Comments | keerawa: BBC Sherlock vid: Children's Work

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BBC Sherlock vid: Children's Work

Apr 26, 2012 00:27

Title: Children's Work
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Mycroft Holmes and Greg Lestrade
Song: 'Children's Work' by Dessa
Length: 03:18
Spoilers/Warnings: Spoilers for seasons 1 and 2. Warnings for violence and and gun violence.
Thanks to: My betas, humansrsuperior and Stevie
Disclaimer: 'Sherlock' is based on the original works of Arthur Conan Doyle. ( Read more... )

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Comments 46

calvinahobbes April 26 2012, 10:23:26 UTC

HOLY SHIT! This is amazing, I am sorry for cursing in your journal, but seriously. That song is eerily appropriate for Sherlock, and this whole vid gave me chills. Chills! I don't actually think I've seen a post-Reichenbach vid from Sherlock's POV before, but this is so spot-on we won't need any others. I'm sorry I can't be more coherent, but my jaw is on the floor. BRB rewatching forever!

keerawa April 27 2012, 07:13:31 UTC

Cursing in a the service of squee is always appreciated. It's the first song I've heard that truly made me feel like I was in Sherlock's head, in his world. And so I HAD to vid it. Thanks for the comment!

calvinahobbes April 27 2012, 08:55:22 UTC

I am glad you think so. Also, I forgot to mention that I rec'd your vid on my DW (http://calvinahobbes.dreamwidth.org/76025.html), and now I've dared to make a bare-bones summary of What It Means in the comments, so if you want to stop by and tell me how wrong I am, I would only be intrigued ;o)

andrea_deer April 26 2012, 12:50:58 UTC

This is absolutely amazing! I love the song and how well it fits! Gorgeous! (Not to mention some bonus love from me for daddy!Lestrade.)

keerawa April 27 2012, 07:19:55 UTC

Thank you Andrea! There's several times in the show where Lestrade looks at Sherlock, and what I see in his face is, "I don't get this kid at all, but I love him anyway and I'd do anything to keep him safe if only he'd let me."

katsheswims April 26 2012, 14:20:16 UTC

Very nice. I'm going to have to watch it a couple more times to get all the nuances. (I know I probably missed a couple.) But I like it!

keerawa April 27 2012, 07:21:20 UTC

Thanks, katsheswims, I'm glad to hear it! If there's anything puzzling you about it, feel free to ask.

sprat April 26 2012, 15:40:19 UTC

Wow, this is PERFECT. Goosebumps all over the place. I don't think I've seen a vid with a better Sherlock pov.

keerawa April 27 2012, 07:23:27 UTC

Thank you, sprat! This song's the first one I've heard that seemed to fit with Sherlock as a narrator, so I HAD to vid it.

llassah April 26 2012, 16:57:08 UTC

ho fuck this is brilliant. I can't quite articulate just how, but I absolutely love it, I adore the fragmented bits for the bridges between verses, and this different uses of the 'kill' lyric. Not having hear the song before, the lyrics and the matching experience worked brilliantly for me, as every bit was fresh and new. I adore this, you're so talented.

keerawa April 27 2012, 07:38:17 UTC

I can actually take some credit for the bridges, because while the original song has one very long bridge, my version has two short bridges that do and say exactly what I need them to. (And the sound effects, of course. Somehow Dessa seems to have missed out on the emotive power of a well-timedf gun shot.) And thanks for calling out the 'how to clean my kill' clips choices! I worked hard to evolve, and sort of invert the meaning of those over the course of the vid. Thank you llassah!