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.

[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!

[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

[a-white-rain.livejournal.com]

Oh that's really haunting and lovely.

[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!

[krabbypatty.livejournal.com]

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

[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.

[acceb23.livejournal.com]

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

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

Beautiful video :)

[wanderlustlover]

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

[helygen.livejournal.com]

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

[napalm_isis]

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

[fiducia.livejournal.com]

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

[voldything.livejournal.com]

that was beautiful! and the split screens worked wonderfully ♥

[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.