dS vid: Train to Jackson

[keerawa]

Fandom: due South
Pairings: Fraser/Canada, Fraser/Canada/Kowalski
Summary: There and back again, Ben Fraser style. It's a ghost story, and love story.
Song: "Train to Jackson" by Jeffrey Foucault
Rated: PG-13
Thanks to: My beta, Fenlings, for telling me what was and wasn't working.

Download the 23 MB DivX avi from my website.

Comments

[j_s_cavalcante]

Ohh, that's really great. So beautiful! And so atmospheric. The first half, with Fraser dealing with Bob's death and then coming to Chicago, and Victoria, and the explosion that killed Louis...all those scenes taken together have a certain desolation about them that conveys the tragic side of Fraser's story so well. And then, yay...the advent of RayK and lasting happiness in Fraser's life. Love that! My favorite moments are those overlapping clips of Fraser and Ray smiling from the scenes in the North (during the pursuit of Muldoon). You really transformed the vid's whole atmosphere at that moment, and it worked so well!

I have to watch this again before I comment further, because I think there were bits I missed on first viewing, or things I didn't quite understand, like the inclusion of the scene with Maggie where Fraser shoves Ray. I've only seen it once at this point, but I think if I don't comment now I might forget for a few days, and I don't want to do that. This is terrific. I LOVE the song. So perfect for what you were portraying here, and the guitar adds this sense of traveling over distance. It all works together beautifully. Kudos!

[keerawa]

That first half is pretty grim - grief over his father's death and life in exille don't a pretty picture make. The second half (where he shoves Ray) has Fraser being attracted to Ray, but resisting and rejecting it, fearful. Then, once they're in Canda, it all comes together.

It really love the guitar work in this piece, glad it created that sensation of journeying for you, too.

Thanks so much for the feedback, js!