New Vid: "Landslide" (Harry Potter) / VVC Premieres '15
Description: Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home.
Source: Harry Potter movies
Song: "Landslide", Stevie Nicks (2009 Orchestra version)
Length: 4:20
Size: 120 MB
Format: m4v
DOWNLOAD (right click + save)
"Landslide"
I took my love and took it down
I climbed a mountain and I turned around
And I saw my reflection in the snow-covered hills
Till the landslide brought me down
Oh, mirror in the sky, what is love?
Can the child within my heart rise above?
Can I sail through the changing ocean tides?
Can I handle the seasons of my life?
Well, I've been afraid of changing
'Cause I've built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Even children get older
And I'm getting older too
Well, I've been afraid of changing
'Cause I've built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Even children get older
And I'm getting older too
Oh, I'm getting older too
I take my love, take it down
I climb a mountain and turn around
And if you see my reflection in the snow-covered hills
Will the landslide bring you down
And if you see my reflection in the snow-covered hills
Will the landslide bring you down, oh, oh
The landslide bring you down
Notes
I've been wanting to make this vid for several years, but never really got around to doing it. As I approached VVC with no clear plan in mind for Premieres, it just seemed like the perfect time. The response to this vid at the con was phenomenal, in that it clearly touched a lot of people and that's all I could ever ask for.
I was afraid that the Hogwarts PoV would be a hard sell, so I really insisted on "I" showing Hogwarts in the first few lines... perhaps to a fault. In the end though, I thing for everyone in the HP fandom, and in fandom in general, Hogwarts and the buildings our fandoms inhabit feel so alive that they definitely have a voice.
The choice of this version of Landslide,recorded when Stevie Nicks was older, also added this sort of older, knowing sound to the vid that I like to imagine Hogwarts would have. This big great magical building, scarred by war, wanting to protect the people that inhabit her walls...
I had several things I wanted to include that didn't make it in, but overall the feel of the vid was the most important part. I wanted to avoid it becoming a narrative where it said a million things but the feeling wasn't really there. Part of that was using much longer clips than what I was used to. Watching the vids now, it still feels a bit fast, but I thing it strikes a good balance.
I could probably write a novel about what each section represents, but I like for people to have their own interpretation. It did strike a lot of conversation at VVC, so hopefully that picks up again in the comments!
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Source: Harry Potter movies
Song: "Landslide", Stevie Nicks (2009 Orchestra version)
Length: 4:20
Size: 120 MB
Format: m4v
DOWNLOAD (right click + save)
"Landslide"
I took my love and took it down
I climbed a mountain and I turned around
And I saw my reflection in the snow-covered hills
Till the landslide brought me down
Oh, mirror in the sky, what is love?
Can the child within my heart rise above?
Can I sail through the changing ocean tides?
Can I handle the seasons of my life?
Well, I've been afraid of changing
'Cause I've built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Even children get older
And I'm getting older too
Well, I've been afraid of changing
'Cause I've built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Even children get older
And I'm getting older too
Oh, I'm getting older too
I take my love, take it down
I climb a mountain and turn around
And if you see my reflection in the snow-covered hills
Will the landslide bring you down
And if you see my reflection in the snow-covered hills
Will the landslide bring you down, oh, oh
The landslide bring you down
Notes
I've been wanting to make this vid for several years, but never really got around to doing it. As I approached VVC with no clear plan in mind for Premieres, it just seemed like the perfect time. The response to this vid at the con was phenomenal, in that it clearly touched a lot of people and that's all I could ever ask for.
I was afraid that the Hogwarts PoV would be a hard sell, so I really insisted on "I" showing Hogwarts in the first few lines... perhaps to a fault. In the end though, I thing for everyone in the HP fandom, and in fandom in general, Hogwarts and the buildings our fandoms inhabit feel so alive that they definitely have a voice.
The choice of this version of Landslide,recorded when Stevie Nicks was older, also added this sort of older, knowing sound to the vid that I like to imagine Hogwarts would have. This big great magical building, scarred by war, wanting to protect the people that inhabit her walls...
I had several things I wanted to include that didn't make it in, but overall the feel of the vid was the most important part. I wanted to avoid it becoming a narrative where it said a million things but the feeling wasn't really there. Part of that was using much longer clips than what I was used to. Watching the vids now, it still feels a bit fast, but I thing it strikes a good balance.
I could probably write a novel about what each section represents, but I like for people to have their own interpretation. It did strike a lot of conversation at VVC, so hopefully that picks up again in the comments!
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