VID: "Lágrimas" (SPN)

Aug 07, 2008 14:47

So I says to myself, "Self," I says, "It's a damn shame there isn't more Mary Winchester source. That gal sure needs to be vidded." And then I went ahead and did it anyway.

Song: "Madonna" by Cocorosie
Source: Supernatural

Let me underneath your halo.

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renenet August 7 2008, 19:19:03 UTC
This is so lovely! Sweet and heartbreaking and just...lovely! I love how it captures the boys' (especially Dean's, because of course, he actually remembers her, a bit) reverence and longing for even just a brief brush of her lips...a mother's reassuring kiss. The etherealness of the high vocals (and the otherworldliness of the random noises) emphasize the ghostiless of Mary (both in memory and as an apparition) in contrast with the more solid, rhythmic chords underneath which are Sam and Dean tromping through their lives without her.

The vid leaves me with a sort of pure, hollow achiness inside my chest, ringed around the edges with a moistness that creeps up and prickles at my eyes to come out.

::hugs you gently for this vid::

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sweetestdrain August 9 2008, 01:57:24 UTC
*hugs you tight*

You have no idea how much your comments and insight (on this vid and others) just, always, totally make my day. Thank you!

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Raining hard in this abyss kiki_miserychic August 7 2008, 20:33:47 UTC
The musicality is beautifully rendered. The glitching and the static noise is great. The whole piece is moody and sweetly creepy. I love the subtle use of the dijn over Mary at 1:38 and the face over Mary at 2:48. The use of the limited clips from the source is amazing. You tell a quiet story with well chosen scenes and shots.

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Re: Raining hard in this abyss sweetestdrain August 9 2008, 02:24:22 UTC
I'm glad you liked it! The limited source was a challenge, but a fun challenge, and luckily the song did most of the work for me. :) Thanks for commenting! (And thank you for the rec as well!)

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danegen August 7 2008, 22:26:31 UTC
Oh wow. There's a great haunted quality throughout this and an intense feeling of loss. And how much do I love that you never show Mary actually burning on the ceiling?!

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sweetestdrain August 9 2008, 02:29:05 UTC
Heh, I decided before going in that the ceiling clips were off-limits -- and it's awesome that you noticed their absence. I'm happy that you liked the vid, thank you!

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coffeeandink August 8 2008, 19:23:11 UTC
I like the haunted tenderness of this, and I like that you wove in the sense of unanswered questions/untrustworthiness that S3 brought up, without lessening the sense of the love Mary felt for her children.

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sweetestdrain August 9 2008, 02:31:59 UTC
Thank you! That was one of the big things I wanted to convey -- Mary's perspective as well as the lingering questions and the stories/photographs/rumors that remain. I'm glad that came through.

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sdwolfpup August 9 2008, 05:26:06 UTC
This is really gorgeous, and sad, and - with your use of the phone and other sound effects - chilling, too. I actually think my favorite part was the "I won't tell nobody that you've been smoking cigars" bit. That gave me the chills, in the best way. There are all these things we don't know about Mary, and you hinted at those while still keeping up her portrayal as the mother in the white dress.

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