New Vid - 'Brick by Brick' BtVS Season 7

[thedothatgirl]

Title:  Brick By Brick
Song: 'The Tower That Ate People' by Peter Gabriel
Fandom :  BtVS Season 7
Length/ Format: 3:40sec  Small & Med Sized Xvid  AVI's.  Small WMV option later.
Download from here or watch it streamed here
Notes: Season 7 Overview - can Buffy turn the tide in the Battle against the First Evil? .I don't normally publish lyrics directly here but the voice is synthesized in parts so it makes it easier to follow - plus there are some really 'interesting' intepretations of  the lyrics out there so this is just to show what I was working with.

I love vidding to Peter Gabriel numbers, many of his songs are structured so there are in shifts in  tone/mood although some can be long and need editing- heh, this one didn't . I guess you 'll see why this reminded me of Season 7 - I hope you enjoy it- Comments welcome.

There's a bump in the basement
There's a knocking on the wall
In the pumping of the pistons
I swear I heard you call

There's a bump in the basement
There's a hole in the floor
There's a guard in the garden
Locking up the door

There's a rumble in the floorboards
No shutting out the sound
And the workers down below me
Digging underground

Feel the building all around me
Like a wrap of armoured skin
But the more we are protected
The more we're trapped within

Tell it like it is
Till there's no misunderstanding
When you strip it right back
Man feed machine
Machine feed man

Tell it like it is (And on this land, we cast our fortune)
Till there's no misunderstanding (And on this ground, we make our home)
You make up what you like
Man feed machine
Machine feed man


Brick by brick by brick by brick we're building
Brick by brick by brick by brick we're building
Brick by brick by brick by brick we're building
Brick by brick by brick by brick we're building
Brick by brick by brick by brick we're building
Brick by brick by brick by brick we're building
Added Embed Password is buffy

Brick by Brick from thedothatgirl andrea on Vimeo.

 

ETA: I've changed the streaming link from Imeem to BAM - the playback is a little choppy due to frame rates and the like. Download is the best way to view it.

Comments

[nausicaa81.livejournal.com]

Wow! *__________*

[thedothatgirl.livejournal.com]

Thanks - that was a good 'wow' :)

[dualbunny.livejournal.com]

Very nice! Great overview of the season, and really dynamic editing choices. :D It's a very pretty vid. :}

[thedothatgirl.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for the feedback :D

I tried to capture the feel of that season with it's ever increasing sense of doom and then the shift where Buffy fights back. That the vid is still pretty at the end of it is even better - I really appreciate you saying so.

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Awesome, Andrea. It works so well as an overview and really captures the epic scope of the final season. I love the punchy cutting in this vid. As dualbunny said, very dynamic.

[thedothatgirl.livejournal.com]

Ooh thanks Charmax. 'Awesome' is very much appreciate :D

It wasn't until I started clipping that I realised just how much happened in this season - so many moments that didn't make it in. And possibly more than enough defeats/pain for the scoobs than the rest of the seasons put together - I think I got the balance right though - I wanted to show how Buffy fought back and regained the power.

[cozzybob.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous editing!! I love the song choice, it's pretty original--I would've never picked it for s7, but it works. This vid makes me want to watch the season all over again. ^^

[thedothatgirl.livejournal.com]

I've used two other song by Peter Gabriel which aren't that well known. They must trigger something in my brain and I can associate the shows with them. The joys of a 'Best of' album!!

Thank you so much for your comment on the editing, and if it makes you want to watch the show again I can't ask for anything more :)

[elisi]

I love S7 and this captured it beautifully - the darkness and despair and hopelessness, and then the final triumphant turnaround... I wish I could be more coherent, but I'm wallowing in nostalgia. Thank you for this gorgeous treat.

[thedothatgirl.livejournal.com]

You're welcome and thank you so much for the lovely feedback.

the darkness and despair and hopelessness, and then the final triumphant turnaround.

That's extremely coherent, I couldn't have said it better myself :) And exactly what I was trying to convey. So pleased that was what you got from the vid.

[0mindthegap0.livejournal.com]

I love your sense of motion in this. And wow, are the lyrics scarily appropriate for the whole 'from beneath it devours' storyline.

[thedothatgirl.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I like to use the internal motion in the source a lot.

And yes, to me the lyrics especially in the first two verses were so strongly reminiscent of the first half of season S7 I couldn't really visualize anything but that.

[leviathan101.livejournal.com]

I just love the sound of this music. It sounds like it would be a good song to vid to. I enjoyed this, Andrea. It was a good overview of the season and reminded me of a lot that I had forgotten. Nice lyric matching to 'a bump in the basement, a guard in the garden'. Nice work!

[thedothatgirl.livejournal.com]

Thanks Lev, I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Peter Gabriel's songs are always fun to vid - except for the ones that are over 7minutes long and need editing.....

[raspberry-splat.livejournal.com]

I am so totally shocked that I didn't see this until now. (Happened to see your SS awards for it tonight and came here look the vid up) I'll be downloading it shortly and be back with comments, but I so apologise for not seeing it earlier. I've had some heavy duty RL issues on my plate recently, so I just must have missed your post. It sounds awesome so I can't wait to see it. :)

[thedothatgirl.livejournal.com]

Don't feel bad - I hope the RL issues are one their way to being resolved. Giving me feedback is not important (but loved as you know) and totally understand.

Hope you enjoy it anyhow.

Brick by Brick

[yourlibrarian]

This is a wonderful recap of S7, and really brings out ll the important slayer lore that we finally got there as well.

Re: Brick by Brick

[thedothatgirl.livejournal.com]

Hey thanks very much for the feedback :)

I'm very pleased you enjoyed it, I loved making it too. The song just seemed right for that Season and slayer mythology aspect so I just had to do it.