Vid: Quantum Theory [Once Upon A Time]
Mar. 4th, 2012 11:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Man I have not made a vid in ages - like over two months. I'm vidding so slowly lately, it's annoying. However:
Title: Quantum Theory
Video: Once Upon A Time // ABC
Audio: The Quantum World! // Symphony of Science
Summary: The irreconcilable differences between two worlds have not yet been explained in physics, either. [Ensemble vid]
Notes: With thanks to
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Direct download available here. 68 megs approx. RightClickSaveAs.
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Title: Quantum Theory
Video: Once Upon A Time // ABC
Audio: The Quantum World! // Symphony of Science
Summary: The irreconcilable differences between two worlds have not yet been explained in physics, either. [Ensemble vid]
Notes: With thanks to
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Direct download available here. 68 megs approx. RightClickSaveAs.
Password: vidses
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Date: 2012-03-04 11:41 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2012-03-05 09:32 pm (UTC)I'm thrilled you think it works even though you don't know the source so well. I was actually going to try and kidnap you for a last minute playthrough before I posted it because you are a vidding security blanket, but then I got all, no, it must be posted NOW PRECIOUS so you were spared. :p
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Date: 2012-03-05 04:55 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-03-05 09:34 pm (UTC)I'm really glad that the song is working for people since it's a little unusual - I was worried that would be offputting to people but it seems like the opposite is true.
Thanks so much for taking the time to let me know you enjoyed it.
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Date: 2012-03-05 05:38 am (UTC)Regina in the mirror! Tiny baby Emma! Candy houses! Wow, the cuts are so fast I'm dizzy! But in a good way. :-)
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Date: 2012-03-05 09:36 pm (UTC)Emma and Henry are one of my favourite things about the show too. I think the fact that they don't have fairytale doubles adds to the sense that the show revolves around them (but then I suddenly think of Peter on Fringe and feel daft, because we ALL know how I feel about him! :p)
Thanks for letting me know you enjoyed it. <3
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Date: 2012-03-05 08:17 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-03-05 09:37 pm (UTC)Thanks so much for taking the time to let me know you liked it.
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Date: 2012-03-05 04:12 pm (UTC)*downloads*
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Date: 2012-03-05 09:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-03-05 04:51 pm (UTC)(Although sort of shocked you didn't use the song for a Fringe vid. Too on the nose? *g*)
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Date: 2012-03-05 09:40 pm (UTC)I did briefly consider it for Fringe but it was too perfect for Once Upon A Time. I think it's partly that it'd be too on the nose, but also there's something specifically fascinating about the way quantum physics describes a world that exists at the same time as the newtonian physics of the rest of the world, like they coexist and influence each other and yet seem to run on fundamentally different rules. Like science vs magic. And the way it's a binary system whereas Fringe is only binary by virtue of choosing to tell a story about two worlds? But now I'm babbling about the song choice and OUAT's worldbuilding when you asked me about Fringe!
My apologies, but also thanks for the jumping off point, it was interesting to articulate specifically why I thought it such a great metaphor for OUAT.
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Date: 2012-03-05 07:07 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-03-05 09:41 pm (UTC)Thanks so much for taking the time out to let me know you enjoyed it!
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Date: 2012-03-06 03:19 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-03-07 08:26 pm (UTC)I'm glad, at least, I could display some of that in the vid. I think that I probably see more of that than others in the actual show, but I'm aware I'm taking a gentle approach with it critically.
Yay for vids! Can't believe that this is the first vid I've released this year - that's nuts!
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Date: 2012-03-07 08:16 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-03-07 08:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-03-07 01:04 pm (UTC)I see all the things you've put together and those are the things I want the show to focus on so bad but the show seems so afraid to go with especially with their 'good' characters. I love how the fairy tale world and the 'real' world paralleled and played off each other. It's really really fantastic!
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Date: 2012-03-07 08:47 pm (UTC)Yeah, it was really nice to put all this stuff together the way I want it to be on my tv screen, though it did make me a little sad to reflect on the ways the show isn't quite reaching its potential. That said, and I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing, I tend to be less harsh on this show for its failures just because it's in a genre that I adore and very rarely gets live-action play (the last thing in this vein I recall was The Tenth Kingdom, though I think the Snow White and the Huntsman movie looks interesting).
Anyway, now I'm babbling, but the point is, I'm really thrilled you liked it and that I managed to convey the connections between the worlds. ♥
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Date: 2012-03-10 06:14 pm (UTC)I especially liked the way Emma and Henry were sort of the anchoring characters at the start; I like that it's an ensemble vid but it's also a really great showcase for Emma, whom I'm growing very fond of.
I did occasionally wish the cuts weren't all quite so fast; there were a few moments where I felt the source could have been held for a moment longer because it was a powerful image in its own right. (It's also a joy to watch a vid for a show one likes that hasn't been vidded that much, I have to say. I don't mean to say that often-vidded shows shouldn't be vidded, far from it, but it's kind of awesome to see cool moments and scenes in a vid for the first time! /random)
Very cool vid! Thank you for sharing!
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Date: 2012-03-16 09:38 pm (UTC)Emma is just fantastic and I definitely wanted her to be sort of the anchor in many ways which is why it kind of begins and ends with her and Henry as they explore the universe.
I know what you mean about the speed of the cuts; the autotuned voices ended up being a lot faster than I thought they'd be, but I'm a greedy vidder who wants to get everything in and I always tend towards speed and frenetic cutting when the alternative is losing out on footage. In some vids that works better than others... ;)
Thanks so much for letting me know you enjoyed it!
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Date: 2012-03-11 10:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-03-16 09:50 pm (UTC)And sorry it took so long to reply - got eaten by playing Mass Effect 3 this week *facepalm*
But I'm really thrilled you liked it, and thanks for taking the time to let me know. :D
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Date: 2012-03-12 01:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-03-16 09:51 pm (UTC)Anwyay, thank you so much! I'm really glad you liked it and thanks for letting me know. :D
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Date: 2012-03-13 08:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-03-16 09:53 pm (UTC)I'm so glad that song choice worked for you, I was a little worried it'd be too weird but people are responding really well to it which is very gratifying.
Thanks for letting me know you enjoyed it! <3
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Date: 2012-03-15 08:34 pm (UTC)*downloads immediately*
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Date: 2012-03-16 09:57 pm (UTC)The idea of using the heart at the point you mention was one of the earlier images I settled on so it's very gratifying to hear that you enjoyed that.
I'm so thrilled you think it's good enough for a download! :D
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Date: 2012-03-21 04:29 pm (UTC)I'm so thrilled that you made this without me even ordering you too! it's just gorgeous. I adore the evocative concept and your amazing editing. especially the roads, and waves/particles! I love it about as much as I could possible love a GEN vid for this show. :)
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Date: 2012-03-22 05:28 pm (UTC)I'm so happy the concept comes through clearly and you enjoyed the editing. Plus it's always entertaining to force you to enjoy GEN. MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA. ♥
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Date: 2012-03-21 04:37 pm (UTC)I really feel like you captured the sense of science expansiveness, but also that sense of mystical order that threads through quantum physics and Once Upon a Time. You KNOW how much I love that part with Snow and Charming fwd<->rev kiss, but also, Henry at the mine during "suppose little things behave very differently" just KILLS ME every time.
There's also such a wonderful sense of Emma as a stabilizing force. Even though she's protagonist pony, sometimes I think the fact that she doesn't have a grown-up Fairytale-self (yet) means she gets less fannish love. But the clips you chose for Emma really highlight how she's this grounding force (even though she's um ...not supersmart), which is what I absolutely love about her.
TATTLE: Julie just used the thesaurus for her comment on this vid, btw. "I always use the thesaurus on comments for Becka" super cute (and complimentary :)
edit: check out my queer family icon :DDDD
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Date: 2012-03-22 06:03 pm (UTC)I'm so happy you feel I managed to capture that feel of science expansiveness (BEST DESCRIPTION EVER). That was really important to me. I'm also glad the fwd/rev kiss worked as I always knew it was awesome in my head but wasn't ever - until I got feedback from you on it - totally certain it was working in the vid or if I was just in love with the idea. I'm also THRILLED WITH GLEE that you enjoyed my very obvious (but awesome right?!) play on Henry as the little thing.
Emma is brilliant - you're so right about her as a stabilising force, which is interesting since she is upsetting the order of the entire town, but also, as you note, she's from both worlds but has only one identity, which makes her a lot more stable than most of them. She's the only one from that world who's not cursed.
TATTLE: Julie just used the thesaurus for her comment on this vid, btw. "I always use the thesaurus on comments for Becka"
HEARTPUPILS. <3333333
(My icon lacks an adorable child. Sadface.)
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Date: 2012-05-17 10:53 pm (UTC)i love your song choice & the quit cutting <3
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