I'm gonna have to watch that lots more times, because you've packed a lot in there, coding-wise (an excellent use of the medium!) and I'm still unpacking it as I watch. But I love this epic arc for Gabrielle, where she began as a counter-influence for Xena -- Gabrielle's water to Xena's fire -- and their association shaped Gabrielle every bit as much as it shaped Xena. (The montage about Xena's charm? Oh, that's poignant, given where this vid goes: Gabrielle seeing the laughter instead of the sword.) And I especially love how you drew out the ongoing theme of blood-innocence: the virginity that matters in this show is whether or not you're taken a life. The sequence with the bloody knives, calling out to different points in Gabrielle's arc... Mm. That's real nice, there.
And that opening pair of shots, casting Gabrielle as the river? Beautiful.
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Date: 2014-06-29 04:04 pm (UTC)I'm gonna have to watch that lots more times, because you've packed a lot in there, coding-wise (an excellent use of the medium!) and I'm still unpacking it as I watch. But I love this epic arc for Gabrielle, where she began as a counter-influence for Xena -- Gabrielle's water to Xena's fire -- and their association shaped Gabrielle every bit as much as it shaped Xena. (The montage about Xena's charm? Oh, that's poignant, given where this vid goes: Gabrielle seeing the laughter instead of the sword.) And I especially love how you drew out the ongoing theme of blood-innocence: the virginity that matters in this show is whether or not you're taken a life. The sequence with the bloody knives, calling out to different points in Gabrielle's arc... Mm. That's real nice, there.
And that opening pair of shots, casting Gabrielle as the river? Beautiful.
This is real nice work.