Vid: Jacob Marley's Chain (Merlin; Uther Pendragon)

[butterfly]

Jacob Marley's Chain
by Aimee Mann

Summary:
Uther's skeletons aren't content to stay in the closet.
(spoilers through 1x13 - Le Morte d'Arthur)

(divx file 28.2 MB; zipped)

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

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Comments

Re: it's just full of thoughts that act as souvenirs

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the feedback!

Wow. I love the focus on Uther. I think it's the first vid of Uther.

I haven't seen any others. I wish there were more!

There's a deeper backstory that we don't get the full explaination of in the show. Obviously we can assume from the legends, but this vid explores something that has been given little time in the source. The simmering and barely contained emotions really come forward with the languid editing that takes the time to get deep into the character and clips.

Thanks. It was interesting to get down and feel through Uther's side of things.

I adore the drumbeat at :11, the woman vanishing on the ting at :45, the way the ball floats over Nimueh's eye around 1:07, the gaunlet hitting at 1:08, the excellent use of the music with Merlin letting the goblet go at 1:18, the way the man is pushed down and Arthur's eyes come up on beat at 2:10, and Uther's hand coming down on 2:15.

Thank you so much for pointing out specific moments you enjoyed. It was fun finding all those moments and making them work with the music.

I hope you don't mind

[ender24]

but since you said, you have not seen other uther vids:
here are two more uther centric vids , that I enjoyed a great deal, maybe you want to give them a try to :D
Fanvid: Merlin - Uther Pendragon - Viva La Vida
http://firthgal.livejournal.com/189195.html?format=light

Title: Let Me Be Me
Characters/Pairing: Arthur, with Arthur/Uther and Arthur/Merli
http://bleu4bleu.livejournal.com/60076.html?format=light