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bistokidsfan77 in discoveredinalj

New Story: The Drowning Plains

Oct 31, 2006 21:46

This is my entry in the discoveredinalj Discovered On All Hallows Eve challenge. This is meant to be read in conjunction with the fanvid by the same name, found at my website The Drowning Plains

( Read The Drowning Plains )

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Comments 15

empty_mirrors November 1 2006, 12:05:59 UTC

Oooo, creepy. Loved the video too. Multimedia fic. :D Wonderful.

bistokidsfan77 November 1 2006, 15:48:59 UTC

Thank you. I've seen various multimedia fic approaches, but wanted to try something different. The fun part was that I did the story and the vid literally at the same time, and the story influenced the making of the vid and vica versa!

myrebelcat November 1 2006, 12:20:11 UTC

I was going to say, it's multimedia! But empty mirrors beat me to it. ;-)

Very atmospheric, and the vid really does add a lot to the story - and vice versa. Fun!

bistokidsfan77 November 1 2006, 15:49:35 UTC

Wow - thanks. I really wanted to be different, and it took me up until the deadline, but I finally got it! I'm really glad it worked for you.

msmoat November 1 2006, 13:45:09 UTC

Cool use of the video! Thank you for this. I liked the atmosphere, and I liked this bit especially: Glancing over at his partner, Doyle took in the pout, rolled his eyes, then pushed against the other man's shoulder. Naturally, Bodie pushed back and a bit of a scuffle took place, ending up with Doyle pinning Bodie to one rugged wall. The two looked at each other in the gloom, all merriment gone in an instant. A moment, then two, riding the edge of the tension between them.

I can see that happening very easily. *g*

bistokidsfan77 November 1 2006, 15:50:30 UTC

Thanks very much! I love how Doyle & Bodie can be going along, and all of a sudden they are on a totally different wave length - but always together.

byslantedlight November 2 2006, 02:19:13 UTC

Oh, very atmospheric! And I did like the vid as well - great stuff... So erm... more please?!

bistokidsfan77 November 2 2006, 05:00:48 UTC

Thank you very much! As I've said above, the story and the vid were created together and each fed the process for each other. It was a great experiment. I always thought it was a one-off, but I suppose I could make a related sequence, starting with Bonfire night....hmmmm....

byslantedlight November 2 2006, 05:38:01 UTC

Ooh yes, there could be a whole series of 'em... *g*

I was actually talking with someone not long ago about the relationship between fics and vids, and how vids certainly (for me, anyway) inspire various thoughts and feelings and so forth that could easily translate into fics - and that it might perhaps work the other way as well, a fic inspiring a vid. So I'm totally chuffed that you've done just that! And very interested to hear that you worked on both at the same time...

izzie7 November 2 2006, 19:20:21 UTC

Loved the way the vid & the story complement each other - had to wait until now before I could download the vid, although I read the story yesterday, & it definitely is good to see both! Nice spooky atmosphere, especially in the vid when you switch to the grainy, shaky black & white images.

bistokidsfan77 November 2 2006, 19:28:12 UTC

Thank you! The vid was a bit of a challenge, since I wanted to use actual footage of Castle Threave. So, I cheated a bit, and used some stills from the official website, did a little photo manip, added on the grainy old film effect & a few other things, and voila - almost video LOL! I can say that it's my most challenging vid to date and I loved making it. I'm very gratified that I achieved the effect I was trying for.