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

[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!

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

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

[sdragon.livejournal.com]

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

[anon-e-mouse1.livejournal.com]

That was excellent. Really well done!

I have seen TAPE and love DPS and of course House and i think the way you integrated them all was fantastic.

You took a great idea and turned it into a poignant, angst driven masterpiece. You win.


And throwing all that aside, you made a video that focuses on RSL. For that reason alone you deserve mega snaps!

*loves* *mems* *dies*

[daasgrrl.livejournal.com]

That was such a fantastic idea - my head is spinning from the meta. In a good way :) I was impressed you managed to do so much with the still shots - it did work, and I loved the way you had those two scenes with Wilson putting both of his hands up which echoed each other. Great storyline as well with the cuts between Wilson's 'brother' and House. Imagine actually casting Ethan Hawke as Wilson's brother. The fangirls (myself included) would go mad... Anyway, great job.

[evila-elf.livejournal.com]

ooh!! Pretty!
Never had occurred to me for Ethan to be the missing brother! And that young picture of him!! Yes, I squeed out loud seeing that :)

After watching the vid several dozen times, *cough* Ethan started to seem like a younger House...there is a small (very) resemblence from the Tape stills lol.

And you need to see Tape! Hell, I have a VHS of it that I can let you borrow if you have no other way of seeing it.

(and keepvid is awesome for me because I can't get streaming files to play on my computer and there are so many wonderful things on youtube)

[secondsilk.livejournal.com]

That was completely wonderful.
Excellent song. And the line up with the clips was great - I know best.
And Robert Sean Leonard's mannerisms in everything. That was a nice pick up from Tape to House with his defensive hands.

The song and the clips and stills carried the idea all the way through. Wow.

Holy Cow!!

[atreidesheir.livejournal.com]

Usually when I am reading the comments at the bottom and I see the whole "Dies" thing I wanna roll my eyes. But on this one, I have to agree. This video just hit a place down inside me so deep that it physically/mentally hurt. Seeing Wilson struggling so badly to keep House from destroying himself, to keep him from ending up like his brother, had such an impact on me. I am going through a tough time right now and I had to keep from going into an emotional upheaval over this. The music fit so well, described the situation perfectly, and the clips/video that you used could not have been better. I've only seen 3 pieces on YouTube that I have found to be exceptional, and this is one of them. (And you say that it's not perfect yet). My story that I am writing is all Wilson angst over House's self destruction, among other things, so this fed my imagination nicely. I give you such high praise, I can't even figure out how to post my journal onto here yet, LOL. (I've read the instructions but don't get it). So to make a video this good, just blows my mind!! Thanks for sharing!!

[sous-lepont.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, that was awesome! I love the idea of merging the clips.

[topaz-eyes.livejournal.com]

Wow. Intriguing backstory to Wilson; lovely cuts between House and Wilson's brother. I'm impressed that you got all three sources to merge so well in the final fanvid.

[airie-fairy.livejournal.com]

This is amazing.

BEAUTIFUL!

[navy-brat-1972.livejournal.com]

I don't think I can tell you anything that anyone else here hasn't already told you. This was BEAUTIFUL and I think that putting Ethan in as Wilson's brother worked...especially with the scenes from TAPE and DPS that you chose. This was amazing and beautiful and what everyone else said, I agree with! Just beautiful!

[lapetite-kiki.livejournal.com]

Very touching vid!
Great work!

[captain-elessar.livejournal.com]

Wow, um, just watched DPS again today after a long time. That vid was so good. I loved it.

[snwilson.livejournal.com]

I just watched this and enjoyed it very much. But the downloaded link is expired and I was wondering if you could please reupload it so I can save it to my computer?? Thanks so much!!!

[wilsonisgod.livejournal.com]

Wow. That was so heartbreakingly gorgeous.


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