Vid: Dark Room [Merlin, VVC '09 Premiere]

[cherry]

Title: Dark Room
Fandom: Merlin
Music: Dark Room - Sarah Slean
Summary: Things fall apart; the center cannot hold. VVC '09 Premiere.

Links: Download (25 MB, DIVX, zipped) | Stream (Blip)

Notes: Many thanks to elynross for beta.

Comments

[serrico.livejournal.com]

Ooh. Pretty and angsty and *very* nice.

[kuwdora.livejournal.com]

That is utterly breathtaking. Oh show... and god, I never get tired of Morgana fighting with a sword.

[buffyann.livejournal.com]

Live commentary :

obsessive24:3
obsessive24:2
obsessive24:1
obsessive24:go
obsessive24:oh I remember this song
obsessive24:instrumental, bold
kiki_miserychic:the pretty colors with the eyes, thingy, and fire.
obsessive24:fantastic mood
kiki_miserychic:like all the flames
buffyann:yes, fire seems to be a theme, I love the use
kiki_miserychic:nice morgana and merlin suiting arthur up
obsessive24:really subtle sophisticated editing
kiki_miserychic:understated
kiki_miserychic:loved merlin's lowered head
kiki_miserychic:the tension
buffyann:that's not your usual merlin's vid
buffyann:I like this
obsessive24:I'm getting a love triangle vibe?
kiki_miserychic:ohhh, i love the spinning, so good in vids
obsessive24:maybe love rectangle
kiki_miserychic:rombus
buffyann:love te helmett shot
obsessive24:love rombus ftw
kiki_miserychic:familial maybe even
obsessive24:swords
obsessive24:omg!
obsessive24:great strings
kiki_miserychic:that fade!
obsessive24:really fantastic mood
kiki_miserychic:oh yes
obsessive24:things are afooot, tragedy lurks
kiki_miserychic:always.
buffyann:oh the look on merlin's face
obsessive24:shit this is making me sad
obsessive24:blue
kiki_miserychic:they break. love the use of the hands and how they deflate.
obsessive24:of awesome
kiki_miserychic:wow
obsessive24:wow that made my heart hurt
buffyann:I was lost content wise, but that's always the case in the first watch
kiki_miserychic:love the instrumental use
buffyann:that was very subtle, editing wise, I agree
obsessive24:I need to rewatch, but I'm getting a vibe of this being a grown up version of Unsteady Ground
buffyann:the use of instrumental is really interesting here
obsessive24:bold move, worked very well, methinks
kiki_miserychic:i think lyrics wouldn't have worked for what she wanted to create
obsessive24:agreed
kiki_miserychic:would have clogged it up with words
obsessive24:nicely put
kiki_miserychic:more about atmosphere and feeling than about what the words mean
buffyann:yes, I love instrumental for that
buffyann:lyrics are another layer of interpretation
buffyann:without them, it makes the images more raw and the music is just guiding the feelings, I don't know
kiki_miserychic:maybe she thought people trying to "get"the lyrics would have muddled it.
kiki_miserychic:or maybe the song just felt perfect to her and i'm reading in too much
obsessive24:she didn't need it to make the point, which is what matters
buffyann:yes

[bm1893.livejournal.com]

Oh. I don't know what to say. This is completely beautiful and breathtaking.

[0mindthegap0.livejournal.com]

Haven't seen Merlin, so I can't comment on content, but this is so gorgeous and brimming with emotion and ouch.

[coffeejunkii.livejournal.com]

this was really beautiful. to me, it underlines that despite all the silliness on the show, everyone carries some heavy burdens and continuously faces very difficult decisions.

[obsessive24.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed this vid. You worked incredible things with no lyrics, and the whole thing reads like a slow, inevitable descent into hell for all involved. I've always loved that the show bears hints of what is to come; Morgana looking so righteous in her assassination plot; Arthur's brief friendship with Lancelot; Gwen looking so innocent and painful at the death of her father; Morgana sheltering Mordred; and Merlin in amongst it all, desperately trying to stop things from coming apart at the seams. I especially loved the torch at 0:22, the dual poisoned chalices at 0:54, the sword connection around 1:40, the fantastic shift in tone at 1:43, and the amazing way the water slows down on the string crescendo at 2:21. It's all incredibly beautiful.

[kathyh]

That was beautiful and so haunting. The way the darkness looms over all of them was wonderfull done and that ending was just stunning.

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Thank you kindly.

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Morgana in a rumble is one of the show's great pleasures. Thank you so much for watching.

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

A great many thanks to all of you. I'm so glad that the love rhombus angle came through and worked well.

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Thank you ever so much.

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

With your not having seen the show, that is high praise indeed. Thank you.

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Thank you kindly. Merlin is so much fun that it can be easy to forget the events we know are coming.

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Thank you ever so much -- you're always much too kind to me. *G* To me, one of the most compelling things about this show are the threads of inevitability already running through the happy/crack.

I was a little nervous about working with an instrumental for a vid like this, but the texture and the tenor of the music were perfect, so I'm so very glad that it worked for you.

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Thank you ever so much.

[bradcpu.livejournal.com]

I think I told you this at the time, but the pacing and flow of this was just lovely. I also adore how it's bookended by that terrific shot of Merlin, which says so much.

[jarrow.livejournal.com]

Haunting and gorgeous - I love what you've created here!

[vonniek.livejournal.com]

I've only watched the first 4-5 episodes of Merlin so I'm not sure what's going on (at least I know who these people are!), but the song choice and the beautiful cross-fades really flow well together to create a sense of longing and regret. A gorgeous vid.

[tearful-eye.livejournal.com]

so beautiful!

this vid feels so prophetic - it's like a vision or a dream, everything they do is tinged with darkness & they slowly get dragged under by it. or something. really gorgeous!

[mint-amaretto.livejournal.com]

This is just amazing. I thought you conveyed the feeling of slow, inevitable descent into tragedy perfectly. Simply haunting!

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Thank you ever so much. I know I mentioned my concerns regarding the flow of clips and music to you, so I'm so glad to hear that it worked for you.

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Thank you kindly.

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Thank you ever so much.

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Merlin is such a fun show that it can be easy to forget that they're already tearing down everything they have yet to build.