Amy and her sword is SO EPIC OMG. That footage is glorious anyway, but you really use it to its full effect, I think. *grins* Thank you. All the big sweeping, swirling sections were kind of insanely fun to do!
I'm really intrigued by that shot of Oswin peeking out, after the Amy-Pond-through-the-ages section - what are you hinting at there? Oswin as the Doctor's family? Oswin as an egg/seed? It's been bothering me! Here I was thinking that, as nobody seems to be taking the bait, obviously I've not been nearly shameless enough in my insinuations ; )
Clara who? Clara Who.
Specifically I think she is the Doctor and River's. He's not a monk!
I thought I was pretty darn shameless . . . Though I didn't want someone who disagreed with me not to be able to enjoy the vid. I wanted to toe a line where, whether or not my conclusions proved right, my observations would still be valid.
I'd be really interested to know your thoughts about the whole Ponds section, actually. <3 Bless you. What do you want to know? There's a lot there! I subtitled it in my head "love is a psychopath," which is a quote from Jekyll which I think basically explains Moff's use of the word in relation to River. Love as a dangerous, intensely focused, animalistic urge to protect one's loved ones. By which standards all the Ponds are psychopaths. I think the Ponds were good for the Doctor in the way that a hot oil treatment is good for split ends: ordinary care wasn't going to cut it, the man needed intensive reconditioning. The other main thing I kept in mind for this section (and the whole vid) was the idea that "all the women are one woman." I think Amy, River, and Clara act, on a symbolic level, as one multi-faceted unit in relation to the Doctor and his growth (and all the apocalypses are the same apocalypse, events of death and rebirth and growth, presided over by them). A sort of maiden/mother/crone triple goddess figure. So I deliberately drew as many parallels between the three women as I could and used multi-generational imagery (like in the "painted red to fit right in" section) to blend them together as much as possible in all their roles and associations. Is that what you're looking for?
I....may have been thinking about this too much.*hides* If such a thing is possible, then I think we're all in a lot of trouble ; )
I keep meaning to read your huge, rambly meta post, by the way. I started, was loving what I saw, and then life kept interfering. I've still got it open, though!
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*grins* Thank you. All the big sweeping, swirling sections were kind of insanely fun to do!
I'm really intrigued by that shot of Oswin peeking out, after the Amy-Pond-through-the-ages section - what are you hinting at there? Oswin as the Doctor's family? Oswin as an egg/seed? It's been bothering me!
Here I was thinking that, as nobody seems to be taking the bait, obviously I've not been nearly shameless enough in my insinuations ; )
Clara who? Clara Who.
Specifically I think she is the Doctor and River's. He's not a monk!
I thought I was pretty darn shameless . . . Though I didn't want someone who disagreed with me not to be able to enjoy the vid. I wanted to toe a line where, whether or not my conclusions proved right, my observations would still be valid.
I'd be really interested to know your thoughts about the whole Ponds section, actually.
<3 Bless you. What do you want to know? There's a lot there! I subtitled it in my head "love is a psychopath," which is a quote from Jekyll which I think basically explains Moff's use of the word in relation to River. Love as a dangerous, intensely focused, animalistic urge to protect one's loved ones. By which standards all the Ponds are psychopaths. I think the Ponds were good for the Doctor in the way that a hot oil treatment is good for split ends: ordinary care wasn't going to cut it, the man needed intensive reconditioning. The other main thing I kept in mind for this section (and the whole vid) was the idea that "all the women are one woman." I think Amy, River, and Clara act, on a symbolic level, as one multi-faceted unit in relation to the Doctor and his growth (and all the apocalypses are the same apocalypse, events of death and rebirth and growth, presided over by them). A sort of maiden/mother/crone triple goddess figure. So I deliberately drew as many parallels between the three women as I could and used multi-generational imagery (like in the "painted red to fit right in" section) to blend them together as much as possible in all their roles and associations. Is that what you're looking for?
I....may have been thinking about this too much.*hides*
If such a thing is possible, then I think we're all in a lot of trouble ; )
I keep meaning to read your huge, rambly meta post, by the way. I started, was loving what I saw, and then life kept interfering. I've still got it open, though!