Vidukon Premiere: Starkville (Xena)

[frayadjacent]

Title: Starkville
Song: "Starkville" by the Indigo Girls
Source: Xena: Warrior Princess
Characters: Gabrielle, Xena (Gabrielle character study)
Content notes: Bright flashes. Institutional and relationship violence (as depicted on the show). Spoilers throughout the series.
Summary: "I chose the way of friendship"
Captions are available on the youtube and vimeo streams. They are also included in the downloadable zip file. If you don't want captions, just delete the .srt file.

As always, please feel free to contact me if you want more specific information about warnings/content notes.

Remastered for 720p (ish -- it's still 4:3) in 2020. 

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If you were here in Starkville
the townie boys would love the way you stare
If you were here in Starkville, the local girls
they wouldn't have a prayer
I spent a reckless night inside the wonder
of your everlasting charm
now I'm haunted by geography
and the flora and the fauna of your heart

At the dawning of some road worn day
I called you on a whim just to say-
The morning birds are singing
but I could not do them justice
so I hung up and fell back to sleep

I'm in love with my mobility
but sometimes this life can be a drag
like when I noticed your nobility
and how my leaving only held you back
I remember one occasion when you were drinking
and you asked me to the coast
but I was hell bent on agony back then
so I missed the boat

At the dawning of some road worn day
I called you a whim just to say
My regrets become distractions
but I can not do them justice
then I hung up and fell back to sleep

When I was down in Starkville
I was hiding out inside some Comfort Inn
from a local gang of troubadors
when the homecoming queen -she come riding in
I slipped out of my room into the rain
and I went running for my health
I watched the headlights turn to moonlight and finally
 I was running by myself

Now it's the dawning of some road worn day
I call you a whim just to say
The morning birds are singing

Comments

[laurashapiro]

Every time you vid Xena, I think 'I've really gotta watch that show.' This time is no exception. You make it look new here, with a great focus on saturated color and speedy cuts on actions, it's got a freshness quite different to other Xena vids I've seen. I sure wish I had the context, though.

Oh, and how great is that blur transition? I've never thought of doing that, but I suspect I will be stealing it.

[frayadjacent]

Thank you! It's great to know you can enjoy the vid without knowing the source. And if you ever want a recommendation of episodes to watch, I'm happy to provide them.

I totally got that transition from rhoboat! We were talking about Gaussian blurs in vidding chat about 4 or 5 months ago, and she mentioned having used it in a transition and showed us the example. I was making "Become You" at the time and LOVED it but it didn't work in that vid. In her case the two clips also had fast camera pans which made it even more awesome. Unfortunately I'm on my phone so I can't find the vid right now, but I remember the transition involved BSG's Six and maybe Olivia Dunham? Anyway there is a small chance I'm misremembering but I'm pretty sure it was Rho.

[laurashapiro]

Oh, cool! I just saw Rho yesterday but we didn't talk about transitions. I'll have to mention it to her. Sidebar: I should hang out in vidding chat sometime. Stupid RSIs.

Anyway! Yes, your vid is lovely.

[frayadjacent]

RSIs are so stupid. D: Though things I can do on my phone (like vidding chat) work better than typing for me.

[laurashapiro]

I am so slow at thumb-typing I suspect it wouldn't wouldn't work, but it's a thought!