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sisabet ([personal profile] sisabet) wrote2005-02-27 09:34 pm

New Vid!! Invisible Man!!

OMG. I am posting a vid. It has been over six months since I have finished anything at all and I worked on this vid for over three months cause I just...my god - I cannot tell you how much fun I have had making this vid, which is really kinda weird considering this is not a fun little happy vid, but whatever. This is me. I eat angst for breakfast and then I have a nervous breakdown for lunch and none of this is really doing anything about telling y'all about this vid, is it?

Okay - first of all: [livejournal.com profile] tzikeh and Dorinda have been patiently hearing about this concept (and also entertaining me) since March. That was when this song went on repeat at my house. I am still not tired of this song (but I have a very high tolerance for repetition). They helped convince me that the idea was not only kinda solid, but also interesting. I love you guys.

Then I proceeded to drive my betas insane. Seriously - I think I broke [livejournal.com profile] renenet. At the very least she joined me in christening the vid Dewey. [livejournal.com profile] sockkpuppett actually went and watched the entire series and she is just so great. And then! Cause I needed more people to join me in being crazy - we rounded off beta duties with [livejournal.com profile] permetaform and [livejournal.com profile] elynross and they both helped keep me focused on the end.

Except I never wanted to just stop. It is hard for me, right now - with the vid files trimmed and put away, to admit that I am finished with this vid. But this is Dewey. And I dressed him up as best I could and I went and found a village to help raise him and he might have chewed through his right sleeve, but that is only because he got tired of waiting and I told him to sit there and not move and then I was distracted by another vid for just one moment!

And it is good think I don't have kids - you know?


So - the vid (Premiered at Escapade last night):

Fandom is The Invisible Man. Vid is set (psychologically - if that makes any sense?) between the events of "Enemy of My Enemy" and "The New Stuff" so there are spoilers for almost the entire series. If you are DLing the series to watch - don't watch the vid until you've at least seen through "Possessed" cause I would hate for you to be spoiled. It would pain me.

Song is Weeping Willow by The Verve. The credits for this vid were done by the amazing [livejournal.com profile] fan_eunice who can make anything happen. She is my Fairy Godmother of After Effects.

Eventually this vid will go up on Headtilt -- after I overhaul the site (muahahaha the power). Until then, it will be available in this post.

WMV format - right click to Download:

http://www.sisavids.com/weepingwillow.wmv

ETA: As of 8-19-09, the wmv file is again available for download at the above link

[identity profile] wrenlet.livejournal.com 2005-02-28 04:15 am (UTC)(link)
*bounce* *squee* *bounce* *squee* Deadline met, and now I totally owe you feedback, oh yes I do.

*plays it again*

[identity profile] sisabet.livejournal.com 2005-02-28 03:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Dude - you owe me nothing. Except possibly fic. Can I convince you that you owe me fic? Cause I will totally manipulate the situation if that is the case.

::shameless::

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[personal profile] luminosity 2005-02-28 04:18 am (UTC)(link)
Yay!!! Wheee!! [stomps feet, whistles]

[identity profile] sisabet.livejournal.com 2005-02-28 03:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Whoo Hoo!

[identity profile] piper47.livejournal.com 2005-02-28 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
I can still remember when I first heard you talking about this show called "I-man". I was totally confused. Then you sent me one of many beta versions and I was like "wow that's really good, why does she have to keep making good vids that make me want to watch the show."

I got into QaF because of "Blueroom in Archway", got into SV because of "Without You I'm Nothing". I was convinced I was going to end up in I-man because of this.

Of course, didn't turn out that way, but I am still captivated by this video. I was the first time I saw it, because it hurt. I didn't know these characters and it still hurt, you could see there was a lot of pain and hurt going on even without knowing the situation.

Visually, this video kicked my ass. The flashbacks and the blurring and bright lights and it was all amazing. This is one of those vids I'm going to watch every so often and when I do I'm going to catch something new. There are a lot of symbols and visual elements that are going on that help to tell this story.

You should feel very proud. You took a show that wasn't very popular and ended short, and made this beautiful video from it. That... in my opinion, takes a talent very few vidders possess.

I want to be you when I grow up! ;)

I'm never going to watch I-man... but this video is definitely going to be one of my favorites.

[identity profile] sisabet.livejournal.com 2005-02-28 04:33 am (UTC)(link)

I'm never going to watch I-man


Yeah - you said that about Smallville, too. Hee!

And thank you!

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[identity profile] joyfulseeker.livejournal.com 2005-02-28 04:38 am (UTC)(link)
Oh God, I love that show. Love love love love love. Bobbyhobbes and Fawkes. And. yeah. that was cool. It rates up there with your Smallville "without you I'm nothing at all" vid in my head. I just. yeah. I'm going to go watch it again.

[identity profile] sisabet.livejournal.com 2005-02-28 03:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, thank you so much.

[identity profile] brokenbacktango.livejournal.com 2005-02-28 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
I love the vid. I have nothing constructive to add, but damn it rocks my socks clean off my feet. It's been so long since I've actually seen the show that a lot of it actually felt new. I need to get my hands on the DVDs now. You are very, very talented. I envy your shnazzy vidding skills ;)

[identity profile] sisabet.livejournal.com 2005-02-28 03:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Ohh - if you need to get episodes - information about finding torrents is up at [livejournal.com profile] hot_donuts.

[identity profile] f1renze.livejournal.com 2005-02-28 04:58 am (UTC)(link)
OMG final version.

First of all - the credits rawks! Whee!

Okay, you know I've loved this even before watching any I-Man. My first impression was that the whole thing just flows so smoothly. Like you did it without effort. But when I actually see it, it's got so many layers of editing I can't even begin to describe. And? I could just feel your love for Bobby and Darien. Visually, I was easily drawn to the glows during transitions and the blurries. I also just ADORE how you keep coming back to the Darien skipping clip.

And more specifically,

- I love how you set up the intro.

- When morning breaks - The bandage clip breaks me every. time.

- It slipped right out again - The flashes and Darien outside of burning store.

- There'll be no better day to save me with the phone booth scene. I LOVE.

- LOVE the "when i look into the abyss" zoom

- The walking clip!

- Love the "quicksilver madness" transparent thing at 1:46. And the blurry that follows works so well.

- THE INJECTION!!! WAHHHH!!!

- Cause when freedom comes - Perfect use of Stage 5 silver eye.

- I've loved the disappearance against the van since I first saw this.

- Just about every time you show their special handshake, OMG.

- The 2:50 disappearance to background

- The rest of the vid makes me excited to watch Season 2, with the whole Bobby turning silver and the carrying Darrien! I love the cuts in 3:28, the 3:45 darien with the gun, and how you anchor with the glass falling.

- Finally, that clip with Bobby pointing a gun at Stage5!Darien standing? He looks like a weeping willow.

Just absolutely beautiful and heartbreaking, Liz. Yay Dewey!!!

[identity profile] sisabet.livejournal.com 2005-02-28 03:33 pm (UTC)(link)
First of all - the credits rawks!

Don't they?? I mean - I go to Eunice and I am all "I wish I had titles that smashed" and she went right to work and the idea was she would eventually teach me the steps and I'd do all the work to make them myself -- but then she caved cause I am hopeless and did them for me so I could think about why the ending wasn't working. She is the best!


- I've loved the disappearance against the van since I first saw this.

Well it is a fun and basic thing to do when you have a static background -just usually finding a reason for making a character disappear in the vid is a challenge (making them *appear* however can work with almost any relationship vid and is stunning). Darien is unique and while I have a lot of footage of him disappearing - I don't have any that specifically causes him to just *poof* cease to exist - to be. So when I was able to get that lined up with next shot of him in QS Madness choking Bobby with the van in the background -- well it felt right to me.

I am so glad you like the vid and that you are watching the show, that I refuse to feel bad that you are visually spoiled for Season 2. Ack - and I meant to send you 2x02 last night and I got distracted by your vid! Remind me of this stuff, please.

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[identity profile] hologrammatical.livejournal.com 2005-02-28 05:14 am (UTC)(link)
Ouch...The pain!!! And the skipping. And the pain interposed with the Darien skipping hurts even more than just regular pain...because there was a time when he was happy...or he was trying to be care free in spite of a decidedly un-care free life...
I've not seen the I-Man so this is all without context...but this is a beautiful vid. The quick pace, and the Bobby being there for him...and I shall watch again*^^*

[identity profile] sisabet.livejournal.com 2005-02-28 05:17 am (UTC)(link)
Oh thanks -- and the skipping is Not Good - that is basically psychotic Darien (think Angelus).

But I am thrilled that you are watching the vid so closely despite it being a fandom you don't know! Go you!

::whispers:: you can get Iman eps through torrents if you are interested... go to [livejournal.com profile] hot_donuts.

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[identity profile] laurashapiro.livejournal.com 2005-02-28 05:20 am (UTC)(link)
Wow, that is deliciously ouchy. (:

I think this is some of the tightest cutting you've ever done, and I really love the lighting effects and blurring you've added. The vid is remarkably rich and gorgeous to look at, and manages to flow organically and still feel prickly and disturbing.

I wish I knew more about the show, to appreciate it better.

[identity profile] sisabet.livejournal.com 2005-02-28 03:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you so much. I think, eventually, I am gonna have to find a new effecty thing to go nuts over cause me playing with the lights has got to get old - but - I reeeaally like playing with the lights.

I'm still learning the blurs and how to use them - I think the idea is to mimic the human eye and how we adjust visually -- except I have terrible vision and wonder how much what feels natural to me in focusing is really intrusive to other people? And see - this is the kind of stuff I bugged Renenet and Lum with for MONTHS. They are up for sainthood.

[identity profile] serrico.livejournal.com 2005-02-28 05:44 am (UTC)(link)
Man. The thing about I-Man is, you don't watch it for a while, you forget there was more to it than the Comedy Stylings of D-Fawkes and BobbyHobbes. Like, ferinstance, all the STAGGERING ANGST.

The angst is good. The angst is very very good. And this vid makes it *shine*. I...really have nothing deeper to say, but: I like this *so* much, and I'm going to watch it many many more times.

[identity profile] sisabet.livejournal.com 2005-02-28 03:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, thank you. I worry it is a bit too heavy-handed with the angst, but what can ya do? It was the worst of times, it was the angstiest of times. Hee.

[identity profile] lydiabell.livejournal.com 2005-02-28 06:14 am (UTC)(link)
Oh my God.

A couple of times I had to stop the vid, go pace for a few minutes, and then come back and start over because I just got overwhelmed.

First time: with the stomach-touching. We've talked about that. I ... well, I made this noise. It scared the cat. But seriously, THE LOVE. The connection. Sure, Claire is Darien's friend and she loves him, and even the Fish doesn't actually want anything bad to happen to him, but it's Bobby who's right in there with him. As much as anyone can be, and isn't that part of the problem too?

Second time: "I hope you feel like I feel..." with the needle, and OMG. And the intercutting, there, between the padded-room scene and Bobby holding the gun on Darien. God, it's heartbreaking. I mean, I physically flinched.

After that, I resolved to watch the whole way through because you surely did not intend the vid to be watched all stop-and-go like that.

Like everyone else, I love the flashing light effects. They really tie the clips together visually and add to the feeling of anxiety.

It's disturbing how much of this vid consists of Bobby pointing a gun at Darien. Both of them pointing guns, for that matter. And when you cut back and forth between the "ouchie ouchie" scene and Bobby shoveling dirt onto a grave -- set to "someone to stand beside me" -- well, it's horrifying.

At the end, when Bobby watches Darien walk away ... and then that last shot of Darien in S5. That's the last thing the viewer sees, so in a sense he's that way forever... This is a nightmare. This is their nightmare, and even though the vid is strongly Darien's POV it definitely comes across how much both of their worlds are crumbling.

Rewatching: God, when Bobby shook out that sheet that the Catevari had written on -- he just had no idea at all, did he? Of how close they were going to come. Looking at that scene in this context is a real punch in the gut.

Lord, there's a lot to unpack here. I'm going to have to watch it many many more times.

(And man, does this ever make me want to dig Kevin up and slap him around.)

[identity profile] sisabet.livejournal.com 2005-02-28 03:49 pm (UTC)(link)
You liked it!! Yay!! And the fact that you had to take your time to get through it just thrills me to pieces.

It's disturbing how much of this vid consists of Bobby pointing a gun at Darien. Both of them pointing guns, for that matter.

See, and this is another thing in the vid that is really unbalanced by what the show actually does. I mean - I have clipped every single time Darien ever touches a gun and there were only 3 other instances I did not use: the scene from the pilot (cause it was more about Arnault and "Voodoo" really used it much more effectively), the scene where Bobby is giving him the gun because Darien was too comic in his utter ineptitude (and how much do I love that? Tons, but it didn't fit the vid) and where he runs the guns out to Alex and Bobby.

But even though the show is light on guns - I *had* to not be to get my point across -- Darien has been handed what essentially is a death sentence (remember "The Catevari" - "I'd rather be dead than here?") in the last eps. Once we hit the end of "Enemy of My Enemy" all hope is pretty much gone as we have watched every single last resort get knocked away: Tommy Walker, Claire and Arnault - that's it. End of story.

Except it isn't. But - I couldn't let go of what was happening there - in that moment, what is Darien thinking about? What is he planning on doing?

And I love "The Catevari" so much so not at least because Warren and Charlie are an absolute Worse Case Bobby and Darien.

They are Bobby and Darien if Bobby hadn't fricking made a deal with a terrorist to get Darien back at the end of you know which ep I am talking about.

And man, does this ever make me want to dig Kevin up and slap him around.

I KNOW!! OMG, and I *love* Kevin - and I understand what he was doing in "Brother's Keeper," I just - GRRRRR!! He just isn't *getting* it and man. I have Kevin issues to deal with, can you tell?

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Oh My GOSH

[identity profile] kimberlyfdr.livejournal.com 2005-02-28 12:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Holy Freaking Cow! That was fantastic. I mean, just everything. The transitions and the beat and the cuts and...just everything! This one's getting saved and re-watched again and again. FANTASTIC!

Re: Oh My GOSH

[identity profile] sisabet.livejournal.com 2005-02-28 04:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay! I am so glad you liked it!
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[identity profile] halcyon-shift.livejournal.com 2005-02-28 02:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Eeee, prettiness! Beautifully timed and the effect were fantastically underplayed but brilliant.

[identity profile] sisabet.livejournal.com 2005-02-28 04:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh thank you so much -- I felt terrible when you posted an I-Man vid and I was all working on this one and I couldn't get out of my own headspace to watch and feedback it -- but now it is Done! So I can!

Iman vids - YAY!

[identity profile] drdawn.livejournal.com 2005-02-28 03:25 pm (UTC)(link)
yeah, that was really good.

[identity profile] sisabet.livejournal.com 2005-02-28 03:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay! Did you ever watch the show? I can't remember - BUT - your DVD player is multiregion if you want to borrow my DVDs.

[identity profile] improperlydone.livejournal.com 2005-02-28 03:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Was directed here by [livejournal.com profile] just_eunice and I am so very glad that I was. I love I-Man and was very upset when it was taken off the air. I have to get the episodes because everyone needs to have Bobby/Darien love in their lives.

Your video was so incredible. I'm going to be late to work because I had to watch it a few times and send you feedback. It brought back all the reasons that I loved that show - the friendship, the give-and-take, the connection that those two had. You captured it all wonderfully and I'm so glad that you made a video for this fandom. I will certainly be watching this space. :)

[identity profile] sisabet.livejournal.com 2005-02-28 04:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, thank you so much!

[identity profile] lynnmonster.livejournal.com 2005-02-28 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Downloading now -- can't wait to see it; had to squee IMMEDIATELY.

[identity profile] lumenara.livejournal.com 2005-02-28 06:48 pm (UTC)(link)
It's possible that I hate you. Because now I have to d/l and watch the whole series just so I can watch this vid, don't I.

*sigh*

*goes off to look for d/l source*

[identity profile] sisabet.livejournal.com 2005-02-28 07:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Check out [livejournal.com profile] hot_donuts for access to torrents. YAY!

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[identity profile] bloodypoetry.livejournal.com 2005-02-28 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Awesome, awesome video. I wish I knew more about the series. I was a huge fan back when I actually had scifi. But I do know most of the context, what with Darien having to have injections to keep from being all crazy and such. I've only seen about half of the first season though, so I am missing alot.

I am so gunna have to buy the dvd's when they come out now.

[identity profile] sisabet.livejournal.com 2005-02-28 07:01 pm (UTC)(link)
We can only hope the DVDs will be released!! (So far just S1 in region 2). And thanks - I heavily recommend watching this show.

[identity profile] castalianspring.livejournal.com 2005-02-28 08:25 pm (UTC)(link)
My god, I will be pimping this out to everyone I know. Just...wow. I love what you do with cutting and light effects, I love the recurring themes and images of the guns and the needles and the breaking glass and omg, the skipping.

I got more of the lyrics the second time through, and all the "I hope you see what I see/feel what I feel" lines kill me in such a good way.

It's really apparent, watching this, just how much Darien and Bobby touched throughout the series. As always, I bounced when the scene of Bobby carrying Darien came up - I think I've just about worn out that section of my VHS where I originally recorded it.

Btw, will this vid be on the Escapade DVD? I so want to see this on a larger screen.

[identity profile] sisabet.livejournal.com 2005-02-28 08:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you so much. This vid should be on the Escapade 05 DVDs, yes.

(Anonymous) 2005-02-28 09:05 pm (UTC)(link)
At last I get some private time at work to download and watch, and O! Heavens! I am all with the...verklempt and the squee, all at once. Is there a word to encapsulate that condition? Squeeklempt? For verily, I am squeeklempt.

They helped convince me that the idea was not only kinda solid, but also interesting.

Oh, man, if I was helpful in the slightest degree, I'm so pleased and honored and proud. Because--Dewey! There's the idea, there it is, you got it and rassled it and built it and put it onscreen. DAMN, woman. I'm gutted. In the best of all possible ways.

The staccato juxtapositions between Darien injecting himself in the padded room, with his determination to die for Bobby (and his knowledge that Bobby would do the same for him), and swooping in to Crazy!Darien standing with Bobby's gun at his chest? AAAAAAAA. Man. Perfect. That combination is so rich it makes my eyes water. (Well, and the ANGST FACTOR, that does a number on the old eyes too.) There's just such a sense of...dread and need, hopelessness and inevitability, pain and loyalty.

The whole thing knocks me out, visually and narratively. Darien needs Bobby so much, to save him...up to and including saving him from this thing inside him, hurtling toward the ultimate "saving" at the point of a gun.

Oy. Man. I'm all dead now. Excellent work!

Dorinda

[identity profile] dualbunny.livejournal.com 2005-02-28 09:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Wowsa as usual. :D

At first I saw the credits, and I was thinking, hey cool, shattering like your icon. Then I finished the vid and went, *duh*, I-man effect parallel. So, I'm slow, but the credits were very very cool.

I love what you did with the effects. I'm not in the fandom, and what I know of the show is mostly from your posts, so it made it easier for me to pay attention to effects and visual themes and movement, rather than following the context. Although the emotion still came through loud and clear, even to a non-viewer.

The blurs in particular caught me. I don't remember what show I was watching a few weeks ago, but they did one of those effects, heck, I don't even remember if it was coming into focus or going out, I just remember wondering why that didn't get used in vids more and if it would work. Yeah, I think I have my answer. ;) They looked awesome. And natural. I live for natural looking effects. Which describes all of the effects in this vid.

And the way you used visual themes to carry through the vid--that's why I had no trouble getting completely absorbed. Such a strong feeling of symbolism, and yet it didn't become about that. It was still about the emtions and the angst showing up bewteen the characters. It makes me want to crawl inside your head and find out how you *do* that. :D

Amazing. I'm getting used to having to pick my jaw up off the floor after watching one of your new vids, but I'll never get tired of it. :)

[identity profile] byob-kenobi.livejournal.com 2005-02-28 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
I love you. I worship at the feet of you and this vid.

I need to watch it about fifty more times to have anything intelligent to say about it, knowing next to nothing about vidding, but- gah. Love, love, love.

[identity profile] tazical.livejournal.com 2005-03-01 12:20 am (UTC)(link)
Oh! Oooooooooh! Guh. Buh. Fuh.

::incoherant with joy and love and random squealing::

[identity profile] barkley.livejournal.com 2005-03-01 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
I know nothing about this fandom (except, for, you know, the invisible part) and I'm sort of downloading (temporarily stalled due to disk space) so I figure I'd watch it and not try to concentrate on what it all means in hopes that I'd forget it next year when I got around to watching, and instead just look at the pain, and oh, my did you do a totally fantastic job of wringing the emotion out of them and me!

The editing was marvelous. You do this thing, and someday I will hunt you down, when you flash between two really different clips, or you show a run of them really quickly in a row, and it just looks so natural, so like they were all meant to be like that.

And the motion just keeps pulling you along for the ride and drawing you in when you need to be drawn in. Wow, wow, wow.

[identity profile] xanphibian.livejournal.com 2005-03-01 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
This is so amazing. I love LOVE the blurry vs. sharpened/contrasty effects, and the Bobby/Fawkes, and the absolute perfect on the spot wonderful cuts ... damn, girl, you make me want to vid. You ALWAYS make me want to vid. *sighs happily and rewatches again and again*
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[identity profile] batwrangler.livejournal.com 2005-03-01 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
You are inspiring me to go dig *more* VHS tapes out of storage to keep my budget from being exploded by DVD import purchases. (Netflix doesn't have Region 2 DVDs.)

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