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!
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Date: 2014-06-30 12:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-07-01 10:47 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-07-01 03:50 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-07-01 11:02 am (UTC)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.
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Date: 2014-07-01 02:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-07-05 08:59 pm (UTC)Anyway, I really wanted to make something beautiful and visually striking; so glad it worked! :D
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Date: 2014-07-03 07:08 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-07-05 09:01 pm (UTC)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.
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Date: 2014-07-03 11:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-07-05 09:02 pm (UTC)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. ♥
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Date: 2014-07-17 02:56 am (UTC)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. ♥♥♥
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Date: 2014-07-20 10:15 pm (UTC)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. ♥
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Date: 2014-07-22 03:16 am (UTC)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! ♥
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Date: 2014-08-10 09:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-10-02 12:23 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-08-20 09:47 pm (UTC)"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.
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Date: 2020-06-06 08:51 pm (UTC)thanks for making and sharing!