Vid: No Air (Doctor Who; Doctor/Rose)

[butterfly]

No Air
sung by Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown

Summary:
Not with a bang, but with a whimper.
(spoilers through Doctor Who 4x12 -- "The Stolen Earth")

(divx file 31.4 MB; zipped
smaller wmv file available here)

Many thanks to par_avion for lending space and to jic for advice and support. Song suggestion by spiletta42. Feedback is always appreciated.

Got me out here in the water so deep...
Tell me how you gonna breathe without me.

If you can't see the embed, the link is here.

Notes

I was actually sent this song back in November '07. I listened to it, loved the beat and the sound of the singers' voices, but thought that it was just a little too co-dependent for my Doctor and Rose.

Then, you know, "Turn Left" aired. And we learned that, if not for Donna, the Doctor would have let himself die. I blinked and then relistened to the "No Air" (and, by this time, I'd acquired more Jordin Sparks songs and really gotten to like her style even more). This time around, it fit. I played around with the song a bit and then realised that in order for it to work, the Doctor and Rose had to be 'on-screen' at the same time and yet separate. Split screens were a necessity. This led to much internal flailing of the 'will it be taken seriously if it has split screens?' variety. Which, obviously, I got over.

Comments

There’s no air, no air

[kiki-miserychic.livejournal.com]

My friend plays this song constantly in the car.

Great beats at :26. It's nice to see a recent vid with Nine and Ten both as the Doctor. Nice interplay of the splitscreens.

Re: There’s no air, no air

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

It's a really catchy song.

It's nice to see a recent vid with Nine and Ten both as the Doctor.

I like being able to include Nine when it's appropriate for the vid -- he's still the Doctor, after all. But I always feel like I need to include the regeneration in the vid when I do that, so it doesn't always work out to have him there. I'm glad that it did this time.

Nice interplay of the splitscreens.

I'm pleased that they worked for you.

[spiletta42.livejournal.com]

When I sent you this song, I thought it fit the scene in Doomsday beautifully, but had my doubts about it sustaining a whole video. I should have known you could pull it off, and you've done so brilliantly! I love the split screens -- that's what makes it work.

I now have to go watch this 50 times in a row. Thank you so much, you've made my entire week!

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad that you liked it! I really have totally fallen in love with Jordin Sparks' work since then, so I definitely appreciated the introduction to her.

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

Oh, this was gorgeous. I was so excited when I saw your post, because I LOVE your vids, especially the songs you choose (and I'd actually heard this song and liked it, I like Jordin Sparks), and this was no exception. I think the split screen really worked well, especially quite near the end where one side of the screen goes dark so the viewer can focus on one character at a time. Awesome job. :-D

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much!

I think the split screen really worked well, especially quite near the end where one side of the screen goes dark so the viewer can focus on one character at a time. Awesome job. :-D

I'm so glad that the split screens worked for you. I was quite nervous about those to start off with (though recently, more split screen stuff has been popping up -- I think it's coming back into style).

[a-white-rain.livejournal.com]

Oh that's really haunting and lovely.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[leviathan101.livejournal.com]

This was really beautiful. I loved the split screen style, and loved the mask-type thing you did at 1:36. Very awesome work!

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

I loved the split screen style, and loved the mask-type thing you did at 1:36.

I'm so glad that both of those worked for you. I wanted something with a little extra lift during that section of the song and worked around for quite some time to find something that looking right with the voice.

[krabbypatty.livejournal.com]

Great video, I like the use of split screen. :)

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm so glad that the vid (and the split screens!) worked for you.

[la-tante.livejournal.com]

wow. actually brought tears to my eyes seeing all those beautiful shots. oh rose oh nine oh ten....... lovely editing--the line at 1:36 (already mentioned above) is really brilliant! thank you so much for all your hard work.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I'm so glad that the vid worked for you on such a strong emotional level.

[acceb23.livejournal.com]

I love this video - very sad and it fit the song perfectly.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much.

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

Beautiful video :)

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[wanderlustlover]

That made me all teary eyed. I really do love them.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I do think that they are my very favorite fictional couple ever.

[helygen.livejournal.com]

This is just sooooo gorgeous. The style, the editing, everything: it's so sad, but beautifully done

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much. They broke my heart so much after S2, but I love them.

[napalm_isis]

This is by far one of the best Doctor/Rose vids I've seen! Really fantastic! :D

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much!

[fiducia.livejournal.com]

That was VERY well done. I really enjoyed your use of the split screen. Excellent!

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much! I'm glad that you liked it.

[voldything.livejournal.com]

that was beautiful! and the split screens worked wonderfully ♥

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I'm very pleased that it worked for you. Yay!

[kuwdora.livejournal.com]

This is just so interesting to watch. The song does absolutely nothing, but the split-screens and the color and the editing just flabbergast me enough that I've watched this a half dozen times already and can't believe how gorgeous it is. I'm in LOVE with the hand-hold splitting up the screen at 2:04, omg.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Hee. Thank you! I'm so glad that you liked the handhold. Yay! I knew what I wanted to do there, but it took me a while to figure out how to make the tech I had do it.

[kuwdora.livejournal.com]

oh god and the faces that you lined up when the screens were split between them and how it just matched the music perfectly! I.. I just get so... so.. overcome. This isn't my Who pairing preference at all, except that you make me totally feel every facet of it every single time around and that's absolutely amazing.

I mean I wouldn't think twice about the song if I heard it on the radio or whatever, but it just totally is transformed here into something meaningful.

*gushes some more*

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much. Seriously. I love this pairing so much that when that gets put across to someone who isn't a huge fan of them, it gives me this warm glow of accomplishment. Especially since I may never stop vidding them (they are totally my Sylar).

[kuwdora.livejournal.com]

bwaaa!~ and the color!

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

The color was so much fun. Especially matching the frame coloring. Because I definitely wanted to have an actual visual division between the two sides of the screen, so the framing came naturally, but I didn't want the outside to be blue all the time because that wouldn't fit... especially for the second verse.