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Title: Garrow's Light
Source: Garrow's Law
Music: Head Full of Doubt/Road Full of Promise by The Avett Brothers
Summary: William Garrow holds to his path, despite his detractors and his own self-doubt.
Vidder notes (short): A gift vid for feochadn in the Festivids 2012 exchange. Big thanks to
china_shop for beta.
If you're not familiar with the source: Garrow's Law is a BBC miniseries about the (real, historical) 18th-century English barrister who coined the phrase "innocent until proven guilty,", and pioneered legal defense for all. (Prior to his time, defendants in felony cases were forced to defend themselves.) He aggressively cross-examined and promoted strong committed defense of clients, which led to the reformation of the advocacy process in the 18th century.
In other words: it's costume drama meets courtroom drama. And Andrew Buchan is alternately in-your-face and emo.
Garrow's Light from Isis Colorado on Vimeo.
Downloadable version from my website: Garrow's Light (please right-click and save)
There's a darkness upon me that's flooded in light
In the fine print they tell me what's wrong and what's right
And it comes in black and it comes in white
And I'm frightened by those who don't see it
When nothing is owed, deserved or expected
And your life doesn't change by the man that's elected
If you're loved by someone you're never rejected
Decide what to be and go be it
There was a dream
One day I could see it
Like a bird in a cage I broke in and demanded that somebody free it
And there was a kid, with a head full of doubt
So I scream til I die or the last of those bad thoughts are finally out
There's a darkness upon me that's flooded in light
In the fine print they tell me what's wrong and what's right
There's a darkness upon me that's flooded in light
And I'm frightened by those who don't see it
I had actually wanted to make a Garrow's Law vid for some time, and when I first heard this song it struck me as totally perfect. Except I never managed to actually sit down and start vidding it, or even do much more than write a few ideas next to the lyrics. And then I signed up for Festivids, and feochadn asked for pretty much exactly what was in my head! \o/ Her few comments in the request helped direct and refine my ideas, so then it was just a matter of, um, doing it.
The major problem I had with this is that a courtroom drama is mostly people walking back and forth and talking at each other. Which is kind of boring out of context.
Technically: I cut the song down to about half its length, because I prefer shorter vids (both to make and to watch). In addition to the usual time stretch/compress, time flip, and horizontal flip tricks with the video, I had to play with color balances quite a bit to make the montage of Garrow's courtroom scenes work - the scenes come from many episodes in which the lighting varies tremendously. I also had to do the recentering/zoom/blur edges trick on the tight-focused shots I used in the dissolves between Garrow striding in the corridor and standing in the prison, so that his head would be in the same place. This was made considerably easier by the darkness of the prison!
Also posted on Dreamwidth where there are
comments.
Title: Garrow's Light
Source: Garrow's Law
Music: Head Full of Doubt/Road Full of Promise by The Avett Brothers
Summary: William Garrow holds to his path, despite his detractors and his own self-doubt.
Vidder notes (short): A gift vid for feochadn in the Festivids 2012 exchange. Big thanks to
china_shop for beta.
If you're not familiar with the source: Garrow's Law is a BBC miniseries about the (real, historical) 18th-century English barrister who coined the phrase "innocent until proven guilty,", and pioneered legal defense for all. (Prior to his time, defendants in felony cases were forced to defend themselves.) He aggressively cross-examined and promoted strong committed defense of clients, which led to the reformation of the advocacy process in the 18th century.
In other words: it's costume drama meets courtroom drama. And Andrew Buchan is alternately in-your-face and emo.
Garrow's Light from Isis Colorado on Vimeo.
Downloadable version from my website: Garrow's Light (please right-click and save)
There's a darkness upon me that's flooded in light
In the fine print they tell me what's wrong and what's right
And it comes in black and it comes in white
And I'm frightened by those who don't see it
When nothing is owed, deserved or expected
And your life doesn't change by the man that's elected
If you're loved by someone you're never rejected
Decide what to be and go be it
There was a dream
One day I could see it
Like a bird in a cage I broke in and demanded that somebody free it
And there was a kid, with a head full of doubt
So I scream til I die or the last of those bad thoughts are finally out
There's a darkness upon me that's flooded in light
In the fine print they tell me what's wrong and what's right
There's a darkness upon me that's flooded in light
And I'm frightened by those who don't see it
I had actually wanted to make a Garrow's Law vid for some time, and when I first heard this song it struck me as totally perfect. Except I never managed to actually sit down and start vidding it, or even do much more than write a few ideas next to the lyrics. And then I signed up for Festivids, and feochadn asked for pretty much exactly what was in my head! \o/ Her few comments in the request helped direct and refine my ideas, so then it was just a matter of, um, doing it.
The major problem I had with this is that a courtroom drama is mostly people walking back and forth and talking at each other. Which is kind of boring out of context.
Technically: I cut the song down to about half its length, because I prefer shorter vids (both to make and to watch). In addition to the usual time stretch/compress, time flip, and horizontal flip tricks with the video, I had to play with color balances quite a bit to make the montage of Garrow's courtroom scenes work - the scenes come from many episodes in which the lighting varies tremendously. I also had to do the recentering/zoom/blur edges trick on the tight-focused shots I used in the dissolves between Garrow striding in the corridor and standing in the prison, so that his head would be in the same place. This was made considerably easier by the darkness of the prison!
Also posted on Dreamwidth where there are
comments.