[SGA vid] Welcome Home

[permetaform]

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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

[cofax7]

Oh, that was marvelous. I'm always impressed when people can tell stories without lyrics, and yet you do. Elizabeth and her strengths and her choices--her trust in and her care for her people. And yes, the way she should be, the way they keep telling us she is (even if they're not that good at showing it to us).

I like this a great deal: it's a gorgeous piece of music and the editing and clip choices all flow together wonderfully. I love that the pretty CGI on SGA gets us so many beautiful vids.

Thank you!

[permetaform]

Oh, that was marvelous. I'm always impressed when people can tell stories without lyrics, and yet you do.

Thank you, I'm glad that it worked so well for you! I knew going into this is that the music would throw people off because it's instrumental and because it goes so ear-breakingly high-pitched at certain points, but people seem to like it. Would you like me to yousendit the music file?


Elizabeth and her strengths and her choices--her trust in and her care for her people. And yes, the way she should be, the way they keep telling us she is (even if they're not that good at showing it to us).

::nods:: yes. ::glomps::

[cofax7]

Actually, I'd love a copy--I adore high-energy Celtic stuff, so this is right up my alley.

Thanks again for the lovely vid!

[cofax7]

Woops, I got it from your YSI link below, so thanks!

[permetaform]

wow, you're fast! I was about to copy-paste it, but I'm glad that you found it