Vid Rec: Rejoice, by Black Hound -- (disturbing content)

[commodorified.livejournal.com]

Fandom: HORNBLOWER
Vidder: Black Hound
Musical artist: The Von Trapp Family Singers
Vidder's website: The Scriptorium

Why this vid kicks ass:

I went back and forth about this rec; it uses a lot of non-Hornblower footage. In fact, it is almost all non-Hornblower, but as most Hornblower fans seem to be fans of the era in general, I hope it will be found of value and I may be forgiven.

Besides, it's a vid that to me belongs squarely on any recs list in Hornblower fandom -- because it is a vid about one of the central preoccupations of Hornblower and Hornblower fandom, both book and movie-verse: what does it mean to become a man in the middle of a world at war? A war that lasted so long that many men saw their sons grow up and go to fight in it?

Hornblower vids tend to follow the lead of the series, and concentrate on the personal, the specific, the eyewitness view of the Napoleonic Wars.

Rejoice does not contradict that view, but it balances it out beautifully, by pulling back the focus to show us that there were millions more stories like Hornblowers, most of which will never be told.

Heed the warning -- this vid is hard to watch. But it's worth it.

Make safe the way that leads on high/And close the path to misery...

Comments

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

I can't see the pictures. The music is lovely, but the screen is blank. Am I missing some technical detail?

[commodorified.livejournal.com]

Off the top of my head, it's likely you will need to download divx:

http://www.divx.com/

However, it's spyware etc free, and seems to be needed for more and more vids, so probably worth it.

[mw-fics.livejournal.com]

Downloading vid as we speak - but OMG Squee to your icon! I always knew that it was educational :)

[commodorified.livejournal.com]

Oh, very! :-)

[timberwolfoz.livejournal.com]

Thank you for reccing this. I'd be interested to know how much the downloads have gone up by.

Also, what's the font on your icon with the tiemates? *is total font whore*

[commodorified.livejournal.com]

*thinkyface*

Unfortunately, I made it a harddrive and a version of PS ago, and it's clearly a font that didn't get installed again, because it won't show it to me.

So, um, honestly, I'm afraid I've no clue, as I collect script fonts.

[black-hound.livejournal.com]

Having been lost in the 18th century this weekend, I just saw the rec. Thank you for reccing Rejoice.

It was your fic, For the Sake of a Wavering Light (http://www.livejournal.com/users/commodorified/18011.html) that was the catalyst for Rejoice. Without that I doubt there would have been a Rejoice.