VID: Glósóli (Doctor Who, by purplefringe & such heights)

[such_heights]

Glósóli
by purplefringe and such_heights
fandom: Doctor Who
characters: Eleven-era ensemble (canon ships)
music: Sigur Rós - Glósóli
content notes: bright lights, audio level changes
summary: "That's a fairytale." "Aren't we all?"
notes: spoilers for all of S6. The lyrics, both in Icelandic and translated into English, can be found here.
download: 40MB zipped .avi

password: stories

Glosoli from such heights on Vimeo.

additional notes:

purplefringe: So, this vid kind of came into existence as a result of such_heights' Feelings about the Ponds and how awesome they are, and my Thoughts, which mostly went along the lines of "omg so much meta!!" Inspired by some particularly beautiful and insightful essays by elisi and goldenmoonrose, we decided to join forces to make a vid about the fairytale adventure that is Doctor Who, a journey of self-discovery down the rabbit hole, through the looking glass, into the wardrobe - a quest for identity throughout all of time and space. We also wanted to incorporate some of the most interesting symbolism from the show. And their faces. All their faces.

Comments

[purplefringe]

eeeee thank you! So many stars <3

[purplefringe]

:-D Thank you very much! That is a lovely thing to say. There are so many amazing stories in this show, they all deserve to be told more often.

[purplefringe]

Oh my, thank *you* for such a lovely comment! The wonder and the fairytale at the core, as such_heights said, is precisely what we were trying to find. This show = <3

[purplefringe]

Thank you! :-)

[purplefringe]

Thank you! *happy comment-receiving face*

[purplefringe]

Thank you very much!

[purplefringe]

Ah, Feelings. This show gives me so many! It is so great. And thank you, I'm so glad you enjoyed the vid!

[purplefringe]

:-D Thank you! We were really trying to tell a story, it was important to get the images to play out right. I'm glad you feel it worked.

[purplefringe]

eeeeeee thank you! I hope forever is enjoyable.

[purplefringe]

Thank you! :-)

[purplefringe]

Oh my goodness, this is amazing. Thank YOU! This comment made my day. Particularly the part about the children being us, and the Tardis explosion. I'm glad the meta came across! If you're interested in this kind of thing, you should definitely read those essays, they are amazing and kind of mind-blowing.

[purplefringe]

THE CHESS PIECE. As such_heights will tell you, that particular image caused us much angst, trying to get it right. I'm so pleased you enjoyed it, as your writing helped inspire it!

[purplefringe]

Oh wow, thank you very much. The music is amazing isn't it? We had a lot of fun with it. the courage it takes to step out into the unknown... exactly <3

[purplefringe]

Thank you! Magic, love, and stories...they are at the heart of this show, and this vid, and life in general. I'm so pleased you enjoyed it :-)

[purplefringe]

Thank you! ALL THE PONDS. I love them. Them and their fairytale lives.

[purplefringe]

Yay, mission accomplished! Thank you very much :-)

[purplefringe]

Oh, thank you so much! That is a fantastic thing to hear.

[purplefringe]

Thank you! This show is so beautiful.

[purplefringe]

Eeeeee thank you very much! That's a lovely thing to say.

[purplefringe]

FACES. <---- there, I said it again. It can NEVER be said too much! And neither can 'thank you' - thank you very much!

[purplefringe]

:-D Thank you so much! I love 'two weddings and a funeral', I hadn't thought of it like that before, but YES.

[purplefringe]

Thank you! I'm so glad you enjoyed it!

[laurashapiro]

Why can I not rewatch this vid right now? Whyyyyy?

('cuz I'm at work. Not fair.)

[laurashapiro]

I LOVED it.

[promethia_tenk]

=D Thank you very much indeed! Yeah, we basically pick the show apart together endlessly, so it's hard to tell what's whose . . . She has a more persistent drive to actually post things, though ; )

I am, however, beyond, beyond thrilled to see so many ideas I've spent a lot of time thinking over show up in such a spectacular vid!