Gift for ghost lingering by livrelibre (Bayou)

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Title of vid: Bayou
Recipient: ghost lingering
Vidder: livrelibre
Fandom: Bayou
Music: She Began To Lie by Greg Hale Jones-The General's Daughter soundtrack; song sung by Christine and Katherine Shipp
Summary: Lee's journey to save her father and her friend takes her to strange and scary places.



Lyrics are for Sea Lion Woman, a traditional children's playground song, aka See Line Woman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Lion_Woman (original song sampled in the track sung by Christine and Katherine Shipp; available on A Treasury of Library of Congress Field Recordings)
Content notes: lynching+ racism+ child and animal harm
Unsigned length: 03:52

Password is F3st1v1ds!

Bayou - She Began To Lie from Alanna Smithee on Vimeo.

Lyrics
Sea Lion Woman (Sea Lion)

She drank coffee (Sea Lion)

She drank tea (Sea Lion)

And gamble, lie (Sea Lion)

Way down yonder (Sea Lion)

I'm going maul (Sea Lion)

And the rooster crow (Sea Lion)

And he got no lie (Sea Lion)

Sea lion woman (Sea Lion)

She drank coffee (Sea Lion)

She drank tea (Sea Lion)

And gamble, lie (Sea Lion)

Sea lion woman (Sea Lion)

She drank coffee (Sea Lion)

She drank tea (Sea Lion)

And gamble, lie (Sea Lion)

Comments

[ghost_lingering]

You gave me a happy ending!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And the song is perfect! You just keep cranking up the tension in this as it goes on, ahhhhh. I just want Lee to succeed!! And, here at least, she does!

More later after I've rewatched and rewatched!

[(Anonymous)]

I'm going to be out of the country and away from the Internet entirely for a couple of weeks but I wanted to let you know that I should have the signed vid up and available for downloading at the end of the month. Thanks so much for your kind words and the opportunity to try something new and make a vid for this incredible source!

[ghost_lingering]

Thank you for letting me know to wait so that I wasn't worried! And I want to say again that I loved the vid and I am so so so thrilled someone vidded one of my comics requests. In case you didn't see, I wrote up a bit more about the vid in my rec here: http://ghost-lingering.dreamwidth.org/174800.html

Thanks again!

[livrelibre]

My apologies for taking so long to get this up but here is the signed version finally! Thanks again for all the kind words and for giving me the chance to make this!

[jb_slasher]

Oh wow. That was a whole lot of motion in stillness. Great job bringing this to life!

[livrelibre]

Thank you!

[sanguinity]

That was... I have no words. I obvs need to re-read, because there's so much I've forgotten, but this vid! Your choice of music was perfection, absolute perfection, and Lee is so damn brave, and I have feelings all over the place.

[livrelibre]

Thanks so much and I'm so glad it gave you feelings!

[axiom_of_stripe]

this is terrifying and i love it!

[livrelibre]

Thank you!

[kiki_miserychic]

The sense of storytelling is so strong. I'm so glad to see more comics vids, especially in festivids. I found myself holding my breath at so many places. Well done.

[livrelibre]

Thank you and it was good to try a new style of vid!

[futuransky]

Beautiful. I've only read part of the comic, so I don't know how much you were shifting from the original, but I was on the edge of my seat.

[livrelibre]

Thanks! This is kind of an AU actually; I definitely recommend reading the comic even though it's unfinished. It's great!

[grammarwoman]

The way you brought a still source to life like this is simply breathtaking. Well done!

[livrelibre]

Thanks so much!

[nicole_anell]

WOW, that was so unexpected and perfectly done. I was totally unfamiliar with this graphic novel and I'm so impressed with the clarity and pacing of this vid, the way the story flows like a comic come to life. Actual chills!

[livrelibre]

Thanks and I'm glad you liked it! I highly recommend the comic.

[sasha_feather]

Wow, this is remarkable. What an incredible vid.

[livrelibre]

Thank you so much! <3

[terajk]

WOW! The song is perfect; I love your sense of movement--I felt propelled along on Lee's quest. (I haven't read "Bayou," but you made me really want to.)

[livrelibre]

Thanks and I'm really glad this worked for you! And the comic is amazing!

[felis]

I didn't know the source at all, but this was fascinating. The song choice is great, setting the mood for the story and driving it forwards through the percussion at the same time. I like how you create a sense of movement and narration through panel choice and rhythm - the beats on 1:07 and 1:53 were really dramatic for example, the escalation with the very fast cuts around 2:05, the moment of respite around 2:35 (loved the big sky panel in the middle), or when she breaks out of the water at the end, after that chilling fight.

[livrelibre]

Thank you so much for the detailed commentary and I'm so glad you liked it! The comic is one I highly recommend.

[franzeska]

What a great rhythm you built with just still images!

[livrelibre]

Thank you!

[starlady]

This was really intriguing--the song choice was great, and the editing really brought the source alive.

[livrelibre]

Thanks so much!

[skygiants]

This was really beautifully done!

[livrelibre]

Thank you!

[morgandawn]

The password no longer works, FYI.

[livrelibre]

Whoops! Fixed and thanks for letting me know!