[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

[ranalore.livejournal.com]

It seems there are some added scenes from the first version you showed me, and I think they really add to the...through narrative, I guess, of the vid. That final shot of them dealing the cards, I think that used to be just the second set of cards being set down. Now that you show them together and then show the cards going down, it ties back better to the first set of cards being put down at the beginning.

I still love the frames within frames, the mingling of manga and anime, and connection of Gojyo's mother with the blonde woman whose name I can't remember. I love how much both the beat of the song and the pulsing changes of clips are like heartbeats, underscoring the yearning of my take on the vid's message.

And of course, I can't get over what you did with Gojyo's hair. That alone makes so much difference, I can't even tell you. Seriously, I love this vid.

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o.o

That final shot of them dealing the cards, I think that used to be just the second set of cards being set down. Now that you show them together and then show the cards going down, it ties back better to the first set of cards being put down at the beginning.

::wibbles in yay::

underscoring the yearning of my take on the vid's message.

YAY! ::GLOMPS YOU::

[ranalore.livejournal.com]

Thanks to you and sisabet and your links o' viddy discussion, I'm slowly acquiring a vocabulary with which I can discuss what I'm seeing. *G*