New vid: We Don't Care (The Wire)

[anoel]

Title: We Don't Care
Music: Kanye West
Vidder: Anoel
Fandom: The Wire S4-5
Focus: S4 Kids
Summary: You failed.
Content Notes: Contains graphic violence
Notes: Premiered at Vividcon Challenge 2013. Thanks to killabeez and elynross for the beta.
Download Link: We Don't Care (51 MB AVI)

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So this vid was about 90% made in August and September 2010 after I came home from Vividcon and was super inspired to vid. The song was obviously the kids for me and I looove Kanye so I was excited to get a chance to vid him and a rap song. Making this vid was one of the most emotional vid processes ever as I rewatched S4, cried a lot and then clipped S4, cried a lot and then laid clips down and cried some more. That season and plotline was my favorite and I wanted to show the failure of the institutions and people to save them no matter how they tried as that was the most frustrating part of it all. Both killabeez and elynross were kind enough to give me some beta for the vid but they suggested some changing to the ending which was hard to hear for me since I had the vision of the vid for awhile. I took a break from the vid and eventually got distracted by Festivids and then lost all my Wire files. In any case, I still had the project file and when my other Challenge ideas didn't work out and I had limited time, I figured this would be a good vid for many of the themes with my first being Fuck You, then IDIC and Transformation. I replaced some clips from earlier seasons and filled in a few black spots and was able to get this vid in for Challenge. I'm mostly happy with it although it's weird having made most of it awhile ago. I'm just glad to finally have finished it and have released my first (emphasis on first) Wire vid!

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Comments

[chaila]

Guh my heart. This is such a good song for them. They seem to change SO MUCH from the beginning of the season and vid to the end. They seem so young at the beginning of this, and it seems like there might still be hope. And then everything fails them. :( They look so much older and weary at the end, it breaks my heart. I love the focus on the various objects to tell the story, the things they also use to escape--Randy's games and little businesses, Dukie on the computer--and all the people who do try but fail. This story is never not completely heartbreaking.

[anoel]

Thanks so much for the great feedback! It really killed me to have to put all their smiles in the beginning and then have them harden so much at the end. The business and computer stuff just breaks my heart with all the potential they have and gets taken away from them.