Vid: Unnatural Selection - Battlestar Galactica/Terminator: Sarah Connor

[charmax]

kiki_miserychic & zombiep0rn were the inspiration behind the vid.


Video Title: Unnatural Selection
Song Title/Artist: Pussycats Gone To Heaven (Pixies vs Pussycat Dolls) - DJ Lobsterdust
Shows/Source: Battlestar Galactica, Terminator: Sarah Connor, Terminator movies.
Summary: That body was made to look like a person. We were made in God's image.
***Images of apocalypse and violence that some may find disturbing.***
Length/Format: 3.36, (Xvid, Stream)
Notes:
OK so first off this is so far outside my comfort zone as to be in another continent. This vid is one big experiment designed to help me evolve (geddit?) as a Vidder. Everything from the song (first time using a mashup) to the physical editing process (storyboarded in Premiere but mostly edited in AE) to the tone and themes (my dark side, let me show you it.)

The inspiration for the vid came from the fact that this year marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of "The Origin of Species" and the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth. I've always been struck by the similarities between T:SCC and BSG and I tried to show some of that here. As humanity teeters on the edge of extinction they slide down the evolutionary tree of life whilst the machines evolve into better beings.

kiki_miserychic has written an insightful commentary for this vid over at vid_commentary. A little more of my choices is discussed in the comments.

Unnatural Selection - Battlestar Galactica/Terminator: Sarah Connor - Charmax

Links: Download Xvid (720x400 - 40MB) | Download Xvid (416x240 - 20MB) | Stream@Imeem | Stream@Youtube

Comments

[sainfoin-fields.livejournal.com]

Holy crap this is so awesome. So awesome.

I particularly love: the little shot of Sarah with the turtle. It may not be the fittest to survive, but damned if she's not going to try to even the odds.
the bodycount, especially the SCC pool scene because I love it, but also the use of the BSG bodies.
the juxtaposition of the words "adaptable to change" and Catherine learning to be Savannah's mom.
the bonus footage from T2 snuck in the back door.
how many levels you made this work on!

[charmax.livejournal.com]

That shot of Sarah and the turtle was so perfect for the vid.

There is a pretty high bodycount in the vid. I love the pool scene too, it is so well shot it lends the violence a balletic feel.

I am absolutely intrigued by the interactions between Catherine and Savannah and I choose to think that this is Catherine developing an emotional bond rather than simply imitating one.

There is a fair bit of T2 in there along with a few shots from T3 and even a quick clip from the T4 trailer. The playground scene was the thing I remembered most from the T2 film and I just had to have it in the vid.

Thank you so much for commenting.