Video Title: Cry Me A River
Song Title/Artist: Cry Me A River - The Cliks
Movie: Lost and Delirious
Summary: Love, lust, angst and obsession.
Length/Format: 3.13 (Xvid, Steaming)
Credits/Titles/Effects
This project called for a style of editing that’s a bit different for me. The source is all teenage angst and the Cliks’ cover of Cry Me a River is particularly powerful. So I tried to be a bit more modern/ funkier with my cutting. To which end I totally used and abused time toggling, time ramps, jump cuts and freeze frames one of which is a
The song was also edited down to remove some repetition and to make it a more sensible length for this fairly short film.
The titles and credits are fairly unremarkable but they are meant to resemble writing on a chalkboard.
Narrative
It’s not a constructed reality vid but I did play with the narrative a bit. I removed the film’s ending because, with only a few exceptions, dead lesbians are just no fun at all. So I kept what I liked about the source (football, fencing and falconry) and ditched the stuff I had issues with (crazy/dead lesbian syndrome.)
Lost and Delirious pretty heavily identifies Paulie with the falcon, I kind of went with identifying the soon to be eaten mouse with soon to be skewered guy, it was more fun for me.
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I've seen a couple vids for that movie but I still haven't gotten around to seeing it.
Real nice vid.
http://www.angelfire.com/film/50000tear
Thanks for sharing.
*loves*
thank you
prieel
It's funny you mention the metaphor of Jake being the mouse--when I watched the vid, I thought "why is she showing so much footage of the mouse?" and then my question was answered :-) Heh. And I'm in total agreeance about the ending. I always stop the film right after Paulie leaves the dance ;-) (On the other hand, the phrase "girly girl sucky suck" is very fun to incorporate into your social vocabulary.)
So, yes. Thank you so much for making this. You breathed new life into a film I thought I knew like the back of my hand. I really can't tell you how much that impresses me.
The mouse metaphor amused me if nothing else. I think I can safely say that I have never found the phrase "girly girl sucky suck" to be a useful addition to a conversation, well maybe there was that one time!
Cheers Jarrow, glad you liked the vid.
why i remember all this... i'll never know.
Thanks for feedbacking, it means a lot.
I haven't seen the source--perhaps I would find it overwrought, like Jarrow seemed to--but the way you've handled it, both the radiant joy and crushing dispair ring true to me. My favorite parts were probably the scenes in which you cut them together--the storming around the room/singing in the choir, and--even more intensely--the dance sequence with the happy jumping around interspersed.
I loved the fencing scene, too. I'm not sure, but it seemed to me that one of the couples fighting were two girls, and the other the girl and her rival guy. This made it seem like she was fighting her lover and her rival, or possibly some phantom ideal and her rival. Anyway, it was hella cool!
The unusal editing was a risk worth taking! I loved the way that objects would halt strangely, like the picture that gets trapped in thin air. Gives you the feeling of being arrested, trapped, but also of potential energy (that is eventually unleashed).
Also liked intercutting the opening titles with imagery. I've thought of doing that before but haven't seen too many good examples. I'll keep yours in mind next time I consider that option.
Thanks!
That's a good take on the fencing scenes. I like that idea a lot. She's sort of fighting something more than just some random fencing partner.
The freeze-frame in mid air was my homage to the Timberlake video. It's also like you say, to freeze a moment in time before all this fury is released.
It's also good to know that the intro worked because I kept changing my mind about what should go there before deciding to risk introducing the bird before any of the characters.
thanks so much for commenting.
It also does a great job of showing the journey of their relationship, starting with the winking and flirting at the beginning, to the hopelessness at the end.
I really like your use of jump cuts in this as well. Awesome transitions at 1:11 and 1:13. My favorite part was the paralleled sword fights around 2:45.
I'm glad you enjoyed it and that you mentioned the energy because that was the big challenge for me on this project, using editing to inject energy.
The swordfighting sums up the way this vid moves for me. Every move is calculated, deft, and when you stand back, looks more like a dance than work. Loved the wipes and intercutting in particular. The former being absolutely seamless, and the latter building tension beautifully everywhere you used it. :}
The swordfighting really sums up the anger and frustration that Paulie feels and is the most vital part of the vid. At least this way I get to have her walk away with her head high.
It's great to get a compliment on intercutting especially when it's from the master herself.
Good job.
I expecially love the scenes of what's-her-name kissing the sword, and that scene at night when her's tugging at the other girls hand? Very powerful.
Thanks for the feedback.