"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

[schneefink.livejournal.com]

I love this vid. Seriously, I must have watched it at least twenty times (and half of those I cursed you afterwards because the song got stuck in my head for days, but it wasn´t personal, I swear.) Wonderful.

[gnine.livejournal.com]

Hee, thanks so much! It is a great song, ne? Love the whole album, want to make vids for half of it, I swear!

So glad you like it, thanks so much for commenting! ^___^

[sgamadison.livejournal.com]

Directed here by mezzo_cammin (who always finds the *best* vids) and I'm so glad she distracted me from the WIP.

OMG. What a masterpiece.

At a certain point, I began trying to watch it as though it were some little independent film I had not seen before, as if the story wasn't familiar. And it *worked*. The superlative use of the black and white verse color footage, the matching of lyrics to scenes in the background, the overlaying of fading images, the desperate determination of the man at the white board...it all told a story, a painful but hopeful story.

Especially at the end, where my mind took me back into the story I *did* know and watched as each character was lost--all this and more was what Rodney lost and somehow he had the sense to know that recovering John was the key and that time was on his side. Taking a lifetime to solve the equation was nothing, as long as he did solve it.

This is just amazing. Thank you so much for sharing it with us.

[gnine.livejournal.com]

Wow, thank you so much! I had such a blast doing this vid (and not *just* cause it gave me an excuse to watch tons of Rodney-being-wonderful scenes over and over again ^_-)

So glad you liked it, and glad the story in it worked for you! *big huggles*

[sgamadison.livejournal.com]

You have a gift and an eye for visual storytelling. I certainly hope you get to use both in your RL ventures.

[gnine.livejournal.com]

*continues to blush* Thank you. I truly hope so as well, would love to get a job doing something artistic...Someday maybe! ^_^

*big huggles*

[berryann.livejournal.com]

I've just had the pleasure to watch it thanks to mezzo_cammin's rec.

This is, by far, the best Rodney video I have ever seen. With every single scene brilliantly matching the music. Thank you so much for making it. You have made yet one more fan VERY happy.

[gnine.livejournal.com]

*blushes* Thank you so much! The song really was just too perfect for Rodney to resist. So glad you like it! ^__^

[gottalovev.livejournal.com]

as you saw your vid was most deservedly recced and that made me able to discover this gem 2 years later... so, so powerful! I am downloading as I type! (oh, Rodney!)

[gnine.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much for watching and commenting, glad you liked it! ^__^

[somehowunbroken]

I... have no words. I was talking to a friend about how much I loved 'The Last Man' and she said 'oh, well, have you seen this,' and I hadn't, and... wow.

This is, without a doubt, one of the best vids I've ever seen.

[gnine.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! Last Man was one of my favorite eps as well and I was already thinking of how much the song fit Rodney and then the ep aired and I was like Must do that vid NOW!

Had so much fun doing it, so glad you enjoyed it! ^__^

[camshaft22.livejournal.com]

Oh this is EPIC. I was in tears. Great work!

[gnine.livejournal.com]

Aww, thanks so much! So glad you liked it! ^__^

[welfycat.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, that was incredible. Just. Wow. *is in love*

[gnine.livejournal.com]

Thank you, so very glad you liked it! Had so much fun making it ^_^

[evening-spirit.livejournal.com]

It's a truly wonderful vid! The choice of music and the way the scenes flow with the song. Really, really brilliant.

Here through saphirablue's rec. I gotta thank her for that, because it's a real GEM. :)

[gnine.livejournal.com]

Aww, thanks so much! So glad you like it, and will have to thank saphirablue for the rec! Thanks for letting me know ^_^

[scarym1.livejournal.com]

WOW!! That was Awesome & Very moving. The clips you choose fit the song perfectly. : )