New vid: "Firework" (Sherlock Holmes - Guy Ritchie movies)
Made with my 9-year-old son, Ollie.
Length: 3:01
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (Guy Ritchie films)
Song/Artist: Kidz Bop
Premiered in Club Vivid at Vividcon 2013.
Thanks to mresundance for the encouragement and to milly for the banner!
AO3 post / Tumblr post
Download the M4V
Notes
I had just finished grabbing footage and storyboarding for a seriousface vid about how Sherlock ruins the lives of those who love him, when my son took an interest and told me he wanted to learn how to vid. So I showed him the basics of my editing program, pulled in a few clips that I was planning to use for the Sherlock vid, and left him sitting at the computer with headphones on.
I wasn't expecting him to actually edit anything! But a couple hours later he came out and said he finished part of it and wanted to show me. He had pulled in his favorite track from a Kidz Bop CD and turned my emo clips into a joyful affirmation full of metaphors and explosions.
I took a cue from what he had (including much of the first chorus) and expanded it out into a full vid, trying to teach him a bit more about how and why I do specific things as we went.
He's on his... fourth vid since then, I believe. It's pretty normal now for him to get up in the morning, go straight to the computer, put on the headphones and open up the timeline.
I may have edited most of this version of the vid, but it definitely feels like him - the way he is all the time. He's gotten me through some pretty rough times, turning my emo into smiles. He's my little firework.
Lyrics:
Do you ever feel like a plastic bag
drifting through the wind, wanting to start again?
Do you ever feel, feel so paper-thin
like a house of cards, one blow from caving in?
Do you ever feel already buried deep
six feet under screams but no one seems to hear a thing
Do you know that there's still a chance for you
cause there's a spark in you
You've just gotta ignite the light and let it shine
Just own the night like the Fourth of July
(Chorus)
Cause baby you're a firework
Come on let your colors burst
Make'em go oh-oh-oh
as you shoot across the sky-y-y
Cause baby you're a firework
Come on let your colors burst
Make'em go oh-oh-oh
you're gonna leave'em falling down oh-oh
You don't have to feel like a waste of space
You're original, cannot be replaced
If you only knew what the future holds
after a hurricane comes a rainbow
Maybe the reason why all the doors are closed
is you could open one that leads you to the perfect road
like a lightning bolt, your heart will glow
and when it's time you'll know
(Chorus)
Boom boom boom
Even brighter than the moon moon moon
Thanks for watching!
Length: 3:01
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (Guy Ritchie films)
Song/Artist: Kidz Bop
Premiered in Club Vivid at Vividcon 2013.
Thanks to mresundance for the encouragement and to milly for the banner!
AO3 post / Tumblr post
Download the M4V
Click to viewNotes
I had just finished grabbing footage and storyboarding for a seriousface vid about how Sherlock ruins the lives of those who love him, when my son took an interest and told me he wanted to learn how to vid. So I showed him the basics of my editing program, pulled in a few clips that I was planning to use for the Sherlock vid, and left him sitting at the computer with headphones on.
I wasn't expecting him to actually edit anything! But a couple hours later he came out and said he finished part of it and wanted to show me. He had pulled in his favorite track from a Kidz Bop CD and turned my emo clips into a joyful affirmation full of metaphors and explosions.
I took a cue from what he had (including much of the first chorus) and expanded it out into a full vid, trying to teach him a bit more about how and why I do specific things as we went.
He's on his... fourth vid since then, I believe. It's pretty normal now for him to get up in the morning, go straight to the computer, put on the headphones and open up the timeline.
I may have edited most of this version of the vid, but it definitely feels like him - the way he is all the time. He's gotten me through some pretty rough times, turning my emo into smiles. He's my little firework.
Lyrics:
Do you ever feel like a plastic bag
drifting through the wind, wanting to start again?
Do you ever feel, feel so paper-thin
like a house of cards, one blow from caving in?
Do you ever feel already buried deep
six feet under screams but no one seems to hear a thing
Do you know that there's still a chance for you
cause there's a spark in you
You've just gotta ignite the light and let it shine
Just own the night like the Fourth of July
(Chorus)
Cause baby you're a firework
Come on let your colors burst
Make'em go oh-oh-oh
as you shoot across the sky-y-y
Cause baby you're a firework
Come on let your colors burst
Make'em go oh-oh-oh
you're gonna leave'em falling down oh-oh
You don't have to feel like a waste of space
You're original, cannot be replaced
If you only knew what the future holds
after a hurricane comes a rainbow
Maybe the reason why all the doors are closed
is you could open one that leads you to the perfect road
like a lightning bolt, your heart will glow
and when it's time you'll know
(Chorus)
Boom boom boom
Even brighter than the moon moon moon
Thanks for watching!