Festivids #2: I Will Always Love You

[sholio]

Okay so this one came together at the last minute. I was vidding a different song entirely, but if you've ever done vidding, you might also have had the experience that some songs are MUCH harder to find clips for than others - and the one I was working on (although I really liked the song for them, a moody folk song) was absolutely glacial. I was running into the last few days before the deadline, a week that also was going to involve travel for me, and I was starting to face the fact that I might not get a second vid done in time.

However, you know what's really fast to vid? Bouncy pop music with clear, non-metaphorical lyrics! This song came up on the playlist I was listening to, and I realized immediately that I could visualize the intro-outro of the vid very clearly, popped it into the timeline and had like half the vid done in just a couple of hours.

It's not the kind of song people usually vid for MASH, so I was honestly surprised the response was so positive - I mean, good surprise! Very good surprise! ♥ But I was kind of expecting it to be many fewer people's cup of tea. However, I feel like the song lends itself very well to the concept I had in mind for it - as one commenter astutely pointed out, it's both how Hawkeye felt about the people he lived and worked with (and how they felt about each other), and how the fans feel about the show after all these years.

Watch on Vimeo

Song: I Will Always Love You
Artist: Whitney Houston
Length: 4:02
Lyrics can be found here.
Also posted on AO3.

Oh, and both of these vids contain canon-typical scenes of wartime violence, guns, explosions, etc. ("Lantern" more so than this one, which is softer and more focused on the group dynamic.)

Comments

[goddess47]

That. That was amazing!

[sholio]

Thank you so much! <333

[cornerofmadness]

I quite liked this

[sholio]

Thank you!!

[sheron]

omg one of my favourite songs of all time -- this would work PERFECT for MASH. I haven't watched it yet but that's a fine choice of song for this show!

[sholio]

Thank you! ♥ I had no idea this was a longtime favorite for you. We must catch you up on episodes so you can watch. xD

[timespirt]

You made me cry.

[sholio]

Awwww, thank you!! <333

[pauraque]

Love songs interpreted as being about loving a fandom = <33333333

[sholio]

Thank you!! <3 It just worked SO WELL for this.

[lunabee34]

This is such a good vid. I love it.

[sholio]

Thank you so much! <333

[leonie_alastair]

Brilliant.You captured so much of what I loved about the show.

[sholio]

Thank you!! That is what I was hoping for. <333

[tippergreen]

Oh, nicely done!

[sholio]

Thank you so much!! <3

[troyswann]

Yep, this one had me in tears in 0.4 seconds. :D

[sholio]

More or less the intended reaction, thank you!! <333