NEW HQ FANVID "THIS CLOSE" SAM & DEAN WINCHESTER TRIBUTE(+ Arts and Article)
Title: This Close.
Vidder: likiel
Artist: "This close" by Brad Caleb Kane
Category: Character Study, Narrative, Epic Tribute.
Characters: Sam Winchester, Dean Winchester, Allies, Ennemies.
Pairings: None
Warnings: None.
Summary: See Interview article.
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LIKAELLA (LIKA): Hello Erin!
ME: Don’t say my name.
LIKA: Why? They don’t know your name on LJ?
ME: Not that I know of.
LIKA: Huh. I think your name is on your profile, let’s check?
ME: No. Get to the interview.
LIKA: Ok! So today, you’re posting your new video about Sam & Dean… aren’t they hot? I think they’re hot.
ME: Lily…
LIKA: Yeah, sorry. Let’s get started!
LIKA: This new video is the first work I saw you hesitate to post. Why?
ME: Mostly, because of the song I used. It’s “This Close” by Brad Caleb Kane. It’s a very beautiful song, but it’s also very personal to me.
LIKA: Why is that?
ME: The first time I ever heard this song, it was at my brother’s best friend concert. We weren’t that many in the place but the minute he started singing, it was like we were a millions, the whole world. He had a way to make you feel like his voice was only for you, but at the same time you would feel the need to share it with others. To make them cry or happy. My brother’s best friend died a year ago, and while I wasn’t as close to him as my big brother was, he was still a radiant presence in my life. “This close” stuck with me since then.
LIKA: Why did you chose to use it now?
ME: Well… I never used this song for anything, but you know I love SPN and I wanted to do something I could look up and say: This is my best contribution to the fandom, it’s how much I love this show, it’s my best work. It was hard to do it, but I really think I did well, maybe it’s the song, maybe it’s the right moment but I feel like my video spoke volume about Dean and Sam’s life through the seven seasons of Supernatural.
LIKA: Speaking of… How would you describe your video to the SPN fandom?
ME: … you’re serious?
LIKA: Come on! Stay in the game!
ME: *Sigh* Ok. Well… like I said it’s a large overlook at Dean and Sam’s life. And you can see glimpses of Season seven, but no actual spoilers.
LIKA: What is the story? What did you tried to show?
ME: I tried to show how season by season everything about the Winchester brothers is becoming slowly but surely mythic. Like Epic you know? It’s their relationship, their life, their enemies, their allies. It’s mostly their love, though.
LIKA: “This Close” is a tribute?
ME: Yeah… well no, maybe. Something like that.
LIKA: You suck at this.
ME: Shut up and go on.
LIKA: *Snickers* Ok. What characters featured your video, except Sam and Dean?
ME: Bobby. Castiel. Ruby, John, Mary, their youngest versions, and others hunters like Ellen and Rufus. Glimpse of others characters, angels, demons, death… and an interlude with 2014!Dean and Samifer.
LIKA: Really? An interlude? Why?
ME: Come on! 2014!Dean! You need to ask?
LIKA: Yeah well…
ME: The dude is frigging hot, I don’t know how Jensen Ackles managed to do it, but everytime I watched 5x04, it’s really two different characters that I see, even if there are both Dean. 2014!Dean is just so…
LIKA: Yeah I get it, thanks.
ME: Oh, that’s right, I forgot, you like Samifer better, you freak.
LIKA: He’s wearing that white suit beautifully! and you know what? in your vid, you made it like he wants to jump Dean’s bones!
ME: …
LIKA: …
ME: …
LIKA: Are you pissed? Come on, don’t be pissed. Have a candy.
ME: No thanks! And it wasn’t my fu**ing intention, fu*k very much!
LIKA: *laughing* I know, but still! Anyway your video is a gen or a slash?
ME: Oh my god, its gen! I’m not doing any wincest with this song on it! But I guess people like you are going to interpret it otherwise.
LIKA: People like me?
ME: Nevermind Sweetie. Are we done?
LIKA: Just one last question: if you can describe your video with one sentence, what would it be?
ME: The lyrics of the song, simply: “Someday you’ll need to stand tall again, stronger and they’ll be there share the pain with you […] you’re this close to your place in the world. This close and you almost made it […] this close and how long you waited.”
LIKA: Thanks Erin. And it’s a great vid.
ME: *smiles*
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