Wilson fanvid: How to Save a Life

[laene_lif]

Dedicated to secondsilk because she answered this post. :)

I have finished another video! And I'm pretty happy with it. It's far from perfect - the wide screen/full screen thing is a bit irritating, not to mention the fact that I do not have "Tape" and decided to go ahead and just use stills from it... (I wouldn't have even known it existed if not for daasgrrl.)

So, the video is to "How to Save a Life" by The Fray. And it's full of Wilson!Angst. Basic premise: Wilson remembers his long-lost brother and tries to sort of make up for it with his friendship with House, trying to keep anything similar from happening to him.

Also, I've, uh, gone ahead and cast Ethan Hawke as Wilson's brother. :)

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Comments

[zulu]

That's excellent. Awesome incorporation of all the films and still pictures. Plus, you just can't go wrong with Wilson!Angst.

[katernater.livejournal.com]

That was lovely. Very well done.

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

I dont even watch house, and i liked it. i love dead poets society.

[nakannalee.livejournal.com]

Fantastic job. Great merging of videos and the song fit well. I like how Wilson can kind of see House in his brother and has a second chance to "save a life." :)

[ciara--mist.livejournal.com]

*giggles madly* That is wonderful!!! I love how you used clips from when Wilson and his brother were at 'school'...I love the Dead Poets Society...I like your ending of it better, where he becaomes a doctor, doesn't *die*...very important...hehehe yay you! ;D

[mystictwilight.livejournal.com]

Oooh, great. I've got to tell you something- I've had this deep, unyielding wish for the powers that be to cast Ethan as Teh Lost Bro since I first saw DPS. So this was very cool to see done. Good choice of song and clips, and the flow of the whole video itself was very nice.

You know what's interesting? The still frames actually went really well with the music and style of the video somehow- if I hadn't known the reasoning behind it, I might have just thought you chose to do it that way :-) Plus, I'm not sure if you've seen Tape, but watching RSL and Ethan's characters interacting in that really is like watching an R rated version of Wilson and House. Having those scenes in my head added to the comparison.
Well done!

~Dani

[stephantom.livejournal.com]

Thank you. And yes, Wilson!Angst is wonderful. It's my first time doing a video focused on him, actually - all but one (which was focused on Chase) have been pretty much entirely about the House!Angst. ;)

[stephantom.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'm glad you liked it.

[stephantom.livejournal.com]

Hee. I'm glad you enjoyed it. :) I didn't even mention DPS in the description - how did you know? You already knew that grown-up Neil was on House? Heh. Well, I am very happy that you watched and liked it.

[stephantom.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[stephantom.livejournal.com]

Heh, yes it is preferable to imagine that poor Neil grew up to become Wilson. Thanks for watching. :) I'm really glad you liked it.

[stephantom.livejournal.com]

Heh, I don't know why it didn't occur to me earlier to use him. Maybe it did, just not so strongly. Hearing this song, remembering watching the trailer for Tape, and of course, having seen DPS, once the idea hit me, I couldn't resist. It was too perfect.

I'm glad you thougth the still frames worked. I did try to fit them to the music and stuff. I haven't seen Tape, no, though I watched the Trailer - which I took screencaps from - and I gathered the H/W-ishness from that. Heh. And as I said, I couldn't resist making him the brother then.

Thanks for watching and commenting!

And nice icon. :)

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

No, that was a pleasant surprise when I made the connection. I just love the DPS scene when theyre running around the room. hehe.

[anewlife.livejournal.com]

This? Amazing. Excellent, excellent job. I wish I could have helped you out with the song but, oops, too slow. Anyway, I ended up borrowing the album from my friend in case you actually would like it (dunno if you're a big fan of the Fray, or if it's just that song.)

Anyway, like I said, awesome job. The song, the clips from Tape and DPS, the entire premise was just perfect. It is a shame that you could only get stills from Tape because there's one part that kinda mirrors that House/razorblade scene only with Ethan of course, but I still think it was amazingly powerful despite that. And please see Tape asap. RSL is awesome, although it is a bit disturbing. Still, something I think all RSL fans should watch without hesitation because it's just more proof of his amazing talents.

Okay, enough gushing. Well, not really, because you can never have enough gushing, right? Anyway, good job. Hope you don't mind I'm pimping this to all my friends. :)

[peapods42.livejournal.com]

And suddenly you've made Wilson the most complex character on the show, if he wasn't already. Because honestly I've always been mopre fascinated by him than House or any of the ducklings. There seem to be many levels to the story you tell in the video with the incorporation of scenes and the interaction between Ethan Hawke and House beyond even "Wilson wants to save House like he couldn't save his brother". There is much more to it than that and the song really represents that well. It's broken into steps and Wilson is taking those steps with both House and his brother and who knows how successful it will be the second time around, or maybe it's already changed so Wilson feels like he can stick to the list. And man I am rambling, but I simply in awe of the masterful storytelling you manage to do here. Usually this can only be done with words, but you've managed it with picture and song.
Bravo.

[libusgrace.livejournal.com]

I really love this. Its really cool how the blending in of the old clips just flows so perfectly.

This song always makes me think of House whenever I hear it on the radio - go great choice.

[leiascully.livejournal.com]

That was about six kinds of wonderful. Thanks so much!

[stephantom.livejournal.com]

Hee, thank you so much. I'm really glad you liked it. And that's ok about the song - I really appreciated the offer, but then I was just too impatient, lol. Sorry. I was just so excited about this once I got the idea to use DPS and Tape and had to start working on it. And man, I wish I had Tape! That sounds really cool and perfect. I'll have to see it at some point. Thanks again. :)

[stephantom.livejournal.com]

Wow, thanks! Wilson really is a fascinating character. I've recently become more interested in him, although I still do find House himself very interesting and compelling... Those two characters are hands down my favorite part of the show. Thank you for watching and leaving such a thoughtful review. I'm very glad you enjoyed the vid. :)

[stephantom.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'm glad you liked it.

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

That was awesome! Excellent use of all the footage and the song. Well done, and powerful!

[stephantom.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :)

[stephantom.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[sdragon.livejournal.com]

Ohhh, very nice! (I also liked your "Broken Hallelujah" vid)

[stephantom.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I was pretty pleased with that one. Glad you hear you enjoyed it!