This vid is incredible, and actually rather intimidating. Normally watching excellent vids makes me want to create my own. This? I look at it and think "Holy shit, I will NEVER be able to make anything half so clever or beautiful."
I've watched it three times so far, and I'm sure I'll watch it many more, but let me list a few early impressions.
1) Gorgeous. Simply as a work of art, the editing, rich color, and flow of movement in this make it beautiful. The fluttering bird, beautiful and panicky both. The song is a mash-up, and there's a real weave to the clips you use, punctuated by these sharp, brutal moments - the smashing skull at 0:48, the zoom-in on the terminator and tincan faces at 1:52.
2) Smart. Just the parallels between SCC and BSG would have mde a perfectly good vid. But you brought in Darwin and God and that pushes it to a whole other level. I'm sure I'll get more out of it each time I watch. For example, "The Devil is Six" is clever and all, but what are you saying with the apple and snake? Are we tempted by these superior versions of ourselves we've created? By our fear, have we been ejected from the Garden of Eden of a possible future which has creation between humanity and our creations? I don't know, but it's lots of fun to think about. Also, the turtle, which of course ties into Galapagos, but can we hope that they, our creations, might take pity and save us from our own limitations?
3) Technical excellence. I've no clue how you created and merged some of these effects, but they're exactly what's needed for your story-telling. I've tried inserting audio into vids before, and it's so damn hard. Yours is crisp, resonant, and timed perfectly around the song and captions. (YOUR CAPTIONS! I LOVE THEM SO!)
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I've watched it three times so far, and I'm sure I'll watch it many more, but let me list a few early impressions.
1) Gorgeous. Simply as a work of art, the editing, rich color, and flow of movement in this make it beautiful. The fluttering bird, beautiful and panicky both. The song is a mash-up, and there's a real weave to the clips you use, punctuated by these sharp, brutal moments - the smashing skull at 0:48, the zoom-in on the terminator and tincan faces at 1:52.
2) Smart. Just the parallels between SCC and BSG would have mde a perfectly good vid. But you brought in Darwin and God and that pushes it to a whole other level. I'm sure I'll get more out of it each time I watch. For example, "The Devil is Six" is clever and all, but what are you saying with the apple and snake? Are we tempted by these superior versions of ourselves we've created? By our fear, have we been ejected from the Garden of Eden of a possible future which has creation between humanity and our creations? I don't know, but it's lots of fun to think about. Also, the turtle, which of course ties into Galapagos, but can we hope that they, our creations, might take pity and save us from our own limitations?
3) Technical excellence. I've no clue how you created and merged some of these effects, but they're exactly what's needed for your story-telling. I've tried inserting audio into vids before, and it's so damn hard. Yours is crisp, resonant, and timed perfectly around the song and captions. (YOUR CAPTIONS! I LOVE THEM SO!)
Really, I'm in awe.