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01:19 am December 10th, 2007
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New Friday Night Lights music video: Let The Sun Fall Down
Title: Let the Sun Fall Down (download here)
Fandom: Friday Night Lights; S1
Music: Let the Sun Fall Down by Kim Richey
Stats: DivX (44.8MB) or WMV (43.3MB), 3:43
Life, the Universe, Football and Everything in Dillon, Texas.

Ensemble vid. I don't think it's particularly spoilery, but it contains first season footage through Mud Bowl (1.20). Crossposted to [info]fridaynight_tv, [info]vidding and [info]fnl_videos. The versions available now are slightly different than the ones originally posted, due to some small tweaks made the day after releasing it.

Basic notes/lyrics under the cut, but if you want more words and thinky-thoughts, I also wrote up an extended commentary.

Dude, finally. It took months (part of the blame for that goes to seasonal depression, though...it's not like the editing took months, once I actually felt inspired enough to start) and a rewatch of the first season and a spreadsheet to keep track of the clips (seriously! I *may* have over-clipped...), but oh happy day, it is done. I love FNL. Just thought I'd mention it. I may be a little tired and loopy.

So, for purposes of this vid, imagine that football is not just a game but an actual entity, like Dillon's fairy godmother or patron saint or something like that. She (yes, she...) wants good things for this dusty town. This is what she wants for them.

Lyrics:
Close the door and leave the world behind you
Open a window
And listen to the breeze blow through the pines
Take a deep breath
What more can you do?

Let the sun fall down
All around you
Let the night surround you
In a blanket of starlight
I'll whisper you a lullaby
Let the sun fall down

That old dark cloud acts like he knows you
Takes up too much time
Time you could be spending holding me
And he can't have you now
It's you and me here in this room

Let the sun fall down
All around you
Let the night surround you
In a blanket of starlight
I'll whisper you a lullaby
Let the sun fall down

The world will keep on turning
It'll all be there come morning
So tonight

Let the sun fall down
All around you
Let the night surround you
In a blanket of starlight
I'll whisper you a lullaby

Let the sun fall down
All around you
Let the night surround you
In a blanket of starlight
I'll whisper you a lullaby
Let sun the sun fall down


Streaming no longer available due to Stage6 shutdown :(

Hope you enjoy! I'm very grateful for any and all comments.

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Thread started by dafnap
dafnap From: [info]dafnap Date: December 10th, 2007 06:35 am (UTC) (Link)
Oh man that was...pitch perfect? Amazing? Gorgeous? Choose one and then apply the rest along with it. Your editing KILLS me, you manage to walk that line between thematic and literal so damn well -that, and I really loved the last few moments, pairing the delicate music against the rough tumble in the mud, making their joy all the more poignant. Just. Awesome.

Did I mention that already? Ooops.
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chasarumba From: [info]chasarumba Date: December 10th, 2007 05:03 pm (UTC) (Link)
Oh, bless you. Those are all the things I wanted it to be. I originally hadn't planned to use the Mud Bowl game footage at all, because it's so visually distinctive and I was concentrating on game scenes I could mix and match in the editing (mostly home games/blue uniforms). But when I came to the last chorus, I was like, DUDE, you need ALL Mud Bowl here at the end...it's the quintessential game, the one where the whole point is to just play the game with the trappings stripped away (and the "just play" idea let me work in the neighborhood kids playing football, which I was dying to use).
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puppetoflove From: [info]puppetoflove Date: December 10th, 2007 07:10 am (UTC) (Link)
To be honest? I was ready to mindlessly praise you just for using Kim Richey, but holy hell, that was good. I loved the pacing and the contrast of the rock 'em sock 'em games to the slow music, but my favorite thing was how you managed to also get across that sense of the town of Dillon as a character that the show does so well.
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chasarumba From: [info]chasarumba Date: December 10th, 2007 05:06 pm (UTC) (Link)
Thank you so very much. I'm thrilled to hear that the whole town comes across. Probably the hardest part in making that happen was letting go of a lot of individual character moments that I wanted so desperately to include...but it was for the greater good of trying to make a cohesive vid about this amazing show :)

(and Kim Richey! I've had the CD stashed away for *years*, since the song was used in Buffy S1...God, I was so happy to break it out for this.)
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From: [info]thetidethatleft Date: December 10th, 2007 08:37 am (UTC) (Link)
exquisite vid... brought me to tears... and now i must watch season one on dvd... just excellent
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chasarumba From: [info]chasarumba Date: December 10th, 2007 05:12 pm (UTC) (Link)
Thank you for the lovely comment -- I'm really pleased that you were moved by it!
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subtle__sarcasm From: [info]subtle__sarcasm Date: December 10th, 2007 10:26 am (UTC) (Link)
*sobs*

*gets out her S1 dvds*
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chasarumba From: [info]chasarumba Date: December 10th, 2007 05:15 pm (UTC) (Link)
Thank you! I hope they were good tears :) S1 is a thing of beauty.
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Thread started by cibby
From: [info]cibby Date: December 10th, 2007 04:56 pm (UTC) (Link)
I went home after I dropped the kids off just so I could watch it turned WAY up. BEAUTIFUL!! I love it. And I squeed when I saw Matt's part! It was absolutely beyond beautiful!
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chasarumba From: [info]chasarumba Date: December 10th, 2007 05:27 pm (UTC) (Link)
I am so happy that you love it! Oh, Matt...*sigh* I am definitely riding a wave of FNL love right now, my only regret being the stuff I couldn't include. Because ideally? I'd wrap the whole first season up in a bow and make it all fit.
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vonnie_k From: [info]vonnie_k Date: December 10th, 2007 05:01 pm (UTC) (Link)
That's just stunning. While you can call it an ensemble vid, I feel like it's not even about the individual characters, but the entire town of Dillon and its relationship with the game, a living embodiment of all its hopes and dreams. The matching of the rough and tumble games and the slow song works terrifically. I'm sitting at my desk, getting teary. Wow.
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chasarumba From: [info]chasarumba Date: December 10th, 2007 05:43 pm (UTC) (Link)
I feel like it's not even about the individual characters, but the entire town of Dillon and its relationship with the game, a living embodiment of all its hopes and dreams.

That's such a beautiful thing to say and I couldn't be more thrilled to hear that the vid communicates such a sentiment. Now I'm all "wow" and don't have any good words left except "thank you" (very much) :)
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Thread started by minnow
minnow1212 From: [info]minnow1212 Date: December 10th, 2007 05:22 pm (UTC) (Link)
Over via Vonnie's rec--this was great! I so loved how you drew in all the nameless extras, not just as supports for the main cast but as important in their own rights, how this wasn't only an ensemble vid but a *town* vid.
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chasarumba From: [info]chasarumba Date: December 10th, 2007 05:48 pm (UTC) (Link)
Thanks so much! I can't tell you how happy I am to hear that the whole town seems to be coming through, rather than just individual characters.
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musesfool From: [info]musesfool Date: December 10th, 2007 08:57 pm (UTC) (Link)
This is beautifully done, and the song choice is *inspired*.
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chasarumba From: [info]chasarumba Date: December 10th, 2007 09:28 pm (UTC) (Link)
Thank you kindly -- I really appreciate the feedback!
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Thread started by The Oracle
ok2nv_theoracle From: [info]ok2nv_theoracle Date: December 10th, 2007 09:22 pm (UTC) (Link)
PRETTY!!!! *claps wildly like a retarded baby seal*

I like the bit with the stadium lights. Nifty.

I don't watch this show, but (just out of curiosity) where do they film it? Cuz those establishing shots of the town look too uncannily similar to where I growed up for them not to have been shot in the Panhandle.

And the wardrobe people even nailed the local poor fashion sense epidemic when they dressed the extras, too. Somebody obviously puts a lot of thought into the making of that show. ;Þ
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chasarumba From: [info]chasarumba Date: December 10th, 2007 09:39 pm (UTC) (Link)
Thank you!! Really sweet of you to have a look even though you don't watch FNL.

They film in and around the Austin area and definitely use a lot of real locations and locals as extras :)
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elz From: [info]elz Date: December 11th, 2007 03:12 am (UTC) (Link)
I got all choked up watching that! Really, really well done.
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chasarumba From: [info]chasarumba Date: December 11th, 2007 04:36 am (UTC) (Link)
Thank you very much for the nice words -- I'm glad you thought it was well done!
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girlguidejones From: [info]girlguidejones Date: December 12th, 2007 04:22 am (UTC) (Link)

I am in love.
With this, with you for making it...everything. I know what your goal was, and you succeeded brilliantly. I felt like I was home again.

My extended review can be found here.
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chasarumba From: [info]chasarumba Date: December 12th, 2007 04:40 am (UTC) (Link)

Re: I am in love.
First of all, hooray! You are back! Stories and pictures forthcoming, yes?

Second...*reads post*...*wibbles a bit*

When you were here and we talked about the idea, I'm not sure how well I communicated it, given that we were DRUNK (yes, again, I am telling the internets). I hope that this is much better than that rambly explanation :) And I feel so, so honored by your lovely post. It was a vid that came out of deep love and identification with the source, which I know you share. If it captures a little piece of what the show does about that whole experience, then the vid has done what it was meant to do.
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Thread started by crypto
cryptoxin From: [info]cryptoxin Date: December 12th, 2007 05:39 pm (UTC) (Link)
This was lovely & beautifully done - thank you!
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chasarumba From: [info]chasarumba Date: December 12th, 2007 05:47 pm (UTC) (Link)
I'm so pleased that you enjoyed it! Many thanks for the kind comment.
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dotfic From: [info]dotfic Date: December 13th, 2007 12:47 am (UTC) (Link)
That was beautiful.
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chasarumba From: [info]chasarumba Date: December 13th, 2007 02:03 am (UTC) (Link)
Thanks, I'm glad you thought so!
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sekkie From: [info]sekkie Date: December 13th, 2007 03:51 pm (UTC) (Link)
Wow--that was just incredible. I haven't even watched the show (yet--it's in the queue!), but that feeling--where everyone knows the players and lives or dies on Friday nights. I'm not at all articulate, but the pairing of images and song was very evocative.
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chasarumba From: [info]chasarumba Date: December 13th, 2007 06:26 pm (UTC) (Link)
You're plenty articulate -- thank you! It's really cool to know that it got that feeling across, even without specific knowledge of the source (yet).

I think you'll really enjoy the show once you guys get around to it. The first season is pretty close to perfect TV.
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dualbunny From: [info]dualbunny Date: December 24th, 2007 05:18 am (UTC) (Link)
What a *beautiful* vid. I don't watch FNL but this took my breath away.

The sense of place and mood you've created and held so perfectly through the whole vid is irresistible. :}

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chasarumba From: [info]chasarumba Date: December 27th, 2007 12:36 am (UTC) (Link)
Thank you so much! I love hearing that you enjoyed it and took something from it even without source familiarity...I had hoped to tap into the show's overarching themes and avoid making the vid too plot-specific.
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leviathan101 From: [info]leviathan101 Date: December 30th, 2007 04:50 am (UTC) (Link)
This was really beautiful, chasa. I don't watch FNL nor does it seem like my type of thing, but your editing and sense of style always stands out above the rest. Lots of great movement and pretty blending throughout. You also hit on some emotional strings, such as the boy in the wheelchair (at 1:30). Don't know what's going on but it looks and feels great. Beautifully done. I enjoyed it!
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chasarumba From: [info]chasarumba Date: December 30th, 2007 11:17 pm (UTC) (Link)
How kind of you to watch/comment, Lev, even though you don't watch FNL -- thank you! I'm really happy to know that you enjoyed the editing and overall feel.
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obsessive24 From: [info]obsessive24 Date: January 5th, 2008 08:51 am (UTC) (Link)
Your sense of musicality always astounds me. This vid flows so beautifully, it's like the football scenes are choreographed specifically for the music, which, wow, no mean feat. You used the handheld footage so well (I LOVE camera movement on guitars - all the movement just matched the music seamlessly) and the whole thing just feels so intensely lyrical. I love all the burning-in of the lights, and, and! Ball spinning at 0:37 is SO COOL. And I'm sorry I can't say more! Snowballed in feedback. :( But, yes, this is made of WIN. :)
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chasarumba From: [info]chasarumba Date: January 5th, 2008 07:24 pm (UTC) (Link)
And I'm sorry I can't say more! Snowballed in feedback.

Hey, don't apologize -- trust me, I'm very grateful for the comment! I'm so pleased that you enjoyed it and felt it was lyrical. That handheld footage was really a challenge...I usually construct a good bit of motion while editing, but not so much with this vid. I just tried to work with what was there (and also tried to find enough "still" moments to keep viewers from feeling seasick).
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stabbim From: [info]stabbim Date: April 14th, 2008 11:23 pm (UTC) (Link)
What a gorgeous vid! What a great song, perfect for this vid. Very well done! Thank you for sharing.
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chasarumba From: [info]chasarumba Date: April 15th, 2008 01:41 am (UTC) (Link)
Thanks *so* much for the lovely comment! I'm really happy to know that you enjoyed it :)
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raspberry_splat From: [info]raspberry_splat Date: April 15th, 2008 12:54 pm (UTC) (Link)
I just watched this vid for the first time and while I have never seen FNL, it doesn't keep me from being awed by your glorious editing...as I always am. The flow is magnificent...oohhhh how I love all the movement. Your imagery simply floats upon this beautiful music. I wish I could be more specific about the content, but all I can do is stand in wonder at yet another example of your artisty...it's gorgeous. Your work has no equal....and inspires me always. :)
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chasarumba From: [info]chasarumba Date: April 16th, 2008 12:37 am (UTC) (Link)
I'm so appreciative that you had a look at this and shared your impressions with me -- thank you! I am glad you like the flow and movement...it was a nice challenge to pair the gentle song with sports action and see if I could make it work.
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ohsonoisy From: [info]ohsonoisy Date: May 1st, 2008 09:43 am (UTC) (Link)
I found myself shivering while watching your gorgeous vid. Just beautiful !
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chasarumba From: [info]chasarumba Date: May 1st, 2008 11:26 am (UTC) (Link)
Thank you kindly for the lovely comment! So glad you enjoyed the vid :)
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gigglemonster From: [info]gigglemonster Date: May 29th, 2008 11:47 pm (UTC) (Link)
Wow.
After I watched your Tami vid I had to come check out your other FNL vid :)
And this was just as awesome. I should have know to bring my tissues!
The editing in this is flawless, the fades/transitions work wonderfuly with the song.
Really, really a stunning vid.
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chasarumba From: [info]chasarumba Date: May 30th, 2008 01:31 am (UTC) (Link)
Thank you so much -- I'm really excited to know that you enjoyed this one as well! FNL is so rich and beautiful...a treat to vid.
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bop_radar From: [info]bop_radar Date: June 10th, 2008 09:57 am (UTC) (Link)
*breathes enormous sigh of relief* This is the Friday Night Lights vid I have been waiting for! And yeah, dummy that I am I somehow missed it for months and months... but better late than never!

Everything about it felt 'right': the tone, the pace, the way you began and ended with the shots of Dillon the town (I just adore those!)...

0.39 I adore the moment where the lyric kicks in with the zoom out from the scrum (is it called a scrum?)
0.45 and then this pass on 'you'! Eee! It is spine-tingly!
1.16 Oh Timmy!
1.35 Oh Jason!
2.09 Oh Lyla!
2.17 Oh Matt!
2.50 I love the shot of Coach leaping and then Tami screaming--two moments of extreme emotion pouring out in cathartic release.
2.57 I don't know how you did it but the transition from Matt's oustretched hand to the kids playing was just perfect. It felt flawless and built this beautiful connection between the hopes and dreams of these kids and the players they watch.
3.28 Having Coach frame the start and end works so well.

I'm off to rec this. (So belatedly! Please do not laugh!) It's made my week month!
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chasarumba From: [info]chasarumba Date: June 10th, 2008 04:58 pm (UTC) (Link)
I'm off to rec this. (So belatedly! Please do not laugh!) It's made my week month!

Are you kidding? I would only be laughing with JOY :) A rec at any time is a gift (and sometimes "belatedly" turns out to be an awesome time, like now, when any distraction from Big Time Real Life Suck is welcomed).

*breathes enormous sigh of relief* This is the Friday Night Lights vid I have been waiting for!

That makes me SO pleased! I wanted this to transcend particular storylines and be a summary of FNL's core themes...hopefully the kind of vid you can watch without a ton of show knowledge and still get a sense of the emotion and spirit that is threaded throughout FNL.
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thisisbone From: [info]thisisbone Date: August 21st, 2008 10:54 pm (UTC) (Link)
Oh! This was lovely. So evocative, so pure. I had chills racing up and down my arms as I watched it. I love FNL like I have loved few other things in my life, and to see it treated with such delicacy and care and affection makes me SOOOOOOO happy. I got choked up at the end!
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chasarumba From: [info]chasarumba Date: August 23rd, 2008 07:46 pm (UTC) (Link)
to see it treated with such delicacy and care and affection makes me SOOOOOOO happy.

It makes me beyond happy to know that you felt the vid achieved those things! Thank you so much...now *I'm* getting choked up from reading your words :-)
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jane_lane18 From: [info]jane_lane18 Date: August 22nd, 2008 11:41 pm (UTC) (Link)
This is just everything I love about the show wrapped in one beautiful package. It actually makes me want to watch the show more. Amazing work!
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chasarumba From: [info]chasarumba Date: August 23rd, 2008 07:47 pm (UTC) (Link)
That's so wonderful to know! I really appreciate your kind words about the vid.
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chaila43 From: [info]chaila43 Date: August 25th, 2008 10:04 pm (UTC) (Link)
I saw this recced several places, and just, wow. This vid makes me want to laugh with joy and cry like a baby, all at the same time. You really captured the it's about football but it's not really about football aspect of the whole show, along with everything about it that is sad and wonderful, and so, so achingly authentic. Beautiful job. :)
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chasarumba From: [info]chasarumba Date: August 26th, 2008 01:17 am (UTC) (Link)
Your comments about the vid are unbelievably lovely and affirming -- THANK YOU!
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