Vid: Don't U Eva

[bop_radar]

If anyone's been wondering why I've been a little quiet of late, it's partly because Final Cut Pro ate my life. Although its ways are still 99 per cent mysterious to me, I've somehow managed to dredge something out... though it's not what you might expect. I must say that in all my daydreaming about being able to vid one day, I never pictured myself making a claustrophobic, oppressive Kara/Leoben vid. However, with limited footage on my harddrive at the time, I started working on this as a learning exercise and then it kind of grew and grew... and I also realised that there was at least ONE person on my f'list who would like it, if only because it contains CKR! That's right--I'm looking at you, little k! ;-)

So, as a very very early Christmas present for the lovely kristiinthedark:

Title: Don't U Eva
Fandom: Battlestar Galactica
Pairing: Kara/Leoben
Spoilers: up to 3.04
Rating: NC-17 (violence, adult content--duh!)
File format: .avi, 23MB
Download: direct download
Feedback: yes, please! :-)
Disclaimer: BSG is Ron Moore's, the song Sarah Blasko's
Beta thanks: A million trillion thanks and credits to supacat, without whom this vid would not have progressed past the (completely reworked) first chorus. Her three-stage beta kept me going and she prodded me to work on alternating cutting to the beat and cutting to the lyric, which was scary but I do think the final version is better. ::hugs::

If you have trouble with the files or links, please let me know and I'll try and help. Also, I should warn you that if you didn't like the Kara/Leoben plot in early Season 3, you probably won't like this vid... Oh, and I'm sorry it's so dark--blame my lack of skillz as well as that drab BSG cinematography.


Don't U Eva
By Sarah Blasko

You've got a way with words
You've got a way that makes me feel so complicated
Your message meets the floor
The horizon meets your horse and you're deliberating
I'm only clearing my throat

Don't u eva wish for
Just one thing that you might never see
Don't u eva wish for
Just one thing that you might never know
You might never know

You've got a way with words
You've got a way that makes me feel so complicated
A wall keeps you from me
You'd raze the doors down just so you could find the key
The wolves are waiting

Don't u eva wish for
Just one thing that you might never see
Don't u eva wish for
Just one thing that you might never know
You might never know

I'm underground
As the world's just spinnning around
And you hunt them down
Try to pin them to the ground
There'll be no sound as the words just tumble out
And you won't be found by the time you've hit the ground

You've got a way with words
You've got a way with words
You've got a way with words

Don't u eva wish for
Just one thing that you might never see
Don't u eva wish for
Just one thing that you might never know
Oh you might never know...
Don't you eva wish for...
You might never know...

Sarah Blasko is an Australian singer/songwriter who I am greatly enjoying at the moment. I chose this track for its musical qualities as much as for its lyrics--there's an underlying tension and sense of frustration in the music that is almost at odds with the wistful lyrics. I thought that tension would play well with Kara/Leoben.

Now that that's over with, I can get on to vidding the Pretty Shiny Show, aka Smallville! ;-)

Comments

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

Oh! Oh! Oh! *bounces*
It's so exciting you watched it! Though honestly I didn't expect it to make much sense to you as you don't know the source. Thank you, thank you, thank you for the detailed feedback! So motivating! YAY!

the vid looks gorgeous
I found a new way of exporting! I found it on the mac_vidding_101 comm and have gone back to thank the poster as it was sooo much better than my old way.

there is an almost suffocating sense of tension
*nods* Yes, supacat's word was 'oppressive'. I'm glad because that was deliberately what I was trying to capture--her trapped in that room with him and reliving the experience over and over again. (She kills Leoben several times but he comes back because he's a Cylon.)

she looks like a prisoner, but not like a victim
That's perfect! That's exactly Kara--it was a fabulously iconic shot and I had to use it. In vidding this I discovered just how much the show had already done to create this sense of tension/anxiety already--their shot construction and framing and juxtaposition were all very deliberate--and I learnt a lot just from pouring over it to find what I needed.

"find the key," and then the Leoben comes in with the kid
I played around with that--having him come in before or after the lyric. I was afraid it would be too obvious, but it's not actually literal, and it was a big moment, so I was happy with it in the end.

where Kara literally kicks us into the next fast-paced section of the music
Ha! Kara is so great to vid! She's so physical and she's got a really expressive face. She's a delight. Leoben was much harder--but I think that worked ok because he's sort of insidious in the vid as he is in the show... you think Kara's totally on top, but he gets under her skin after all.

The cut from the cute little kid's face to the bloody knife was so jarring and good!
Oh good! That kid is SO cute. Seriously, I don't even like kids and she cutes me out. She crept into this vid more than I'd intended, but I thought she was actualky useful as a witness in the final sequence.

Yes, Smallville next!! I've just got to come to grips with 5 and a half seasons of footage.... *gulp*

[talitha78.livejournal.com]

I've just got to come to grips with 5 and a half seasons of footage

Well, not necessarily. Unless you're doing a huge, retrospective vid, you can set limits on which episodes you will use. For instance, if you were to do a Lois vid, you would only be dealing with season 4-6. That might be a good way to keep it manageable. But...I don't know what you have planned, so obviously you can just chuck this advice. :)

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

You are very sensible! If only my vidding ideas were... ;-)
I would honestly love to make a Lois vid but I've never found a song for her, whereas I've got songs for everyone else, even Lana! I have a terrible feeling I'm going to end up making a S5 Lana vid... oh well, start small, build up!