[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

[radiophonic.livejournal.com]

I know you made this video ages ago, but I wanted to compliment you on your work. Really, this is the best video I've seen in this fandom. Even thought I'm not an Elizabeth fan, whatever you did works. And the eyeball! Plus, the music is gorgeous. I wasn't planning on working on my video project for school, but I feel inspired. *fangirls*

(I typed in 'Stargate Atlantis fanvids' in Google, in case you're wondering how I got here. XD)

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I know you made this video ages ago

=) feedback is *always* welcome, so don't worry about it.

And thank you for your comments! It's heartening to know that it worked for you despite your not being an Elizabeth fan, and that you liked it so much.

I found the music from the Boondock Saints soundtrack, I'd gotten into vidding after I'd found the song and knew that I'd vid it eventually. I'm glad now that I'd waited until SGA to vid it. =)

And I'm so glad that you find the vid inspiring! That causes me awe and delight because I find myself inspired by certain vids so I'm glad that mine did that for you!

(And thank you for for mentioning how you got here! I'm always a bit curious, so it's good to know. =D)