[Hero vid] Sunburned

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words fail. as do men.
Sunburned | 320x240 (.wmv, 13 Mb), 640x480 (.wmv, 31 Mb)
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_{Source: 'Hero', owned by Elite Group and Beijing New Picture Film
Song: 'Sunburn' by Muse}
Extras: Initial Notes, Vidder process notes.

Credits: Much thanks to sockkpuppett, absolut3destiny, and lierdumoa for betaing and sisabet for audiencing!


_{Lyrics: Sunburn by Muse}

"Come let the truth be shared,"
No-one ever dared
To break these endless lies
Secretly she cries

She burns like the sun
I can't look away
She'll burn our horizons, make no mistake

"Come waste your millions here,"
Secretly she sneers
"Another corporate show,"
A guilty conscience grows
I'll feel a guilty conscience grow
I'll feel a guilty conscience grow

She burns like the sun
I can't look away
She'll burn our horizons, make no mistake

And I'll hide from the world
Behind a broken frame
And I'll burn/run forever
I can't face the shame

And I'll hide from the world
Behind a broken frame
And I'll burn/run forever
I can't face the shame


Notes: Blarg. The DivX encodes were hating on me majorly so I gave up and just did .wmv (note to self: encode Gravity to .wmv), will eventually switch the 'large' version with a DivX encode, but not so much right now; which, honestly, I posted this so that I'd stop stressing over this and am thus able to stress over my essay instead. ::wry grin::

Comments

[elistaire.livejournal.com]

Just saw this. Stunning. The movie is haunting and beautiful, and I loved the way you made it into a vid--all the anguish!

[permetaform]

=D thank you! I'm glad it worked for you, it was a joy to make. =)

[heresluck]

I just found this vid in the deep backwaters of my to-be-watched folder and pulled it out. It's lovely! I'm especially struck by the juxtapositions of very still shots with clips of intense action, and also by the use of color -- which is something that the movie itself is clearly providing, but that you've incorporated beautifully into the vid. Favorite moment: around 2:40, the swords through sand / water / leaves and the red red brush swooping across the paper. WOW. Gorgeous.

[permetaform]

Thank you! I'm glad you liked it, I'd made this vid specifically with an eye towards experimenting with a...um...visual poetic? An exercise in making shapes and color and motion...er...rhyme? I don't know if that makes sense. It felt like a kata to me. ::wry grin::

[cocombat.livejournal.com]

Beautiful vid.
Beautiful movie, but exactly the sort of source that should be vidded.

This is one of the very few vids that I just watch repeatedly, ie, one of less than 5.

So, I've watched it so many times, but still - what do I say?
From 'Secretly she cries', the rising crescendo in red, it's the first place where I get a little thrill every time.
Argh, something about the 'shiny', but. It's just cool.
*sigh* Not being descriptive enough.

The rain and water music - so perfectly in tune with the scenes. Or is it the other way round?

The scream is perfectly timed, but even more so, the point after that, the sound/sight of swords, metal scraping on metal - I didn't notice that right away, but it again, sounds so perfectly right.

I don't think I'll ever be able to hear this song and not associate it with this vid.
I can 'see/hear' at each point whether it should be red, green, blue or black, when previously, I never would have noticed so explicitly the different 'tones' in the music like that.

Thank you.

[tearful-eye.livejournal.com]

i have no idea how i finally found this vid, but i just wanted say i absolutely love it. it's confusing & breathtaking & absolutely beautiful - just like the movie too.