VID: I'll Run (out of time) [Revolutionary Girl Utena] [VidUKon Premiere]

[beccatoria]

Title: I'll Run (out of time)
Video: Revolutionary Girl Utena
Audio: Run To You // Pentatonix
Summary: I can't save you, but I can try
Vidder's Notes: Vidukon 2014 Premiere!

"Revolutionary Girl Utena - I'll Run (out of time) - Fan Vid" (Watch on YouTube)

Direct download available here. RightClickSaveAs. 102 megs approx.

Cross-posted to vidding and vidding

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Comments

[rosaxx50]

I'm not familiar with the source, but wow this is haunting and gorgeous.

[beccatoria]

Aww, thanks! It had such beautiful imagery, I really wanted to play around with it. Thank you for watching.

[chaila]

I still only have the faintest idea what this anime is about, but this is still just gorgeous. There's such a quiet sense of things lost, which is really enhanced by all the awesome silhouettes you made. It's just so pretty!

[beccatoria]

Aww, thank you. ♥ That was sort of what I was going for. Although, amsuingly, at the con, the feedback I got was similar, "So pretty, and slightly sad!" and the one person who had seen the source came up to me and went, "THAT WAS SO FUCKED UP," and I was like, yup, but don't tell anyone.... ;)

Anyway, the show was full of silhouettes and outlines; using them as lumakeys was an irresistable prospect. I really wanted to make something visually striking, and I'm really pleased that seems to have worked.

[cosmic_llin]

I don't know the fandom but this look absolutely gorgeous! I am in awe of your magical effects!

[beccatoria]

Aww, thank you! The fandom is...kind of messed up. But also kind of fascinating and wonderful. The effects were far easier in animation than they would be with live action because the colours are so distinct!

Anyway, I really wanted to make something beautiful and visually striking; so glad it worked! :D

[starlady]

That was GREAT. I love how you turned everyone into shadows of themselves, it totally worked with the show itself. And the way the shadows fell away at the end, it was perfect.

[beccatoria]

Thank you! :D

The show had such evocative imagery, it was a lot of fun to work with. Plus, you have actually seen it! You even have an icon! It's not a huge fandom here/now, so it's particularly great to get feedback from someone who knows it.

[laurashapiro]

You used the music so beautifully! What a great build, and lovely attention to the breaths/rests. Nice work! It's very powerful.

[beccatoria]

Thank you!

It was actually the music that I wanted to vid before I knew what to use with it, which is the opposite of the normal way I vid. It took me a while to settle on Revolutionary Girl Utena, so I'm glad you think the source and song work well together. ♥

[revolutionaryjo]

I HAVE CRIED FULL ON TEARS TWICE TODAY WATCHING THIS VID. I WANT YOU TO KNOW.

Your layering of scenes and imagery is not just gorgeous but meaningful. The part around 1:38 and "but I lost your war" is such a gut punch with that candle going out. And the arches around 2:50 have a similar effect on me.

I love that you highlight all the various relationships/dueling pairs and mirror them against Utena and Anthy. So many damaged people trying to undamage each other.

And I'm so, so glad that you chose to end on Anthy's exit from Ohtori rather than Utena's defeat in the dueling arena. Too many vids for this show end on that bleak note and seem to miss the point. Anthy's triumph is right there for the taking.

What a fantastic description too. "I can't save you, but I can try." Such a microcosm of this show.

In conclusion, I HAVE A LOT OF FEELINGS ABOUT UTENA AND I AM CLUTCHING THIS VID CLOSE TO MY HEART FOR THE REST OF TIME. THANK YOU FOR IT. ♥♥♥

[beccatoria]

Hey - so firstly, I'm sorry that this is late. I was so thrilled with your comment I didn't know quite what to say and didn't want to rush the response, and then I had a busy weekend. So yeah, first know that your comment really touched me to the point of being mildly speechless.

I knew, making this vid, very few people would have seen it. That makes feedback from those that have even more wonderful, especially when it works for them.

The "lost your war," moment was a clip I knew I had to use for that, but when I realised its necessity, made me pause for a moment because it was...too brutal. Too blunt. Too cruel. But also...too true. Similarly the arches was a sequence that meant a lot to me personally, so thank you for mentioning it.

I spent a while thinking about the tag line; I'm so glad that payed off. It really is, and it's also why I agree it's important to end on Anthy not Utena. Utena's inability to save Anthy, her understanding that this is likely true, and her determination to try anyway is what makes her so heroic. So brave. It's the certainty of failure, in some ways, that measures the greatness of her character. And adds the poignancy and sorrow the entire series is made of. On the other hand, that Utena is unable to save Anthy does not mean that Anthy cannot be saved. She saves herself. Utena's princely behaviour shows her that this is possible. Anthy did need a Prince, just not one who was going to save her. It unironically underlines the importance of heroism while deconstructing the notion of a passive heroine and the fairy tale ideals of purity and innocence.

In conclusion, WELCOME TO THE UTENA FEELS CLUB, LET'S CLING TO EACH OTHER.

And thank you so much for such a thoughtful comment. ♥

[revolutionaryjo]

*CLINGS* Believe me, I am one of the Utena Feels Club founding members. :D

Seriously though, this is one of the few vids/AMVs I've run across that really captures the emotional punch of the series and redelivers it in a meaningful way. And I've watched a lot a lot of Utena vids.

P.S. You have so many pretty Gargoyles icons! ♥

[luzula]

Wow, that was beautiful and unsettling. It's been over ten years since I watched this show, but this brings it back. Ack, now I want to rewatch.

[opusculasedfera]

Wow, this is gorgeous. I love how you shifted the pov as we went through to highlight how Utena wants to save everyone, but everyone else is still trying to be heroic and helpful in similar (kind of fucked up, not necessarily functional) ways. I don't have the right technical words to talk about the visuals, but all of the things you did with the silhouettes and arches were stunning.

[streussal]

God this vid.

"and our kingdom is gone" THIS IS BRUTAL AND UPSETTING

"break my shackles to set me free" with Anthy stabbing Utena and then leaning down with her as she falls, and the lead up to that from 2:59ish GOD.

And then the ending with Anthy saving herself?? Utena's "i can try" did mean something.

I also like how there was a focus on the Utena/Anthy situation, but we got to see everyone else's private battles (internal and external).

Also the "special effects" were so well utilised? Like they were not just there to be pretty (tho they were), they were integrated into the vid as a whole.

Really fantastic.