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VID REC: The Dead Zone - A Day In The Life
Vidder: Speranza and shalott
Musical artist: The Beatles
Pairing: None
Vidder on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cesperanza and astolat
Vidder's website: http://trickster.org/speranza and http://www.intimations.org/
Why this vid kicks ass:
A Day In The Life is the kind of song that most people would consider unviddable. No obvious narrative thread to follow, abrupt changes in tone, and lyrics that make visual matching difficult. Yet one look at this vid and it would be hard to imagine a more perfect match for this show.
It's a story in three parts, each corresponding with a major thematic arc on the show. The vid starts out in time with Johnny's life: a sad story about a lucky man who makes the grade--his life ends just as Johnny's old life ended in the car accident. This is followed by the "crowd of people" who he must deal with, seeking him out because of his new powers.
I'd love to turn you on...
This section ends with a long crescendo (the first of two) which is used to great advantage in simulating the intensity of vision-build up. We are then dropped suddenly into Johnny's dream life with Sarah, the lost life he can't quite let go of, and this idyll matches the jaunty lightness of the lyrics and music. My favorite bit is the hamster clip, which was very amusing paired with the panting sounds in the song. But just as the dream life is interrupted by horror on the show, so the vid transitions to Johnny's vision of the apocalyptic future. The vid ends with the final crescendo, matched perfectly with the most striking sequence in the series: the destruction of Washington DC.
A Day In The Life
Musical artist: The Beatles
Pairing: None
Vidder on LJ:
cesperanza and astolatVidder's website: http://trickster.org/speranza and http://www.intimations.org/
Why this vid kicks ass:
A Day In The Life is the kind of song that most people would consider unviddable. No obvious narrative thread to follow, abrupt changes in tone, and lyrics that make visual matching difficult. Yet one look at this vid and it would be hard to imagine a more perfect match for this show.
It's a story in three parts, each corresponding with a major thematic arc on the show. The vid starts out in time with Johnny's life: a sad story about a lucky man who makes the grade--his life ends just as Johnny's old life ended in the car accident. This is followed by the "crowd of people" who he must deal with, seeking him out because of his new powers.
I'd love to turn you on...
This section ends with a long crescendo (the first of two) which is used to great advantage in simulating the intensity of vision-build up. We are then dropped suddenly into Johnny's dream life with Sarah, the lost life he can't quite let go of, and this idyll matches the jaunty lightness of the lyrics and music. My favorite bit is the hamster clip, which was very amusing paired with the panting sounds in the song. But just as the dream life is interrupted by horror on the show, so the vid transitions to Johnny's vision of the apocalyptic future. The vid ends with the final crescendo, matched perfectly with the most striking sequence in the series: the destruction of Washington DC.
A Day In The Life
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