From: chasarumba	Date: April 9th, 2007 08:13 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Thank you!! (and I saw your rec, which was so very kind :)) I'm really glad the POV thing came through...the "always the one who has to drag her down" and "I won't be the one who's going to let you down" lyrics were a great opportunity to bring Dexter's perspective (and actions) into the story.

	From: chasarumba	Date: April 9th, 2007 08:13 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Thanks, darlin'!

	From: chasarumba	Date: April 9th, 2007 08:20 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Excellent! Very compelling--you do such a wonderful job building up both sympathy and respect for Deb. And it's also deliciously shiny. :}

I appreciate your kind comments so much! "Respect," that makes me happy to hear...I did want to show a lot of Deb's facets, and not *just* the victimization. I did give in to the lure of shiny toys in this vid, maybe more than was strictly necessary, but I go through phases with that stuff :) And Garbage is so full of interesting sounds that it makes me want to play with shiny things.

And since I don't think I've mentioned it yet, I also adore "Vibrate". The contrast between peaceful and nearly suffocating (by way of stunning little collage sections--especially the spinning) is fantastic. And the final overlay is incredibly arresting. :)

Wow! Double win on comments! Thank you again. That song was so evocative and enjoyable to vid.

	From: chasarumba	Date: April 9th, 2007 08:21 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Your icon is soooo cute that I want to pinch it!! Go, MCH, with the facial spazz!

Thanks so much -- makes me very happy indeed to know that you enjoyed it all around :)

	From: chasarumba	Date: April 9th, 2007 08:28 pm (UTC)		(Link)

I love that you loved the things you loved! *hee* No, seriously. That is exactly what I was hoping to do...a study of Deb, but also of Dex and Deb's relationship via the use of his POV (I love that he doesn't let her down when it counts...HE'S VERY FOND OF HER...*squee*). I had to cut one irrelevant chunk of song where the lyrics totally went in a different direction, but other than that, it really applied well to them! Thank you!!

	From: chasarumba	Date: April 9th, 2007 11:13 pm (UTC)		(Link)

I am so delighted that you enjoyed it -- thank you!

	From: chasarumba	Date: April 10th, 2007 11:28 am (UTC)		(Link)

Thanks!

	From: chasarumba	Date: April 10th, 2007 04:09 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Those lovely compliments are truly appreciated :) Now if only September would get here already, bringing with it new footage for more Dexter vids...

	From: chasarumba	Date: April 12th, 2007 05:05 am (UTC)		(Link)

Homefry! Thank you! It was a bit of a challenge for me to vid Deb because I always have POV characters on a show...and on Dexter, it is (unsurprisingly) Dexter who I relate to most strongly. So, I had to stretch a little to do something that was not all about him, though I certainly worked him into the vid as much as possible ;)

(now, don't ask me to do a Farscape vid that isn't about John or Aeryn, though...I'm not up to that kind of challenge!)

	From: chasarumba	Date: April 12th, 2007 03:56 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Now, don't get me wrong -- this is the kind of comment that would send me into flailing glee no matter WHO left it, but the fact that you're a vidder who has melted *my* brain (with Post Blue...still gah over that) makes this really humbling to read. Multitudes of thanks for your kind feedback and the time you took to give it!

You're so confident with a whole range of effects, ranging from subtle to very stylistic, and they all look absolutely fantastic and always so gorgeously synced to audio. The timing is impeccable, starting from the very first shots of the cars crossing her as she crosses the street. Amazing pacing, LOVE what you did with the lights and lighting flares.

As I mentioned in a previous comment, I kind of go through phases with effects and using/abusing/not using them...I feared I might have gone a little overboard here but 1) all of the electronic sounds in Garbage really invite that sort of play and 2) I'd rather go overboard and wince about it later than not give it a go. I'm really pleased that you felt the range of effects worked, by and large. I'm definitely a beat whore and a motion whore...addicted to using as many musical accents as possible and matching them up to effects, cuts, internal motion, etc. And those lighting flares are so fun! That plugin for After Effects (Knoll Light Factory, though it's a limited version since the full one is hundreds of bucks) came with a tutorial book I got and was used in one of the lessons...so I'm all, "hey, I know what that thing does, kind of," versus all of the other shit in AE that I still don't know jack about. *g*

	From: chasarumba	Date: April 15th, 2007 04:05 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Oh, I'm thrilled that, as your favorite character, you think I did her justice -- it was very important to me to try to achieve that! I'm so happy that you enjoyed it...thank you for the kind comments!

	From: chasarumba	Date: April 23rd, 2007 03:45 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Re: Always the one who has to drag her down

I like that you don't go too far and keep things to what Deb knew about Dexter and Rudy.

It was really important that this NOT feel like Vibrate all over again. I knew I would have to cover some of the same territory, but I wanted to keep the focus on how those events related to Deb.

The sex section is handled amazingly and with those great static effects that don't feel cheap.

Whew for "not cheap"!!! I tried a static filter in Premiere first (part of a set of plugins), but I wasn't satisfied so I went into After Effects instead...more options/refinement available there, like being able to apply the static with a blending mode (which made it look a bit more subtle).

The ending is perfect; her looking at the camera smiling and, of course, breathing and going on.

I love that hint of a smile that starts right before she goes out of frame...I knew that had to be the ending. Not happy, but there's potential there. Like you said -- breathing and going on.

Your comments are so generous as always, kiki -- many, many thanks (and for the rec, too)!

	From: chasarumba	Date: April 23rd, 2007 06:51 pm (UTC)		(Link)

I'm beyond pleased to hear that you loved it -- thank you!

	From: chasarumba	Date: April 24th, 2007 05:00 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Oooh, I have timestamp!glee -- it's so sweet of you to take the time to list favorite moments (and you may regret it, because now I will ramble)!

1:00 - 1:08- The juxtaposition between the clips and the lyrics here is so subtle and creepy, I love it.

This was one of the first scenes to go on the timeline...I was pretty sure that I wanted that hallway scene to be Rudy's introduction, but then there was the question of exactly where to bring him into the vid. I loved the juxtaposition you mentioned (ah, Deb, if only you could hear the lyrics...*hee*) and it felt right as soon as I put the clip there. It ended up being a structural anchor point for the vid.

1:45 - I love that you use this clip on "she knows the human heart." Perfect.

I'm so glad you thought it worked there! That's one of the clips that *had* to be used in a Deb character study, and it was just a question of where it made sense. Another anchor point, in a way, because from there I worked backwards and decided to use the sex scene during the section that comes before...to have that physical and emotional intimacy build up to everything falling apart.

2:23 - 2:42 - This whole interaction between her and Dexter just breaks my heart.

It wrecks me, too. I love that scene and it was very satisfying to get to bring the vid back around to the strength of Dex and Deb's sibling connection...stronger than he ever knew it was.

Thank you so much for the lovely feedback!

	From: chasarumba	Date: August 26th, 2007 02:16 pm (UTC)		(Link)

I am so happy that you loved it! Thanks loads for the lovely compliment :)