OPAQUE - a Last Resort video (House MD)
I can't even remember the last time I was this productive, video-wise. I'm surprised I haven't run out of steam for awhile, tbh, but I guess that's what happens when Mia my Mac is awesome and each week, there's a unique episode with a lot of great and beautiful stuff that I feel like touching. AND! This one is fun because I had the song picked out before I even saw the episode. Which seems ass-backwards to me and if anyone would have asked me if that was a good idea, I would have said no. I found it, LOVED the music but the words didn't fit, so I found an instrumental version. I was going to work Joy to it but then it hit me that this would be fantastic for Last Resort depending on how the episode played out. And it was absolutely thrilling to work with. There's a freedom that comes with working with instrumental pieces, and I really enjoyed that. And because the counts are consistent, I was able to move stuff around so easily, and make huge changes and decisions without having to redo the entire thing - for example, I got to the end and RAN OUT OF SONG, so I was able to give myself 30 more seconds just by sliding everything over a few measures. I've never been able to do that before, it was fantastic. And I played with new coloring in this so I hope it goes over well. I will say that I'm happy with how this turned out and I am very excited/anxious to let it go and show you.
(click for youtube link)
DOWNLOAD
.MOV - 50MB | iPod
An episodic video of "Last Resort", set to an instrumental version of Adele's "Hometown Glory". I've called the video "Opaque", which I've pulled from the (absent) lyrics: "The air is so thick and opaque..."
Opaque: hard or impossible to understand, unfathomable.
This works on about 500 different levels. It addresses the hostage situation - neither House nor the hostage being able to understand what's physically wrong. It addresses House/Cuddy - how they don't understand where they're at, how the hostage-negotiator points out that Cuddy might not be being objective. It addresses Thirteen - her facing her death, how she can't understand the benefits of NOT being self-destructive. The whole thing is extremely complicated for everyone involved, and there's so much to be understood that they're not really understanding right now. And that's what this is about - when something is thrown at them that forces them to deal and work their shit out as everything around them is applying more pressure.
Notes & Commentary
I'm not sure I'll even have much to say or explain with this one, because I feel it's pretty contained and self-explanatory. A lot a LOT is based on timing but I feel you'll be able to see that anyway.
1:26 - (I'm sorry, but I thought that was the sexiest thing ever, I don't even know.)
1:38 - yes, she does have a loved one in there.
1:46 - I don't know how useful it is to tell you guys my favorite parts, but I feel the need to do it anyway. This is my favorite. "I'm not playing this game." BANG.
2:03 - her eyelashes on the piano. ♥
2:08 - "If you have a conflict here, if you have stakes in this that you're not telling me about..." - as she looks the way she does. You tell ME if she has stakes in this right now. God, can't even.
2:46 - "she's gonna go..."
3:06 - okay on a clearly technical note, this shot is GORGEOUS. I mean, before I even touched it, the quality of it was so in a different league, I don't even know how that happened or how they did that but it was so clear and glorious and he looks awesome.
4:24 - the long fade to white with the really slow motion was meant to represent her getting closer and closer to death.
I feel like I had more to say but I also don't feel like it's anything you wouldn't have picked up on your own, so. ♥ There's not as much backstory or manipulation as there is in my other videos so it doesn't require any huge in depth commentary, I don't think.
This video was so fucking... sdaklfhjas I don't even know. But when I first finished it I went to stand up and my stomach hurt, it was so sore like I'd been all tense and panicky even though I didn't even realize I was doing it. And I felt like making a note of that because it hasn't really happened before. Making this probably messed with me more than the actual episode did, to tell the truth.
I am having so much fun with episodic videos this season. And you guys have been absolutely fantastic, thank you so much for everything, your support and encouragement with these. I really can't say enough how much I appreciate your feedback.
♥ as always, I'd love your thoughts. ♥
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME!
♥ ♥ ♥
Like what you see?
+WATCH || JOIN alchemic_dreams
+Subscribe to my channel
x | x | x
(click for youtube link)
DOWNLOAD
.MOV - 50MB | iPod
An episodic video of "Last Resort", set to an instrumental version of Adele's "Hometown Glory". I've called the video "Opaque", which I've pulled from the (absent) lyrics: "The air is so thick and opaque..."
Opaque: hard or impossible to understand, unfathomable.
This works on about 500 different levels. It addresses the hostage situation - neither House nor the hostage being able to understand what's physically wrong. It addresses House/Cuddy - how they don't understand where they're at, how the hostage-negotiator points out that Cuddy might not be being objective. It addresses Thirteen - her facing her death, how she can't understand the benefits of NOT being self-destructive. The whole thing is extremely complicated for everyone involved, and there's so much to be understood that they're not really understanding right now. And that's what this is about - when something is thrown at them that forces them to deal and work their shit out as everything around them is applying more pressure.
Notes & Commentary
I'm not sure I'll even have much to say or explain with this one, because I feel it's pretty contained and self-explanatory. A lot a LOT is based on timing but I feel you'll be able to see that anyway.
1:26 - (I'm sorry, but I thought that was the sexiest thing ever, I don't even know.)
1:38 - yes, she does have a loved one in there.
1:46 - I don't know how useful it is to tell you guys my favorite parts, but I feel the need to do it anyway. This is my favorite. "I'm not playing this game." BANG.
2:03 - her eyelashes on the piano. ♥
2:08 - "If you have a conflict here, if you have stakes in this that you're not telling me about..." - as she looks the way she does. You tell ME if she has stakes in this right now. God, can't even.
2:46 - "she's gonna go..."
3:06 - okay on a clearly technical note, this shot is GORGEOUS. I mean, before I even touched it, the quality of it was so in a different league, I don't even know how that happened or how they did that but it was so clear and glorious and he looks awesome.
4:24 - the long fade to white with the really slow motion was meant to represent her getting closer and closer to death.
I feel like I had more to say but I also don't feel like it's anything you wouldn't have picked up on your own, so. ♥ There's not as much backstory or manipulation as there is in my other videos so it doesn't require any huge in depth commentary, I don't think.
This video was so fucking... sdaklfhjas I don't even know. But when I first finished it I went to stand up and my stomach hurt, it was so sore like I'd been all tense and panicky even though I didn't even realize I was doing it. And I felt like making a note of that because it hasn't really happened before. Making this probably messed with me more than the actual episode did, to tell the truth.
I am having so much fun with episodic videos this season. And you guys have been absolutely fantastic, thank you so much for everything, your support and encouragement with these. I really can't say enough how much I appreciate your feedback.
♥ as always, I'd love your thoughts. ♥
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME!
♥ ♥ ♥
Like what you see?
+WATCH || JOIN alchemic_dreams
+Subscribe to my channel
x | x | x