Vid: blood, blood to the bruise [Damages]: HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHAILA!

[beccatoria]

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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Comments

[obsessive24.livejournal.com]

I also thought that hard cuts would be more effective, and in several places I think I'm still using them because it was my preference, but what was happening was that in practice, I found it looked too jarring
I see I see! I know how that can go, something that by rights should look one way but somehow doesn't seem to sit well when you actually put it down that way. That definitely explains why you went with the fast crossfades, then. :)

I agree that we probably won't really get a whole idea of the relationship until we have all five seasons that inform each other. I have to admit I never hear lyrics upon my first viewing of a vid, so doubtlessly that coloured my thinking whether the structure corresponded to just two seasons as oppposed to 3 or 4. But what you say definitely makes sense. I think also noting in the vidpost that it's s1 and s2 only also helps a lot because then viewers like me aren't then going into the vid expecting the in-vid relationship to be developed beyond s2. I think the vid totally works in what it's trying to achieve by focussing on just these two seasons, it's more a case of perhaps managing the viewer's expectations as they come to it. Anyway, I'm off to rewatch! Thank you for making such an awesome vid.