Gift vid for fizzyblogic (The Secret Garden)

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Title of vid: Recalled to Life
Vidder: bironic
Recipient: fizzyblogic
Fandom: The Secret Garden (Movie)
Music: "Vintervalsen" by Filarfolket
Summary: Mary finds her family.
Content notes: No standardized notes apply.
Length (signed): 3:51

Signed vid here [LJ].

Comments

[fizzyblogic]

Oh wow, this is beautiful! I love the music choice, and the use of it — it creates this wonderful atmosphere that reminds me of my old battered handed-down-from-my-grandmother copy of the novel. I love the way you've captured Mary's journey, and eeeeee eeeeee EEEEEEEEEEEE the huge sense of her coming home and finding a family in Dickon and Colin and her uncle, and the garden, and just. OH MY GOSH this is everything I could ever want in a Secret Garden vid, THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!

[bironic]

I was - and am - so inexpressibly happy to hear this - that the nostalgia carried through and all the threads wove together effectively - and just, what you said about it reminding you of the physical copy of the book - ♥

I'm so glad our tastes meshed so that this treat could come to fruition.

[epershand]

That is really gorgeous.

[semielliptical]

Oh, this is heartwarming, such a loving look at these characters. Lovely choice of music, too.

[sophinisba]

This is beautiful and it made me really happy to watch!

[verity]

This is so beautiful, and I haven't seen this movie since I was, like, eight, and you brought it back and made it WONDERFUL! I'm so impressed with how gorgeously you've rendered this story and paired it with the instrumentals.

[serrico]

This is beautiful. The way you illustrate the linked transformations of Mary and Colin and the garden is so clear and lovely. Really well done!

[franzeska]

Awwwww! I don't remember the movie, but this captures everything wonderful about the book! It's just so joyful.

[ghost_lingering]

This is great! It's everything I loved about the book, and it makes me fall in love with the characters all over again.

[hazelk]

I loved this, the music draws you in so organically. Everything barren and alone in the beginning and so joyful and connected and alive by the end butit happens so gradually it feels entirely natural and earned.

[petra]

This feels magical and joyous in all of the ways that the source does. The instrumental is great, and you made excellent use of the time-elapse. Wonderfully done.

[starlady]

Oh, this is a great vid, so beautifully told.

[counteragent]

Ah, that was perfect. I love it.

[winterevanesce]

Perfect music to a perfect movie! Such a beautiful vid! Fantastic job :)

[actiaslunaris]

Oh, I love how you've connected the themes of new life, growth, and shining a light on darkness to Mary and how she changes everyone around her.

[arduinna]

Oh, this was lovely.

[luzula]

Huh. This is a piece of music I know and love since many years, and I'm intrigued to find it in a vid! That said, it didn't entirely work for me, since I have other strong associations with the music, but it was still interesting, and the slow buildup in the music matched the slow blooming in the source. I just recently reread the book, actually, but I've never seen the movie, and it looks really sweet.

[laurashapiro]

Subtle and very engaging.