"The years and the hours, the seconds and minutes..."

[gnine]

So, here we are again, with another music vid (SGA again) to offer. One that ATE MY SOUL. Nomnomnomnommmm. Mmm, apparently quite tasty! Who knew? Well, other than almost every fandom I've been in…ah well.

Vid info, download links and an extensive, rambling vidder's note

Title: What is Eternal?
Song: from Trans-Siberian Orchestra's Beethoven's Last Night
Character: Rodney…oh, OOohhh Rodney
Category: episode-related (Last Man), angst, and does Rodney McKay count as its own category?
Spoilers: Yes, yes and very much YES. All of the show, particularly "The Last Man". Will probably make very little sense if you *haven't* seen season four, so don't watch if you have yet to be shown it, this means YOU, utopiantrunks! *cough* ^_-
Size: ~56 MB
Format: .avi
Notes: Vidder's note on just what addled thoughts were passing through my brain as this vid sucked hours, days, WEEKS from my life, can be found after the download links.

Links:

Youtube
Sendspace
Megaupload

Song lyrics can be found here.

Or just watch it here:

Vidder's Notes:

So, I first got obsessed with Beethoven's Last Night several weeks before "The Last Man" aired, and at the time, I recall thinking, hmm, "What Is Eternal" could make a fun SGA vid. Maybe a Rodney piece, maybe the whole team, whatever. With no clear ideas jumping out at me, I put it on the back burner to stew for a bit. Then they gave us the season finale and it was OMG must do this vid NOW. Rodney, oh Rodney, so, SO perfect.

And thus began several weeks of semi-permanent exhaustion. Because, beyond eating my soul, this vid also devoured most of the hours I should have been doing useful things, like say, oh, SLEEPING. But, totally worth it. 'Cause…well, Rodney!

Still being kinda new to this whole vidding 'thang, I used this opportunity to test some new techniques. Like the image matte keying feature, which opens all kinds of new doors. (Coincidentally, I also discovered my computer reeealllly doesn't like having both Photoshop and Premiere open at the same time :-p) I hope what I was trying to accomplish comes through in the end…and that I didn't clutter up the video too much. :-p



As always, I'd very much like to know what people think (truthfully, with all the hours, and amount of SOUL this has eaten up, it's more like 'incredibly anxious to know" :-p), C & C is tremendously welcome!

Comments

[shadowandmist.livejournal.com]

This is such an amazing vid, there is so much work in it, and it works so very well. Beautiful. Just beautiful.

[gnine.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it! ^_^

[boniblithe.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed this very much :D

[gnine.livejournal.com]

I'm glad, thanks so much! ^_^

[danceswithgary]

I've just recently begun devouring McShep and watching SGA, but this still brought tears to my eyes. What a powerful piece you've created!

[gnine.livejournal.com]

Heheh, welcome to the dark side...or rather, the SOUL-SUCKING side! ^_-
In the end, a lot easier on you than the Clex, though. At least they get happy endings and get to me all adorable and BFF together!

Glad you liked it! ^_^

[rawa-02.livejournal.com]

Well that made me cry. Saved for rewatchings.

[gnine.livejournal.com]

Ohh *hands you tissues*

Poor Rodney, ne? *huggles him and you*

Thanks for commenting! ^_^

[goss.livejournal.com]

Wow, that was lovely. Perfect. :)

[gnine.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it! ^_^

[elandrialore.livejournal.com]

Wow, just....I have no words. I kept getting interrupted so I didn't think it wouldn't continue to be that powerful the whole way through but it really was.

I'll be downloading this the first chance I get.
Bravo!

[gnine.livejournal.com]

*blushes* Thank you! Glad you enjoyed! ^_^

[nakedwesley.livejournal.com]

OMG! So amazing! This is perfect for the Last Man and Rodney. Great job on the cuts and clip choices. That ending is just....WOW!! Totally downloading to watch again...and again.

[gnine.livejournal.com]

Yay, thanks! So glad you enjoyed! My homage to Rodney *squishes him*

[iolandasblog.livejournal.com]

This was WOW and amazong and all the wonderful things the previous posters stated.

Thank you for this vid!

It is among the best Vids I've ever seen and fore sure the best one I know which is focussing on Rodney and TLM, showing the main aspects which make this character so loveable.

Thank you again.

[gnine.livejournal.com]

*blushes* Thank you so much! This turned into an all out homage to Rodney, he's just too lovable! ^_^ Thank *you* for commenting, makes my day ^_^

[mukanshin.livejournal.com]

Oh wow. That was...powerful. Really the only word that comes to mind. Powerful. The editing was absolutely gorgeously done and the song was perfect and just, WoW. I truly loved it. <3

[gnine.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it! Doesn't the song just fit Rodney so perfectly, the song just screamed to me *RODNEY* when I first heard it! ^_^

[shayera.livejournal.com]

Do you have any idea how awesome this vid is? I got shivers watching it. The lyrics and the music, and the way the clips fit with it all... You are a genius. ^___^

[gnine.livejournal.com]

*blushes* Thank you! Signe-chan said she was hoping to show it to you, so glad you liked it!

[graffitiegg.livejournal.com]

Gahhhh brilliant! I've watched it five times through, and there's still always something that amazes me upon each viewing.

[gnine.livejournal.com]

Heee! Yay! So glad you enjoy it! I always watch and rewatch my favorite vids multiple times and it means soooo much to me to hear others are doing that for mine! You've made my day, thanks!

[zeixx.livejournal.com]

Omigod! The shots you used, the music, how did you get them to match up so perfectly?! The cuts, the fading scenes all overlapping, the switches from happy scenes to empty Atlantis and lonely Rodney! "Contemplating treason", and the instrumental bit in the middle, and oh! Present day Atlantis switching to future Atlantis, I loved that sort of dissolve-y thing you did! This was excellent, really, truly, wonderful to watch!

[gnine.livejournal.com]

Eeee! So glad you like!

The shots you used, the music, how did you get them to match up so perfectly?!

...lots and LOTS of fiddling that almost drove my sister INSANE cause it's the same 1 or 2 seconds of music over and over and over again :-p


Hehehe, actually, I'll admit, the disolvy thing is personally one of my favorite parts of the vid, so I'm glad it works for others as well! ^_^

Thank you so much for commenting!

[libra-traveller.livejournal.com]

That was amazing. It was touching and attention grabbing, I adore it.

[gnine.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much, glad you enjoyed it!

[argosy.livejournal.com]

Oh that was AMAZING. Oh, RODNEY. Perfect choice of clips to music, perfect use of effects, but not too much. Really great. ♥!

[gnine.livejournal.com]

*blushes* thank you so much, glad you liked! Thanks for commenting ^_^

[loligo.livejournal.com]

Wow! I love the way that this brings out the grand, epic, over-the-top aspects of SGA and doesn't let you look away. Angsty and painful in the best possible way *g*.

[gnine.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Vids are a fun way to bring out the epic, just sort thru for pretty images, don't gotta worry 'bout script ^_^

Glad you liked it, thanks for commenting!

[taibhrigh.livejournal.com]

wow!! awesomely done!!

[gnine.livejournal.com]

Thanks, glad you liked it! ^_^

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

I thought you did an excellent job! I really enjoyed the video, and I thought the music was a wonderful choice to go with it. I didn't find it cluttered, and the special effects worked very well, I thought. I'm definitely keeping this one, thank you!

Would it be possible to have a copy of the song, as well? If you would be so kind, I would dearly love it if you could send it to me at simple.carbohydrates AT gmail DOT com. That would be absolutely wonderful of you. :D

[gnine.livejournal.com]

Yay, glad you liked it! Glad the f/xs worked.

And sure, I'll send you the song, though it'll probably be tonight, cause I'm going out this afternoon for cherry blossoms and also my wireless is being fidgety (which means every time I hit the 'post comment' button I get to do a fun dance around the room, finding the 'net :-p) so might take a bit, but I *will* get it to you eventually ^_^

[sholio]

This is just *such* an incredible vid, honestly one of the best vids in this fandom I've ever seen. No matter how many times I watch it, the montage at the end brings tears to my eyes. I'm sorry I never got back to you with more comments last week, but, er ... you can't improve on perfection, and that's what this is! As far as I'm concerned, this is *the* definitive Rodney vid; I'm not normally a big fan of the use of f/x in vids, but the way you've done it here is just so gorgeously integrated with the meaning of the vid and the pacing of the song -- I'm in awe! Amazing, simply amazing. Someone already beat me to reccing this on stargategenrec, but it definitely deserves to be rec'd far and wide.

[gnine.livejournal.com]

*blushing like crazy here* Thank you! Don't worry about never getting back, you've been busy, sounds like, and with the genficathon and Big Bang and all (mmm, happiness there) as well as that pesky RL, I totally understand! Your initial comments made me happy enough as is, and these
have me grinning! Thank you thank you!

[epicycles.livejournal.com]

Holy Toledo! That was *awesome*! The song took me a bit by surprise -- I was expecting an instrumental -- but it fit, it just FIT, so perfectly, to everything Rodney been through and seen and done and *loses coherence*. What I mean is, I loved it! Favorite bits: Miller's Crossing to "traded his soul", his team as the scale he's weighed against, the montage at the end, and oh, oh the Ode to Joy!

So what I mean is: thanks. *goes to watch again (for third time)*

[gnine.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Yeah, I was surprised when I first heard about Beethoven's Last Night because all my previous experience with Trans-Siberian Orchestra was instrumental, but the whole musical is worth a listen!

Hehehehe, the amounts of times of watched that scene from Miller's Crossing...I just had to get it in there, cause um, yeah, truly John is TRADING HIS SOUL FOR RODNEY!! It just doesn't get better than that! ^_-

So glad you liked it. Also, just gotta say, your icon made me smile, mmm, d20, now that brings back happy memories ^_^

[phantmchic.livejournal.com]

Wow! I think this the best vid I've ever seen. It's just...Art. The matching of music/lyrics with the images and the editing are just gorgeous.

[gnine.livejournal.com]

*blushes* Thank you so much! I really do see vidding as another art form (I've been doing traditional art for a long time now, but the vidding is a more recent form of expression for me...) it's really nice to hear others recognizing that. So glad you enjoyed it! ^_^

[alia-eternal.livejournal.com]

I am simply lost for words by the sheer genius of this video. I love how the story develops so clearly. My favorite part was every time the song mentions sins we see in the background events from the past. Not seen that in a video before but it was a really good technique and really helped with the message of the video. I also liked how you incorporated clips from SG1, showing the development of Rodney when the song referred to the character’s life. This is hands down the best fan video I’ve seen and I’ve watched more than my fair share. I’m downloading it for keeps. You rock.

[gnine.livejournal.com]

*blushes* Thank you so much! Being able to do the overlay background shots is a new technique I discovered how to do with this vid and I was afraid I maybe went a little overboard with it, glad it works for you! I love looking back and seeing truly how much Rodney has changed since SG-1, he's just grown and developed so much as a person and a character.

So so glad you enjoyed it and thanks for your lovely comments, you've made my day! *goes back to blushing some more* ^_^

...also, your icon, I so totally, TOTALLY agree...*drools*

[quasar273.livejournal.com]

This is excellent. I love the textures, the layered images, the shifting between monochrome and full color. Will have to watch a few dozen more times to get the full effect, but I'm very impressed!

[gnine.livejournal.com]

Thanks! So glad you liked it! Ehehehe, I was having waaaay to much fun with all the layers and such. I'm happy it worked. Thank you for commenting! ^_^

[wanted-a-pony.livejournal.com]

Wow. This is the first fanvid I've watched & I think you've ruined me for the genre. Amazing, just amazing....

[gnine.livejournal.com]

...err...oops? Sorry? But truly, there are a ton of wonderful awesome vids out there!...okay, I gotta ask, what made you watch this one first? Are you recent to fanning or just new to that aspect?

So glad you liked it though! Thank you! *blushes happily*

Great!

[(Anonymous)]

Wow, I really love this video! It's a great Rodney-Video and also a great video of "Last Man"!!!! Especially the last 1 - 1 1/2 Minutes are really, really great!

I love the scene, when you replaced Atlantis, which is rising from the ocean, with the Atlantis in the desert! That looked very, very good! And also, when you put Atlantis in the front and in the background we can see some scene's of the daily life on Atlantis: Awesome!

Every time I watch the video, I find some more great things...

Thank you very much for this Video!

Saphira

Re: Great!

[gnine.livejournal.com]

Heee, thank you! I have to admit, the ending of the video, last verse, is my favorite. It's what I could picture most clearly when I started the vid and also my favorite part of the song, so I'm happy it so worked for you!

Thank you so much for commenting, means a lot! ^_^

[takadainmate.livejournal.com]

Oh dammit! I'm at work so I can't watch, bit I definitely will later! Also, ZOMG ICON SNAP!

[gnine.livejournal.com]

Hehe, hope you like it when you get the chance. And heee, to icon, but...Rodney is just so HOT in that shot, ne? ^_^