This is just amazing, I really have no words. It's evocative and thoughtful, crafted expertly. I love it. Brava!

Thank you :)

Yay! That was awesome, I'm so glad you used that song!

It is quite an awesome song :)

I have no words right now. You have rendered me completely and utterly speechless. This was so beautifully crafted, and just utterly gorgeous. I love that it focuses almost entirely on Sam and Dean as children and teenagers, and the imagery you use is just so immensely powerful... just seriously, so much love for this vid.

Thank you :) Rendering people speechless is awesome feedback.

Oh man! That is FANTASTIC!!! Your editing is brilliant and this vid is such a great way to lead into the season finale. Bravo! :D

Thank you :)

That's extremely well edited. I really like how Sam and Dean grown up are barely in the vid at all and their faces are obstructed or distorted when they are. Very cool idea of keeping the on them when they were younger, yet still hinting at their grown up lives within the show.

Thank you :) The obscuring of faces was something I tried to focus on so I'm glad that worked for you.

Absolutely amazing.

Thanks :)

That is absolutely incredible. I am so in awe I don't even know what to say.

Hee, thank you :)

This is wonderful! Absolutely happy-making! :D I love the scenes you chose, and the editing is just stellar. I adore this vid!

Thank you :)

wonderful

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That is *nifty*. The focus on the boys as their younger, (vaguely) more innocent selves really nails the horror of their lives, the burdens they carry and their inheritance of FUBARedness. *g* Very well done!

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Oh, so fantastic! A whole vid focused on the Winchesters when they were young, hinting at the future they're going to face. *wibbles* The shots you used were very effective.

Thank you :)

I think there is going to be a lot of *wibbling* around this fandom for a while.

Oh, I really enjoyed this!

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This is...amazing. The technical side looks so clean and professional and the SONG. Dang. Thank you!

Thank you :)

Wow. Wow! That was just incredible. It brought a tear to my eye. Seeing their innocence juxtaposed to their future. It hurt hun. As does our delightful show.

This is so well constructed and such a just perfect way show the Winchester story.

I loved it. What an amazing song. Amazing vid too. Congrats.
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It hurt me to make it :( Just like I know tomorrow night is going to hurt.

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That was great! I'm very impressed by how interesting and dynamic you kept this, even though there is limited footage of young Sam and Dean. Fun, but also creepy and atmospheric and slightly sad and nostalgic.

Thank you :)

In a way limited footage is easier because it forces you to really look at the clips you have and what the best way to use them is.

WOW, brilliant vid! :)

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This is just beyond gorgeous! I love the story and the vid kept me hooked until the very end. Very awesome job. I'm definitely saving this one.

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Most perfect song ever?
Loved this vid.

Thank you :)

And yeah, the song song really is perfect for them. Heartbreaking, but perfect.

What a powerful and thoughtful vid about Sam and Dean as kids/teenagers and the monsters they face! The focus on their younger selves makes the burden and horrors of hunting that much more intense.

Thank you :)

Very awesome! Loved how much you showcased them as kids. It really nailed the horror of their young lives, especially juxtaposed against a seemingly upbeat song. Nicely done.

I can't believe I've never heard it before. I'm boggling no one did a BtVS vid to it. *lol*

Also, I'm a behind the scenes gal, so your notes about this helpful word doc interest me. Do you have a set structure for it? Or was it more a scratch pad? I was hoping you'd go into more detail about using it, if you don't mind.

Again, wonderful vid!

Thankyou :D

I happy to talk about the word doc I use. Essentially, it's just the lyrics of the song typed out with the relative clips for each line written underneath.

Generally, with vids I make I only have a vague idea of where clips should go beforehand. I'll have some main ideas, like with this vid I know I wanted to contrast Dean picking up the gun in Something Wicked with the YED getting shot in AHBL. And I'll know the main idea or narrative of the vid, for example with this one, I wanted to contrast Sam and Dean as young kids with all the horrors of hunting, like a nightmare if you will. But the rest of the clip placement I have no clue so I find that if I have a word doc with everything laid out I am better able to figure out what clips should go where and how to relate clips together.

And I found that if I don't have the vid planned out and just vid on the fly then I get a vid that's less cohesive. There have been some exceptions to this which I can go into if you want but generally if I have a plan the vid goes smoother, since I can listen to the song, read through my notes and see the vid playing in my head before I get bogged down in all the technical editing.

So with this vid, to go into more detail, what I did was get the lyrics to the song like I said above and marked in all the main clip ideas that I had. Then what I do is write down a list of clips that I think will be useful for the vid. Which can be tedious but it works for me. SO for this vid I was looking for things related to childhood like toys, monsters related to kids, etc. And I was also looking for clips where you couldn't see people's faces especially adults. So keeping those things in mind I was able to come up with a long list of clips that I could use. Then I grouped them into related clips or clips I wanted to contrast against each other and began placing them against the lyrics. Sometimes I print things out and hand write them in but that just depends on the mood I'm in.

So finally I have a word doc with my vid all planned out. This helps me with a few other things. It give me a list of clips that I need to rip, since the way I write the clips means I can sort alphabetically and have a list of clips from each episode in sequential order. It also means that theoretically I won't have to stop in the middle of vidding to rip more clips since I have ripped all the clips I need beforehand. Since once I start actually placing the clips in the vid I don't want to stop. And it also means that when I start vidding I can see how the final vid is working as whole because I know what's going to happen in the parts of the song I haven't placed clips or edited them.

Sometimes my final vid will change from the plan. I delete clips or remember a better one to use. But I just find having a vid planned out completely means I can look at the vid as a whole and see what's working and what's not.

And whoa, I rambled on a lot but you did say you wanted detail :P But if you want to actually see the word doc I used for this vid then I'll be happy to upload it somewhere for you.

Thank you :)

Recs are great.

I love this. SO good. I especially love the way you tied it all together at the end.

Thank you :)

That was terrific, so intricate and sad yet oddly sweet.

Thank you :)

I'm glad I'm not the only one who heard that song and thought of Da Boyz... :)

I think everyone is hearing that song and realising how well it suits them :)

That was amazing . I mean really, wow.
-downloads, puts on iPod, watches a million and one times-
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Thank you :)