Vid: "In a Barrel at Sea" [Fringe, Olivia/Peter]

[icepixie]

Have I mentioned lately how happy I am that there exists a show where the epic romance is key to the very sci-fi story arc? Because I love that. And I love Olivia, and Peter, and Olivia/Peter. Thus, this vid.

Title: In a Barrel at Sea
Artist: Hem
Pairing: Olivia, Olivia/Peter
Length: 1:48
Summary: "Let the storms keep rising wherever I go / As long as you're here with me."

If you watch, I'd love to know what you think!

Download in Quicktime format at Mediafire (23 MB).

Comments

[icepixie]

Thank you!

You gave them time to breathe, if that makes sense.

It does make sense. Part of that was my own laziness, because I didn't want to bring more clips than I had to into iMovie :), but it was also a deliberate response to the music, which demanded lingering shots in places.

It really suited the understated, quiet tone of their romance on the show - which I love, and which persists no matter how much crazy epic stuff is going on around them ;)

I love the understated nature of their romance as well. Romance works best for me when it works hand-in-hand with the other aspects of a story, rather than trying to take over or getting entirely shunted aside by other plot events, and theirs is usually note-perfect.

[thespatz.livejournal.com]

Part of that was my own laziness, because I didn't want to bring more clips than I had to into iMovie :)

*laughs* Reminds me of learning to edit on 16mm film - *actual* film, with the razors and tape and everything. It was nervewracking, but you really learned deliberation in choosing your shots. Laziness has the same effect, apparently! ;)

Romance works best for me when it works hand-in-hand with the other aspects of a story

Not to mention, hand-in-hand with characterization! Melodrama is antithetical to Olivia's personality, and I always think of the pilot, where she wasn't able to tell John "I love you" until well after he told her, and after bracing herself up for it. Peter could easily have a drama queen streak, I think...but not in a relationship with Olivia.

[icepixie]

*laughs* Reminds me of learning to edit on 16mm film - *actual* film, with the razors and tape and everything.

Oh maaaaaan. I could never do that; I like my "undo" function and saving multiple drafts of things way too much. :)

It was nervewracking, but you really learned deliberation in choosing your shots. Laziness has the same effect, apparently! ;)

Indeed! There are plenty of little clips in my vids that are the result of, "Okay, I need something for this half-second here, but I don't know what...let's see what I've already got imported."

Not to mention, hand-in-hand with characterization!

This too! I'm so glad the characterization on this show doesn't really allow for melodrama, at least in this department.

Peter could easily have a drama queen streak, I think...but not in a relationship with Olivia.

Peter could be a bit of a drama queen back in S1, I thought. Just a bit, though. And I agree, he'd never be one with Olivia; a couple of the "seriously?" looks she usually directs at Walter would knock him right out of that. ;)

BTW, we seem to have a lot of interests and fandoms in common, so would you mind if I friended you? :)

[thespatz.livejournal.com]

I like my "undo" function and saving multiple drafts

God, yes, me too. Bizarrely, we did do the sound editing in FinalCut (since we were shooting film without sync sound) through this hilarious roundabout method of recording the projection of our final cut, then editing sound against the shitty digital recording, then transferring the track to mag tape for the final version we turned in. It *worked*, it was just crazy. *g*

BTW, we seem to have a lot of interests and fandoms in common, so would you mind if I friended you?

Not at all! I was just thinking I needed more Fringe fans around :)

[icepixie]

It *worked*, it was just crazy.

It sounds thoroughly bizarre!

Not at all! I was just thinking I needed more Fringe fans around :)

Awesome! :)