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VID: Andor: Shape of My Heart
Title: Shape of My Heart
Fandom: Andor, Rogue One
Music: Shape of My Heart by Sting
Summary: Follow your heart into the fight against fascism
Notes: Made for my anti-hero square![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
vid_bingo. Thank you to all the folks at at communal_creators for the encouragement.
I love the theme in Andor and Rogue One of common folks and disenfranchised people rising up to fight fascism. It feels like such a relevant subject these days.
Cassian isn't a traditional hero. He seems almost doomed to fail from the very start. And when we first meet him in Rogue One, he shoots an informant, Tivik, rather than risk his being captured and interrogated by Imperials. This seemingly cold-blooded streak continues and drives home the idea that Cassian is a man who can accept that the ends justify the means. Andor shows us that his original motivations weren't born from idealism like some other heroes joining the Rebellion. Even after he joins up, we can surmise he holds onto that sharp edge of cynism allowing him to be a very effective weapon - one who is also willing to 'burn his life for sunrises he won't live to see'. When Nemik claimed Cassian was his perfect reader, is this what he envisioned?
Hopefully, we'll see more of that journey in season 2. In the meantime, here's a vid about following your heart into the fight against fascism. I hope you enjoy it!
"Tell him... none of this is his fault. It was already burning, he's just the first spark of the fire. Tell him he knows everything he needs to know and feels everything he needs to feel. And when the day comes when those two pull together, he will be an unstoppable force for good. Tell him I love him more than anything he could ever do wrong." Maarva to Cassian via Brasso, ep 1.12
YouTube (with subtitles) | AO3
Fandom: Andor, Rogue One
Music: Shape of My Heart by Sting
Summary: Follow your heart into the fight against fascism
Notes: Made for my anti-hero square
vid_bingo. Thank you to all the folks at at communal_creators for the encouragement.I love the theme in Andor and Rogue One of common folks and disenfranchised people rising up to fight fascism. It feels like such a relevant subject these days.
Cassian isn't a traditional hero. He seems almost doomed to fail from the very start. And when we first meet him in Rogue One, he shoots an informant, Tivik, rather than risk his being captured and interrogated by Imperials. This seemingly cold-blooded streak continues and drives home the idea that Cassian is a man who can accept that the ends justify the means. Andor shows us that his original motivations weren't born from idealism like some other heroes joining the Rebellion. Even after he joins up, we can surmise he holds onto that sharp edge of cynism allowing him to be a very effective weapon - one who is also willing to 'burn his life for sunrises he won't live to see'. When Nemik claimed Cassian was his perfect reader, is this what he envisioned?
Hopefully, we'll see more of that journey in season 2. In the meantime, here's a vid about following your heart into the fight against fascism. I hope you enjoy it!
"Tell him... none of this is his fault. It was already burning, he's just the first spark of the fire. Tell him he knows everything he needs to know and feels everything he needs to feel. And when the day comes when those two pull together, he will be an unstoppable force for good. Tell him I love him more than anything he could ever do wrong." Maarva to Cassian via Brasso, ep 1.12
password: cassian
YouTube (with subtitles) | AO3
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I almost said "spotted" instead of "edited"! - because of course from a film composer's end, we don't get to muck with the video, we're supposed to make the music match what's going on in the visuals! Opposite side. XD But the way the shots line up with moments in the music and in the lyrics - ah, my heart. ♥
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I really worked at having some of the internal movement in the source flow with the music and not rely solely on traditional cuts on the beat (although I have a lot of those as they're common and 'comfortable' to see in vidding). I'm glad that came through!
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One of the vidding challenges I found useful to kickstart some of my vidding complacency and get me out of a rut was
The idea was to pick a limited source to play around with and for each challenge focus on a vidding technique. That way you weren't fussing about with trying to use something with 10 seasons of footage or making something that was going to be "the best vid ever" - you were just re-using footage and focusing on a vidding thing.
Anyway, I only participated in that last round and found it so helpful (and fun!)
I still don't embrace all the "new shiny" techniques of vidding (what is a TikTok edit, ugh) but am happy with the tools I have/tricks I know and feel they give me a solid base to work from.
When I retire, I might take some courses on music theory. I watched a documentary on movie scores that was pretty interesting, too. Again, maybe when I retire. ;)
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musictheory.net has a ton of free tutorials if you like that kind of thing if/when you are in the mood. :) (I personally do better with an interactive human instructor but it's good to have the reference!)
https://www.musictheory.net/
(if you ever have music theory questions, hit me up - if I don't know, I almost certainly know someone who does!)