15 August 2006 @ 07:54 am
New vid! - "Fix You" (BSG)  
This is the vid I submitted for the VVC Premieres show this year. I'll post my auction vid tomorrow.

Title: Fix You
Song: Coldplay, "Fix You"
Spoilers: All of season 1 and 2
Summary: They just want to help.
Download: DivX AVI (34 MB) (right click, save target as to download)

Lyrics
When you try your best but you don’t succeed
When you get what you want but not what you need
When you feel so tired but you can’t sleep
Stuck in reverse

And the tears come streaming down your face
When you lose something you can’t replace
When you love someone but it goes to waste
Could it be worse

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you

Tears stream down your face
I promise you I will learn from my mistakes
Tears stream down your face
And I...

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you

Thank you to [info]f1renze, [info]fer1213, [info]brynnmck, and [info]deathisyourart for beta thoughts, and [info]sisabet, [info]tzikeh, and [info]pipsqueaky for audience reaction. Talk about "it takes a village." Hee. I had so many people looking at this vid because I felt like the first reaction was important. While someone who watched the vid multiple times was helpful, everytime I made any changes, I wanted to still make sure I was going back to someone fresh to the idea of it to make sure I hadn't lost or overrun the vid's main idea. And thanks to the folks who supported me through my nerves on Premiere night!

All feedback, comments, or concrit are welcome, either here or through email (sdwolfpup (at) gmail (dot) com).
 
 
Current Mood: pleased
Current Music: "Fix You" in my head
 
 
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I suppose that's just the way the cookie crumbles.: gen rollin rollin by slodwick[info]nightchik on August 15th, 2006 05:06 pm (UTC)
Your vid is absolutely gorgeous. This song will never be the same.
(no subject) - [info]sdwolfpup on August 15th, 2006 06:06 pm (UTC) Expand
minnow[info]minnow1212 on August 15th, 2006 06:49 pm (UTC)
I love your vid so, so much--it was efinitely one of the highlights of the Premieres show for me. Copying and pasting what I wrote in my own lj (b/c I'm lazy like that):

This vid is just both tremendously effective and tremendously elegant; at 2:46, there's not an excess moment, no filler. (Which, huh, really goes with the POV. Okay.) An unsettling, well-told vid about Cylon-human relations, and I just loved some of the matches of image to music here: the doors opening on the chord at 1:10, the way that when the music shift from slower vocals to faster instrumentals at 1:30 that there's a corresponding shift in images from mainly people shots to shots of ships and planets and explosions, which balances the vid between the personal and the global, the match of the guns saluting to the music about 2 minutes in, all the images of anger and violence on the "tears stream" lyrics, the three successive explosions timed to "lights will guide"…man, I just have so much love for this vid, which neatly encapsulated and illuminated an aspect of the show, and looked damn good while it did it.
(no subject) - [info]sdwolfpup on August 15th, 2006 08:35 pm (UTC) Expand
eva_mac: kara&chief-bravenewworld - twister10[info]eva_mac on August 15th, 2006 09:13 pm (UTC)
My god, lady. I think you broke me. This is sad and chilling and fantastic and I wish I were more erudite because there's just SO MUCH here...this hit me at a very visceral level that apparently reduces coherence 82%. Wow. Great job.
(no subject) - [info]sdwolfpup on August 16th, 2006 05:16 am (UTC) Expand
V.: BSG GaiusSix Puzzle Pieces[info]aurora_84 on August 15th, 2006 09:49 pm (UTC)
Wow.

That's just, yeah. Fantastic comes to mind.

I really like how you edited the song, and the clips you chose, especially the first scene from the miniseries. Oh, Cylons! :X:X:X
(no subject) - [info]sdwolfpup on August 16th, 2006 05:17 am (UTC) Expand
Teh Jess: Happy[info]twister10 on August 15th, 2006 11:58 pm (UTC)
I love when the music really kicks in just as the armistice station blows up, especially with the pullback from the raptor with Helo and Boomer (1:40, I think). And Six...Six is just amazing in the pieces you've put together. It's interesting to see that really emotional side of her considering that, well, it's Six. I was really surprised to see season 1 and 2 footage since judging by the beginning of the vid, I figured it'd be a predominantly mini-centric vid- but you did it really, really well. I really enjoyed this vid!
(no subject) - [info]sdwolfpup on August 16th, 2006 05:18 am (UTC) Expand
awkward paws[info]obsessive24 on August 16th, 2006 01:53 am (UTC)
Oh wow! This was so great. I'm not a big fan of Coldplay (or this song) so I came in expecting not to like it, but it was incredible. I am so in love with the structure, how the main part of the series only took about half a minute to cover and the rest is the pilot and ending. Spine-tinglingly good - thank you so much.
(no subject) - [info]sdwolfpup on August 16th, 2006 05:19 am (UTC) Expand
ghyslaine: starbuck[info]annavtree on August 16th, 2006 09:01 pm (UTC)
My love for this vid can't be textually redered.
(no subject) - [info]sdwolfpup on August 16th, 2006 11:24 pm (UTC) Expand
actual, semi-intelligent feedback - [info]annavtree on August 18th, 2006 08:18 pm (UTC) Expand
Re: actual, semi-intelligent feedback - [info]sdwolfpup on August 21st, 2006 10:55 pm (UTC) Expand
the she of rumor talked about—and worse, who talks: bsg[info]voleuse on August 17th, 2006 03:50 am (UTC)
Oh, wow. This is such a beautiful vid, and a little creepy. (The clip of Six and the baby made me coo, then shiver when I remembered.) But it makes absolute sense from Six's point view.
(no subject) - [info]sdwolfpup on August 18th, 2006 03:28 pm (UTC) Expand
aycheb[info]aycheb on August 17th, 2006 07:14 am (UTC)
This is such a perfect blend of ironic emotional truth and visual pyrotechnics. The perfect scene to introduce each of the characters then when the meaning behind the intercut scenes of the first contact becomes clear it’s like a sucker punch. Because Six really believes she can fix them. “Lights will guide you home,” and I love the final cuts subtly linking Roslin and Six.
(no subject) - [info]sdwolfpup on August 18th, 2006 03:30 pm (UTC) Expand
seven cities ago: BSG Kara glows[info]exsequar on August 20th, 2006 02:48 pm (UTC)
Oh I loved this. Very subtle and elegant. I love how it ends on a note of hope leading into the third season - "I will try to fix you". That seems though it could be the tagline for this season, because everything is so, so broken. Beautiful vid!
(no subject) - [info]sdwolfpup on August 21st, 2006 10:55 pm (UTC) Expand
Oyce: roslin heroine[info]oyceter on August 22nd, 2006 07:59 am (UTC)
Hullo! Er, I ended up writing up your vid because a comment wasn't long enough space. I hope you don't mind that it's on my LJ instead of down here, though I can move it here if you'd like!
(no subject) - [info]sdwolfpup on August 23rd, 2006 12:18 am (UTC) Expand
(no subject) - [info]oyceter on August 28th, 2006 04:53 am (UTC) Expand
Daegaer: bluelady[info]daegaer on August 22nd, 2006 10:36 am (UTC)
I watched your vid on [info]oyceter's rec, and loved it. It's so powerful and sad - I've only seen a couple of episodes of BSG, but that didn't detract at all. This is a marvellous, marvellous vid.
(no subject) - [info]sdwolfpup on August 23rd, 2006 12:46 am (UTC) Expand
vom_marlowe[info]vom_marlowe on August 22nd, 2006 05:33 pm (UTC)
That was *amazing*. Everything so beautiful and sad and such a different perspective. I'm here by way of oyceter's rec. Just amazing. So glad I watched it.
(no subject) - [info]sdwolfpup on August 23rd, 2006 12:47 am (UTC) Expand
Ysrith Demonica[info]ysrith on August 22nd, 2006 05:44 pm (UTC)
Saw this as a rec on my flist and had to let you know this was fantastic.

Brilliant use of the song, great editting.

(no subject) - [info]sdwolfpup on August 23rd, 2006 12:47 am (UTC) Expand
The Magic 8-Ball: BSG - 10 not 6[info]magic_8ball on August 22nd, 2006 06:21 pm (UTC)
Wandered over on Brynn's rec, and wow... this is really, really well done. To be honest, I've never paid much attention to vids (largely because I lack the software, skill, time, and patience to make them, myself), but ones like this are gonna get me looking for more out there. Fantastic job.
(no subject) - [info]sdwolfpup on August 23rd, 2006 12:48 am (UTC) Expand
Humani nil a me alienum puto: Silver Metal Lover 6 BSG[info]ancarett on August 23rd, 2006 12:56 am (UTC)
Disturbing and wonderful -- I really love how Six closes the vid with that heartbroken expression. You know that for her, the attempt to fix is a work of love!
(no subject) - [info]sdwolfpup on August 23rd, 2006 05:13 am (UTC) Expand
williwawz: Pleasure and Pain K/L[info]williwawz on August 25th, 2006 05:19 am (UTC)
great vid
Many people before me here have put their love for this vid in far more eloquent words than I.
I'll just note one part I love out of all the edits:
'When you get what you want..."- Kara got to deck Tigh (like she wanted)
"...but not what you need." cutting to Kara sitting in Hack, alone and tormented
then there was
"When you love someone and it goes to waste" with Tigh burning a hole through the picture of Ellen's head.
So sad and poignant and showing the beauty that is the flaws and cracks in all the BSG characters.
Yes-I love this vid.
Re: great vid - [info]sdwolfpup on August 26th, 2006 12:10 am (UTC) Expand
like watching you yourself when you yourself is on[info]shamoogity on September 1st, 2006 05:00 pm (UTC)
This was brilliant. I never would have thought of this song in such a dark context, but this vid put a new spin on both the song and the cylons. And of course the editing was amazing.
(no subject) - [info]sdwolfpup on September 1st, 2006 06:57 pm (UTC) Expand
Dualbunny: Six darkness - shadowserenity[info]dualbunny on September 3rd, 2006 12:03 am (UTC)
I like this vid so much, I wonder if I didn't make myself sometimes.

::wishes like hell there was a smiley for "totally straight face"::

And I still sing the song at random moments. Now that I know what the song is *really* about. :D Mostly I just needed to reiterate just what a genius I you are.

::practices the SDW Is A Genius Dance for next year's CV::
(no subject) - [info]sdwolfpup on September 3rd, 2006 06:58 pm (UTC) Expand
midnightsjane: Six and Baltar[info]midnightsjane on September 14th, 2006 01:27 am (UTC)
Fix You is an absolute gem of a vid. I loved it, and I loved the way the lyrics fit the images so well, in such an ironic kind of way. Beautifully done.
Fills me with BSG love.
(here by way of [info]aycheb, BTW.)
(no subject) - [info]sdwolfpup on September 14th, 2006 04:02 pm (UTC) Expand
K, Bop or Boppy--take your pick!: Starbuck flying machine[info]bop_radar on September 16th, 2006 11:07 am (UTC)
Oh, WOW, what an unusual vid! I really enjoyed this. I liked the focus on the Cylons relationship with humans. The opening sequence seems to set up just how lost and broken the humans are, so the refrain 'and I will try to fix you' gives new resonance to the Cylons convinction in their purpose and plan. Wow.
(no subject) - [info]sdwolfpup on September 17th, 2006 05:04 pm (UTC) Expand
{ as seen on tv }: BSG: Boomer+Baudrillard by iamsab[info]projectjulie on September 22nd, 2006 11:35 pm (UTC)
gah, I just cried the second time I watched this. and maybe I'm just having a bad day, but oh, it's heartbreaking. totally stunning. and [info]coffeejunkii told me it's about how the cylons want to fix the humans, and I don't know if I would have gotten that so explicitly from the vid, but it just breaks me and then puts me back together again with love.
(no subject) - [info]sdwolfpup on September 23rd, 2006 01:21 pm (UTC) Expand
porn, pain, and prescription drugs: swoon[info]carla_scribbles on December 2nd, 2006 05:58 am (UTC)
Fuck me, that's brilliant. And terrifying. And making-me-not-mind-Coldplay.
(no subject) - [info]sdwolfpup on December 2nd, 2006 08:56 pm (UTC) Expand
february song: L&C | Lois | Wonder[info]psychme on December 20th, 2006 06:33 am (UTC)
What a gorgeous fanvid. I almost wished it would go on forever. Beautiful, well-chosen images on every beat. Loved it, and will be watching it over and over. Thanks for sharing.
(no subject) - [info]sdwolfpup on December 27th, 2006 12:33 am (UTC) Expand
if a vampire offers you soup...[info]pearl_o on February 16th, 2007 09:29 am (UTC)
Oh my god. I just watched this vid for the first time, and I'm in awe of just how amazing this is. Seriously, this is an incredible achievement.
(no subject) - [info]sdwolfpup on February 16th, 2007 05:55 pm (UTC) Expand