New vid: "Centuries" (The Flash) / Festivids 2014

[milly]

Description: We are the poisoned youth.
Source: The Flash
Song: "Centuries", Fall Out Boy
Length: 3:49
Size: 70.6 MB
Format: avi (xvid)
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This was made for amathela

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Notes

I have really been enjoying "The Flash" and it was hard to keep quiet about it because... SQUEE! I was really excited to see my recipient's request, because it's such a different way to approach the show. With so few episodes to work with though, I was really crossing my fingers that they'd dive right into the rogues gallery... and thankfully they did!

I was baffled by the prospect of finding a song after reading the description... then the song came on the radio the very next day. I ended up having to do a LOT of the editing at the very last minute because the last two episodes were so key to the concept. Some rogues did get more of a spotlight, but with such an ensemble it was hard to feature everyone equally. Some were pretty obvious (Girder = wasted youth and heavy metal, Weather wizard & Captain Cold/Heatwave= you will remember me/making a name for him, etc), some a bit more subtle like Blackout (opposite of amnesia because he's driven by revenge), etc. Some were worked more with a visual progression in mind (like the Mist, working from Weather Wizard's tornado dissipating to Mist's cloud). I debated not including Reverse Flash in the vid and only focusing on the metahumans (although, technically that would eliminating Captain Cold and Heatwave), but after connecting the show with the comics in the bridge, it felt like the vid needed to be taken that additional step so that it wouldn't feel like repeating what had already been said. So I though the logical step was to dive deeper into the mythos of Flash villains/rogues, and the pinnacle of that would be Reverse Flash.

It was pretty hilarious (and extremely flattering) having everyone convinced bradcpu or perhaps bananainpyjamas made this. I feel like people were so convinced, even a year from now they'll be shocked when my name comes in the credits at the end.

I'm extremely happy with how this came out... makes me want to vid action and comics source more. My only regret is that I couldn't include Peek-a-Boo in the vid (just one episode too late!) but I suspect I'll feel like that about every single villain that comes up.

Lyrics
"Centuries"

[Intro:]
Du du du du-du du du
Du du du du du-du du du

[Chorus:]
Some legends are told
Some turn to dust or to gold
But you will remember me
Remember me for centuries
And just one mistake
Is all it will take.
We'll go down in history
Remember me for centuries
Hey, hey, hey
Remember me for centuries

Mummified my teenage dreams
No, it's nothing wrong with me
The kids are all wrong,
The story's all off
Heavy metal broke my heart

Come on, come on and let me in
The bruises on your thighs like my fingerprints
And this is supposed to match
The darkness that you felt
I never meant for you to fix yourself

[Chorus]

And I can't stop 'til the whole world knows my name
'Cause I was only born inside my dreams
Until you die for me, as long as there is a light, my shadow's over you
'Cause I am the opposite of amnesia
And you're a cherry blossom
You're about to bloom
You look so pretty, but you're gone so soon

[Chorus]

[Bridge:]
We've been here forever
And here's the frozen proof
I could scream forever
We are the poisoned youth

[Chorus]

We'll go down in history
Remember me for centuries

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