vid - Ding! Dong! - Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

[kiki_miserychic]

vid title: Ding! Dong!
music: Sufjan Stevens
source: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
duration: 2:59
summary: Sarah Connor should be dead.
notes: Thanks to heyiya and cathexys, who are better betas than they think. Also, this is the most depressing Christmas vid ever.

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One mother rises
Pulling the sheets from the crib
All the disguises
Wandering stars, what she did
All the king's horns
All the king's men
Saddled and worn
Raise the dead
Holy, an infant
He came to raise up the dead

Wandering wise men
What did you bring to his bed?
Shapeless surprises
Incense to bring to the dead
Nothing is wrong
It's what she did
All the king's horns
And the king's men
Nothing is wrong
It's what she did
All the king's horns
And the king's men

Nothing is wrong
It's what she did
All the king's horns
Raise the dead
Nothing is wrong
It's what she did
All the king's horns

Comments

[chaila.livejournal.com]

What a layered and complex picture of Sarah. I read this as a tableau of Sarah's nightmares and how she can't seem to stop them though she tries so hard. I can really feel her on the edge in this vid. The song and editing really builds the tension to all of it being too much and Sarah losing it a little. And then the ending is just beautiful, backing off and showing her in all the different roles she plays.

The intercutting of Sarah not going in and walking away from John's door with Cameron going into John's room was my favorite part. There's such a sense of foreboding about Cameron and John in this that I love. Okay I just love the whole thing. Gorgeous job, as always!

[kiki-miserychic.livejournal.com]

:) Thanks for the feedback.

I owe a lot of the tension to the music itself and the way Lena Headey holds herself when she's in character. There's so much in her face and body language.

The intercutting of them in the hallway felt like the perfect visual way to show how their relationships evolved.