I Suddenly Remembered My Charlemagne

Vid: I Never Woke Up In Handcuffs Before (but sometimes I fall asleep in my clothes)
Character: Nikola Tesla
Length: 1.47
For shadadukal, who is making the graphics for the sfa_ficawards, and who is, generally speaking, awesome. :)
Summary: Back when he was a Creature Of The, Nikola Tesla had some crazy nights.

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( Blah, Blah, something about musical rhubarb )

I'll admit it, when series five of Doctor Who began, I was nervous. I was on my last nerve with the show. I didn't even watch "The End of Time". The only thing that made me think about tuning in was the fact that The Moff was taking over (okay, and that Tennant was gone).

But I did tune in. And as I watching, I realized that I had a feeling welling up inside my chest that I wasn't used to feeling. It was GLEEE. Not happiness, not joy, but GLEEE. Capital G, capital L, capital triple E, GLEEE! I hadn't felt like that since "The Doctor Dances". AND IT WAS AWESOME.

Shortly afterward, I heard the song "Dive", by Steven Curtis Chapman. In addition to the things I could see in myself on a personal level, I could also see Eleven and Amy, and how much I loved watching them. And yes, there are 10 seconds in the very centre of the song that don't work at all, but I've worked around that to the best of my ability (ie. left it blank).

In terms of process, this vid was a bit funny. I had a perfect picture in my head for the "story" of the vid...but the story ends with two minutes left in the song. I was able to shed 30 seconds, but still, quite a bit of shifting on my part.

The good news is that Eleven practically vids himself, and Amy is beyond cute 99% of the time. The bad news is that they DON'T STOP TALKING, so this vid suffers a tiny bit from "talking head" syndrome.

Basically, this is the story of how I met Eleven, how I met Amy, and how much I loved watching them in that first episode. I did cheat a bit and use other episodes, but I tried to stick primarily with scenes from "The Eleventh Hour" where ever I could. There are six or eight clips that I was absolutely set on, and I think they've worked out. The song makes me happy, the vid makes me happy, the show makes me happy! Good times all around.

And notice that this time I tried for short clips! Nothing over five seconds (except for the 10 second black clip, which is on purpose)! ;)

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Here we are again with another vid I didn't plan to make. I seem to be starting a trend. Or I can't get the Atlantis clips to work, you pick.

ANYWAY, I heard this cover of Poker Face on Wednesday, and by Thursday night, the vid was already starting to take shape in my mind. In the beginning, it was more about the relationships of the women with one another, but it ended up being about their relationships with me. And how they all became the ship.

(Seriously, if you'd told me that you could turn "Poker Face" into a touching duet about a girl and her mother using only a piano and the power of Broadway, I wouldn't have believed you. But here we are!)

So this vid is about people who didn't have to love, who probably shouldn't have loved, who loved.

( She's got to love nobody )

Or on Sendspace

Once again, critical reviews are welcomed. I think I did quite a bit better this time (if only because I fixed the music), but I appreciated any advice and recommendations. If nothing else, I got better at cheating with this vid, which helps cover up my mistakes. ;)

So here we are. I made a vid. And it's not great. But it's done. And if you'll please ignore the blatant usage of 10-second long clips (I only really did that twice; the Parker one's a cheat), and that one time I made a montage of things blowing up, I'd be most appreciative. ;)

Also, I am not sure if the sound thing is my speakers or a quality issue.

*first vid butterflies*

Anyway, here it is on sendspace.

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( Cut for rambling about my process )

For my next trick, I will file my own tax return.

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In totally unrelated news, the Ironic Closing Titles at the end of every episode of "True Blood" crack me the heck up.