Nostalgia

[Shadow]

This is a video for Mick's memories ... from long ago, and from his recent past with Beth.

(I used some less-common still photos in the video - the harder-to-find ones are posted at the top of page 2.)

on Vimeo:
http://vimeo.com/11071575

on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElgW9gFoIRw

[wpgrace]

Oh honey. That was haunting and beautiful and soooo incredibly Mick, who is haunting and beautiful.
The way you focussed on the faces, mostly his face, is just beyond evocative.
I love all the b/w "photographs" of his life, his memories. Just lovely.

[redwinter101]

Very excited to see this - although I have to wait until I get home to watch. I'm wondering if it's Nostalgia by Emily Barker? I hope so as I adore that song. If not, I'm sure it'll be delightful anyway.

Red

[Shadow]

Oh honey. That was haunting and beautiful and soooo incredibly Mick, who is haunting and beautiful.
The way you focussed on the faces, mostly his face, is just beyond evocative.
I love all the b/w "photographs" of his life, his memories. Just lovely.

Thank you, Grace ... I've been wanting to use this song for a video for ages, plus I have this thing about putting still photos into vids ....
and old photos really seemed to fit with this song. The song really is haunting, I think ...

[Shadow]

Very excited to see this - although I have to wait until I get home to watch. I'm wondering if it's Nostalgia by Emily Barker? I hope so as I adore that song. If not, I'm sure it'll be delightful anyway.

Red

Oh yes, it's Emily Barker. I hope you'll like the way this video turned out! The sound quality isn't very good on either Vimeo or Youtube (Vimeo's better, I think) but I've actually got the download link ready to go.

[redwinter101]

Gorgeous, Shadow. Really beautiful.

I love this song and the clips and photos fit so well. (I'd heartily recommend the whole album - "Despite the Snow".)

Red

[wollstonecraft61]

Absolutely haunting, Moon. I always learn about new performers when watching your vids. Simply beautiful. Some of the stills I don't think I recognize from the show. Are all of these screencaps from the show?

[Shadow]

Thanks Red! And I'll second the recommendation for the "Despite the Snow" album, too. I think the other songs are a bit hard to find anywhere else besides the album, not being nearly as well known as "Nostalgia."

Hi woll, I'm glad you enjoyed this one; it has quite a different mood from yours!
Most of the still shots are screencaps, but quite a few of them aren't. I used some of the less common publicity photos (many of which are on moonlightdetective) and a couple of shots of Mick from the first pilot, plus some behind the scenes photos that I think are kind of rare. It seemed to give a little more depth to Mick's past to have some pictures in the mix that weren't quite so familiar. (Plus, I have a thing about photos and it was just plain fun putting them in!)

[allegrita]

Shadow, your videos always bring tears to my eyes, and this one even more than usual. What a perfect use of this song. You found some photos that I've never seen before.... particularly ones of Mick and Coraline.... and I absolutely love the way you cut them into this video. Mick has so many memories, and they haunt him as he moves through the world...

[cassysj]

There were a lot of stills I hadn't seen before. You did an amazing job with Mick's memories.

Wonderful.

[Shadow]

thank you Allegrita, this song really got to me as well. I got very, very Moonlight nostalgic while making the video! Something about the accordion part especially - it's just really emotional and makes me think of the past. (Who knew an accordion could do that?) I guess that is why all the black & white stills ended up in those parts.....


Thanks so much, cassysj, I'm so glad it worked for you ....
Ever since I discovered this song I thought it would be just perfect for a video about Mick's memories.



I'll put up some of the harder to find photos here when I get a minute; they look a bit different in color and without the close-ups.

[Shadow]

Here are a couple of the photos ...





















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[coco]

Stunning. Absolutely beautiful.

You've captured the beauty that is Mick so perfectly. Love the use of still images and the song choice is beautiful.

[Albra]

beautiful... just beautiful

Thaknk you, Shadow

[Shadow]

Thank you so much, coco and Albra. I adored getting a chance to use those still shots and photos; something about the song just seemed to make that work.