Sweet Charity Vid: A Pain That I'm Used To (Batman)

[przed]

Lo, these many months ago, sarren successfully bid on me in the Sweet Charity auction and requested a Batman vid. Specifically, she asked for a vid highlighting the friendship between Batman and Jim Gordon.

Many months later, this is that vid.

Title: A Pain That I'm Used To
Fandom: Batman Begins and The Dark Knight
Length: 3:58
Summary: Jim Gordon and Bruce Wayne embrace their inner bat.
Music: A Pain That I'm Used To by Depeche Mode
Notes: Thanks to ancastar for taking a look, even though it's not her fandom.

Download here (DivX, 40 MB)

Comments

The icon is just 'cos it's currently my only Bat icon. *g*

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

There are some really nice parallel edits and the way the scenes slow down to match the slow period in the middle of the song is just great.

It must have been bloody difficult to pull off too as the film is so dark, I don't mean content but the lighting in this case.

Thanks for letting the rest of us see it. ♥

Re: The icon is just 'cos it's currently my only Bat icon. *g*

[przed.livejournal.com]

Bat icon. ::headdesk:: I knew there was something I meant to do. (Look, I've got a proper Bat icon on the post now. You get the goofy SPN Batman icon. *g*)

Glad you enjoyed it. It was an agonizing one to pull off, and not just because the footage was so bloody dark. There's not a heck of a lot of Gordon in the films, and he's with Batman even less. Creating a relationship between them took some fancy footwork. At least I think I pulled it off.

It's good to see your icon is as serious as mine. *cough*

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

You did pull it off and it worked really well with an usual song. I think the rhythm of it would be difficult to edit to as well, yet you pulled it off.

I've actually been having a few dark thoughts about a SH vid being set to Depeche Mode's Personal Jesus but the telephone line, ah the telephone.

I'll see your one wacky icon, and raise you one

[przed.livejournal.com]

Find the stress points in the bars to edit was a challenge, but once I'd figured it out, the song structure was pretty regular.

Personal Jesus for SH is an intriguing idea. Heck the telephone line's not that tough. If I could vid the "Transatlantic shopping spree" line in Cosy Prisons (and WTF does that even mean, man?) you can deal with the telephone line.

Re: I'll see your one wacky icon, and raise you one

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

There's just something about the Holmes/Watson relationship that just makes me think of that song... erm.... Oh yeah, it's happy night at Chez Vixen. *g*

I know! I know! There are cheap weekend, sometimes just next day return flights to New York from major Western European airports that people take just to shop in New York. The dollar has traditionally been very week against the pound for instance and luxury goods just cost less anyway. A bunch of my cousins' mates went to NY last October to do their Christmas shopping.

Heck, I'm almost out of wacky

[przed.livejournal.com]

Holmes/Watson and Personal Jesus....I think it's happy night at Chez Zed too! (You want me to take a crack at it?)

Thanks for solving the lyric mystery. I reckoned it must be something like that. Not that it would have helped me vid the damn line. (In the end I just ignored it and went with the internal story.)

I'm never out of whacky

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

I would LOVE you to take a crack at it. ♥

And that's why we luuuvvvv you

[przed.livejournal.com]

I zipped off to the theatre to watch the movie again today, and want to vid it SO. DAMN. MUCH.

Shall give this a go. Be prepared for whinging and requests for a beta.

Re: And that's why we luuuvvvv you

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

I am brave. Bring on the whinging! *juts jaw in resolute style* *g*

[przed.livejournal.com]

All righty then. (See icon.)

Wheeeee!

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

♥