New Vid: "What New York Used to Be" (White Collar)

[giandujakiss]

Song: What New York Used to Be by The Kills
Fandom: White Collar

Summary: It comes down to reality.

Spoilers: Through 2x16

Sizes: 46.5 MB (720 x 480 .avi), 13.2 MB (420 x 280 .wmv)
Length: 2:45

Download from Sendspace: The .avi file is here and the .wmv file is here.



Streaming version at YouTube or embedded:

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Password: forgery


Thank you so much to such_heights and danegen for beta-ing.

Comments welcome.

(Crossposted to LJ)

Comments

[rivkat]

Hello love letter to the city! I just watched Cruising not too long ago and this made me think of that because of the contrast. I really enjoyed the energy of this.

[giandujakiss]

Hello love letter to the city!

Hee, I know, right? I was really surprised when I started clipping and realized just how much the show itself is a love letter to the city :-). I'm glad you liked it, thank you!

[thuviaptarth]

Aw, that is adorable.

[giandujakiss]

Hee, thanks :-).

[potted_music]

Great vid! Oh, why can't it be May, 30 (or whenever S3 starts) already?

[giandujakiss]

Glad you liked it! And actually, I think we have to wait until the first week of June!

[sabaceanbabe]

I love it! Such gloriously crisp editing! Thank you for sharing. :)

[giandujakiss]

You're welcome - I'm glad you liked the editing - the song had a tough beat but it was a lot of fun to work with!

[giglet]

Oh, I liked this a lot! Thank you!

[giandujakiss]

You're welcome - I'm so happy you liked it!

[greenapple]

i love it.

[giandujakiss]

Aww, thank you :-)

[grammarwoman]

WOW.

Your editing is so crisply fantastic - that is one driving beat to keep up with, and you did a superb job of it. I felt like I didn't breathe the whole time I was watching it, as caught up as I was.

Gorgeous pairing of source to song. I loved your matches of lyrics to clips ("What love used to be" indeed!).

Damn! This definitely goes on the list of vids of a quality I can only aspire to one day.

[giandujakiss]

Wow, thank you so much! This really was a difficult beat to manage, and I'm so glad you felt the timing worked - it was pretty hair-tearing at times and I still keep resisting the urge to go back and niggle at it some more :-). And I'm very glad you liked the clip matches - of course, I felt like this was such a perfect song for Neal, some of them were just compelled by the material.

What New York Used to Be

[yourlibrarian]

What a great sense of movement this vid has, I loved that about it. It's such a wonderfully flip, fun vid, my favorite WC one I've seen yet.

Re: What New York Used to Be

[giandujakiss]

Oh, thank you so much! The show has such pretty footage and wide, sweeping camera work - it was a lot of fun to work with!

[starlady]

This is awesome. I think you've managed to make an exceptionally good vid here, definitely one of the White Collar vids.

[giandujakiss]

Thank you so much! I'm so glad you liked it!

[dariaw]

This was great!

[giandujakiss]

Thanks! I'm glad you liked it!

[sophia_sol]

What a shiny and stylish vid, to go along with a shiny and stylish show!

[giandujakiss]

Aww, thank you! I'm so glad you enjyed :-).

[axiom_of_stripe]

this is really fantastic. thank you!

[giandujakiss]

Oh, you're welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[copracat]

I love the love affair the show's camera with the city even though at least one person I know has said the NYC is not that clean and shiny :) I love that your vid has picked up on all that wonderful footage. It's a lovely vibrant vid.

[giandujakiss]

Thank you! Yes, they do polish New York within an inch of its life, don't they? It was a lot of fun to use it in a vid - I'm glad you liked it!

[ifreet]

Fantastic! I love the play of lyrics and imagery, particularly "keep it in its box" with Peter holding up the tracker and Neal's reaction, "what love" paired with Kate's turn is perfect (and beautifully timed to the music).

And the progression of the vid as a whole! From Neal being his competent criminal self, to all the scenes of Peter catching/collecting Neal through the secrets kept from Peter... and then the turning point images of the music box and the handing over of lockpicks, leading to Neal and Peter working (and moving) increasingly in sync. So good that I apparently can't turn the thoughts into complete sentences.

And I am so impressed with the technical aspects -- that song is fast.

[giandujakiss]

Thank you so much! Those lyrics just struck me as being almost preordained - that (and the New York theme, of course) was why I wanted to do the song for White Collar. And I'm really glad that you liked how the progression worked; I liked the song so much because it seemed to grow, and I wanted the visuals to match.

Anyway, I'm delighted you liked it - thank you!

[monanotlisa]

Downloading this for obvious nefarious purposes... ;)

[giandujakiss]

Hee - nefariate away :-).

[toft]

This is GREAT - the editing is so sharp and slick, and I really love the story it tells. I want to watch this again and again, it's gorgeous.

[giandujakiss]

Thank you so much!! It's such a pretty show - I'm glad I could do it justice!

[aderam]

That's Awesome! So much fun! (here via thefourthvine's rec)

[giandujakiss]

Thank you! I'm really glad you liked it!

[ceares]

lovely vid...I'd totally use this as a recruiting tool for the show.

[giandujakiss]

Aww, thank you!

[scintilla10]

Oh, what a brilliant vid. I love this to pieces.

[giandujakiss]

Thank you so much! I'm so glad you enjoyed it!

[lannamichaels]

Very awesome. ♥

[giandujakiss]

Hee, thanks!

[meelie]

What a great vid! I really liked the cuts and the song choice!

[giandujakiss]

Thank you so much! I was so excited when I thought of this song for White Collar - I'm glad it worked for you!

[veleda_k]

Wow, this is awesome. It's so thrilling and intense without losing the sense of fun that makes the show. (If that makes sense.)

[giandujakiss]

Yes, that makes sense - and thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it, and you thought it captured the show!