VID (really!): The New Age

[promethia_tenk]

So I made a vid . . . my first . . . please be kind *frets*



Title: The New Age
Fandom: Doctor Who, Moffat era, Clara
Song: 'Radioactive,' by Imagine Dragons
Length: 3:04
Spoilers: Through 'The Rings of Akhaten'

Summary: Clara Who

A/N: For Elisi. Who likes vids, I hear ; ) And without whom this would not exist.
This has basically been eating my life for a month and a half.
I assume this song is horribly over-vidded?

Download (32.5 MB mp4, Mediafire)


Lyrics: 'Radioactive'

I'm waking up to ash and dust
I wipe my brow and I sweat my rust
I'm breathing in the chemicals

I'm breaking in, shaping up, then checking out on the prison bus
This is it, the apocalypse
Whoa

I'm waking up, I feel it in my bones
Enough to make my systems blow
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, I'm radioactive, radioactive
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, I'm radioactive, radioactive

I raise my flag, don my clothes
It's a revolution, I suppose
We're painted red to fit right in
Whoa

I'm breaking in, shaping up, then checking out on the prison bus
This is it, the apocalypse
Whoa

I'm waking up, I feel it in my bones
Enough to make my systems blow
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, I'm radioactive, radioactive
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, I'm radioactive, radioactive

All systems go, the sun hasn't died
Deep in my bones, straight from inside

I'm waking up, I feel it in my bones
Enough to make my systems blow
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, I'm radioactive, radioactive
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, I'm radioactive, radioactive

Comments

[kass]

Oh, this is thoroughly lovely! I love a lot of the clip juxtapositions -- Amy shooting the Doctor with the water pistol, River shooting his hat -- and you hit a lot of powerful emotional buttons here. And the song, which might have seemed over-the-top for a human POV character, feels just right for the Doctor. I like all the different ways the metaphor of radioactivity can work: the gold light of regeneration, the ways in which he can't help being dangerous to the humans around him. Beautiful stuff. And for a first vid, holy wow! I hope you will make more. <3

[promethia_tenk]

Thank you so much <3

I think the song worked out wonderfully. So powerful and yet very simple for all that? And very flexible. I had a lot of fun figuring out how to interpret things like "radioactive" and "feel it in my bones" and "apocalypse" for each verse. I had a lot of ideas that I wanted jammed in here, so I liked the feeling that I wasn't competing with any complicated lyrics, but that they could be an armature to hang everything on. I'm glad it worked for you as a viewer!

Thank you again. I hope I'll be making more soon too : )