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
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!

[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 05:16 am (UTC)(link)
Yay, glad you liked! Thanks so much for commenting! Makes my day! ^_^

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

[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] 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] 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] 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 02:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks! Glad you liked it!

[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! ^_^

[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] cosmic.livejournal.com 2008-04-10 02:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I've seen early s4 to, er, *checks wiki* Doppelgänger, then I've seen Miller's Crossing (for the Jeannie!), Be All My Sins Remember'd (for the Elizabeth!) and Outcast (for the family drama). I think that's it. I really, really should see more, huh?

[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! ^_^

[identity profile] gnine.livejournal.com 2008-04-10 02:37 pm (UTC)(link)
As I said, personally, I really like pretty much the whole season, Travelers being the only episode I didn't really like, and even that one had one or two scenes that I enjoyed.

Kinda depends what you're watching the show for, though....ie, if you're a McShepper, then there's some GREAT scenes you're missing (parts of Quarantine, couple scenes in The Seer, Moral Coil, Harmony...really short scene in Missing but So SO cute). If you're a Rodney fan, again, missing some good stuff (Tabula Rasa, Kindred 2, Trio and of course, Last Man...Last Man being the ULTIMATE oh Rodney ep), etc.

[identity profile] gnine.livejournal.com 2008-04-10 02:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Hee, thank you! So glad you liked it, truly makes my day to know people are rewatching it *blushes* Thanks for commenting! ^_^
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[identity profile] svmadelyn.livejournal.com 2008-04-10 07:04 pm (UTC)(link)
...weird. I could've sworn I commented on this. Either way. NEATO. I thought this was really amazing, and am looking forward to a few rewatches once I have finally seen the rest of S4. *grins*

[identity profile] taiteilija.livejournal.com 2008-04-10 07:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you by the way for using a TSO song - I think I've fallen in love with their music. "What is Eternal" is an awesome song, but there's more fantastic stuff up at YouTube, and I'm going to purchase Beethoven's Last Night as soon as possible. So thank you for that ♥

:)

Brilliant!

[identity profile] cn64.livejournal.com 2008-04-10 09:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed this vid! Wonderful matching of music and clips. Thanks so much for sharing!

[identity profile] sp23.livejournal.com 2008-04-10 10:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Here through [livejournal.com profile] svmadelyn's rec, and I'm just.... *flaily arms*

Seriously, this is one of the best SGA vids I've seen, and, since it's All About Rodney for me, this makes me near hysterical with happiness.

I don't save very many vids to my computer, but this one is going to join that select batch.

Brava!

[identity profile] alleonh.livejournal.com 2008-04-11 12:31 am (UTC)(link)
WOW, just WOW.

this is such a great video. Oh Rodney... *sniffle*


*runs to log onto youtube and add it to favorites*
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[personal profile] ariadne83 2008-04-11 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
Oh my god, this is fantastic. I love the sepia tones, when Rodney's looking back at the past, and the clips you chose for "Ode to Joy" actually made me cry.

[identity profile] chickwriter.livejournal.com 2008-04-11 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
Wow! Brilliant, lovely, absolutely spot on.

[identity profile] wildcat88.livejournal.com 2008-04-11 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, wow. I'm all choked up now. That was awesome.

[identity profile] cosmic.livejournal.com 2008-04-11 07:21 am (UTC)(link)
I'm mostly a Rodney fan and a McShepper, and it's not that I deliberately didn't watch so much as I kept forgetting to download and watch the episodes during the weekend, because I was catching up with other shows.

[identity profile] gnine.livejournal.com 2008-04-11 08:10 am (UTC)(link)
S'okay, thanks for the comment now^_^ And thank you So sooo much for the rec! Whee! So glad you liked it, and have fun with S4 when you get to it, I haven't decided but it's a strong contender for my favorite season ^_^

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