New Vid! VVC Premiere - Game of Thrones!!!

[sisabet]

Lots of thanks to the usual suspects - this was actually the most low stress vid I've made since... well, last year.

Thistle and Weeds
song by Mumford and Sons

Fire cannot kill the dragon

Content Note: scenes of sex abuse/assault.

Download the 50 mb xvid file here (right click and save as)

Feedback is as essential as a Stark at Winterfell.

Comments

[sying.livejournal.com]

I was almost bouncing in my chair. I mean, sisabet vid, Game of Thrones, Mumford & Sons: all things I love, so when they come together...

It's beautiful. I love how you've captured Daenerys, her character and her journey through the first season. I'm going to have to watch a few more times and have breakfast first before being able to leave you with something more coherent than: I love it!

[netweight]

OMFG, you vidded Daenerys Targaryan! Excuse me while I burst like a piñata. \o/

[netweight]

A little more concrete feedback now that I've had time to really watch it.

This is really subtle: there are all these narrative movements going on - the ending with Drogo dying, and then going back to the beginning and establishing this parallel between Drogo and Viserys, with their progression running contrary to each other, Drogo the barbarian that ends up loving and Viseris the brother that turns increasingly abusive, and Daenerys affirming herself through the progression of her relationships with these two men. There are beautiful details there: the way that, at the wedding, Vyserys looks to Daenerys and Daenerys looks to Drogo; how Drogo looks at Daenerys eating the heart the way he looked at the fighters at the wedding, and Vyserys is doing the same but he's on the sidelines now, excluded from his earlier position of power; and the images of Drogo kneeling at Daenerys' feet interspersed with the images of Viserys forcing her down to the ground and threatening her.

Drogo kills Viserys and Danny kills Drogo and, in the act of burning his body, it's like she's burning her past too, the concentric circles of fire symbolically uniting the different narrative threads (and working in counterpoint to the initial straight line of moving people at the beginning), and forges herself anew or reveals the person she was ment to be all along.

The lyrics work so well all throughout this and there are lots of inspired moments and yeah, subtle layers. Deceptively simple, beautifully done.

[ariadneelda.livejournal.com]

OMG, I was so excited to see in a VVC report on my flist that you vidded GoT! This is fantastic in every way and I wish I didn't have to work so I could watch it at least ten more times right now! Have downloaded for repeated viewings later, though. :D

[fallingtowers.livejournal.com]

I just found this via the VVC spreadsheet for the Premiere show, and I'm so excited to see that there's a fanvid for Game of Thrones. It's a wonderful character study / summary of a season arc, and it gave me the chills. Will rec it IMMEDIATELY!

[charlie-d-blue.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow. This was absolutely beautiful; the muted, lovely desperate music against the backdrop of the birth of a myth. The whole atmosphere just enveloped me. What I particularly loved was the intercutting of the candlelit dragon eggs with Dany growing stronger. All the beats were perfectly played, both literally and emotionally.

[beloved4always.livejournal.com]

wonderful - you capured her story perfectly.

[firesprite1105.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen the series yet-- just read the first book-- and wow, this was fantastic!

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

I have chills, for reals. This is gorgeous. Perfect song, perfect everything.

[forsweatervests.livejournal.com]

My brother's been after me for years, and you single-handedly convinced me to read these books. Wow.

[essene.livejournal.com]

It just makes me go, "Fucking-A-Daenerys!" gods I love her so much...

Pairing Mumford & sons with this was a stroke of genius. They work together so well.

[myounghistory.livejournal.com]

Holy shit, holy shit. I wish I had more articulate feedback but I'm so over-the-moon with glee about this that all I have is high-pitched animal noises. This was AWESOME.

[cereta.livejournal.com]

Oh, AWESOME!

[lareinenoire.livejournal.com]

Stunning video. The song is incredibly haunting and fits Daenerys too well. What a great encapsulation of her story arc.

[ashedrake.livejournal.com]

Really lovely! I like the way you've chosen to present the time line.

[nicole-anell.livejournal.com]

DANY DANY DANY. *ahem* Very nice.

[serrico.livejournal.com]

I really liked this. Very nice exploration of Dany's story, put together with a great, momentous narrative build.

[shati.livejournal.com]

This is as epic as anyone could hope for.

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

GORGEOUS! I am so happy to see a big Dany vid. She was never my favourite in the books but I have adored her TV incarnation (and DROGO, omg DROGO!!!!) and I've been longing for people to play with the GoT footage! :)

I love the structure of this piece--starting with her walking out of Drogo's tent. And fascinating song choice--particularly works well in the crescendo section as we feel Dany's growing strength.

[barkley.livejournal.com]

LOVED IT, LOVED IT, LOVED IT. So beautiful. So awesome. So soaring and roaring at all the right places.

[jarrow.livejournal.com]

This vid is amazing. I loves it. The pacing, the build with the music, the narrative, everything. GREAT USE OF CLIPS. *applauds*

[heresluck]

I love this vid so, so much. I was not nearly as articulate in vid review as I wanted to be, and now I am so tired that I can barely type, but -- this vid, man. This vid. You take the story of a teenaged girl becoming a queen, and you do SO MUCH with it. I love how carefully it's structured: the dragon eggs, the fire, all this foreshadowing leading us inexorably onward to that final shot. And I loved what Shoshanna said about the different meanings of nakedness in this vid, and the distinction between power and strength -- yes, yes. I am reduced to flaily inarticulateness! Takeaway message: this vid gives me chills and makes me happy. And oh, man, the song choice. YES.

[spankulert.livejournal.com]

Very well done, covering Daenerys' development throughout the show, how the presence of the dragon eggs affected her, and how her relationship with her brother changes when she starts to experience respect, power, and love. *memms*

[alchemise]

Wow, this absolutely blew me away. It made me cry just from the sheer intensity of Dany's story. She really becomes the powerful woman we know and love here. Amazing vid.

[revolutionaryjo.livejournal.com]

I was so happy that there was a Game of Thrones vid this year! And especially one all about Dany. I really, really loved it!

[legoline.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I'm pretty much speechless. Brilliant vid.