new vid: big guns, firefly/serenity

[schmerica]

So, I seem to have actually finished a vid. I don't know about you, but I am both shocked and excited over this development! (Technically, I guess this is my second one? I did make a short Wilby Wonderful vid back in March, but that was basically me going "Whee! Clips! You can set them to music! WMM does stuff!" So I'm a bit less newbie now! And also have left behind Windows Movie Maker, yay.)

"Big Guns" by Jenny Lewis
Firefly/Serenity.
Why are we still chasing our own tails?

2:34, divx, 15.5mb. Right click and save. [Currently offline]

ficbyzee and mimesere both are wonderfully helpful and generally awesome, and I can't thank them enough for their advice and support.

Any and all feedback is eagerly welcomed and beloved, either as a livejournal comment or at my email at schmerica@gmail.com.

Well you praise him
Then you thank him
Til you reach the by-and-by
And I've won hundreds at the track
But I'm not betting on the afterlife

Then you kiss his lips
He forgives you for it
He forgives you for all you've done
But not me
I'm still angry

What have I done?
Why am I always messing with
The big guns?

First I'll build a sword
Get some words to explain
It's a plan, brother, at least
And I'll pretend that everybody here wants peace
Have mercy, have mercy, have mercy on me
Cause we're tired and lonely and we're bloody

What have we done?
Why are we still running
From our own failing bodies?
The big guns, the big guns

Sing mercy, sing mercy, sing mercy on me
Let's pretend that everybody here wants peace

What have we done?
Why are we still chasing our own tails?
The big guns, the big guns, the big guns

Comments

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Oh, dude, you have no idea how amazed I was to get this comment -- both because it's so thoughtful and indepth, and also because I really admire your vids. So, yes: huzzah!

I'm guessing the POV thing wasn't just you -- actually, I think establishing the POV from those first verses was probably the biggest challenge of this vid for me; I lost count of how many drafts I went through there, really. So I'm really pleased to hear that on the next viewing it all came together.

Both the computer map and the words flashing onbeat were happy accidents -- I would have tried to have that happen, but they did it on their own! It was a little moment of joy in the middle of all the work. *g*

Again, thank you so very much for your lovely comment; it really made my day!