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thefilmchick · Last edited by thefilmchick on Mon Sep 03, 2007 7:03 am; edited 2 times in total

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"Turn On Me (Sayid/Sawyer)" 09-02-2007
Action, adventure, and the first vid I've ever done with my two favorite characters together. Set to The Shins; Sayid as narrator.
Song: Turn On Me by The Shins
Vidder: thefilmchick
Length: 3:15 (23.77MB WMV)

Link(s): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3siRPswZiA
http://www.zshare.net/video/344253251dc1d8/

Edit: Thanks to Polarbear (Pauly) for the slight edit to the song, too!

littleton_pace · Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 4:37 am Post subject:

YAY!!! It's up!

Woot! Love this vid

two of my faves as well, gorgeous boys ;P

my fave part is at 'the adults just learn to play' that shot of sayid is just perfect

I love the use of the torture scene (S&M anyone? lol) The song was great and i now find myself humming it daily

excellent vid Kate!

and thanks for the thanks at the end

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thefilmchick · Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 5:08 am Post subject:

Hey, I am not to be blamed for the S&M influences. That's the show's fault.

And thank you, again, for betatesting and for commenting and so forth.

(And you're welcome for the shoutout.)

The song will stick in your head if you don't watch out!

Lyrics, for the halibut:

Izzy94 · Advanced Vidder Joined: 08 Feb 2007 Posts: 485

Split-screens on WMM..?

Jinlovessunxx · Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 11:54 am Post subject:

YAY! I love this vid, and I love all of your beat uses. Especially the zooming beats into Sawyers face.

I loved all of the torturing and fightting scenes, and great clip use. I am happy to see a Sayid and Sawyer vid! Thanks for the thanks at the end!!
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thefilmchick · Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 4:48 pm Post subject:

SassyLostie2

Very awesome vid. I enjoyed the song and the beat use. I'd love to see more vids of your with these two in the future. The fighting scenes were my fave parts btw...dunno why.

Thanks for mentioning me at the end, btw.

KajaM · Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 8:15 pm Post subject:

I think I never really saw a Sawyer/Sayid vid before and, man, I really enjoyed this a lot! It was so good to see a different kind of Sawyer vid for a change!

The editing is very good and the beat use was really great this time, quite spot on!

You definitely know how to use the white flashes in a good and effective way. That was absolutely the right amount of them.

Cool vid, Kate!

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thefilmchick · Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 8:57 pm Post subject:

Sassy - Thanks, and thanks for beta-ing! Glad you enjoyed it. And man, people seem to like scenes of them fighting a whole lot. Haha.

Kaja - Thanks as well! I figured it hadn't been done before (and I adore both characters), and the song seemed perfect. I tried to keep it as canonical as possible as far as the grudging friendship/respect that's built up in S3 (I wanted to not have a slash video, in other words, but some of the lyrics and some of the footage was a bit tricky in that sense.) Thanks for liking the editing and beat use, heh.
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SassyLostie2 · Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 11:38 pm Post subject:

Just thought I'd mention that I watched it again, and this song is now stuck in my head.

Thank you for that. hehe
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FrecklesPhoenix · Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 2:20 am Post subject:

I golded this for a reason.

Excellent job. I love the way you've utilized WMM. Obviously you've picked up some extra effects (like the split screen), but it wasn't Vegas and yet it was still awesome. I got a lot of respect for that.

Sawyer and Sayid have been great (especially at the end of season 3, LOVED their relationship at that point) together and this video goes above and beyond displaying that bond they share. Excellent work. I really enjoyed it.

And I don't think it was slashy at all, it was a great buddy vid.

Again, nice job. A+++++ and fifty gold stars!

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wolffootball37

great vid Kate!!! You know, Sawyer and Sayid had such an intresting relationship. At first they loathed eachother, then somehow they formed a mutuial respect, which formed into somewhat of a friendship. You captured that essence nicley. Beat use and split screens were great, but just the song, i dunno its not your fault, it just seemed mushed together so i couldnt understand some of the lyrics (but luckly your cool enough to post the lyrics up so double props for you!!!)

Uruviel

Wow, cool to see a vid with these characters together! Nice beat use.

thefilmchick · Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 6:36 am Post subject:

Freckles: Thanks! Like I said, I thought about attempting Vegas, but then when I couldn't even understand what people were trying to explain to me, figured that the headache was best saved for another day, haha.

And yeah, I do like how they've grown as a friendship through to the end of S3. I think they're very much on the same wavelength as far as 'When dangerous work needs to get done, it needs to get done,' and they both tend to be all-business when it comes time for that (obviously Sawyer is a little less successful, but, well, he was never a commando and doesn't know 37 ways to kill with a blunted putty knife. Or his feet. Haha.)

And thanks for confirming it wasn't slashy, because, like I said, I was trying to keep it as canonical as possible.

Thank you as well for the gold!

Trey: Thanks! Yeah, I know the song's a little less crisp than it could be (Napster only had the album cut, which is full of Wall of Sound/Phil Spector-type effects, which accounts for the non-crystal-clear tone), but I'm glad the video was successful all the same. I don't know htat you're supposed to understand all the lyrics anyway, as the song itself is pretty... well, strangely-written. But good to know it felt right.

And yes, I do think they've had a really interesting relationship, but then again, I repeat myself. You've outlined it nicely, though.

Uruviel: Thanks as well! I figured a Sayid and Sawyer video hadn't been done before. At the very least, I'd never seen one. And they deserved one.

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krozure · Intermediate Vidder Joined: 16 Apr 2007 Posts: 97

That was AMAZING! Ahh does the split screen feature come with the paid version of WMM?

. I love how you captured Sawyer and Sayid's friendship in an un-slashy way (I love those the moral police!), and my favourite part would have to be what went with the lyrics of "and neither one of us is one of them". Brilliant video, very unique and creative idea!