Lost Video Island

[MariaPurt]

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"Letters from the Sky" 12-05-2009
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Song: Letters from the Sky by ---
Vidder: MariaPurt
Length: 1:45 (38 avi)

Warning: Contains Mature Themes

Link(s): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IqCV0F8Fmc

[MariaPurt]

Um.... no one likes it?

[Athena Alexandria]

I'm sorry, but I didn't understand the story behind this at all. I even went to YouTube and read the description and I still didn't understand that that was what was happening. While I got the beginning with them meeting and starting a relationship, I wouldn't have guessed that Sawyer was cheating on Serena or that he was drunk -- in fact, when I saw him lying down I thought he was just sleeping and she was watching him. And I didn't know that that was why you reversed the clips at the end. Maybe that's what people aren't sure about?

As usual the technical stuff was really well done but if you want your AUs/crossovers to engage people it might be a good idea to focus on your storytelling as well. Otherwise it's all just a bunch of pretty effects -- and that's better left for canon vids where all you have to worry about is matching the beats. I think sometimes it's worth sacrificing some of the technical aspects of a vid in order to keep people's attention on the story and what you're trying to say.

Can I make a suggestion and say maybe you could try putting in some bits of audio next time, just to clarify things? Sometimes that makes a world of difference.
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[littleton_pace]

yay for the couple awesome idea i loved the effect of the drop of water, that was very cool I'm with Sam tho, I didn't really get the story. I didn't get Sawyer was cheating or drunk, if anything I just thought they were fighting and she was fed up. an AU story needs to be very clear, because its from your own head and you want people to understand it just as much as you do. So, if you say Sawyer is drunk, it would be a good idea to show him drinking. Or if he's cheating with another woman, show him with Kate, Cassidy or Juliet or one of the other women he's been with. The details are what make AU vids and I think you'd be able to do them really well if you focused on the story more
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[MariaPurt]

Well, just like i sad in the first description LOL I neither like Sawyer or this song, so... well, making an au vid in a couple hours with the character i don't know ain't really my thing LOL Thanks for the comments, and yes, i didn't think the story thru, i just tried to make it simple. The problem with the voices overs is that all my Lost eps are in russian, so to do the voices i have to guess which scene i'd need (yo know that the translated thing sound totally different from english, right? hehe) and then go find that scene on the net ;D Also have 7 or 8 eps of Lost on my computer and that's what alllllll of my Lost vids were made of ;D Yay me ;D