feels: elated now that Bachelorette is finished loves: harry potter, ice skating, making up guitar chords, making muffins, my new juicer, flavoured ground coffee... last bought: harry potter and the deathly hallows (at midnight of course), a bar of chocolate, new foundation, some gloop to make my hair shiny... last watched: harry potter 5 (sensing a theme here?), titanic, a documentary on speech in edwardian britain... is listening to: bjork (vespertine is sooo amazing!), faithless, josh groban, david gray... is working on: skating backwards on one leg, figuring out how to redesign my kitchen, keeping houseplants alive... should be: ordering chinese food... has coming soon: doctor who video and possibly a movie vid for american beauty... has in her head: distant mutterings of a draco/hermione vid...
The secret of all effective originality in advertising is not the creation of new and tricky words and pictures, but one of putting familiar words and pictures into new relationships. --- Leo Burnett
All video material has been heavily edited and manipulated, therefore using any part of my videos as source material in your own work will be classed as clip theft. Action will be taken against you through forum leaders and/or hosts, and your name will be published below.
Design and content created by Becky D (tired-eye.net); (c) 2005. 'tired-eye' and all its subdomains are non-profit, non-commercial sites that are not affiliated with the shows/films that they feature. Smallville, Superman, Batman and all related characters are (c) and registered trademarks of DC Comics and WB Entertainment Inc. Phantom of the Opera is (c) 2004 The Scion Films Phantom Production Partnership
The
following people have stolen clips from my videos: I am adopting the
policy of publishing ALL names of people who steal my editing as a
deterrent, owing to a recent surge in clip theft. I don't put people's
names here without a full investigation. Please contact
me if you suspect a video has used footage from my work, or if you
see any of these videos being distributed.
Meghan036 'Behind Blue
Eyes'
stole: I Bruise Easily (elevator sequence)
Belladonna
'Home'
stole:
I Bruise Easily, Irrevocable, She's Like the Wind (archived on LEXcite)
(various clips)
Neshita1818
aka Vanessa Montabone: various clips (including a full 2 minutes of 'All
is Full of Love' in her 'you and me' video) Archived on youtube
persephonemdem - stole large amounts of Ever After for her video 'Lex Luthor: Not one of us' and also used scenes from it in 'Clex: you were mine' - both archived on YouTube. Shame on you!!!
Confession
Fandom: Smallville
Pairing: Chlex, some Chlark
Music: My Confession by Josh Groban
Released: 17 November 2005
Technical: 20.3Mb (zipped); 428x240 widescreen
Tools: Premiere Pro
Summary: Behind the mask of hatred, lies one dance. One story. One confession that will change everything.
Comments: Ever since Lex described his sparring with Chloe as Verbal
Judo, the term has been synonymous with Chlex. Well, Tango is the new Judo.
I was immediately struck with this song as soon as I heard Josh Groban's album -
it's beautifully intense, and the Tango undercurrents give it a real sense of
drama.
This video follows the chlex relationship that exists on the show, and tells
the story of what lies just beneath the surface. I've used footage
from the Tango de Roxanne sequence from Moulin Rouge to add a little
fire/passion to the chlex clips, and the dance becomes a metaphor for the
Smallville storyline. Chloe turns her back on Lex, betrays him by aligning
herself with Clark. This in turn fires Lex's anger and dance becomes more
aggressive as a result. The 'confession' in this video (for me) relates to the power of
love - it can be intense, yet when wounded by betrayal, love can be the most
destructive force imaginable... and yet the intensity of it survives the anger
and hatred. It's a confession that 'despite everything, I still love you'.
There's also a big twist at the end that will hopefully make you re-evaluate
your perspective of the video :-)
This is one of the most complicated videos I've ever edited, and I'm the most
proud of it as a result. I'll do a full 'behind the scenes' look at this one as
I learned a lot from it, but for now, the idea behind the editing was to mimic
the Tango steps in the Smallville footage. The dance itself is full of anger,
lust, betrayal and hatred and I wanted to use the editing technique to import
these emotions into to the Chlex
relationship. My main goal was to knit the two sources together in such a way
that it looked smooth without having endless blends and fades: I've used a few
at select points in the video, but the majority of this is hard-cut to mimic the
defined, strong steps of the dance itself.
I hope you enjoy it - please leave me some feedback!
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Fantastic vid. I really liked it. I hope you continue to do more Chlex.
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Krys USA
Posted: 08:01 am [GMT] on December 09 2006
Oh...My...God...That was *the* best video I have ever seen in the history of fanvids. That was unbelievably creative and SO fitting. You struck gold once again, truly amazing work! I even got a bonus with the scene at the end, because I haven't seen that rather interesting exchange. I stopped watching after sv jumped the shark-ahem-season 4. But I'll always be a Chlex fan, and you feed my craving for the fandom with all of your videos. Especially this one!
Amelia Amsterdam
Posted: 06:52 pm [GMT] on October 28 2006
OMFG!!!O_O That was AMAZINGLY B-R-I-L-L-I-A-N-T!!!^_^ I Absolutely ADORED it;-D!!! I mean I totally *Luuuuvvv* ALL ur -Utterly EXCELLENT- Vid's!!!^_^ But this 1 was just Completely *Mind-Blowing*!!!^_~ The sync-ing = Unbelievably EXQUISTE;-D!!! I mean the song en images just seem to be *MADE* 4 each other^_~!!! It just fits together Soooo Well it's utterly *Mind-Boggelingly-Pure-GENIUS*!!! ;-D The beauty of this song & the -Excellent- Picturizations!!!=> Just Leave 1, in AWE of UR -Obvious &- Overwhelming TALENT!!!^_^ PLZZZ Do MORE^_~!!!
Angelica Mty, Mexico.
Posted: 10:51 pm [GMT] on September 09 2006
OMG!!! just to tell u girl u do a great job with these video!!!Amazing really!!!waitin' 4 more!!
I mean how do u make that everything fits is incredible!!!
akyansha qc, canada
Posted: 05:51 am [GMT] on August 22 2006
it's incredibe.
I like the way the dance fits with the action...In fact, I really like them all, but confession is wonderful!!!
Amy CA
Posted: 02:28 am [GMT] on May 25 2006
Beautiful. And it left me thinking 'wait...what?!' It was amazing! And the tango intertwined with it made it even more spectacular. You have amazed me yet again.
Samantha USA
Posted: 12:11 am [GMT] on May 07 2006
That was AWESOME the best chlex i have ever seen it was exciteing and so breathtaking
Diana CT - USA
Posted: 12:03 am [GMT] on April 05 2006
All I can say is purely awesome. I love how you took scenes from the dance and scenes from the show that were similar, then sort of interwove them. Great job.
Joanna USA
Posted: 06:48 am [GMT] on March 30 2006
First of all, I've always loved Josh Groban. He's one of my fave and hottest artist around, in my opinion. I got doubly excited when this particular got used to one of the Chlex's video. Awesome. What else can I say. I'm so glad someone had used this song. Not only, it's romantic but the dancing as well. It's a perfect combination. Excellent job. Thank you for making it.
BORHANE-alexis algeria
Posted: 03:53 pm [GMT] on March 27 2006
waoww!!!these music videos are so amazin'!!!!thank's!!!
Alexus Location unknown
Posted: 08:57 pm [GMT] on March 23 2006
Becky this was a brilliant video! :) When I read the description, I wasn't real sure how Moulin Rouge was going to combine with SV. It worked perfectly. I have never been a Chlex shipper, but I loved the video. The music was a perfect choice and the scenes were beautiful together. Awesome video. :)
Lambent San Jose, Ca
Posted: 03:48 am [GMT] on March 23 2006
I'm late to the whole Smallville thing, but I am glad I stumbled across this video. Thank you. :)
Shell England
Posted: 09:58 pm [GMT] on March 17 2006
That was one of the best vids I've even seen. I love the music - 'tis my new fave song. And it all fit together so beautifully!
Sylvia Location unknown
Posted: 05:46 am [GMT] on March 12 2006
Hi Becky, just watched 'confession' again after awhile, and I just wanted to say that I still appreciated it immensely the second time around. Your eye for detail makes this stunning visual extended metaphor a real pleasure to watch-- one of your best, I think. And that's saying quite a lot!
Nikiys Asia
Posted: 07:11 am [GMT] on January 30 2006
Wow BecKy..
U DiD SucH GreaT Job
I LOVe THeM sOOOO MUcH!!
THe ViDeO So FanTasTIc
SO OVerWHeLmINg
Soo GReaT..
LIke THat..
