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

[eva-mac.livejournal.com]

Here via SDWolfpup...

Really lovely job, and I agree that the musical choice is awesome. (When the drumbeats come in at "first I'll build a sword", it's fantastic.) I love that the first appearance of Serenity - their salvation, their mercy - comes with that lull/pause in the music, before everything kicks back up again. Some moments, like that one, and at "he forgives you for all you've done", literally made me catch my breath.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

*beams* Thank you very much! I'm really pleased you enjoyed the vid.