New BtVS vid: I just don't know what to do with myself

[aycheb.livejournal.com]

Title: I just don't know what to do with myself
Artist: The White Stripes
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Format: XviD
Size: 25.7 MB
Summary: Spike needs a woman in his life. Or something.


Go here or via my journal to download

Comments of all kinds very welcome….

Comments

[aycheb.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the rec! And good commentary always worth waiting for - looking forward to reading the ones on the other vids.

[rydra_wong]

Yow. Really interesting editing.

[aycheb.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[astolat]

Coming from yhlee's rec, and this is *very* cool -- Spike character vids have been done so much that there was a real barrier to entry for me, and this blew me away regardless. I think it takes off at "movies only make me sad" and just steamrolls from there, but the slower intro is great build to there. The intercutting against the chronological order keeps me interested and excited all the way through, the way I'm getting both stories at once -- the relationship and its collapse at the same time. Terrific clip choice from a visual standpoint all the way through -- each shot is just laden with contextual meaning, and because they're all visually distinct, I can follow them easily. The transitions between the sections, bringing the next 'woman' in on the end of the previous section, are also great, and make that final shot a slam-dunk.

[aycheb.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I know what you mean about Spike vids :-)

This one, for once, I really had the structure and the ending worked out before starting and everything then just seemd to flow from the premise. Must try that again!

[dualbunny.livejournal.com]

I have yet to sit down and tell you how much I enjoyed "Protection", and now you have this wonderful vid out too!

Fantastic cutting and intercutting especially. Seeing it all in order on a large scale, and in jumbled order in the specific sections, really kept me guessing and excited to see what would come next. I think my favorite section was the William one. I've never seen that footage displayed like that before, and I love how you wove together those scenes, and they set up the rest of the vid really well.

Also really enjoyed the doll comparisons in the Dru section, and the impact of the cutting when you get the bathroom scene in the Buffy section, especially intermixed with the motorcycle shots. Oh, and when Buffy picks up her head and looks at Spike from the porch!

Very very nice work. :D

[aycheb.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Feedback is hard, I had One Last Time on permanent repeat all over Christmas and feel really guilty for not writing about it but couldn’t get my brain into gear to say more than “that was the Spuffy that was.” Which I have now said. But oh the walking, hunting and looking but not seeing and the visceral scariness of how rooted in violence it was on both sides and the finally able to see each other when there’s no time left and the lyric becomes almost unbearably poignant.

I think my favorite section was the William one
There’s so little William footage I wasn’t sure if I could make it work but that long walk from the rejection to the alley was a gift that just kept on giving. BtVS is such a visual show, it really wants you to vid it.

[dualbunny.livejournal.com]

Feedback is *so* hard! Some days more than others. ;) I will get you comments on Protection though, because I really did enjoy it, and I loved loved loved how you used that walking montage.

And I'm so glad you enjoyed One Last Time! :D

[buddleia.livejournal.com]

I loved this. The editing worked perfectly with the music, the faster pace on the faster musical sections was beautifully done and the song choice was perfect. I think you've nailed a lot of the reasons Spike is interesting and ambiguous in one very sharp vid.

[aycheb.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It was an interesting song to work with. And I do love Spike in that 'every mother's sociopathic, narcissist hero son' way. But I worry about my taste.

[cellia.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, this was great. Everything was wonderfully meaningful and it's well worth re-watching (I'm getting more on each re-watch). I'd never considered looking at Spike so much through the women he loves and loses at various times, but it's now so obvious and telling after seeing what you've put it together to these lyrics. Spike latching on to women again and again for identity/purpose. Well, actually, your summery says it all. This is also the only thing I've ever seen that makes me think that Spike's sexual assault on Buffy makes sense (and wasn't just a flub by the show's writers). You didn't gloss over anything--including the slayer he killed as well as the women he's loved.

The "intro" of Buffy was really striking and memorable, as she looks up from the porch, and I liked her unstoppable dancing in the red top set along to "like a summer rose". Felt meaningful, not hokey or a stretch. I liked how it paralleled the earlier bit with Darla earlier as well. So many good bits where the scenes played off each other and/or the lyrics. Really an entertaining and thoughtful vid.

The ending is killer.

[aycheb.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Making this vid made me think a lot about Spike so I'm glad that came across.

I'd forgotten quite how striking the ending to FFL was and that was a great shot to be able to use. I actually hadn't planned to use the OMWF footage but I came to that section thinking about the Dru scene and it suddenly came to mind. Partly the colour but also I do think the way Spike is attracted to and yet quite genuinely wants to save his damaged women is so charactersistic of him.