Comments | aycheb: New BSG vid

aycheb

New BSG vid

Mar 21, 2007 07:29

Title: Safe From Harm
Artist: Massive Attack
Fandom: Battlestar Galactica
Spoilers: Miniseries through to S3.04 (Exodus)
Characters/Pairings: President Roslin
Format: DivX
Size: 38.3 MB

Summary: Laura dreams

Big big thanks to laurashapiro for betaing.

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( Lyrics )

new vid, vidding, bsg

Comments 42

par_avion March 21 2007, 07:52:37 UTC

I don't have time to rewatch and comment in depth right now because I should have been asleep hours ago -- but this is very, very cool. I enjoyed it a lot and I will come back later to tell you more.

par_avion March 22 2007, 05:58:28 UTC

The opening was fantastic -- the intercutting between the paper flying around with Laura on the stretcher, combined with the music, was incredibly effective.

Excellent use of atypical images: "Known Cylon Agents", the wall of photos, the boots.

I love the push-in on Laura at 1:28 -- great synch with the music.

Great editing on the "I was lookin' back to see" section -- matching the eyelines, etc.

I really liked the whole thing, those are just some particular favorites. I love the idea of Laura vs. The Cylons, and the female vocalist with the intense guitars really worked for me.

aycheb March 22 2007, 19:24:55 UTC

Thank you!

I'm so glad that opening worked, it's one of the rare times where the real thing looked just like my brain!vid. I knew I had to finish it as soon as I laid those clips on the timeline. I also realy enjoyed being able to use stuff like the boots and the mug shots, the show is full of those those sorts of things, it's a real gift. That and the characters, I love Laura her strength and her steeliness, how that developed over the course of the show and Shara Nelson's vocals really seemed to express that quality.

kelinea March 21 2007, 11:01:15 UTC

...It's very good...great ! I love it ! Thanks for sharing ;)

aycheb March 22 2007, 19:44:31 UTC

Thank you :-)

monsie March 21 2007, 12:49:47 UTC

That was...excellent! Honestly... One of the best edited videos I've seen lately.

Well done!

aycheb March 22 2007, 19:45:01 UTC

::glows::

theladylucilla March 21 2007, 14:10:14 UTC

Excellent!

yourlibrarian March 22 2007, 01:30:23 UTC

I was glad this didn't contain more recent material so I could watch it now and not get spoiled! I liked this a great deal, and am very glad it focused on Roslin who to me is such a marvelous character. This seems so apt for her, she was thrust into greatness but she seems to have a good understanding of her own role in things. Beautifully done.

aycheb March 22 2007, 19:51:32 UTC

Yes, thrust into greatness, exactly. I didn't use the inauguration footage from the miniseries but rewatched it a lot while clipping and it's so clear the time when she realises she has to step up. I'm so glad if that came across from the vid, she's quite vulnerable in the early sections but grows stronger and harder from then on, taking on some of the qualities of the very thing she's fighting. A great female character.