One vid more! (Part 1)

[purplefringe]

festivids reveeeeeeeeeals!

First and foremost: THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU to turquoisetumult for making me the most beautiful vid! Amelie is one of my very favourite films EVER, and I have wanted to *be* Amelie for most of my life. Beauty in the Breakdown completely captures the magic, the fragility and the emotion of both the film and the character. I love it to bits. And I am in awe of her talent....go watch it and then go watch the film again and then go do something small and lovely for someone.

Second: I made a thing! In fact...I made TWO THINGS *shock horror*

The first was Devils, a Gormenghast vid which I made for caramarie. It's been several years since I read the original books, but I thoroughly enjoyed rewatching the tv series, marvelling at the truly astounding number of amazing British actors involved (many of whom tragically did not make it into the vid) and generally rediscovering the magnificent character that is Steerpike. He is just *so evil*. I wanted to make something dark and creepy about Steerpike's rise to power, and the poison at the heart of Gormenghast - both Steerpike himself, and the Law of the castle.

As such_heights and I now reside under the same roof, and there was a small chance we would be assigned each other, we decided to vid in SECRET. This has led to much hilarity, and even a little 'secret vidding' song (sung to the tune of 'Secret Tunnel', for those of you who are A:TLA fans). Consequently, I couldn't rely on my usual beta extraordinaire - so many, MANY thanks are due to Arj, who stepped in valiantly and sent several very interesting and extremely helpful beta-emails. :-)

(Incidentally, both such_heights and I guessed each other's vid on our first guess. I....yeah.)

download: 78MB @ mediafire (sorry it's so huge! I'm not quite sure why it is...)

password: steerpike

stream:

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Devils from Phoebe on Vimeo.

Lyrics

Holy water cannot help you now
A thousand armies couldn't keep me out
I don't want your money
I don't want your crown
See I have to burn your kingdom down

Holy water cannot help you now
See I've come to burn your kingdom down
And no rivers and no lakes can put the fire out
I'm gonna raise the stakes, I'm gonna smoke you out

Seven devils all around you
Seven devils in my house
See they were there when I woke up this morning
And I'll be dead before the day is done

Seven devils all around you
Seven devils in your house
See I was dead when I woke up this morning
And I'll be dead before the day is done
Before the day is done
Before the day is done

And now all your love will be exorcised
And we will find your sayings to be paradox
And it's an even sum
It's a melody
It's a battle cry
It's a symphony

Seven devils all around you
Seven devils in my house
See they were there when I woke up this morning
I'll be dead before the day is done

Seven devils all around you
Seven devils in your house
See I was dead when I woke up this morning
I'll be dead before the day is done
Before the day is done
Before the day is done
Before the day is done

They can keep me alive -
'Til I tear the walls
'Til I slave your hearts
And they take your souls
For what has been done
Cannot be undone
In the evil's heart
In the evil's soul

Seven devils all around you
Seven devils in your house
See I was dead when I woke up this morning
I'll be dead before the day is done
Before the day is done

Comments

[niyalune]

I hadn't watched it yet, and Karen's face, omg! This is such a lovely vid.

[purplefringe]

Thank you! It is a most wonderful face indeed.

[tieleen]

Karen Gillan's face is a thing of SO MUCH JOY, and this is such an excellent love letter. This vid just made me ridiculously happy.

[purplefringe]

:-D Isn't she just MADE OF SUNSHINE? :-D I don't quite understand how she's REAL, but I'm glad she is. I'm also glad you enjoyed this! Thank you!

[purpleyin]

I am so happy to see a Gormenghast vid about!

[purplefringe]

Aw, thank you! :-) I'm surprised there aren't more, really. It's a very pretty show.

(P.S. I like the purple username!)

[purpleyin]

That it is pretty. I do wonder if it initially only being around on VHS is what prevented more vids when it was popular/had just aired. I suspect it's a bit of a niche miniseries, I'm not sure if I know anyone else around who watched it but then maybe it's simply hard to tell if people don't talk much fannishly of it. Anyhow, your vid was good and lovely to get a reminder of the miniseries.