Vid: Tanglewood Tree (The Dead Zone; Johnny/Sarah/Walt)

[butterfly]

I've loved Dave and Tracy's music for years. I only got to see them perform three times before Dave's death, but each time was incredibly memorable. They started out adorable music dorks and got polished up along the way, but never lost that honest glow of love for the music.

I've wanted to vid them since I first learned what vidding was, but I could never find the right fandom. I was thrilled to bits by the recent LotR vids to their music, but that wasn't the right fandom for me to put them in. And then I saw The Dead Zone, and I found a home for one of my favorite songs in existence.

Thank you, cesperanza, for getting me interested in the show. And many thanks for _par_avion for her loan of her dvds of the show (and for hosting my vids on her site). I wouldn't have been able to do this if I'd been netflixing the show.

Tanglewood Tree

Summary:
Three good people, in various kinds of love.

(mpg file; 35.8 MB; zipped
also available as a smaller wmv file here (yousendit link)
if you'd like the link renewed, just comment and let me know)

Love is a light in the sky
and an unspoken lie
and a half-whispered prayer.

Comments

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

Oh, this is beautiful. Perfect song, perfect fandom. :-)

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you. And I was just so incredibly thrilled when I was watching tDZ and realized that here was finally a kind of love that was complicated and messy and wonderful enough to fit the song.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the advice. I didn't know that they did that.

[babel.livejournal.com]

I wish I could see the vid. Am unfortunately on dial-up and even if I had the patience to wait several days for it to DL, yousendit doesn't let me DL anything. BUT, I just wanted to say it is SO NICE to see that someone else is familiar with Dave & Tracy. I can't even get any of my friends to listen to them, because they're style is ... too southern for people? I have no idea. But, yay. Dave & Tracy are the best.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

They really are. My mom is the person who first introduced me to their music, back when they only had one CD out. They just really did work so wonderfully well together.

[cesperanza.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow, this is amazing! And you even got the Johnny/Walt in there! It's a great song, really perfect for them! I'm so glad you're vidding in this fandom! We'll have a fandom yet, by God!

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I was really hoping that you'd like it.

I really love the way the Johnny/Walt relationship has progressed over time (I remember being so thrilled when Walt just gave him a huge hug at the end of Plague). I pretty much devoured the first three seasons and kept wanting more at the end of every episode, but not at all in the bad 'that felt unfinished' way.

[theamusedone.livejournal.com]

I've never seen the show, but the song is a favorite of mine, so I thought I would check out the vid.

I am so glad I did!

You did a wonderful job matching the lyrics to the images, the whole thing was beautifully done.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

I'd definitely recommend the show. I managed to watch three seasons in a very short time, because I just kept wanting to see more.

Thank you so much. And it's really nice to know that the vid still works if you don't know the fandom.

[sweetvalleyslut.livejournal.com]

God, that was amazing. I loved the moments you chose to show, it was a great representation of the Johnny/Sarah/Walt dynamic.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

It's definitely one of the parts of the show that has captured my attention. I mean, I came into the show inclined to like Sarah (because she's Dax!) but I was not expecting to actively root for the show to get up the courage to put them in a real threesome relationship. But I totally want all three of them together, because I do think it could work out. I just want all three of them to be as happy as possible.

[ratcreature]

Here from cesperanza's rec. I haven't watched DZ in a while (I think late first or early second season?), but your vid reminded me again why I liked what I've seen of this show, and beautifully highlighted how difficult and sometimes painful this relationship triangle is for them. Thanks for sharing your vid.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

Someone loaned me their dvds of the first three seasons and I fell totally in love. It's a smart show, with really neat visual effects.

[versaphile.livejournal.com]

Wonderful job! Really lovely match of song and visuals.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I really was all kinds of thrilled when I realized that the song fit the relationship. I was beginning to think that the song was too emotionally complicated to vid, but it turns out that I just needed a more emotionally complicated relationship. And tDZ definitely has that.

[lalejandra.livejournal.com]

I love this song, and this is a great great great vid. Wow.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

And yeah, I really adore the song, too. Dave and Tracy's stuff is so beautiful, and this one song especially.

[kallistei.livejournal.com]

This is a completely beautiful vid, to one of my favourite songs. Thank you.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

And it really is such a completely gorgeous song.

[grey-bard.livejournal.com]

Wow. It just... fits. Lovely vid.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

AWESOME

[johnnysbiotch.livejournal.com]

THIS WAS THE MOST AWESOME THING I'VE SEEN IN AWHILE. It rocked and i love this song. Keep up the good work. I think we have a lot in common.

Re: AWESOME

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm really enjoying The Dead Zone. It's a wonderful show.

fire bad, vid pretty

[annaalamode.livejournal.com]

This vid was so pretty. Did you do anything with the colors or intensity because I don't remember TDZ having quite that romantic intensity to its color. (Does that make any sense?)

Re: fire bad, vid pretty

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

And you are absolutely correct, I did brighten and then intensify the colors. I firmly believe that television color is almost never intense enough (but television has other things, like dialogue and more time to play with, so visual intensity isn't as important).

I started messing with brightness and contrast the second that I got Adobe Premiere. TDZ didn't need as much brightening up as Angel does (now there's a dark show), but I definitely did some work on the colors. I also did a lot of additive dissolves in this vid, as opposed to straight cross dissolves.

[ruralstar.livejournal.com]

I am unfamiliar with the artists but this was a lovely song. The Walt/Sarah/John triangle was such an intregal part of seasons 1-3 of TDZ. This was a perfect choice to portray it. I liked the moments you chose and your editing was beautiful. Some wonderful layering and fades to fit the words.

Thank you for sharing. I really hope you will do other DZ videos.

Ruralstar

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I'm really glad that you liked it.

TDZ is a really good show, with a lot of great visuals, so there's a good chance it'll keep inspiring me.

[deifire]

Oh, wow. This was incredible!

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[sage]

This is *wonderful*. There are no words for how wonderful and heartwrenching and beautifully done this is--I'm just in awe. SO MUCH LOVE!

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It's a really great show.

[magnolia-simms.livejournal.com]

This vid was wonderfully done. I've seen many DZ vids, and this is by far one of my favorites. I, too, love the Walt/Johnny relationship and how it's progressed from one of suspicion and competition to one of true friendship.

And that is a great song. I'd never heard it before, but it's beautiful, and you've got me checking out others by those artists. I've heard some songs I'd love to turn into vids but I'm just not talented in that domain.

I hope to see more in this fandom from you, because this was incredibly done.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

The Walt/Johnny relationship has been very impressively complex. They're just really come to respect and know each other quite well, which is just neat.

And that is a great song. I'd never heard it before, but it's beautiful, and you've got me checking out others by those artists. I've heard some songs I'd love to turn into vids but I'm just not talented in that domain.

Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer made a wonderful team.

I hope to see more in this fandom from you, because this was incredibly done.

Thank you, again. It's a really great show.

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

I've been watching this constantly since you posted it. It's soooo fantastic, I just love it. Is there any chance you'd be able to share the mp3 of "Tanglewood Tree?"

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm more than a little in love with it myself. It's the first time I've been able to rewatch a vid of mine without finding anything to nitpick about after.

Uploaded the mp3 onto yousendit -- http://s33.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3RDQLQHKCVYUN34201HYVOL7PE

It's a beautiful song. I'd recommend the rest of their work, too. They really made a wonderful team.

[fenlings]

That was really impressive. Also, v. interesting about the additive dissolves and I liked the rich colors. Between Speranza and you I might do more than vaguely remember season one and cheer on the OT3. I might actually ::gasp:: watch more episodes!

Do you have other vids I could watch, hmm?

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I have made a few other vids, though no other vids to The Dead Zone (yet). My fandoms are numerous and demanding. *grins*

[crowie.livejournal.com]

Just poking in to say. This vid is wonderful. I downloaded it when it was new and I don't think I ever feedbacked you.

I still watch it regularely. The song is beautiful and the vidding is right and it just works.

I vid myself and I feel like I should do a proper good concrit on it but that would make me put off forever feedbacking. So I decided to just cop out and tell you that I really really like it.

Johnny, Walt and Sarah in their tangled and oh so compelling triangle of a relationship.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you! That's really great to hear.

Johnny, Walt and Sarah in their tangled and oh so compelling triangle of a relationship.

It's definitely one of the highlights of the show for me.

Long overdue

[exeterlinden.livejournal.com]

Hi,

I (as many others, I think) followed a rec to this. I've never seen an episode of DZ (have read a few fics, though), but man did I like this vid. It's gorgeous, multilayered and complex and clever - and just something on my hard drive that I still find mysef returning to. T

Thank you for sharing!

Re: Long overdue

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I'm really glad that you like it, especially in a way that lasts like that. The song is one of my favorites and I was so thrilled when I found a set of relationships that felt complex enough for it.

Thank you, again.

[http://users.livejournal.com/oceana_/]

Wow, this was amazing! I admit that I have never heard of Dave and Tracy's music before, but the song fits perfectly. Love how you show the change from the easy love Johnny and Sarah had to the complicated triangle the have now. I really enjoyed this.

If you don't mind, I'd like to rec this vid on oceanas_recs in one of my next updates.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm always flattered to have my stuff recommended.

Tanglewood Tree is one of my favorite songs, well, ever, so finally finding a relationship that was complicated enough for it was really neat.

[sobelle.livejournal.com]

Here via cesperanza

I've only seen a couple of eps of DZ so I'm positive I'm missing tons of subtext and otherwise... the song, on the other hand, is one of my favorites as I've loved Dave & Tracy for years now, is just perfect and clearly illuminates the subject of your vid.... a tribute to your talent and to Dave's.

(I miss his presence so much but am glad to continue to see/hear Tracy)

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

Dave and Tracy's music really does touch me very deeply. He was a great talent.

[neery.livejournal.com]

Here via someone's link at cesperanza's. And very glad to be here, too - this is such a stunningly beautiful vid. I love the song, and it tell the story perfectly. The clips are wonderfully chosen - Johnny holding Walt's hand, the look on his face as he sees Sarah and Walt kissing... and the scene where he lets go of Walt's hand is just poainful in the context of this vid, with the music and the lyrics. I'm going to slowly download the rest of your vids - you rock!

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'd love to know what you think of the rest of my vids, as well.

It really is a lovely song, and I was so thrilled when I watched tDZ and realized that I'd finally found a relationship that was complicated enough for it.

[mylittleredgirl.livejournal.com]

... zomg. This is the best music video evarr. I've never actually seen a Dead Zone vid before, and I'm so very glad this was my first one!

Seriously. AWESOME. I'm going to go rec this on my LJ immejitly.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

I'm so thrilled that you enjoyed the vid and extremely flattered that you liked it enough to rec it.