Gintama Vid: "Cave In"

[xparrot]

So this was what interfered with my ficcing in the last week - crossing the final fandom frontier and making my first vid. An AMV, because that's where my fannish heart lies at the moment; a Gintoki character study, because, ditto.

I've been thinking Owl City would be a good fit for Gintama; it's got the right mix of silly puns and cute with a certain underlying melancholy. "'Cave In" is the first track on the same album with "Fireflies", and a while back I decided it was Gintoki's song, but when I poked gnine to vid it for me, she was uninspired. So obviously I had no choice but to do it myself.

...Okay, and it was an excuse to find angsty shots of Gintoki. Of which there are more than you might expect; almost none of the clips are taken out of context. I do cop to cheating and using a lot of footage from most of the opening and endings, because they've got great animation and often of just the shots I needed.

Much thanks to gnine, for helpful advice and support, and to naye for squeeing in the most encouraging way imaginable. ^^

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ETA: This .avi is slightly different from the version on YouTube; I tweaked the vid on 2/24, made a couple tiny changes that were bugging me.

"Cave In"
Owl City
(Lyrics by Adam Young)

Please take a long hard look through your textbook
'Cause I'm history
When I strap my helmet on, I'll be long gone
'Cause I've been dying to leave

Yeah, I'll ride the range and hide
All my loose change in my bedroll
'Cause riding a dirt bike
Down a turnpike
Always takes its toll on me

I've had just about enough of
Quote, "diamonds in the rough"
Because my backbone is paper thin
Get me out of this cavern or I'll cave in

If the bombs go off, the sun will still be shining
Because I've heard it said that
Every mushroom cloud has a silver lining
Though I'm always undermining too deep to know

Swallow a drop of gravel and blacktop
'Cause the road tastes like wintergreen
The wind and the rain smell of oil and octane
Mixed with stale gasoline

I'll soak up the sound, try to sleep on the wet ground
I'll get ten minutes give or take
'Cause I just don't foresee myself getting drowsy
When cold integrity keeps me wide awake

Get me out of this cavern or I'll cave in
Get me out of this cavern or I'll cave in

I'll keep my helmet on just in case my head caves in
'Cause if my thoughts collapse or my framework snaps
It'll make a mess like you wouldn't believe

Tie my handlebars to the stars so I stay on track
And if my intentions stray I'll wrench them away
Then I'll take my leave and I won't even look back

I won't even look back



So, yeah. My first vid, if likely not my last, since I had far too much fun with it. Any & all comments most entirely appreciated!
(ETA: If you don't know Gintama, the vid's not especially spoilery - it's not really a series that can be spoiled, so much - although I can't vouch for what sense it might or might not make ^^;)

Comments

[nijibug.livejournal.com]

Swamped by midterms, just found out yesterday that my favorite author since childhood had passed away, badly in need of something to lift me up, and this was it.

I'm astounded by the level of amazing editing, first video or one hundred and first, this is a masterpiece. Just really, really great choices made all around at every step of the way. Thanks for your hard work and thanks for sharing it with us as always. ♥

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Waaah, I'm so glad you liked it so! The general flow of the vid was in my mind from the start, but finding the right clips was a lot of trial & error, seeing what worked and what didn't...so glad it came out right! <3

(and sorry to hear about losing your favorite author, that's always hard...)