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God Help Sailors

May 14, 2007 10:23

God Help Sailors

Music: Requiem Mass in D minor (K. 626), Lacrimosa, W.A. Mozart
Run time: 3:49
Xvid Compression

Based on the Horatio Hornblower novels of C.S. Forester.

The drabble, God Help Sailors by idler_1814 is one of the most amazing 100 words ever written in the Hornblower fandom. So I boldly asked the author if I could try to put visuals to her ( Read more... )

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black_hound May 15 2007, 00:31:38 UTC

Thank you very much. It's appreciated. :)

bronzelionel May 15 2007, 02:02:18 UTC

Incredible job. The ending, and the shots of the uniform, gold braid, sword, especially. Brilliant. Thanks.

black_hound May 15 2007, 03:49:39 UTC

Thank you. I'm glad you like it.

:)

what_evil_lurks May 16 2007, 10:27:52 UTC

really good, and dreamy. Where the heck did you get all that footage from?

Nice sense of impending doom from the music, and the longboats pulling through the mist, with the ghostly one coming through after the first clearly seen longboat.

black_hound May 16 2007, 15:30:02 UTC

I have a huge cache of 18th century films on DVD. Wherein came most of the footage.

And yes, I love the music for that very same sense of impending doom. You as the viewer knows it's coming, yet the boats just keep rowing. Juxtaposed against the happiness of Captain Bush to be back in action again.