From: subtle__sarcasm	Date: May 29th, 2008 09:58 am (UTC)		(Link)

that was heartbreaking and beautiful ♥

From: cibby	Date: May 29th, 2008 02:14 pm (UTC)		(Link)
That was perfect

Seriously now! I stalked and stalked your LJ and every time I opened my reader I'd *sigh* because a Dear One vid wasn't posted yet. So this morning when I saw it in my reader I didn't even wait, I downloaded in the middle of "get ready for school" and was like "I'll comment after I drop them off but I HAVE to see this!" and then Syd came out crying over her ears hurting and was burning up, Allison was running late at the table during this while TALKING to her breakfast rather than eating it and "oh yeah by the way Mom I need to wear a dress today..did you forget..I told you remember?" and all the while Audrey is waking up and I hear the count down of the baby *grunt grunt grunt* that says, "Very soon you'll be sitting in a chair feeding me and all these other things will HALT whether they're finished or not." and I had to get up and leave it. :-( So...all that said..........

The first time I watched it I was shouting (quietly, of course) YES YES YES with those lyrics and pointing at the screen as if you could hear me while I agreed with it all. "Something in me almost breaks but I wait" and "hearts up, heads down, puddle of red wine. You get back up and you face the climb". I can't think of good enough words to say about the perfectness of those lyrics with the subject material. That second line goes so well with "clear eyes, full hearts can't lose", too.

The second time I watched it I was boo hooing. Particularly where Tami is watching Julie holding Gracie. That part is so spot on. Flawlessly executed. Perfectly played. So beautifully put together with the music. The way you cut the daycare scene with the flashes and the color drained out. Seriously? The color drains out in your mind! God, that scene breaks my heart. It's just one of those things that makes perfect sense and should seem so easy to do but then when you're (or I'm) put in the position you do, or want to do, exactly what Tami did. RUN. "No, you can't have my baby!!!". And they can be 9 and you still want to run with them. Then her crying while rocking that stroller. The enormous weight of it all...at times it looks like it's breaking her and it's obvious she thinks she's doing it all wrong while knowing that if she could just juggle better she could do it perfectly. She just needs more time and more hands etc. But she just keeps doing it. (lyrics fit perfectly) It makes that scene of Julie holding Gracie so beautiful because you realize (the viewer and Tami) it's all working together despite her flaws and better plans whether she thinks so or not. It's not perfect but it's working and creating "something beautiful" in it's imperfection. And you melted it together so well with such a perfect song. I'm telling you, TEARS! Crying and tears. I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love! It!

I want to comment on the technical side more but I'm too busy gushing over how well you captured the emotion and I know the technical stuff fed it all. You do those effects and cuts so well I can't tell sometimes what you did and what some huge Hollywood studio paid to have done. You're the best vidder by far!

It's just PERFECT and beautiful. And under all my blubbering and rambling on and on I feel humbled and completely over the moon that you'd say it's for me. I'm so in love with this one. This one is my new favorite! And that's hard because you have so many beautiful ones but this one = love!

	From: sekkie	Date: May 29th, 2008 03:19 pm (UTC)		(Link)

I'm just going to pretty much ditto what Cibby--everything is just perfect about this vid. It really is. The song, the cuts, the colors, it all has such emotional resonance.

	From: jarrow	Date: May 29th, 2008 03:49 pm (UTC)		(Link)

This is beautiful! I love the opening sequence in particular. You do great work with the scattered fade transitions across the vid; very nice. Thanks for sharing this! I really miss FNL.

	From: gigglemonster	Date: May 29th, 2008 11:36 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Wow! That was really, really wonderful!
Tami is probably my favorite character on the show and you've captured her perfectly with this vid. Such a treat to watch :)

	From: buffyann	Date: May 30th, 2008 06:54 am (UTC)		(Link)

That was so pretty. You really made a good use of the footage and I loved your work on cuts and fades and how you varied them throughout the video. I loved the editing style here, it reminded me of the opening credits of the show, which I love.
Very sweet ! thank you for making it !

	From: stabbim	Date: May 30th, 2008 01:56 pm (UTC)		(Link)

The Taylor family's struggles were my favorite part of season 2. You captured it all beautifully.

I don't know much about editing, but I really appreciate what you were doing here. It must have been so difficult to vid this.

Another one of your vids that I'll be watching over and over again. Will rec it in my LJ.

	From: pauline_73	Date: May 30th, 2008 05:07 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Wow, that was so great. You make me feel like re watching the second season all over again.
This was such a great potrayal of what Tami is, and what is her life... It couldn't be any more complete. And your editing is great. I especially like the part fromù 0'53 to 1'01, when everything goes so fast (and the shot of Tami's hand with her ring? such a great idea!) Everything's so smooth, right with the music... Saving that to watch over and over... (and now i'll have to check your other videos too! ;))

	From: raspberry_splat	Date: May 30th, 2008 10:22 pm (UTC)		(Link)

I didn't see this posted until today and I just DL'd and watched immediately...well..as you know, I have never laid eyes on FNL except through your vidding eyes...and well..I know it's going to sound really silly, but I finished the vid with tears in my eyes. The tears crept in at the baptism...as Julie was holding the baby (I especially loved the awkwardness meshed with the loving way she holds her) ..3:49, ready to be baptized ....and then Tami and Julie smile...
I wish I knew more about this story and these people, but your magnificent vidding skills...and the mommy in me...made this quite an experience and I could understand enough to feel my heart following along. Your editing, just sweeps me up..the cuts...the lovely crossfades..all the nuances and emotion painted with such a magnificent brush. Just wow. Only you could have me ready to weep over people I've never met....from a show I've never seen. This song is beyond perfect ....oh my goodness how it is. This vid is truly something beautiful indeed. I'll be watching a many more times....I kinda feel...involved!

God, what utter joy it is to view your work... sighhh What a beautiful observer and painter you are.

(Speaking of mommies, my own 'baby' is getting ready for her first formal dance as I type this...sighhhh!)

Soooooo looking forward to chatting with you,.... :) :)

	From: un4scene	Date: June 2nd, 2008 04:27 am (UTC)		(Link)

You really captured Tammy so wonderfully, huge congratulations! Great timing on your edits and perfect use of effects. It's a tough show to vid.

I only wish I had thought of your two vids when I was trying to talk a friend into watching FNL and got the usual 'not into football' reply.

	From: girlguidejones	Date: June 3rd, 2008 01:21 am (UTC)		(Link)

Uh, how did I not know you had a new vid up until I saw the commentary post (which I then had to FORCE myself to skip so I would watch the vid through my own eyes first!)

You KNOW I adore Tami Taylor. Absolutely worship her. I feel like you've really done something remarkable with this vid. It feels so...faceted?...showing all of Tami's roles, and delineating her incarnations -wife, lover, mom, sister, woman- and yet somehow you've made it flow seamlessly just the same.

I literally had a lump in my throat, and was swallowing back tears, and still felt triumphant and joyful right along with Tami at the end, when Julie was holding Gracie for her baptism.

You know me...I'll get the tech appreciation on the second and third viewing, but I had to leave the gushy squee right away!

::smisHes vid::

::twirls you::

	From: bop_radar	Date: June 10th, 2008 09:10 am (UTC)		(Link)

I am having one of those moments where I can't find the words to sum up how beautiful that was. But I'm determined to try anyway because you deserve SO much praise for this vid! I don't think it would be easy to make a Tami vid and I'm so impressed by your use of this song--it completely felt like it was about Tami and her family.

I think this vid is a beautiful tribute to motherhood, even if I didn't know the source material. But knowing Tami, I know you've more than done her justice here. You show the beauty in her struggles and the fact that motherhood is the most important job any woman can ever have.

Like Friday Night Lights itself it lifted my spirits and made my heart soar. It has so much heart.

I'll try my hand at some specific feedback, though your skilled vidding makes it very hard to pick highlights: everything is so smooooooth, flowing from one moment to the next in one long breath. :)

Intro: I love the shadows in the corners and the way you use blurs coming into focus
0.35 I love Tami's response look to finding her sister talking to Julie here, and you capture her frustration really well in the sequence that follows
1.08 I loved seeing Tami and Coach reunite--you made me live through the pain of their separation again, and Tami's relief at his return
1.22 I looove this line 'you cut me up and you make me bleed', especially with 'bleed' timed to that expression on Julie's face
1.48: Another great sequence--this line really captured for me the idea that Coach tries to show Tami how much she is loved, how much she gives, but at times she feels so frayed she can't quite see it or feel it. Her uncertain facial expression and vulnerability in the shot at this point really moved me.
2.04 This was probably the emotional high point for me--it was so terrible when Tami struck Julie, but I loved the swiftness with which you moved to her waiting for Julie to return. That idea that Tami will be there anyway, a committed mother, no matter how hard things get. And then shew
2.11 I got chills when her head turned suddenly on Julie's return. That speaks volumes about being a mother, I think.
2.49 What a beautiful uplifting moment--Tami helping Julie get her licence
3.20: I love the way you capture Tami's pride at the Christening, why it's worth fighting for to her
3.38 Eeee! The effects you've used her with the jump cuts to still images are just awesome and made me squee so much. The sequence catches so much about their daily life--with Tami moving between Coach and the baby and Julie, and with the image relaxing back into 'normal' motion. It was just PERFECT.

	From: rhiannonhero	Date: June 10th, 2008 02:32 pm (UTC)		(Link)

I loved this so much and rec'd it on my journal. Thank you for making it.

	From: buffyx	Date: June 22nd, 2008 07:34 pm (UTC)		(Link)

That was a gorgeous video, and beautifully edited. Loved it. ♥

	From: dualbunny	Date: July 20th, 2008 05:58 am (UTC)		(Link)

This is definitely something beautiful. :} I still haven't seen the show, so I'm sure I missed the significance of a few moments, but overall I loved how much added weight you've given to all of these everday moments. How you've made her story feel intimate and epic at the same time. :)