Discovered in a Box of Baubles, Day 15: Just a Little Light - A Fanvid

[tinturtle]

Just a Little Light: or, In Which Bodie is as Mighty as a Flower

This vid features the song "Just a Little Light" by The Grateful Dead.

I am not a particular fan of The Grateful Dead, but the moment I heard this song, I wanted to make it into a fanvid. And I thought the vid would be a fitting contribution to our celebration of the returning light, as well as our observance of gift-giving festivals.

(To watch this on YouTube, click here. To download it, go here.)

This vid offers captions, but please note that you can turn them off (and on) using YouTube's video controls. You can also read the lyrics (ad free) on this page.

Thank you to my betawatcher, She-Who-Elected-Not-to-Be-Named, for her invaluable feedback. All remaining bad creative choices are mine. (Which seems obvious, but people always say something like that.)

Be aware that I removed both the song's bridge and its third verse for this vid. You can hear the whole song on YouTube.

This vid was made using Flowblade, an excellent video editor for Linux.

Comments

[krisserci5.livejournal.com]

That was great. . . .wow, thank you!!!!

[jinkyo.livejournal.com]

Yay!!! So many good bits like Bodie finding the fatal error with Keller and Marikka, and Ray's "delight"full laugh.
:D It was an honor to betawatch this vid and so exciting to finally see it live - thank you for making this and sharing!

[firlefanzine.livejournal.com]

This is brilliant, and your choice of scenes fits perfectly.
Especially I love "When you're living by the sword.", or the moments for "just a little sweetness". :-)

Thank you very much!

[macklingirl.livejournal.com]

I think it is perfect for Christmas because that is a little light.

You did a very good job with the choice of scenes and the combination of Bodie's and Doyle's past.

[sc-fossil.livejournal.com]

Great job here. I enjoyed this very much. Thanks for the hard work.

[tinturtle]

As you know, it does take a remarkably long time to make these, given how short they actually are when finished.

[jat-sapphire.livejournal.com]

And that is why we are so lucky to have fans willing to make tjem for the rest of us to watch and enjoy! Thank you!

[londonronnie.livejournal.com]

That was great, thank you!

Is Flowblade solely for use with Linux? I haven't made any songvids for years, mainly because Windows Movie Maker drives me up the wall!

[tinturtle]

Yes, Flowblade is only a Linux program. I expect there are good PC alternatives to Windows Movie Maker, though. You could check out some of these: https://alternativeto.net/software/windows-movie-maker/?license=free&platform=windows

[londonronnie.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the tip, I'll definitely check that out.

I've got a little list of songs that I keep thinking would make good songvids but the thought of Movie Maker puts me off. You never know though, maybe I'll find an alternative program and will finally get to add to my rather meagre total of Pros songvids so far completed! *g*

[tinturtle]

I hope you will make some vids. I love songvids. I'd like to make more, but I'm hampered partly by the difficulty of finding songs that fit my style.

[cloudless-9193.livejournal.com]

Great vid!

[sw33n3y.livejournal.com]

Oh nice work! I like the way you brought non-series images and clips into the mix to help tell the story.

I especially like the image/sound accent at 1.49.

Season's Greetings!

[tinturtle]

I'm glad the non-series stills and clips worked for you. It's the first time I've used anything of the kind in a video.

Joyous season to you as well.

[tinturtle]

Also, I am excited that you noticed the switchblade click. :D

[freetraveller15.livejournal.com]

Great job! And I love all the extra material you added. It enriched the video very much

[cyanne]

I am a Dead fan and it's nice to see one of their songs used, especially a somewhat lesser known one. Thanks for the treat, it's very clever the way you put it all together.