(Vid) Boy from the Mouth of Hell

[stormwreath]

This may just possibly be one of the Signs of the Apocalypse, but I've finished another vid! (When I say 'finished', I'm referring to the two others I started, got stuck on, and abandoned, at least for now...) And this one's Spikocentric...

Comments

[beer_good_foamy]

One of my favourite Pogues songs, and a great montage too. (Of course, being the model for Cassidy in Preacher, Shane is a bit of a vampire himself...) Loved how you didn't overuse the effects; mostly straight clips, and double exposures etc only when needed.

[stormwreath]

Thanks! Cassidy was based on Shane MacGowan? Brings a whole new meaning to the phrase "Now I'm just a big fluffy puppy with bad teeth."

And clearly overusing effects is not something I'm capable of, considering there were probably more in that vid than in most of the others I've done. ;-) (Although a lot were things like reversing or cropping clips or playing with brightness and hue, which wouldn't be obvious unless you knew the episode really well)

[beer_good_foamy]

You mean to imply that I *don't* know the episodes very well? ;-)

Seriously, I suppose effects in vidding is a lot like effects in music; every single sound you hear/image you see has been processed in SOME way, but the trick is to make it not obvious, to have it all flow smoothly. It's the small tweaks that do all the difference. And that works very well here, I think.

[stormwreath]

You mean to imply that I *don't* know the episodes very well?

Perish the thought!

Although since you do, you'll be able to tell me which two clips in the vid I've got running backwards (reversed video), yes? :-)

#1 vf Fcvxr ba gur onypbal bs gur Oebamr sebz Fyrrcre, #2 vf Fcvxr va gur ubfcvgny orq gnyxvat gb Natry va Qnzntr.

[trepkos]

That was a rollicking good vid!
Excellent!
Sorry - no crit.

[stormwreath]

Thank you!

And don't worry about the "no crit" thing; I'll just assume it was perfect as it is... ;-)

[spikendru]

I liked this a LOT. The lyrics really do fit Spike's situation, and I agree with the decision to use Dru as the mother-figure and catalyst for many of the changes in his life.

I laughed out loud at the verse: He was the meanest bastard that you have ever seen. And to lose a single penny would grieve him awful sore, And he was a miserable bollocks and a bitch's bastard's whore. which is absolutely perfect for Angelus, who was not only infamous for his cruelty, but also for his cheapness. That is exactly how Spike would have seen him after he caught the other rooster in the henhouse shagging his destiny!

I also really like the blue filter over the powerwalk. It ties in nicely with the NFA scene.

[stormwreath]

Thanks! (And thanks for the rec, too).

I was surprised by how effective the blue filter was; deciding what to do about the instrumental introduction to a song is always one of the hardest parts for me...

[shapinglight]

I just d/l'ed and watched this vid. Enjoyed it very much indeed - certainly don't think I've seen a BtVS vid done to a Pogues song before.

Great work.

[stormwreath]

Thanks!

They just seemed like the sort of group Spike would probably enjoy in real life. Assuming he didn't actually have a deep secret yearning for, y'know, Enya. Or Dido. Or Sarah Maclachlan...

[aycheb]

Fabulous song choice. I particularly enjoyed Angel's introduction and Spike's putting his hand out for the amulet being matched to "lend me ten pounds." The blue filter bookending was really effective emotionally and technically (getting those overlays of Chosen and NFA to look natural).

[stormwreath]

Thanks! I tried to go for some approrpriate matches to the chorus - my own favourite is "I'll buy you a drink" as Drusilla tosses the dead clubber to Spike.

The blue overlay at the end - if you mean the one of Spike fighting, that's actually from NFA too, not 'Chosen'. It's when he's rescuing the baby from those cultists.