House of Leaves

The song really sets the mood for a quiet heartbreak. I vigorously picked a few moments in between to remind the viewer how young Jo was and how protected she grew up compared to the Winchesters. And yeah, there is no sense in too many close ups, so shaking it up was a lot fun, too.

Not too bad for someone who hasn’t touched Premiere in over half a year. It started to slightly bug me when I had to look up shit I once knew – But I like my new solutions to some script problems more. I think I now found the true frame change to PAL and not just the shabby fix to spread the frames out. I know, you are not interested in this fuckery when it doesn’t apply to your problems.

I wanted to have her looking at Ellen there and silently admitting that her mom is indeed her mirror in many ways. The song was so perfect after I cut the first few lyrics and I’m flattered you thought my editing was flowy, because it felt very clunky and out of shape in a few places to me.

I’m delighted you enjoyed it and thanks for your comment.

It really does – and I was not in the mood for false sentimentality, so I’m glad you think it’s an honest representation of Jo.

She did – but that’s what fanfics/vids/arts are for and kick-ass AUs. On the other hand I’m so happy for the glimpses of the more mature Jo we got.

Aw, thank you so much, Mary, this is an awesome feedback and exactly what I was going for. And I’m so grateful that I still have the power to turn your brain into mush – It’s an awesome power to have. *tackle hug*

That line just works on so many levels with Jo, heh. And I really loved going back and see Jo stumble a little bit in the insanity of her life. It’s such a refreshing contrast to see her later and how comfortable she grew in her own skin. I’m so happy you enjoyed the vid and thanks for the lovely comment.

There is a certain part of me that is still in denial and another that says that death rarely stopped a character from reappearing in SPN, but yeah, I feel your pain. Strangely I never even considered Jo’s death at the end of the vid, it just didn’t fit with the narrative and what I wanted for this vid.

Certainly not on form, I’m still surprised that I got the green light from Xandra to post this, my luck was her not knowing the source, I’m sure of it. – Otherwise she would have beaten me with blunt instruments and then stapled my organs to the wall. Great, now I feel cheated out of a great experience. Anyways, I’m just relieved that for once I finished a vid so that this didn’t end up in the sad growing pile of WiPs on my hard drive and therefore I’m very forgiving towards all its obvious imperfections. Besides Ani DiFranco is the one artist that gets me to vid notoriously fast for my snail standard.

Oh, I totally forgot that it was already time for halfamoon, I should check their entries out for this year. I love that comm so fucking much.

I have such a huge soft spot for forehead touching, it feels like such an intimate gesture and hits my kinks so hard it’s not even funny. I knew that that clip would end up somewhere in my vids the moment I saw it and that line was just right for it.

And wow, the vid was excellently timed for you then. Heh. Sometimes I win at life. Happy you enjoyed the vid and hopefully the next one won’t take as long.

Thank you so much and I tried to strike the balance here and I’m delighted you felt I hit it just right.

Well, sometimes it’s better not to over think stuff and I felt like that was the case here. I’m satisfied you enjoyed it so much.

Thank you so much – I’m pleased you enjoyed the vid. Rediscovering the song in this context was a real treat for me.

Aw, thank you so much, I fixed the link there was a random space character on the preview line break there, no idea how that got in. Not sure about BAM – I checked with Xandra and she says that it’s normal. Maybe you don’t need to sign in for embedded videos, but otherwise it is necessary.

Merci beaucoup and the song was amazing to work for in context of Jo’s journey. Like you said it has a hopeful and expectant note to it with a smudge of wariness and the lyrics really clicked for Jo.

I would have loved to see her not die and you know, pop up randomly being all, ‘I have a river of blood on my hands and that’s truly your field of expertise, Winchesters. Care to take over from me?’ Although all things considered I was happy that we got two eps in the fifth season with her, instead of none. But back to the subject, I’m delighted that you enjoyed the vid and felt that it portrayed her true to herself.

Or kick angel butt in heaven, because everybody knows that they are dicks. Glad you enjoyed the vid too.

I feel like I might get my creative output back on track, but that might be false hope. In the meantime we’ll see what I’m actually able to finish and post.

I just loved the lyrics for this one – they were so perfectly Jo. And I’m delighted that you enjoyed the vid, especially after the dl gave you a bit of a hassle first.

What I particular loved about the song was the way I could keep Jo’s inexperience and build her up to the remarkable lady she became.

I really liked this a lot! *memmed*