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beccatoria ([personal profile] beccatoria) wrote2011-10-20 07:46 am
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Vid: blood, blood to the bruise [Damages]: HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHAILA!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHAILA! Originally I had a crazy plan to not even tell you I'd even started watching Damages, but obviously that lasted about three seconds. ;)

Title: blood, blood to the bruise
Video: Damages
Audio: Me & Stetson // Tom McRae
Spoilers: Seasons 1 & 2 only
Summary: You're like my daughter. I tried to kill you. [Patty. Ellen.]

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Cross-posted to [livejournal.com profile] vidding

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[identity profile] kuwdora.livejournal.com 2011-10-20 07:07 am (UTC)(link)
*incoherent spluttering and flail*

*will be back later to articulate her SQUEE*

omfg DAMAGES VID YOU VIDDED DAMAGES THIS IS AWESOME

[identity profile] obsessive24.livejournal.com 2011-10-20 07:25 am (UTC)(link)
Oooh, I loved this! All of it, the jump-cutting back and forth, and especially the extended overlay of Ellen walking away with the gorgeous composition of incidents, and the wonderful parallels of guilty hallucinations.

On the concrit side, a couple of things that jumped out at me, for what it's worth. I am generally not a big fan of fast cross-fades because to me they can be quite hard on the eye, so for that reason I tend to favour hard cuts or longer crossfades. Interested to hear about your thoughts behind that particular stylistic choice. In this instance, I felt overall hard cuts would have also fed into the gorgeous overlay bridge better with the additional contrast it presents.

The other thing was that I felt a bit surprised that the clip choice was constricted to s1 and s2 only. s4 is somewhat superfluous, one could argue, but I thought s3 would have been an essential part of the relationship development that would've served the vid to be included. But that's more of an overall arc observation rather than thoughts about how any specfic clips could fit any specific bit in the vid. Curious to hear your thoughts about why you decided to just go with the first two seasons in the end, though.

But seriously, I loved, loved this. It's definitely gonna reward multiple reviewings and I can't wait to rec it. :D

WHAT.

[identity profile] chaila.livejournal.com 2011-10-20 12:44 pm (UTC)(link)
YOU. VIDDED. DAMAGES. FOR. ME. I am running so late to work, I only had time to watch this once but I LOVE IT SO MUCH OMG, it is so creepy and jumpcutty and epic, and I will be back with more squee later! Patty and Ellen! My shooow! YOU! OMG THANK YOU YOU ARE THE BESTEST!!!1!!1! ♥♥♥
Edited 2011-10-20 12:44 (UTC)

[identity profile] pellucid.livejournal.com 2011-10-20 01:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Ooooooh!!!!! I do love it when people in fandom have birthdays! :D

Despite the fact that I've not yet managed to finish season 2, I love this. The jump cuts (? is that what you call it?) work so well for Patty and Ellen, who are so often at such emotional extremes with each other. I also love the way you've got the pier scene overlaying so much of the rest of the action--that's such the omg moment in the first season, and for that reason it's one of those fancy technical things that really works here. (I suppose I'm not always a big fan of effects like that in vids, but I think it's because most of the time people seem to put them in--at least as far as I can see--because "hey, I can do this cool thing!" but here it contributes in a huge way to what the vid is doing. Much, in fact, like your boxes and such in your River/Eleventy vid. Clearly you're a model in how to do effects so that form contributes to meaning!)

Apparently I pay attention to technical vidding stuff now? Even though I'm still in the clipping stage of my own first vid that will never end...

Anyway. Yes. Patty and Ellen!!! Love it!!! Wheee!!!!
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[identity profile] nicole-anell.livejournal.com 2011-10-20 02:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow, I don't even watch "Damages" but this is such a gripping and compelling vid! Love the overlay sequence with her walking away, and the jump cutting throughout is really effective (and also kinda beautifully calls attention to the moments that aren't cut as fast). Very cool.
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[personal profile] promethia_tenk 2011-10-21 04:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Someday, I will watch this show. I will, I will. And in the meantime, this was really compelling anyway!

[identity profile] cassi0pei4.livejournal.com 2011-10-23 07:23 pm (UTC)(link)
ZOMG, that was so perfect! You managed to make a show that basically depends entirely on static dialogue scenes seem as dynamic as the alliances it portrays. Man, this was just such a perfect portrayal of Patty and Ellen and their devious awesomeness and their demons and trust issues and growth. And it ended with the pier! Just like all Damages should. <3

(btw, here from chaila's rec, in case you were wondering ;) )

[identity profile] daybreak777.livejournal.com 2011-10-27 02:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, season 1 of Damages. Wasn't it the best? I like certain things you did here. Love the montage of Ellen walking the pier. It's funny, I kept watching her walking the pier even though Ray was all killing himself and everything. That guy creeps me out in everything he does now. I saw him the other day and I was like, "Not Ray!"

I like how you made it seem that Ellen shot Patty. Or at Patty and missed. Oh wait, the show did that. Sometimes it's hard to remember what really happened!

I really liked Ellen in this vid. I usually favor Patty over Ellen because I realize I don't really like the actress who portrays Ellen. But I appreciate Ellen's growth in season 1 and you captured certain looks in her eye, pain but with a kind of determination to win. Good for her. And good for you!

Oh, and I love your use of Ellen/Pier/Patty. I'm sure Chaila loved that. :-)
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[identity profile] cyborganize.livejournal.com 2011-11-05 09:06 pm (UTC)(link)
GAH. this vid has such an amazing rhythm. the jump cut effects are stunning, but more stunning is how they give way to moments of stillness that capture the deep currents of feeling between Patty and Ellen. and the long overly on the bridge is so daring! totally impressive and effective strategies for integrating the action and eyeshagging footage. their relationship just punches you in the gut here, as well it should.

GIRLSLASH VID. \o/
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[personal profile] goodbyebird 2011-12-16 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
Hooooley moley! The long overlay scene with Ellen walking away expecially blew my mind, but this whole vid had excellent editing. Such an excellent focus on Patti and Ellen's evolving relationship and all the things hanging between them.