fv_poster | Gift for ghost lingering by livrelibre (Bayou)

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

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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)

Crossposts: http://fv-poster.livejournal.com/297937.html

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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!

From:

jb_slasher

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

From:

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.

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axiom_of_stripe

this is terrifying and i love it!

From:

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.

From:

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.

From:

grammarwoman

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

From:

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!

From:

sasha_feather

Wow, this is remarkable. What an incredible vid.

From:

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.)

From:

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.