[SGA vid] Welcome Home

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Welcome Home | .wmv (624x346, 36.1mb) | .avi (624x346, 43.9mb) | mirror here (thank you paranoidangel_!)
_{Source: Stargate Atlantis (Spoilers up to The Siege III)
Song: "The Blood of Cu Chulainn", by Mychael and Jeff Danna
Summary: Her, city}

Thanks: Much love and thanks to aurora_84, nel_ani, and sisabet for the feedback and advice, and also to lierdumoa and absolut3destiny for audiencing! =D

"Let us resolve that she shall dream dreams deeper than the sea and higher than the clouds of heaven, that she shall come forth crowned and transfigured with her statesmen and wizards and saints and sages about her, with magic behind her and miracle before her."

_{-Vachel Lindsay}

Notes: It's been awhile since I've let myself cut loose on the cutting, partially because I've been experimenting in style and effect and partially 'cause I was testing my threshold of pain/irritation with not molesting every beat. This vid felt like a sigh of relief after all that, what with the massive beat-whoring, finally getting the RAM able to handle the type of vid I've been wanting to make, and finding SGA. Which, just...::waves vaguely at old meta posts:: yeah.

Oh, and there's like huge numbers of things I tried to say about Elizabeth and Atlantis in the vid, all mixed up together, so there are a very many equally valid interpretations of the vid. Hell, I'm not even sure of all the things I put in there, but I'm very curious as to what themes or stories or impressions that those watching the vid might get, so don't be afraid to tell me what you think!

(I would recommend using VLC Player to play the vid, it's free, or you can look at this guide. Also, apparently there's a compatibility problem with playing the vid in Quicktime.)

Notes part 2: The wierd and uncomfortable feeling that occurs before the music starts? That's on purpose; it was my goal that Atlantis is creepy and uncomfortable and wrong...until the expedition came, woke it up, and let it breathe.

Notes part 3: Wow!



::bounces and glomps everyone::

Thanks to everyone who'd nominated and voted for me at the Stargate Fan Awards, it won for Weir's catagory!

Comments

[turtlespeaks.livejournal.com]

I. . . I am speechless. Seriously. That was so wonderful. It was everything I love about SGA, and more. It's just. OMG, wow.

I'm just so amazed at this vid. It's just so good.

It's like you show Elizabeth, John, and Rodney's roles in Atlantis. I always see Elizabeth as the Queen/Ruler type person, and John and Rodney are like her Adviser and Chief Commander. And this Vid kinda accents this, espcially with the music.

But the vid works so well. It's got everything that is fantastically wonderful about the visual aspect of the show, then you have this undercurrent of emotions, especially Elizabeth's (it feels so much like an Elizabeth vid to me, with John and Rodney in supporting roles), running all through it. And I think someone talked in the comments about how it was like Atlatis was waiting for them and welcoming them. The whole thing is so well edited and the music just fits so well.

I am just amazed. This is really wonderful. Thank you for making it! It's my new favorite.

*HUGGLES YOU*

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::huggles back:: oh wow, thank you!

And yeah, I don't think you can talk about Atlantis without acknowledging John and Rodney and they have this triumvrate thing going on. I'm so glad you've gotten that from the vid and glad that it worked for you!