New Vid! Wrong

[ash48]

For smilla02


Banner by maichan808 *smish*

Title: Wrong
Vidder: ash48
Song: by Depeche Mode
Category: Drama
Characters Dean, Sam, Castiel
Length: 3.28m
Size: 55.5mb
Summary: Team Free Will turns "wrongs" into right.

Links: You Tube | Sendspace (.dixv) | 4Shared (.avi)

This fulfils my final prompt "colour" on my vid_the_grid table!! *throws confetti* \o/



First up - thanks to the lovely smilla02 for this wonderful song and prompt. I've loved getting my teeth stuck into something meaty. And uh..thank you for your awesome feedback. <33

How on earth do I sufficiently thank my betas on this project?! To counteragent who has been with me from the very beginning. Listening to my ideas and checking out numerous early drafts. Thank you so much for your help, cheerleading and wonderful ideas. <33

To my long time beta and friend _sharvie_. I've said it before, but I'll say it again; your eye for detail is down right scary. And damn impressive. Thanks for the push to get this right honey and for your wonderful suggestions. <33

And to maichan808 for being my "fresh eyes" once all this was pretty much said and done. Your thoughts and comments helped immensely. Thank you sweetie.

Vid Notes

It was very early on that counteragent said to me "epic vid is epic". She was not kidding. *g* Not only in the scope of the story, but the process of putting it together was pretty epic. Not least because I decided to use external footage to help show the world that was saved. It's the first time I've used it to this extent and it certainly has been a learning curve.

I chose to use it because I feel we never really get to see "the real world" in the SPN 'verse. I not only wanted to use it to highlight that fact, but also to show a world that was oblivious to the sacrifices our boys had made.

There are a few themes running through the vid and I suppose I hope the vid speaks for itself. But, in a nutshell, it's an exploration of the various actions that not only set the apocalypse in motion but how each character's journey took them to the moment of being able to save the world.

I also wanted to show a little of who these boys are and why they do what they do. During discussions with counteragent I found it interesting to discover that the boys are all about saving families and yet in saving the world they destroyed their own. There's a little section in the vid dedicated to this side on them.

Enough blab. :D

No money made but comments are gratefully and warmly accepted. <333

Comments

[counteragent.livejournal.com]

Wheeeeee!!! You posted! Can't wait to watch again. :) Great job on your EPIC vid!!!

[ash48.livejournal.com]

\o/ Finally! (man, even the posting was epic.. /o\)

Thanks again for everything sweetie!! <33

[giandujakiss.livejournal.com]

That was gorgeous - I love your use of depth; it all felt so wonderfully vivid.

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Oh thank you so much. That's lovely to hear. <33

[yaya-wr8t3r.livejournal.com]

I'm your biggest fan! *stalks you like your biggest fan* Awesome vid!!!

Did you use FCE for this one? ;)

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Hey hun! Thanks! And yes, I sure did. :D

[bowtrunckle.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow. Wonderful vid!

I love the use of freeze frames and matched clips (esp. the one of Castiel's hand on his chest and Sam's hand on Castiel's chest). The external source material showing the mass of humanity provided a nice contrast to the intimate story of Sam-n-Dean. Also, I haven't seem many vids that treat Sam and Dean AND Castiel's story equally through 3 verses (mostly Castiel and Dean vids or Sam and Dean vids)--it was a refreshing take.

*downloads* :D

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much honey. Thrilled you noticed the hand on the chest bit.. <33

And you pin pointed exactly what I was wanting to show with the external footage. The world is so vast and yet we have this intimate story going on between the boys and an angel that - which is vast in its nature, but personal.

And yes - smilla02 requested Castiel's story as well - whihc was great to be able to include.

Thanks for your lovely comment. <33

[peggy-lane.livejournal.com]

I love it and I love the external footage. It really really broadens the scope in a way the show itself doesn't really do (I'm sure because of budget). Great song, too - it's a good quick moving beat and you used it beautifully. I'm always so impressed by your work.

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much. I really did want to broaden the scope of the show - I suspect budget keeps use from seeing it, though I also think they work to create this almost "other world" to the one we inhabit. But that just might be my take on it.

Thanks for your lovely comment. <33

[maichan.livejournal.com]

YAY! You posted it :D

This vid truly was epic and it definitely invited several rewatches to properly digest all the levels of meaning. Excellent incorporation of outside footage. Speaking of which, I love the new clip you ended up using for the title.

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Hee! I did... finally! :)

I kinda suspected there would be stuff in there that's not immediately digestable. I had all these little connections going on in my brain, but it's not always easily translated.

Ooh - and that opening clip...it's amazing because I always pictured something like that in the vid but I hadn't been able to find it. The Steph linked me to some footage in regards to something else and THERE IT WAS! So yeah... had to use it. I'm glad you thought it worked.

Thanks again for your valuable feedback. *heffa hugs*

xx

[girlyghoul70.livejournal.com]

AWESOME! I love it! Everything matches to the beat- but also I love the paraellels between the whole team- Each showing where they went wrong followed by where they got it right. And I really REALLY love the very end with the guys marching forward blending into the crowd seen. It both makes their little band seem like an army of three, but also shows that the world still goes on thanks to their unsung efforts. *sniff* Gorgemous!

[ash48.livejournal.com]

love the very end with the guys marching forward blending into the crowd seen.

Oh, I love it too - (and I can say that because that was one of counteragent's suggestions *g*).

My end was always going to be about the world going on, none the wiser for their efforts and yet safe. Having them meld into the crowd helped me show (in my mind...)how they were responsible for this safety. But also, how small their "band" is in the bigger picture.

Thanks so very much for your wonderful feedback. <33

[sol-se.livejournal.com]

That was awesome!! I love it!

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Yay! Thanks.. :D

[debbiel66.livejournal.com]

Good Lord, this is stunning. I have no idea what makes a video good - have no gifts in that area whatsoever - but my heart was pounding while I was watching it, and when Dean winked at Sam, I cried.

So brilliant. You are so talented.

[ash48.livejournal.com]

but my heart was pounding while I was watching it, and when Dean winked at Sam, I cried.

:D A vidder can't ask for much more than that honey. Not that I wanted you to cry. But yeah... that wink kinda kills me. Something so small and yet so powerful.

Thank you so much for your lovely feedback. <3333

Wrong

[yourlibrarian]

I chose to use it because I feel we never really get to see "the real world" in the SPN 'verse. I not only wanted to use it to highlight that fact, but also to show a world that was oblivious to the sacrifices our boys had made.

I really loved this idea in it (hence, in particular, the closing shot of the three melding into the larger public), not just for the show but just in general. We all take for granted every day that other people will be doing their job.

During discussions with counteragent I found it interesting to discover that the boys are all about saving families and yet in saving the world they destroyed their own.

I really like that idea in it too.

Re: Wrong

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Thank you hun.

We all take for granted every day that other people will be doing their job.

So true. We have no idea the sacrifices everyday people are making. I find the SPN universe particularly fascinating in this respect. Here's a world that the supernatural inhabit and yet, for the majority, they have no idea about it.

Thanks so much for watching. <33

[dotfic.livejournal.com]

This is amazing. I especially liked how you gave the context of the wider world the show didn't often show, and how much you got Dean and Sam and Castiel as making mistakes, deeply flawed, and yet wanting to do the right thing, and doing what they had to in order to save a whole lot of people.

Gorgeous vid, I'm going to go rewatch it now.

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Hey sweetie! Thanks so very much. I loved that I got a chance to look at all three stories in relation to each other for this vid. It's by doing things like this that makes me realise how their stories interconnect and how one action can impact so much on another.

So glad you liked it. :D
xx

[gorgeousnerd]

I loved everything about this. I'm starting to get into vidding, so my very first reaction was, "Wow, external footage, amazing". And then I loved the way you used motion to tie all the vids together, and the way Sam and Dean were a main plot thread and Castiel had his own thread, and how you conveyed the scope of everything that happened. Great job!

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much. Using external footage (like this) is pretty much a first for me (I have used it before, but it was kinda porn... so I'm not sure if that counts../o\ *g*)

And you're just getting into vidding? As a vidder? If so.... um.. be warned. It's very addictive. *g*

Thanks so much for popping by. :D

[babycin.livejournal.com]

As I wrote in the comment of the video, your job is always Brilliant! You are one the best vidder around.
Congrats! It's amazing!
♥

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Thank you SO much honey! I did see you YT comment - *hearts* That's a lovely thing to say. <333

[dualbunny.livejournal.com]

In your hands it *does* feel epic. :D Fantastic vid!

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Hee! Thanks! :D :D

[inule4ka.livejournal.com]

Thank You! Great job!

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much! :D

[x5vale.livejournal.com]

Awesome vid.

I wish I could have TFW together again.

*hugs*

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Thank you! And yes.. it'll be great to see them back together again one day. (I have the utmost faith that it WILL happen... *g*)

<33

[smilla02.livejournal.com]

\o/\o/\o/

I'm still flailing like a flaily person, bb. It's what I had in mind and so much more and an epic look at the story of Dean and Sam, and then Castiel and how they did, indeed, save the world.

Like I told you in my fb, the part that moves me more is, in hindsight, and considering where they all are this season, how they are completely messed up after, screwed and still in pain and losing so much, but the world at least has been saved to live another day. Even if their sacrifices never get a recognition, that must count for something.

Again, thank you for picking this prompt and running with it in such a wonderful way. I've been waiting a long time to see a video set to this song and you did a beautiful - epic - job with it. ♥

Also thanks to counteragent and maichan808 because I know they had a hand in this. ♥

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Oh honey. Your reaction has meant the world to me. <33

It's interesting looking back on what they did in relation to where they are now. They're still suffering. And badly - but they did their job. It always strikes me how sad it is that no one actually knows what they did. I seem to remember Sam getting shit from other hunters because he set Lucifer free and yet no one's coming forward to say.."hey, thanks for saving the world". But that is our heroes lot. At least we know about it. :D

*smishes you tight*

Oooh, meant to say...

Also thanks to [info]counteragent and [info]maichan808 because I know they had a hand in this. ♥

Yes. They very much did. And _sharvie_ too. And YOU! I'm incredibly lucky to have such amazing people to help me. My vidding is never insular. There's this saying (that's actually on a tile on my bathroom wall believe it or not - one we inherited..) "Use not only all the brains you have but all that you can borrow". Hee. I think I live by that... *g*

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

Nicely done! \o/

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Thanks hun.

And here I was thinking I'd never get that grid finished. :)

(which is silly really considering how many vids I make..)

xx

[animotus.livejournal.com]

Ohhhhh.just PERFECTION!!♥

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Yay... thank you so much! :D

[obsessive24.livejournal.com]

I really liked how you structured this! The narrative is so clear and progressional and it just sucks you in. Loved all the external source, too, it lent the vid such an epic air. SPN tends to feel insular at times because it's so focussed on such a tight ensemble, so it's awesome to see you tie it back and see how this little ensemble's actions affect the world at large. Great work!

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Wow, you have no idea how much a comment like this means coming from you. Thank you.

The structure was something I wanted to get right from the start. I'm thrilled you thought the narrative was clear. It's something I can struggle with, especially when trying to tie in themes at the same time. :)

And yay! External footage. After your amazing post I realised how naively I was going into using it. Your post helped so much. I was conscience of it being very different to the show's footage, but that was, for me, one of the reason I wanted to use it.

The insular nature of SPN was very much in my though when putting this together.

Thank you so much for taking the time to watch and comment. <33

[jendeana.livejournal.com]

Hands down most amazing vid I have ever seen. Brilliant.

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Wow! Thank so very much *beams*

xx

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

Unngghhh!! Can I keep you forever N evar?! This was fantastic ('course, I expect no less from you lovie!) and it will be saved and played again and again for a long time to come! Thank you for sharing this with us!

*hugs you happily*

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Hee! Thank you very much hun! *hugs* back happily. :D

[lilly-the-kid.livejournal.com]

Oh, how awesome!!!
I'm usually not that fond of external footage but you made it work perfectly!
*goes to download and watch again and again*
THANKS FOR THIS!!!
:)

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much. When I first heard the song and started thinking about the vid the external footage leaped into my head - I could see what I wanted it to look like, so I decided to give it a go. :) I'm glad you thought it worked :D

[taniapretender.livejournal.com]

wow, that was ten kinds of awesome ! love Depeche Mode to death, and the editing was really nice :)

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm so glad you thought so. :D

[kj-svala.livejournal.com]

hey, I thought it doesn`t hurt to watch some SPN vids, and I thought, why not run for yours (again). And I think I`ve made the right decission *G*

wow, awesome video! I love the use of the non SPN footage. It gives the vid the little *extra* that`s needed to turn it into epic.

All images and effects go along with each other sooo well *claps*

btw, a friend of mine has used this song for True Blood. I love & adore the TB vid. But be sure, you`re vid, with this song, is right behind hers on my *I love* list.

thank you for sharing! *runs to dl*

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Oh hi there! I'm so glad you decided to give this one a go - and you enjoyed it. :D

Thank you so much!! :) (I'b be really interested to see that TB vid you are talking about. I enjoyed TB and would love to see how she used this song for it).

Thanks for dropping in hon.
xx