This is Sam's hell.



I have rather a lot of people to thank for this vid so I made a dedicated thank you post to them HERE.

Stream: You Tube
Download: Sendspace (.divx) or 4Shared (.avi)

Vid notes:

When the Levee Breaks is one of my all time favourite Supernatural episodes. I love that we got a chance to see inside Sam's head. I particularly love the way it was done.

In this vid I've tried to capture the intensity of that episode and explore a little bit of what Sam was going through. This has more effects in it than I would normally use, but I wanted to somehow portray Sam's confusion and state of mind and this, for me, was the a way of doing that.

There's a lyric in here that sums it all up for me: "safe from pain and truth and choice" The fact that he wasn't safe from those things and was instead confronted by those very things made me (finally) settle on this song for this video.

No money made but comments are awesome, so feel free *g*

Comments

[ancastar.livejournal.com]

Gah! I just love this. It's such a brilliant blend of technique and message.

I have to tell you--I'm so envious of your skill. As a vidder, I'm not good with effects. I'm not entirely sure what's possible (despite having worked with my software for nearly five years--how sad is that?), and my mind doesn't think in that way. I don't see that way in my head. I'm more drawn to straightforward narrative.

But you, you use effects in support of narrative in a way I can only dream of doing. You never sacrifice what you're trying to convey for "looking cool." So the result is such a rich visual and emotional experience for your viewers. It's a amazing, truly. Take a bow, my dear.

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Awww honey thank you. <33

I'm not so comfortable with effects myself. Give me straight editing any day. But this song and Sam's state of mind just pushed me to have a go. I don't usually "see" that way either. Though it did make me have a closer look at what my program offers. :)

You never sacrifice what you're trying to convey for "looking cool".

Oh thank you darlin'. That's such a lovely thing to hear. Each time I do something I ask myself what purpose does it have to make sure it's doing something. (Also _sharvie will pick me up on and say "that looks nice but why is it there?" *g*).

Thanks again for your incredible support hon. <3

*HEFFA HUGS*