Untitled Holmes Vid Thing

[giandujakiss]

Yeah, I couldn't resist doing something quickly with all that pretty footage, so .... it's a little bit, umm, not my usual thing, but - we'll call it an experiment.

Song: Fermoy Lasses performed by Seamus Egan
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (2009)

Summary: Buzz, buzz.

Pairing: Holmes/Watson, sort of.

Length: 2:09

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Password: 221B


Thanks so much to danegen for the beta.

Comments welcome.

Comments

[torachan]

Ooh, I like it! Experiment successful!

[giandujakiss]

Thank you!

[sasha_feather]

Awesome!

[giandujakiss]

Thanks so much!

[were_duck]

Oooo pretty! I love the pipe music against the violin footage!

[giandujakiss]

Thanks! It's a flute, actually, and I was afraid the contrast wouldn't quite work - I'm glad you liked!

[lotesse]

That's just happy-making! Lovely and cheerful and dark and cynical and desperately charming.

[giandujakiss]

Oh, thank you so much! I'm so happy you enjoyed all the mood shifts!

[sara]

Oh, that bops right along. Fun!

[giandujakiss]

Hee, thanks!

[potted_music]

Oh, this is gorgeous & pleasantly surreal! Thank you for making this vid!

[giandujakiss]

Oh, you're welcome! I'm really glad you liked it - thank you!

[isagel]

This is genius as a Holmes stream-of-consciousness vid. Gorgeous.

[giandujakiss]

Thank you! I was so afraid that the idea of the vid wouldn't come across - I'm so glad you understood it - and liked it!

[stultiloquentia]

Bullet points:

Intro - The suggestion of a mild form of autism -- that is, the overwhelming influx of information -- was one of the things I found interesting about this Holmes.

00:16 - Nice timing! Nice symbolism.

00:37 - Ha! Love the two missed punches and then Watson who succeeds.

00:51 - Noose followed by hood. I'm awed by how many fucking *paragraphs* of information you can pack into 1 second and two clips. Jeez.

1:14-16 - Slips and then lands. Ditto.

1:20+ - Impediments. I'm enjoying the way you've used relatively subtle changes in the music to divide the vid. The domestic section near the beginning, followed by grim business, and here, some nice, shippy angst.

1:40+ - Woohoo!

Instrumental + gorgeously clear narrative = colour me impressed. So much FUN!

[giandujakiss]

Oh, thank you! I'm really glad the narrative came through - I'm not used to vidding instrumentals, so I'm so happy this worked. And I'm glad you liked the mood changes; I wasn't sure changes in the music would be sharp enough to convey them, so I'm delighted that those came across as well. Thank you!

[rhoboat]

That totally got my heart pumping. So fun!!

[giandujakiss]

Hee, thanks!

[imbir]

I haven't seen the movie, but the flies interest me as metaphors for Holmes' fits and agility, as well as his buzzing about the low and the dead and irritating the London underworld. Of course, to Watson they look like fireflies, caught and illuminated by his friendship and his books.

Fantastic editing, both in terms of timing and clip choice, and very graceful musicality.

There's not a part of this vid I don't love (I watched it five times before I remembered to press pause) but here are some moments I have substantial comments on:

0:10-0:13: the mix of cutlery and dissection and the street is a very effective edit -- visually stimulating and an interesting conflation of organic matter (and class) in Holmes' mind.

0:41-0:48: the entire sequence, starting with Holmes straightening up and defensively shoving his hands in his pockets and ending with Watson with his hands in his pockets, bright and beckoning, is a visually beautiful edit and quietly compelling. Following it with Watson & Mary and Holmes looking hilarious put out is a great mix of comedy and drama, which is something this vid excels at.

1:07-1:08: the camera shake & the blood drops are a surprisingly perfect and evocative match for the flute trills.

1:10-1:18: Holmes jumping down, falling on his face, sliding down Watson's back, the kiss, Holmes running up the stairs, then the spinning punch -- wonderfully sustained flow of movement and great musicality, and I have the same to say about 1:40-1:44 (shot, roll, slide, duck).

I'm impressed by how much you managed to fit into 2 minutes (and by your end graphic).

[giandujakiss]

Oh my gosh, I'm so happy that you were so interested in the vid even without having seen the movie - I figured it wouldn't be of interest to anyone unless they'd seen it! And yeah, I like the flies as a metaphor for Holmes, too - I hadn't realized it in the movie at the time, but I think that's exactly why they were there - so it was irresistible to me to vid it that way. And I'm so glad that you felt the editing matched the music - I'm not used to instrumentals and this particular song was a toughie to get a handle on as far as the rhythm goes. And, yeah, 1:40-:44 and 1:10 to :18 are a couple of my fave bits as well - I love the .way the movie has Holmes jumping around, it's a lot of fun

(I, umm, can't take credit for the end credit graphic, hough - that's actually a still from the movie's credit sequence, which is, as it turns out, a particularly good credit sequence *blush*)

Anyway, thank you so much for your comments - I really appreciate them!

[imbir]

(I, umm, can't take credit for the end credit graphic, hough - that's actually a still from the movie's credit sequence, which is, as it turns out, a particularly good credit sequence *blush*)

Ah -- and I would have known that had I visited Art of the Title Sequence recently.

[giandujakiss]

Oh, neat link. Yeah, it was a great sequence.

[lynnenne]

Here on a rec from stultiloquentia. This is gorgeous and loads of fun. My favorite bit is where you mark the introdution of the bodhran with a perfectly-timed punch in the face. Heeeeeee.

[giandujakiss]

Thank you - I'm glad you liked it! And that is my favorite section of the vid musically; I'm glad you thought the visual did it justice!

[chagrined]

Oh wow, that was beautiful.

[giandujakiss]

I'm so glad you thought so - thank you!

[very_improbable]

Ooh, that is beautiful work. So much information in such a short (and instrumental!) vid. I think I will be watching this a bunch more times.

[giandujakiss]

I'm so glad you liked it - and liked it enough to rewatch! I was nervous about the instrumental thing particularly, so it's really great that it worked for you. Thank you!

[(Anonymous)]

Very cool!

[giandujakiss]

Thank you!

[ratcreature]

I'm not good at saying anything insightful about vids, but I really enjoyed watching this.

[giandujakiss]

Aww, thank you! That's plenty to say :-).

[vanitashaze.livejournal.com]

Ooh, this is so gorgeous. I love how much your vids move with the music you choose, and this is no exception; every note went by acknowledged. More than anything else, I love how you really wed the music and source together, so that the music creates this very rich narrative made of all these little emotional cues. (0:40 comes to mind, with that unexpected note & Blackwell's fwoosh.) The movie was also full of these fantastic parallels - the hoods, the punches, the jumps - and contrasts, and by bringing them together, I feel like Holmes, making all these parallels between these seeming disparate elements and finding a greater picture within them. So, on the one hand, I see this as a look into the chaos of Holmes' mind - which if that's what you were aiming for, with the framing using the jar of flies - and how relationships both aggravate and alleviate this, but on the other, I can totally see this as a more omniscient, removed look at all the movie's lovely themes and currents. In conclusion, the part that I liked best? ALL OF IT. But especially 0:40-0:44, the bit with the hoods, 0:57-0:58, 1:14-0:26ish, and 0:00-0:30.

[giandujakiss]

Oh, wow, thank you so much!! I'm so glad that you thought the images worked with the music - and yes, the flies thing was definitely meant to represent Holmes's mind :-). I love how you put it - relationships both aggravate and alleviate the chaos in his mind - that's perfect! And I'm so happy that you thought it captured the movie over all - thank you!

[katwithallergies]

I was just thinking about this this morning and had to come watch it again. The editing and the way the music fits so perfectly is just AMAZING. This is definitely my favorite Holmes vid, if not my favorite vid ever. I just love it.

PS - I always thought this vid was about what's inside Holmes' head and how he's kind of quietly ADD/crazy. It's interesting to see all the other interpretations. Well done!

[giandujakiss]

Oh, wow, thank you! I'm so happy the vid still resonates with you! Thanks so much for telling me!

I always thought this vid was about what's inside Holmes' head and how he's kind of quietly ADD/crazy.

I definitely was going for a look inside Holmes's head - I'm glad that came through for you!

[anotherslashfan]

Very enjoyable! I love the music, and the story you tell.

[giandujakiss]

Thank you! It's my only purely instrumental vid - I'm glad it worked for you!

[greenapple]

I enjoyed this.

[giandujakiss]

Thank you!