Deadwood video - Bloody Mother

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Video Title: Bloody Mother
Song Title/Artist: Bloody Mother (Alternative title) - Martha Wainwright
Show: Deadwood
Summary: This video follows Trixie's story through the first two seasons. Al, Sol, Alma and Doc have all been influential but at the end of the day Trixie relies on herself.
Length/Format: 3.14, (Xvid)
Notes: This is quite a simple video with no real bells and whistles because the editing reflects the song on that matter imho. It might also not be as accessible as some of my other videos are. It is character/arc driven and some knowledge of the show is probably needed to really understand it. Also, there is bad language in the song. If you know the show then that shouldn't be a problem for you at all.

Feedback loved.

Please do not upload to Youtube or MySpace Thanks!

Download Xvid (720x416 - 32.7MB)

Comments

[grey-bard.livejournal.com]

Downloading

[martoufmarty.livejournal.com]

I downloaded the first few episodes of season 1, but I haven't gotten around to watching them yet.

Though I had no clue the context of the clips, I could just tell that the song went along with the clips (and vice versa).

I really liked the lack of effects and the simplicity of it.

Very nice.

Took till the end of the vid for me to realize that I heard the song before in a Starbuck vid lol.

[prairiedaun.livejournal.com]

This was just wonderful. Thank you.

[sol-se.livejournal.com]

This was really beautiful. I loved it! It was really interesting to see those early scenes again. You did a great job of showing Trixie's evolution from where she started from, and of how she both effected & was effected by those characters around her. Just beautiful. Thank you!

[thedothatgirl.livejournal.com]

Ooh It's up!!

I'll download and hubs & I will watch together tonight. Will feedback tomorrow.

[astartexx.livejournal.com]

The video is beautiful, if only seen the two eps Kirsten Bell was in, so I had little to none knowledge of the show, still I think you got Trixie’s strength impressively across. I don’t want to speculate about clips and what they might stand for or what I interpret in them, but the one where she is laying on the bed, wiping away the violation is so very visual telling the same way when she gets grabbed by the crotch.

It’s not a good time to be a woman and even worse with no money or husband, so her fate is something out of her hand and she knows it and still fights it, the only way she can – by taking advantage of no expectations. The slower pace of your vid is also something I love about it, as viewer you have the time to take the pictures in and the show is shot wonderfully. I really had no problems following the video and I found it accessible, maybe not on the deeper level and meanings I would take away, if I would watch the show, but on a universal ‘no woman is born a whore’ truth. One technical question, did you tweak a little with the colours? Because I can’t remember the show being shot in such a golden light…

[kiki-miserychic.livejournal.com]

:00-:11 - Great use of the beats to start the vid off and center in on Trixie.
:18 - I still cringe when Al throws her into the wall, especially when you emphasized it with the beat.
And I'm young and I'm strong But I feel old and tired - For me, that lyric is the central point of the beginning of the vid. I'm pretty sure it's in the subtext that Al got Trixie from the same orphanage that he was in, like all of his whores, but I'm not completely sure. Either way, that lyrics works so well for Trixie in many ways, not just how her life started out.
You say my time here has been some sort of joke - That scene always makes me sad in a deep way, when Al makes Sol pay for Trixie. You used the scene well to get across the emotion.
1:32-1:36 - I love the way you have her hitting Al, then use those seconds of stillness.
Oh I wish I wish I wish I was born a man - Great editing in that section and I love the lyric in relation to Trixie partly because I love her: "Fuck every last one of you. I wish I was a fuckin' tree."
To a different beat - It's that right there in the vid when I realized just how far she had come.
2:06-2:12 - Once again, an amazing scene that you got the emotions of across wonderfully.
2:20 - Beautiful shot.
2:55-2:57 - I love that you included that moment of Al's slow smile and recognition of what's she's become and what she can do.

Overall, it's an amazing and inciteful look at Trixie. It has a beautiful glowing warmth to it that radiates. This is the first Deadwood vid I've ever seen, but that doesn't take away from the fact that it's also the best. As with the show itself, there's so much meaning behind it all.

[colour-me-sassy.livejournal.com]

I've never seen the show but your vid got the point accross well. Very well made of course and I could see the obvious struggles and emotions that Trixie goes through. I'll have to get round to watching it one day :)
I finally watched Mambo Italiano and Your Woman as well(slaps wrist for being so slow!) I didn't know how you were going to improve these videos as they were 2 of my favourite videos anyway. Not just of yours but of all my favourites. Mambo is just a masterpiece! Very clever editing. I love it's fast paced action and I'd defy anyone to watch it and not want to watch all of Alias through again. You woman was wonderful also. Bigger and better than before. Even sexier too. Which I also didn't think was possible :D Great stuff hon :)

[sweetestdrain]

I've only seen the first two episodes of Deadwood, so I don't have much story/plot context for this vid, but I still found this vid absolutely lovely and moving. Perhaps I didn't understand what was going on part of the time, but I still found it very accessible. The look of the vid, the song, the cutting style, the emotion -- very cool.

[dualbunny.livejournal.com]

I think her struggle and her strength, and especially her sense of self-reliance, come through brilliantly, even with no show knowledge. I thought the song was an amazing match for her story (as I read it). And I really loved what you did with the lyrics.

It really makes me want to find out more about her character so that I can read even more into it. :]

[thedothatgirl.livejournal.com]

I'm back with feedback, sorry it took so long- I've watched it about 3 times now and love it more each time. We both enjoyed it on the first viewing - the song choice is fantastic - with inspired lyric matches 'the poked & stoked' at around 30 seconds - in fact the whole early Al/Trixie sequence, and all the 'bloody m/fkrs'.

It's been a while since I saw the first season so I tend to forget the intense brutality and violence in that weird relationship. I love how you showed her growth and self reliance, and the final scene at the end was wonderful.

There was some lovely subtle internal motion and the the clips seem to have a wonderful radiance. I know the 'colour/cinematography' (for want of a better description) of show itself is very tonal and almost borders on sepia but did you add to that?

And are you watching S3 on Sky or d/loading at US level?

[carla-scribbles.livejournal.com]

Yay Trixie vid! *bounces* (The bloody file's still downloading, but I can tell you this right now -- your song choice is perfect.)

[oxoniensis.livejournal.com]

Despite not knowing the show at all, this came over really well - beautifully done.

[chasarumba.livejournal.com]

What a perfect song for Trixie...her defiance and strength come through so beautifully. And you strike such a great balance between Al and Sol, giving them both their due -- they do not mean the same things to her, but they are of equal importance to her character (if that makes sense).