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.

Download:
DivX (Right click and Save Target As)

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

[aycheb.livejournal.com]

Detailed feedback, what every vidder dreams of :-)

A female anti-hero? Yes, she's not a "good woman" or a hero in the usual sense she's a politician and capable of some very cynical actions. But she's also become possibly the most self-aware character on the show and I love her for that.

:28 I've often felt she and Six have an affinity and I was trying to weave that into the mix although Baltar is the more immediate threat
1:28+1:41 Mary McDonnell has so many sides to her :-)
1:47 I was really happy with that shot and the way the motion carries over into the next clip
2:08-2:13 That second what's mine chorus was possibly the sectioon that went through the most changes but I was very happy in the end with the way Six's face appeared behind the ressurrection ship and the faint image of Billy
2:44 One of my favourite juxtpositions, it just turned out so pretty.

Thank you again for commenting!