Gift Vid: Deep Red Bells - for fray-adjacent

[chaila]

Title: Deep Red Bells
Recipient: fray-adjacent
Vidder: chaila
Music: Neko Case, "Deep Red Bells"
Summary: "We lose everybody we love."

Link: Link to signed vid post.

Comments

[goodbyebird]

Oh I love the way you built the narrative in this, and you did an amazing amount with such limited footage <3

[chaila]

Thank you! Secretly this was the easiest vid to make. Because there was such limited footage, I didn't feel like I had too many choices to make about what story I could tell. I'm glad it worked for you!

[frayadjacent]

OMG!! Vidder, you made me an unnamed Latina vid to a Neko Case song!! What a wonderful gift -- thank you! I love the way it moves to the music, I love your use of small subtle moments and facial expressions, and I'm amazed by how much you brought out in her character with the limited footage available. Lovely, fantastic vid. I am so happy!!!

[chaila]

OMG! I have loved this song for awhile and when I saw your music details, wellll. It just happened. :) I'm glad a sense of her character came through, despite the limited footage. And I'm glad you like it!

[ghost_lingering]

An unnamed Latina vid!!!! So great! I love how you got so much out of what little footage we have of her.

[chaila]

Thank you! I couldn't decide if it was easier or more frustrating to have such limited source--it kind of dictated itself, b/c there weren't any more clip choices. So I'm happy it works for you!

[lo_rez]

Gorgeous treatment of la chola. She was an unforgettable character.

[chaila]

Thank you! She really was; I'm glad they brought her back and gave her some lines, but man I wish they'd done at least a whole episode for her, a la the Fields.

[beccatoria]

She is such a fascinating, gorgeous character. She's an untold story and this captures her quiet, powerful observation, her silence, the tragedies you know she's hiding, and will never reveal to you. I'm still haunted by her single line. This vid evokes why entirely.

[chaila]

Thank you! A whole different set of choices (or lack thereof) came with such limited source, so I'm glad the things we do know or can infer about her melded into something coherent. She really is such a powerful observer, and her few lines are just arrows. I always wished they'd given us more. Without that, I take it as her choosing to keep her secrets.

[beatrice_otter]

Excellent job matching footage to song to tell a story.

[chaila]

Thank you, I'm glad you liked it!

[pellucid]

I would not have expected there to be enough footage of this awesome character for a vid, but you do a fantastic job telling her story despite the limitations! Love it!

[chaila]

Thank you! You'll notice the, um, repetition, because I'm not sure there was quite enough footage either. I'm glad a sense of her story came through anyway!

[colls]

You really brought her out of the background and made such a compelling and emotional story for her. Very well done.

[chaila]

Thank you! She has such a compelling untold--or I guess, only implicitly told--story, so it was great to try to bring out some of the feeling lurking in it. I'm glad you like it!

[nicole_anell]

AAAH LOVE. Wow, so awesome, I'm really impressed with how you used the limited footage to tell the story of this character, who had such a striking presence despite being silent most of the time.

[chaila]

Thank you! I think almost every single frame of her footage is in here, so I didn't feel like I had much choice about how to use the footage. :) But she really was a striking character and it was fun to try to draw out at least a little of what her story was.