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

[not-sally.livejournal.com]

This was awesome. Loved the OT3/teamness of the whole vid.

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Yay! Thanks so much. I do enjoy them as a team also. Hopefully we'll get to see that again sometime soon. :)

[freakgeeknation.livejournal.com]

This is one of my fav songs of ALL TIME. Depeche Mode OWNS MY SOUL. And this was brilliantly done my love.

Seriously.

<3 <3 <3

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Yay! Thanks so very much!! :D :D

[etrix.livejournal.com]

This was wonderful. An excellent matching of image to music. As always, your editing is great; subtle, suitable and wonderfully done. Adding this one to my faves. =]

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much! I'm so happy you thought so. :D

[gadsten.livejournal.com]

I'm at work, which means I have to wait until I get home (AGAIN!) to d/l and watch the epic vid. I'm sure it is going to blow me away so this will be my feedback even before viewing :)

I love reading your notes as much as I love watching your work. Been many years since I've (and my partner at that time) made any vids (totally different fandom and totally so many years ago when we had to use vcr to hardware to pc) and reading your notes made me want to go back and read my notes. For casual viewers, this (work you put in) might not mean much since they're not aware how much work it is but I do. Which is why I so appreciate all your hard work and millions of time you had to edit one scene, one music note, etc. Sorry if this had been addressed, which I'm sure it has before.

I just wanted to say without sounding too mushy, that I'm so glad to have found you in one of my flists. Good job Ash!!!

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Hi there,

Thank yu so much for you (pre watching) comment. I hope you enjoy it when you do watch it *g*)

And I totally love that you mentioned the work that goes into one of these. I suspect only vidders would know..

millions of time you had to edit one scene, one music note, etc

This is so very true! I can't think how many times I worked on that opening section. Those freeze frames and trying to get the timing right on each of those was probably the thing I worked on the most. And then there's the decisions on what type of transitions to use and I usually work over that stuff a gazillion times.

So ... thank you! I do love the process of making these, but yeah... especially with one like this, it can take a lot of time. <333

[greyowl88.livejournal.com]

My, this video is just unbelievable!!! I totally get sucked into it when I watch it. I love the "oblivious real world" included. It shows so much more how dark the world is the SPN characters live in.

Everything fits in this vid. Everything explains itself. And the perfect, perfect editing is a dream. It doesn't give you a chance to loose your attention for even a split second. My, what a vid!!! \o/ ♥♥♥
I have to say next to the Castiel vid this is definitely my favorite. How do you manage to get better and better? I mean I keep thinking with every vid: now she is at the top. And then you come up with something that is even better, more layered, more perfect! Arrgghh...

YOU are a vidding God! ^_^

Thank you for bringing us such stunning entertainment my Dear!♥ *bows deeply*

*goes to watch again*

♥♥♥

[greyowl88.livejournal.com]

And I forgot to mention that this song to me has always been connected to a vid about Sam from Sweetiejen84.
So to have me enjoy your vid without thinking of the other one means you really, really nailed it!! ♥

[violateraindrop]

The fist time I heard that songs I knew that it was perfect for some kind of SPN video. I was right :P
Seriously this video is epic.

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Yeah - the song is an amazing fit isn't it? Smilla really picked it right!

Thanks so much for watching and commenting! :D :D

[deirdre-c.livejournal.com]

I love it! LOVE IT!! You have such an amazingly deft touch with meta, weaving all the bright and tragic threads of their individual and joint storylines together, and then hiding them underneath the anonymity of the Muggle World. YOU ARE MY HERO!!!! *_*

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Bweeeeeeee! Thanks babe! I'm so happy you watched. I'm glad the meta came through... I knew there was lots I wanted to say with this vid. :D

Hee! Muggle World! Perfeect... :D :D

*hugs* Thank you. <333

[marciaelena.livejournal.com]

Wow. Beautiful. I loved it.

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D

[e0wyn.livejournal.com]

Really beautiful video, the song choice was just perfect!

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Thank you so very much! :D

[missyjack.livejournal.com]

FREAKING FRAKKING AMAZING. Such a unique POV and i found my heart swelling as i choked back the tears. Amazing technique, brilliant composition and a great heart. YOU ROCK GIRL.

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Oh yay!! Thank you SO much honey. That means the world to me... <333

So glad you liked it...:D :D

[serrico.livejournal.com]

Oh, this is great! *watches again*

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Yay! Thanks so very much! :)

[chiiyo86.livejournal.com]

Awesome! Love the use of external footage.

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I'm glad you liked the external footage - I was pretty nervous about how that would be received.. :)

[amnisias.livejournal.com]

This was definitly worth the wait...love the use of external footage here, it fleshes out the story so well and provided a context. There is some awesome editing and motion matching in thre, too. Will need to do some more re-watches to figure it all all. But anybody who vids a Depeche song is automatically my hero.

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Hey! Thanks so much hun. There is quite a bit going on in this vid. I'm sure there's stuff that will not be picked up on mostly because there's little connections, but as long as the overall theme is grasped I'm happy!

Though if you have any questions I'd love to know. During the discussion over at spnroundtable recently someone remarked about feeling stupid if they don't understand what a vidder is trying to say. Or that they don't "get" a particular moment etc. I found that so interesting because I don't think it is always possible to immediately know where a vidder's brain is at with certain things.

/ramble. Ack..

Thanks so much for watching and commenting. :D

[rivkat.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed this! Especially the "stop" hand.

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Yes - I couldn't resist that little connection. :D

xx

[labseraph.livejournal.com]

You chronicle all their wrong and right choices so beautifully ... I got teary eyed by the end of it.

Wonderful. Beautiful. Lovely.

♥♥♥

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Oh wow. Thank you so much. I am so thrilled you thought so. :D

[oschun.livejournal.com]

What a brilliant concept! I love the external source and assembly of other secondary characters. It’s such a great contextual backdrop, which really enhances (rather than detracts from) the emotional intimacy of Sam and Dean and Castiel. Love your editing with those final two shots.

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Giving the vid a contextual backdrop was the important thing for me here, so I'm so glad that worked for you.

And I have to give thanks to counteragent for those last to edits. I had the walking scene as my final shot and she suggested a shot of TFW also. I love the idea of them melding into a crowd of people that they has just saved..

Thanks again.
xx

[thegeminisage.livejournal.com]

*_* this was amazing! Awesome job <3333

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Yay! Thank you so much! :D

[lsketch42.livejournal.com]

"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 love this statement and I think you nailed what made this show so interesting and heartbreaking to begin with.

Great premise for a vid and the song was really powerful and perfect for the concept (though I had it stuck in my head for like two days after watching ;P)

It must have taken forever to get all that external footage, but it definitely did show the contrast between the "everyday" lives of people and what the boys were doing to try and save them. Really liked too how you focused on each of the three characters individually.

Well done dearie! *applauds*

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Thank you SO much for watching and stopping by to comment honey.

Finding the footage was a bit of a pain. I still didn't really get everything I wanted, but I had to settle for what I ended up finding. I was happy to find the timelapse stuff because it had a lot of images I liked. :)

Thanks again sweets. :D

[novembersguest.livejournal.com]

Okay, Ash, you've been hired to take over for Sera. Now, go to it, girl! Go make some beautiful SN music with the boys. ;) Good job, I enjoyed it and am glad I stopped by. :)

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Hee! Move over Sera! (Shame I can't write though...)

But I would definitely love to make me some music with those boys. \o/

I'm really glad you stopped by too. Thanks so much! :D

[ancastar.livejournal.com]

OH MY GOD, THAT'S FREAKIN' FABULOUS!!!

Wow. Just...WOW!

Your vids are always something special, but I think you may have outdone yourself this time, kiddo. And the really special thing is you took a song that's been vidded really superbly in this fandom by another talented vidder and made it your own. That's tough to do. But you succeeded brilliantly.

The song lends itself wonderfully to SPN and vidding in general with its rhythm and lyrics, and the way you used it to chronicle the journeys, not only of Sam and Dean, but of Cas, worked better than I ever could have imagined. I was enthralled. Truly. Good, good stuff.

[ash48.livejournal.com]

YAY!! Oh hun... I'm so happy you watched and liked it! \o/

I didn't know it had been vidded before (which is probably a good thing otherwise I might have been tempted to check it out)... was it the sweetiejen one? I've since seen it and really liked what she did with it.

Thanks again sweetie. Every now and then I like to get my teeth stuck into something meaty. Which means it'll probably be something light and fluffy next... :D :D

*heffa hugs*

[reliand.livejournal.com]

You are awesome! I'm glad you finished your prompt table and I'll be sure to watch all your vids once I'm completely caught up. I'll be doing that over Christmas break so be aware that your inbox might get flooded

Question: How hard was it figure out what you were going to do for your color prompt?

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Flood inbox it totally cool! \o/

How hard was it figure out what you were going to do for your color prompt?

See. I couldn't figure out what to do so I held a vid raffle. Anyone who had a song in mind commented and then I randomly gave each person a letter and my flist voted. <lj user="smilla02" won. She gave me this amazing song and a great prompt. I knew I could use some colour filters to fulfil the prompt. I have put filters on each other characters, plus I played with some other colour stuff. So yeah. That's how hard that one was. And why it was last. Everything thing else on my table just seemed to fit what I was doing anyway. Colour was my hardest.. <333

[secretlytodream.livejournal.com]

wow I'm super late to the party haha BUT! Thaaaat was awesome! You never cease to amaze me with your talent hon :) You really do do *ha* some amazing things with the music and the footage. Totally loved this video!

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Hey babe! Thanks so much for your lovely comment \o/. I'm so glad you liked it. It's one I'm kinda proud of. It was nice to do something a little meatier.

Thanks so much sweetie.

<3333

[spankulert.livejournal.com]

Very awesome.

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much. :D

[zimshan.livejournal.com]

This has been sitting in a tab for two weeks, and I finally got a chance to watch it and respond and...OH MY GOD. Ash. You just took the song that is responsible for all my Sam defensiveness the last two years (seriously, the amount of Sam vids vidded to this song in S4 completely nonironically kinda just made me want to pummel things), and you used it with Dean and Castiel in this AMAZING TEAM FREE WILL THREE PEOPLE POV and you redeem them all because they saved the world! Times Square still gets to exist, and people still get to walk to work and live life. BECAUSE OF THESE FLAWED BUT STUBBORNLY AWESOME CHARACTERS. I LOVEEEEEEE IT.

Seriously though, structure wise alone, this thing is excellent. I never would have thought something like this would work, with the three different POV sections but the way you brought it together for one massive Team Free Will FTW, just makes it work! PERFECTLY.

Also, I really loved the compassion for the people they’ve saved part, since I feel like the show has kinda lost track of showing that itself anymore, you know? It was a small section, but it brought sewed the beginning and ending caps together well!

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Yay! *beams*

Thank you so much hun. I can't tell you how happy I am with your feedback. :)

You can thank smilla02 for the idea. When she suggested the song she wanted all three characters used. She wanted me to show how their wrongs led to them doing the right thing in saving the world. I was thrilled with the song choice and had the structure pretty much worked out after I'd listen to it a bit (I hadn't heard it before. I didn't realise how many times it had already been vidded). Because she mentioned them "saving the world" I wanted to somehow show the world that they saved. Without the world ever knowing about it.

Also, I really loved the compassion for the people they’ve saved part, since I feel like the show has kinda lost track of showing that itself anymore,

Yeah. We don't see that much any more do we? Such a shame because it was their driving motivation for so long. Before it all became so grand. It was something counteragent said about them saving families that helped me decide on that section.

I'm so happy you had a chance to take a look. Thanks again for your wonderful feedback. I really appreciate it. <333

[netlynn.livejournal.com]

Wow!! *bows to the master* I am completely in awe. (I know I say that a lot with your vids but with each new one I am amazed more and more.)

First of all, I love the beginning with the time lapsed footage then to the stop motion frames was absolutely gorgeous! I love the vid featured all three characters POV and how each of them played their part into the impending Apocalypse. Your ability to tell a story is like non other than I've ever seen before and your timing is always impeccable - every bat of the eyelash to the clink of a beer leaves me smiling so hard.

Thank you for sharing your wonderful masterpiece with me. I cannot wait to see what you do next. :-)

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Yay! Thanks so very much, your comment has made me very happy. The three POV's were one of my biggest challenges, especially in the last verse when they all had to be integrated.

I cannot wait to see what you do next.

Oh man, I've just pulled out a vid I shelved a while back. Just tinkering at the moment. But it's soooo depressing. I do have some crack ideas up my sleeve for later in the year though. :D

Thanks again for popping in to watch this one. :)