Doctor Who Vid: let it fall

[beccatoria]

You guys, I must warn you. Never since... Never on this journal has such EPIC SINCERITY existed with such an utter lack of irony. I love everything about Eleventy and his crack-addled existence with a love that is pure and true, and apparently involves an egregious abuse of voiceovers and colour filters. I would judge myself but I cannot bring

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[ladyelleth]

Voice-overs and colour filters work brilliantly, the song works brilliantly, the clip works brilliantly. This is bitter and wonderful and beautiful and it says so much about the consequences that are only implied in the show. Thank you, and please excuse me while I go find tissues...

[beccatoria]

Thank you! I'm really glad the vid was effective for you. I loved the arc of this season so much it makes me all flaily.

And don't worry, while I mock myself, it's lovingly. I like the voiceovers and colour filters too, it's just a break from my usual vidding style. This is unexplored terrain! ;)

Thanks again for taking the time to leave such lovely feedback.

nothing ends but i don't believe that now

[kiki_miserychic]

I can't believe how well this works. I also can't believe that I bought into it so fully. I was freaking entranced and I should hate everything about what this vid chooses to be. In spite of all that, and more likely because of it, I really like the vid. The voiceovers work and can't choppy. The loftiness of the concept is paid off in the editing and the way it's so dang EPIC, while being subdued and not over the top. It's fantastically strange in a new and different way. I still can't explain why I like it.

Re: nothing ends but i don't believe that now

[beccatoria]

Thank you so much, because you pretty much nailed how I felt about the entire vid from concept to final execution. I wanted to make it so much but couldn't quite believe it would...work in any way at all. Yet now it's here I love that it's here.

I'm certainly glad that it feels subdued - that was something I definitely did want to put across, and why I chose this song. I think one of the reasons I do love this story is the subdued way the show itself dealt with it - not making it unimportant, but equally not turning it into a parade of histrionics and scenery chewing. What moves me is that the finale is the most epic thing that ever has or will happen, and yet it's four people in a museum, and ultimately, one man, telling a bedtime story to one child, before walking quietly to his own end.

Anyway, I can't explain why I like it either, but, um, I doooo and it means a lot to me that you agree

[tellitslant]

Oh, this is great! I see why it feels like too much earnestness, in a way, but that dovetails so nicely with Eleven's sincerity and Amy's wide-eyed wonder that it works really, really well. It's very affecting and fits well with the emotional arc of the season. I am not generally a fan of the voice-over, but it works particularly well in the beginning here. Definitely a keeper for me!

[beccatoria]

Thank you so much! I'm really glad you like it and that it works for you. I'm not generally a fan of voiceovers either, but then...this entire vid is an experiment in things I don't usually do, and yet, as you say, so much of the beauty of this season is tied up in its quiet sincerity and childhood wonder: I'm so glad you think this evokes that feeling well. Thanks again for taking the time to leave feedback.

[sache8]

Oh. My. Gosh. That was AMAZING. Brilliant, brilliant. Brilliant! Now I want to rush off and watch all of it again. Except... I don't have time tonight. I really need to start sticking to bedtimes. ;-)

[beccatoria]

Wow, thank you so much! I'm really glad you like it! :D

(One of the best things about making it was the excuse to basically watch it all again! BEDTIMES ARE FOR LOSERS! :p)

[beccatoria]

Awww. River does love irony! And...so do I, and you make a fabulous point about how it's often the place meta comes from. I also think that when I make unironic vids (cus I do it! Honest!) they're just not quite so sincere and celebratory? But again, the shows I vid usually aren't.

Either way...thanks so much for finding me adorkable for loving him like I do rather than batshit, and for buying into the vid wholesale ("Just believe me for twenty four and a half minutes!").

You're right, this whole season refuses to be ironic, or sarcastic, and that's such a hallmark of the modern media. And yet its breadth of emotional was undeniable. I'm so glad you think the vid manages to relate to that fact.

It's a story - more than that a story in a story in a bottle on a spaceship - and I love it so freaking much.

(OMG YOU HAVE A BIG MR. POWERFUL DOCTOR SPEECH ICON. Even if I know why you like that scene. Which, okay, is totally ironic. I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE. :D)

SILENCE YOU! I CONCEDE NOTHING!