[saiyuki vid] After Midnight

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After Midnight | .avi (640x480, 30 Mb)
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_{Source: 'Genso Maden Saiyuki', produced by TV Tokyo, Dentsu, and Pierrot
Song: 'I Don't Know What I Can Save You From' by Kings of Convienience
Summary: The rain will stop.}
Extras: Vidder process notes.

Critque will be adored, so will comments.

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Credits and Acknowledgements: Thank you coffee_and_ink for brainstorming the vid with me and the narrative beta, lierdumoa for listening to me rant and rant and rant some more about this vid and for beatwhoring beta for me, thank you boniblithe for giving me a supplementary beta of it, thank you karose for looking it over and chatting about Saiyuki with me loooooong into the morning and for reminding me of why I was making this along with louiselux, misstressrenet, and ciceqi who were all lovely and rambled about why they loved Saiyuki when I needed it most. Thank you absolut3destiny for introducing me to avi-synth and post processing without which this would have been a granulated mess. In addition, much thanks must be given to coffee_and_ink, ciceqi, and louiselux for hooking me up with some episodes ::blows kisses:: this vid literally couldn't have existed without you!


I Don't Know What I Can Save You From by Kings of Conscience

<sub>You called me after midnight
Must have been three years since we last spoke
I slowly tried to bring back
The image of your face from the memories so old
I tried so hard to follow
But didn't catch the half of what had gone wrong
Said "I don't know what I can save you from"
I don't know what I can save you from

I asked you to come over, and within half an hour
You were at my door
I had never really known you
But I realized that the one you were before
Had changed into somebody
for whom I wouldn't mind to put the kettle on
Still, I don't know what I can save you from
I don't know what I can save you from</sub>


Blarg: I'm calling this done because the thought of working on this any more than I already have is making me want to stop vidding. Frankly this could be improved, and I need to integrate the footage that louiselux was a total rocking babe to supplied me with, but at this point in time and with my other commitments, I don't have the time to work on this. Even more important, I desperately needed the space on my laptop to work on RL projects and my VVC auction vid.

This is, if anything, THE vid that I WILL remaster, if for nothing but to stop me from cringing in dismay.

[edit] alee_gothphyle made Gojyo icons from screencaps from my vid!

Comments

[nightengale.livejournal.com]

I watched it through once, and am teared-up and trying to breathe normally.

I'm gonna have to watch this five or six times more before I can begin cutting it apart and critting like I did for your Sunburned vid. I want to do that for you, and I will within the next week or so. Prod me generously if I don't--you and this vid both deserve the attention.

Karot told me about the hair, and I didn't understand why it would matter so much. I always change the color in my head anyway. But this...god. This is SO MUCH MORE than the hair, but I'll get the hair out of the way right now to let you know how much affect it had on me.

::snugs tight:: Greaaaat job hon. More to come once I'm composed~

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ohh, wow, thank you!

I suspect it's the hair *with* the blood and apples and scars and whatnot, or at least that's how I intended with it. ::wry grin:: looking forward to your comment!

[nightengale.livejournal.com]

Wow, yes. Sooooo. Finally did the long review.

Utterly lost coherecy and ended up fangirling about most every beat-clip lineup that pleased me toward the end.....but you'll see that in a moment. Am emailing it to you 'cause otherwise it'd be about, oh, ten comments on LJ. ^^;; My email is rednightengale@hotmail.com, so if you don't see the review, check your spam filter?

Also. I apologize in advance for the total lack of any sort of analysis of the overall storytelling flow. I SAW it, I just can't SAY what I saw. So.

I'm gonna stop apologizing and just send the review already. XD

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OH. MY. GOD.

::SNOGS YOU::

That feedback totally improved my day, you ROCK.

More detailed reply to the email in...a day or so?

[nightengale.livejournal.com]

@__@~~ I got a Perma!snog!! *snogs back heartily*

No worries about the delay. Take your time--I certainly did. XD XD XD XD