chaila: by me (tscc - erase/rewind)
chaila ([personal profile] chaila) wrote in [community profile] tightpresent2013-05-08 08:50 pm

Gift Vid: Strange Angels - for beccatoria

Title: Strange Angels
Recipient: beccatoria
Vidder: Sanguinity
Music: Laurie Anderson, "Strange Angels"
Summary: Heaven is a world that doesn't need you.
Notes: canon-typical violence

Link: Link to signed vid post.
beccatoria: (two guns two girls too hot)

[personal profile] beccatoria 2013-05-12 04:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you! :D

I love how you use the black and white to create a motif an then bring in the old movie footage too - really interesting! And it's also a really intriguing (and effective) song choice. It's got a tone that both fits and exists in total tension with the character and her journey. Particuarly evident when the song shifts gear at the same time Sarah puts the gun to her head. Great moment there.

I like how when the singer shifts into a more "spoken word" style, you cut to appropriately...candid shots? (That's not the word I'm looking for but I'm sure you know what I mean - you capture the tone of "talking" without having to use talkyface shots). It added a sense of levity and poignancy to see them so human.

Thank you, anonymous vidder person!
ghost_lingering: Weaver gets down to Savannah's level and looks her in the eyes (daughters of robots)

[personal profile] ghost_lingering 2013-05-12 09:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Ooooh, very cool! I really like how you use footage from the films. It's still firmly a vid about the show, but these moments from the films give texture to Sarah's story in a way that's only implicit on the show.
frayadjacent: peach to blue gradient with the silouette of a conifer tree (Terminator: Sarah BAMF)

[personal profile] frayadjacent 2013-05-15 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
Damn I love this vid. You really bring out how strong and consistent Sarah's characterization is -- this vid is great for understanding why she doesn't go with John, and the way she'll keep fighting after he leaves. I love the timing, e.g., when T2!John is is low-5ing the Terminator.
colls: (TW Derek)

[personal profile] colls 2013-05-15 04:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Nice! I really like the juxtaposition of violence and domesticity early in the vid, and the use of the movie footage was really well done.
caramarie: Icon of a magpie perched against a backdrop of the stars. (joanne with a gun)

[personal profile] caramarie 2013-05-18 11:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, this is really great! I love the use of the flashbacks, and how smoothly you've incorporated the movie footage there, and then at the end, when the flashbacks switch to being what we've thought of as the present ... oh, Sarah.
nicole_anell: (Default)

[personal profile] nicole_anell 2013-05-19 06:38 am (UTC)(link)
Oh Sarah. <3 I really loved your editing here, and the movie parallels were subtle and well done, especially leading to the end! The relaxed or mundane moments were also nice here, whether the idyllic lighthouse or the bit with Derek and the toothbrush, right before we're back to ASSEMBLING GUNS and constant danger.