Vid: This Year (Doctor Who)

[fictional]

I made my first vid, you guys! It was on Windows Movie Maker, which I found to be a little bit like trying to make a painting with a rock instead of a paintbrush. Er, not that I've ever done that.

ANYWAY. Here it is. (On youtube. God only knows for how long. Aren't they yanking vids like crazy? What streaming site are people using these days? Are there any?) Concrit & tips very, very much appreciated.

Song/Artist: This Year by The Mountain Goats.
Vidder: kalichan
Fandom: Doctor Who
Summary: Every waking second, he can see: what is, what was, what could be, what must not. And he's gonna make it through this year if it kills him.
Spoilers: Through The Next Doctor.
Pairing/Characters: Mostly gen with hints of Nine/Rose, Ten/Rose, Ten/Simm!Master, and a smidgebit of Nine/Jack. Also features Martha, Sarah Jane, and Donna.

lyrics:
i broke free on a saturday morning
i put the pedal to the floor
headed north on mills avenue
and listened to the engine roar

my broken house behind me
and good things ahead
a girl named cathy
wants a little of my time
six cylinders underneath the hood
crashing and kicking
aha!
listen to the engine whine

i am going to make it through this year
if it kills me
i am going to make it though this year
if it kills me

i played video games in a drunken haze
i was seventeen years young
hurt my knuckles punching the machines
the taste of scotch rich on my tongue

and then cathy showed up
and we hung out
trading swigs from a bottle
all bitter and clean
locking eyes
holding hands
twin high maintenance machines

i am going to make it through this year
if it kills me
i am going to make it though this year
if it kills me

i drove home in the california dusk
i could feel the alcohol inside of me hum
pictured the look on my stepfather's face
ready for the bad things to come
i down shifted
as i pulled into the driveway
the motor screaming out
stuck in second gear
the scene ends badly
as you might imagine
in a cavalcade of anger and fear

there will be feasting and dancing
in Jerusalem next year

i am going to make it through this year
if it kills me
i am going to make it though this year
if it kills me

Comments

[kel-reiley.livejournal.com]

I LOVE YOU LIKE THERE'S NO TOMORROW! :D :D :D

concrit: spotted a couple of flashframes(but with wmm it's easy to not see those when you're editing and often difficult to get rid of them)

i'd dial down on the random effects (they seemed a bit out of place and there for no reason)

the sequences at 2:10 to 2:15 and approx. 2:30 to 2:40 were beautiful and very well blended together :D

also MOUNTAIN GOATS!!!
that's why i married you

[kalichan.livejournal.com]

YAY!

flashframes: yes. will work on.

random effects: I was trying to communicate the Doctor having think-y thoughts. Black & white = past and done. Color, washed out = future. But I'm learning that this is harder to communicate in vidding than in stories! Heh.

But yay yay yay. Thank you SO much. =D

[gement.livejournal.com]

For what it's worth, the effects=not-now worked for me. (I didn't catch that the washed out bits were future rather than confusion-of-recent, but I understood the three distinct tones, and I knew black and white was Over And Done.)

[kel-reiley.livejournal.com]

ah, i see - yeah, it's a bit difficult to convey that sometimes
but i still liked it :D and hope you do more soon (as in right now)