New BSG vid

[hazelk]

Title: Safe From Harm
Artist: Massive Attack
Fandom: Battlestar Galactica
Spoilers: Miniseries through to S3.04 (Exodus)
Characters/Pairings: President Roslin
Format: DivX
Size: 38.3 MB

Summary: Laura dreams

Big big thanks to laurashapiro for betaing.

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Lyrics
Midnight ronkers
City slickers
Gunmen and maniacs
All will feature on the freakshow
And I can't do nothing 'bout that, no
But if you hurt what's mine
I'll sure as hell retaliate

You can free the world you can free my mind
Just as long as my baby's safe from harm tonight

You can free the world you can free my mind
Just as long as my baby's safe from harm tonight

Tell us what it is dangerous
Friends and enemies I find it's contagerous
And they're spreading through your system like a virus
Yes the trouble in the end it makes you anxious

I was lookin' back to see if you were lookin' back at me
To see me lookin' back at you
I was lookin' back to see if you were lookin' back at me
To see me lookin' back at you

But if you hurt what's mine
I'll sure as hell retaliate
You can free the world you can free my mind
Just as long as my baby's safe from harm tonight
You can free the world you can free my mind
Just as long as my baby's safe from harm tonight



Short Notes
I had two ideas starting out with this vid, one that “what’s mine” for Laura was humanity and, two to use the image of the peace treaty blowing away in the wake of the Cylon bombs to represent the destruction of the colonies. Other than that and the narrative device of Laura dreaming her past and her future I more or less began at the beginning and let it flow from there.



Feedback all welcome

Comments

[par-avion.livejournal.com]

I don't have time to rewatch and comment in depth right now because I should have been asleep hours ago -- but this is very, very cool. I enjoyed it a lot and I will come back later to tell you more.

[par-avion.livejournal.com]

The opening was fantastic -- the intercutting between the paper flying around with Laura on the stretcher, combined with the music, was incredibly effective.

Excellent use of atypical images: "Known Cylon Agents", the wall of photos, the boots.

I love the push-in on Laura at 1:28 -- great synch with the music.

Great editing on the "I was lookin' back to see" section -- matching the eyelines, etc.

I really liked the whole thing, those are just some particular favorites. I love the idea of Laura vs. The Cylons, and the female vocalist with the intense guitars really worked for me.

[aycheb.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

I'm so glad that opening worked, it's one of the rare times where the real thing looked just like my brain!vid. I knew I had to finish it as soon as I laid those clips on the timeline. I also realy enjoyed being able to use stuff like the boots and the mug shots, the show is full of those those sorts of things, it's a real gift. That and the characters, I love Laura her strength and her steeliness, how that developed over the course of the show and Shara Nelson's vocals really seemed to express that quality.