Comments | giandujakiss: Untitled Holmes Vid Thing

giandujakiss

Untitled Holmes Vid Thing

Jan 22, 2010 09:49

Yeah, I couldn't resist doing something quickly with all that pretty footage, so .... it's a little bit, umm, not my usual thing, but - we'll call it an experiment.

Song: Fermoy Lasses performed by Seamus Egan
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (2009)

Summary: Buzz, buzz.

Pairing: Holmes/Watson, sort of.

Length: 2:09

Download: At Sendspace

( Streaming link and embed under the cut )

my vids, vidding, holmes, my holmes vids

Comments 126

emily_shore January 22 2010, 15:00:05 UTC

Really rather glorious. You've almost made me like the movie. :)

giandujakiss January 22 2010, 15:47:07 UTC

Hee - thank you! I'm .. sorry you didn't like the movie, but I'm glad you liked the vid!

talitha78 January 22 2010, 15:00:28 UTC

So cool! Punching and shooting on the beat!! You know I gotta love that. :D

giandujakiss January 22 2010, 15:47:34 UTC

Thank you! This song was a tough one for beat matching - I'm glad you think it worked!

pharis January 22 2010, 15:22:54 UTC

Ohhhhhhhh ... that's wonderful. Holmes' frantic, racing thoughts and twitchyness, which can be harnessed and given purpose with a case, but they never go away. Watson, who can keep up with him but isn't driven like Holmes is, transforms things for him, making him smile. The flies are the perfect metaphor -- I understand them now, through your vid, in a way I didn't in the movie: Holmes can make order (has to or he'd chew himself up) through brains and discipline and intense concentration, but it's Watson who has the perspective to let them go.

I must go watch this over and over and over now.

giandujakiss January 22 2010, 15:48:37 UTC

Hee, I'm so glad you got the idea! I was so terrified it wasn't coming across - I frantically sent a draft to my beta last night and was just like ... what do you think this vid is about? So I'm delighted that it came through for you!

sdwolfpup January 22 2010, 16:14:46 UTC

That was really interesting and fun to watch!

giandujakiss January 22 2010, 19:35:55 UTC

Thanks! I'm glad you liked it!

zahrawithaz January 22 2010, 16:33:17 UTC

Seamus Egan! You made a Holmes vid to SEAMUS EGAN!!!

*dies happy*

giandujakiss January 22 2010, 19:36:22 UTC

Isn't he awesome? I felt bad for butchering his song - I had to cut like 2 minutes or so out of it.

zahrawithaz January 22 2010, 20:33:32 UTC

I think he's incredible, and I think a lot of his stuff CRIES OUT to be vidded. Really. I hear it in the middle of the night...

(Also, I'm tired having to introduce him as "the guy who wrote the Sarah McLaughlin song," so massive excitement to find another fan!)

This is a great vid, btw. Every time I watch it I feel like I catch something new. And--though I'm sure this wasn't your intent--I was mildly irritated by the stereotypical let's-play-Irish-music-while-people-fist-fight scenes in the field, and for me this vid feels a bit redemptive, because the music-film connection rests on something more substantial.

giandujakiss January 22 2010, 21:53:34 UTC

(Also, I'm tired having to introduce him as "the guy who wrote the Sarah McLaughlin song," so massive excitement to find another fan!)

Hah! I didn't even know about that until recently - for me he's the guy who did the soundtrack to The Brothers McMullen, which I liked better than the movie, so I had to run out and buy a CD.

And I'm very pleased you liked the vid as well :-). I was aware of the stereotype Irish-music-for-boxing thing, but I confess I didn't specifically intend for this vid to be redemptive - I just liked the music for the this concept. But I'm glad you saw it that way!