Vid: What We Had [Doctor Who]

[cherry]

Title: What We Had
Fandom: Doctor Who
Music: What We Had - Handsome Furs
Summary: Martha, Jack, Mickey. It's all just empty space. For the VividCon 08 "Fuck You" Challenges vidshow.

Links: Download (39 MB, DIVX, zipped) | Stream (BAM) | Stream (Blip)

What We Had
It's cold
a plain diamond
nobody's here, just empty space
It's all moving, breathing
stuck to the ceiling, don't mean a thing

and what we had don't mean a thing
and what we had is already gone

it's all
a plain diamond
nobody's here, just empty space

they're all our eyes are saucered to see
as if hands might float right down from above
and change this place
nobody here, don't mean a thing

and what we had don't mean a thing
and what we had is already gone

I sit outside with the rain now
and time rolls slow
I sit outside with the rain
and time rolls slow
but they may never shut off
but they may never shut off


This vid would not exist in its current form without the ever-fantastic obsessive24, who kicked my ass until this was in shape. elynross graciously helped out with the final polishing touches. This vid has been in progress, on and off, since December, so it feels good to get it out of my system. There's a lot I could say about what my intentions where, about where I was coming at this vid from, but I'm hoping that I've done my job correctly and it can speak for itself.

Comments

[obsessive24.livejournal.com]

When this vid played at Challenge I grinned so hard I thought my face was going to crack. You've heard more than enough from me on it, so I'm just here to relay some of the reactions from people in the discussion after the Challenge show.

Straight away a number of people piped up with how they loved these is the parallel between Rose and Master and Why The Fuck Are They Treated So Well?, also there was a number of discussion on how Jack and Mickey were first abandoned by the Doctor before they come back to help and to go on their own hero journeys. The thing that stood out for the commentators was how clearly at the end that all three chose to leave v.s. being lost per Rose/Master. Later, in a discussion with millylicious she also said that she really hated Rose in this vid, and considering she's probably the biggest Rose fangirl in all of creation, really speaks to how well the vid got its point across. All in all, the general consensus I saw was that your intention came across very, very, very clearly, and people really loved this vid. YAY!

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

*twirls you* Thank you again for all the work you put into this thing, and the number of times you kicked my ass. It would have been a much different, much weaker vid without your helpful eye.

You have no idea how much of a relief to me it is to hear that people responded well -- con season make me incredibly nervous, even when I don't have as much invested in a vid as I did with this one.

Thank you again, for everything.

Just out of curiosity, as I do not know: do people try to guess at the originators of challenge vids, or doe they wait patiently for the reveal?

[obsessive24.livejournal.com]

You're welcome for any past or future arse-kicking. ;P

People didn't try to guess generally. elynross initially asked if the vidder could please stand up, and I was trying to figure out if I should say something because I didn't know if you wanted to be named there or not, but then elyn beat me to it by headdesking and saying that she was a beta and just remembered you weren't there. :D You got big W00ts after she pronounced your name.

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Hee! If I was there, my ninja powers have progressed to a point where even I don't notice myself.

You're welcome for any past or future arse-kicking. ;P

Don't make any offers you're going to regret, now. *G*

[milly.livejournal.com]

I saw that *coughs*