gnine: (SGA Rodney guilt)
gnine ([personal profile] gnine) wrote2008-04-06 05:23 am
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"The years and the hours, the seconds and minutes..."

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, [livejournal.com profile] 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
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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!

[identity profile] jargonelle.livejournal.com 2008-04-07 02:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Not sure how I ended up here, but I am so glad I did. I loved it - it was brilliant!

'The man or the moment, the act or the reason...' was my favourite part, I love the shots you chose, and then how you focused on Rodney at his moment of realisation. The sudden burst of colour in the 'Ode to Joy' section was also really cool. I could just keep rambling, but that would be embarrassing, so I'll just repeat that I really enjoyed watching this and am so impressed with your editing skills!

[identity profile] gnine.livejournal.com 2008-04-07 03:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Wheee, so glad you liked it! ...I love the shot of Rodney in his moment of realization, he just looks so sad and hot and um, I might just be totally in love with Rodney. Oops ^_-

Don't worry, not embarrassing, just making me really happy to know what people liked. ^_^ Thank you so much for commenting!

[identity profile] stitcher2ficcer.livejournal.com 2008-04-07 04:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Just have to let you know that I have greatly enjoyed reading everyone's reactions to this... and having watched it at least another half dozen times since you sent it for comments (this is a record, you know!), I love it more every time. It truly is BEAUTIFULLY DONE!! Deserves every iota of praise it has gotten. And I think with this effort you have to stop claiming you're "relatively new" to vidding because however few you've completed, you are definitely becoming a master!

And have I mentioned how much I love the song? You can add this musical to my wish list of CDs next time you're looking for something to send my way. And anything else by TSO that you think I'd like.

Love you. Love your work!

[identity profile] gnine.livejournal.com 2008-04-07 04:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Eeeh, thanks *huggles*

Hmmm, gift ideas, always a plus...not that we ever have trouble with you. Also, if you're still watching the rough draft I sent you, you might wanna d/l the full version above, I made some minor adjustments and its MUCH MUCH higher quality than the drafts.

love you *huggles*

[identity profile] ladyoflisquill.livejournal.com 2008-04-07 05:07 pm (UTC)(link)
WOW! Wonderful vid, and I'm not really a vid watcher but what you managed to get across with this was just beautiful. Perfect Rodney song to go with Last Man.

[identity profile] gnine.livejournal.com 2008-04-07 06:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Heee, thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!

Also, your icon, so cute and of course must answer with question with a very emphatic YES! ^_^ Oh Rodney, whee!

[identity profile] lavvyan.livejournal.com 2008-04-07 06:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, that is heartbreaking. *aches for poor Rodney*

[identity profile] gnine.livejournal.com 2008-04-07 07:05 pm (UTC)(link)
I *know*. *huggles him* This vid is subtitled "Oh Rodney!" Because...just...yeah. Poor thing.

Glad you liked it, thanks for commenting! Also, your icon, no matte how many times I see it, never fails to make me grin!

^^

[identity profile] pink-tigger.livejournal.com 2008-04-07 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, I really really love that vid! The choice of music and scenes is great. My favourite part, apart from Rodney of course, are the two/three seconds at 3:10. Nice effect there. The hours you spent on this instead of sleeping were definitely worth it *applauds*.

Re: ^^

[identity profile] gnine.livejournal.com 2008-04-07 07:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Hee, thanks. Glad you liked, and that part is one of my favorites as well ^_^ Ahh, sleep deprivation in the name of fanning, it never gets old ^_- Good to know it was worth it! ^_^

[identity profile] zinelady.livejournal.com 2008-04-07 08:06 pm (UTC)(link)
You made me cry!

It's a beautifully made vid...and I've seen lots and made a few. I can tell by the way its made, that you sunk lots of yourself into it. Your choice of clips fit the lyrics like they were made for them.

Wonderful job.

[identity profile] gnine.livejournal.com 2008-04-07 08:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Oohhh *hands you tissues*

So glad you liked it!

Yeah, a lot of my sleep-deprived self ^_- All for the sake of Rodney...totally worth it ^_- Thanks for your comments!

[identity profile] stoicana.livejournal.com 2008-04-08 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
Beautiful. Just gorgeous. Beautfully rendered. The editing was impecable. Your choices of scenes was perfect. Timing, everything was spot on.

Amazing!

[identity profile] gnine.livejournal.com 2008-04-08 05:16 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you so much! Glad you liked! ^_^ Thanks for commenting, always makes my day! ^_^
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[identity profile] winter-elf.livejournal.com 2008-04-08 07:57 am (UTC)(link)
Wow - yea, I can see you hearing that song and thinking of Rodney.. and then The Last Man, and OMG, it SO fits. I'm totally in awe of your vidding skills. I love how you've overlaid and transitioned from one bit to the next, and all the scenes! Wonderful, and very heartbreaking. I need to watch it again. I hope another song inspires you - because I sure would love seeing more from you :)

[identity profile] gnine.livejournal.com 2008-04-08 01:51 pm (UTC)(link)
*blushes* Thanks! So glad you liked! Song really is just SO Rodney, isn't it? Poor poor Rodney *huggles him*

I am hoping to do more, just need a song. Reaallly wanna do a team vid, but just haven't had any luck finding anything that works. *sigh*

Also, your icon is YUMMY!!!
briar_pipe: Actress on a bike with cherry blossoms (teyla)

[personal profile] briar_pipe 2008-04-08 10:16 am (UTC)(link)
Squeee! My noises are so high-pitched even dolphins can't hear them.

Savatage is awesomely SGA, and the whole last sequence was just a gut-punch. Oh, Rodney!

[identity profile] gnine.livejournal.com 2008-04-08 01:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Hehehe, so glad you liked! Yay dolphin noises! ^_^

Poor Rodney...I felt most of Last Man was a gut-punch, *pets Rodney* Twenty five years! Just...RODNEY!!!

[identity profile] jya-bd-cp-ttgb.livejournal.com 2008-04-08 12:57 pm (UTC)(link)
It's taken me forty eight hours to get this much out.

**FLAIL**

More!

[identity profile] gnine.livejournal.com 2008-04-08 01:55 pm (UTC)(link)
LOL...you're adorable! Heee, so glad you liked it! ^_^

I do hope to do more, just need to find another song that strikes me...^_^

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[identity profile] lukita.livejournal.com 2008-04-08 04:03 pm (UTC)(link)
♥ Very nice, are you sure you're new at this?

[identity profile] gnine.livejournal.com 2008-04-08 04:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks! Err...kinda new? I guess I still feel like I have a lot to learn? Glad you liked it, though ^_^

[identity profile] remsaverem42.livejournal.com 2008-04-08 10:38 pm (UTC)(link)
This was AMAZING!! The song was SO perfect and the way you synced everything up...I'm sorry that I have no other coherent thoughts, I just really, really loved this vid!

[identity profile] gnine.livejournal.com 2008-04-09 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
Hee, thanks! So glad you liked it! Thanks for commenting! ^_^

Wow

[identity profile] agdrgn.livejournal.com 2008-04-09 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
Great vid, excellent music! I'm glad I stopped by to play this. So beautiful, everything fits so perfectly.

I love it!

Re: Wow

[identity profile] gnine.livejournal.com 2008-04-09 01:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks so much, glad you liked. Ain't the song great? Mmm, Trans-Siberian Orchestra is love ^_^ Thanks for commenting.

[identity profile] silver-astrila.livejournal.com 2008-04-09 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
This vid was absolutely amazing! My favorite bit (besides the opening and closing scenes) was the instrumental in the middle where it alternates between flashbacks and Rodney with his math. The really awesome math with the hand device that made him look like he was conducting - and how he reaches his moment of triumph and brilliance as the music fades. Which then leads directly into the softer, sweet moments with his team. Just. . .gorgeous. Thanks so much for sharing!

[identity profile] gnine.livejournal.com 2008-04-09 01:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Heee, thanks so much! I'm glad that worked, with the conducting, its what I was going for, so makes me extremely happy to know it succeeded! Thank you so much for commenting! ^_^

[identity profile] raiining.livejournal.com 2008-04-09 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
Oh!!!

Well done! WELL done! I've never heard the song before but it was interesting, and I loved the way you really took the lyrics to make this vid. The co-rleations were awesome and very well chosen. And I love the "sequence shots" where you run through a pannel with the "old" effect or the "backened out top and bottom" effect. And I loved the "death sequences" and the end sequences, and I really liked how you merged the two videos on top of each other, for example Rodney near the beginning thinking in the Last Man, and how you used that moment to shuttle through life on Atlantis.

I've never seen Rodney in SG1, either, and my god he looks so YOUNG! The contrast with that and Old Rodney was excellent, but my favourite - my absolutely favourite part was when you contrasted now and then Atlantis. The control room busy and then empty, the corridors bustling and then still. Blue light to that aweful burnt orange of a dying sun.

Gorgeous! Very well done! Can't wait to see what you come up with next :)

[identity profile] gnine.livejournal.com 2008-04-09 01:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Squee, thank you so much for your lovely comments! So glad you enjoyed! I was having perhaps a bit too much fun with all the different effects and overlays, happy it worked! ^_^

Mmm, ain't Rodney adorable in SG-1? He's a total, unmitigated ASSHOLE in the first ep with him, "48 hours" but SO young and adorable and yeah. To be honest, the contrasted now and then of Atlantis part is the thing I'm most happy with how it turned out in the vid, so it makes me extra happy to hear others liking it! Thanks again for commenting, you made my day! ^_^

[identity profile] sandpiper764.livejournal.com 2008-04-09 10:50 am (UTC)(link)
Beautiful vid! Nice recap of events in SGA, and I love the editing. This one's a keeper :)

[identity profile] gnine.livejournal.com 2008-04-09 01:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you! So glad you enjoyed it, thanks for commenting ^_^

[identity profile] sgatazmy.livejournal.com 2008-04-09 02:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow! I love the music and I know I've heard that musical before, but I never would have seen it for Rodney. But this...this is wonderful! This perfect! It almost makes me like that last episode. I think I'll replay it a thousand times.

[identity profile] gnine.livejournal.com 2008-04-09 06:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Hee, thanks glad you liked! Aww, sad that you didn't like Last Man (I actually think it's one of my favorite eps) but glad this vid maybe helped you like it some. Thank you so much for the comments! ^_^

[identity profile] iamza.livejournal.com 2008-04-09 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, wow! Loved this vid! Especially liked the matching of Ronon, Carter and Keller's fates to the "betrayed, betrayed, betrayed" in the song lyrics. And the flashbacks to happier times for the Ode to Joy section.

It's beautiful.

[identity profile] gnine.livejournal.com 2008-04-09 06:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Glad you liked it! Thanks so much for commenting. Hee, the "betrayed" part was the very first idea I had for the vid, the episode just provided us with such clear images, that was jumped out at me. So happy it worked for you! Thanks for commenting! ^_^
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[identity profile] sobelle.livejournal.com 2008-04-09 09:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Holy shit! that was AWESOME! It grabbed me by the neck and the heart and just didn't let go!! Your pacing and matching and blending of scenes was fantastic!!

Wow! just wow! (and I could probably be a whole lot more coherent later, but for now that really packed a visceral punch!)

[identity profile] gnine.livejournal.com 2008-04-10 05:16 am (UTC)(link)
Yay, glad you liked! Thanks so much for commenting! Makes my day! ^_^
celli: SGA's McKay saying he just did something way faster because he's "so much smarter than you." (smart)

[personal profile] celli 2008-04-10 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, wow, awesome!

[identity profile] gnine.livejournal.com 2008-04-10 05:29 am (UTC)(link)
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks so much for commenting ^_^

[identity profile] myhelix.livejournal.com 2008-04-10 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
100 thousand thumbs up! I saw many SGA fanvids but yours is just WOW!!!!!! :)

[identity profile] gnine.livejournal.com 2008-04-10 05:31 am (UTC)(link)
Heee, thanks! So glad you liked it, and thanks for commenting! ^_^

[identity profile] suzvoy.livejournal.com 2008-04-10 10:39 am (UTC)(link)
That was very, very cool :D

[identity profile] gnine.livejournal.com 2008-04-10 02:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks! Glad you liked it!

[identity profile] cosmic.livejournal.com 2008-04-10 10:46 am (UTC)(link)
So, ok, I haven't seen most of season four, so maybe this vid wasn't so much with the sense-making for me, but it was so gorgeous, and, unlike everything else in the world, it's made me want to see all of s4 that I've missed, because, oh, Rodney.

[identity profile] gnine.livejournal.com 2008-04-10 02:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, thank you! So glad you enjoyed it. I'm curious, what eps of season four have you seen? Personally, I loved a LOT of the season, especially as a Rodney fan...and for me, as a McShepper, there was a lot of fun stuff! ^_^

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[identity profile] nel-ani.livejournal.com 2008-04-10 12:04 pm (UTC)(link)
So, when the song and vid started, I wasn't sure, but then yes, YES!

*rewatches*

I think that I was just watching along, not really hooked until 0:31, "the man or the moment" and from there on I was all aglee.

Then the music change at 0:56, ohhh, and the entire section following that up until 1:11, wonderful.

I love how he "erases" the memory at 1:28.

"and traded his soul for a moment of glory" almost gave me goosebumps. Oh *Shep*.

I love the effects at 1:40-1:53, did you do something in particular with those clips?

The music and Rodney's expression at 2:38. Sigh.

And then the happy memories!

"not a thought or a dream that might echo in time" and the fade to the empty corridor at 3:22, hee.

And then the deaths! Waaaah!

Fabulous, just fabulous. *happy and gleeful* Thank you. :D

[identity profile] gnine.livejournal.com 2008-04-10 02:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Whee, long comments, yay! So glad you liked it! The intro was actually done last, the man or the moment was the first stuff I really knew what I was doing when I started the vid, so...^_-

Yeah, John in Miller's Crossing remains one of my favorite parts of the whole show, darkside!John is just...so...*chills* and HOT and all for RODNEY! *squee*

Re: 1:40-1:53...I used a filter to fade to B &W, with a very low opacity yellow layer over it to give it a bit of a sepia tint, also, blurred a lot of the clips and there's a black feathered frame around all the images...err, yeah, I was perhaps having a bit of fun fiddling with effects on this vid..^_-

Again, thank you for the long comments! They make my day! ^_^

[identity profile] thingswithwings.livejournal.com 2008-04-10 01:09 pm (UTC)(link)
wow, that was AWESOME. I love how you store up all the background to this one moment, all of Rodney's life and loves and losses all crashing together and leading up to the final image. I've been waiting with my whole soul for someone to do a vid that put the images of blue Atlantis next to red Atlantis, and boy, this did not disappoint. The sense of emptiness and loss that you imbue those red-Atlantis corridors with is palpable; I especially love the fade from Rodney and John discussing Batman to the empty hallway.

I will probably watch this 452 times today, because it fills me with joy. I've been wanting more The Last Man fic/vids, and you gave me exactly what I was craving. :)

[identity profile] gnine.livejournal.com 2008-04-10 02:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, *blushes* thank you so much! There really does need to be even more Last Man related stuff...happy to oblige!

And, I'll admit, the part of the vid I'm happiest with is the future Atlantis with past Atlantis stuff. It was some of the very first stuff I had planned for the vid, and just, watching Last Man, the shots of the empty city are so vid, so SAD, wanted to use them so badly! Glad they worked for you! Thank you so much for the comments! Put a smile on my face! ^_^

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