New Vid!! Due South!!!

[sisabet]

So first of all - big huge beta thanks to renenet for going well and above the call of duty here. I am sorry I was such an unmitigated bitch last night. I blame After-Effects.

Massive thanks for additional beta duties to pipsqueaky (who remained firm even in the face of a very vid-disgruntled Liz), f1renze who freaking can pick up on ONE SINGLE FRAME MISSTIMED! (and also dealt with a bear of a me),absolutedestiny who sent me a key filter and then rued the day (muahahahaha), sweetestdrain and just_eunice for being so supportive, tzikeh for making sure I didn't watch "Victoria's Secret" alone, sockkpuppett for making sure I continued working even when it was hard and who had terrific ideas to tie things together, and laurashapiro and katallison cause they helped me figure out how to end the damned thing.

Whew. Also? None of the above made fun of me when they figured out what I was doing - although there were a lot of OMGWTFPOLARBEARVID. Mostly from me.

It really does take the Village People.

This is my first due South vid - no spoilers post season one.

Icebound Stream
Song by: Laura Veirs
I can hold a thunderhead in my heart


ETA: 8-19-09, this vid is now available again as a download:

Xvid version (28) Mbs available here


Additional source:

Inuit singers and footage taken from the documentary "Great North"
Additional footage from "Antarctica: An Adventure of a Different Nature" (I know, okay - I just needed snow), "The Blue Planet: Frozen Seas," "Alaska: Spirit of the Wild," "Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom: Mammals of North America" and some educational film about glaciers that I can't find right now.

Also? infinitemonkeys for making this icon which reminded me of this idea everytime I posted.

ETA2: Oh yeah - that thing we do where I post something and you tell me what you thought about it? I *love* that thing! All feedback welcomed.

ETA3: Notes, interactive beta moments and my nervous breakdown during the making of the vid is discussed at length here.

Comments

[exeterlinden.livejournal.com]

Hey, I must have watched your vid the first twenty times over the last two days. It's beautiful.

It's also weirdly hypnotic, something about the song (which is amazing and perfect) and the intercuts (if that is a word in English) between DS footage and the other stuff. It creates this magical atmosphere that seems threatening, as if it's Fraser's fevered dreams after he's shot (which it might very well be).

In the beginning I thought the cutting was very fast, but it fits so well with the fractured feel of the song, and the footage, how you've contrasted between extremes: Fire/ice, close-ups/desolate landscapes, kissing/fighting.

The shots with the polar bears also makes me think of both Fraser and Victoria as these lonely creatures that aren't meant to live together, and when they do come together, their love is as just as much a fight as it is love making. And we know who wins that fight.

Thank you so much for sharing.

[sisabet.livejournal.com]

I think intercuts is a word. I hope it is a word! *g*

as if it's Fraser's fevered dreams after he's shot (which it might very well be).

I love this interpretation because it was one of the original conceits I started working with and I am glad to know that even with the changes I had to make it can still be read this way.

Thank you so very much for responding.