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White Collar: Vid: Hour Follows Hour

Feb. 3rd, 2012 at 11:40 AM

china_shop: Close-up of Zhao Yunlan grinning (WC Neal - angst)

Title: Hour Follows Hour
Fandom: White Collar
Song: Ani DiFranco
Length: 1:19
Content notes: Spoilers up to 3.12.
Author notes: Thanks to my partner for beta.
Summary: Keller thinks Neal is wasting his life and his talent.

Hour follows hour
like water follows water
Everything is governed by the rule
of one thing leads to another
You can't really place blame
cuz blame is much too messy
Some was bound to get on you
while you were trying to put it on me

And don't fool yourself
into thinking things are simple
Nobody's lying still the stories don't line up
Why do you try to hold on
to what you'll never get a hold on?
You wouldn't try to put the ocean
in a paper cup

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sprat: an illustration of a girl posed in front of a cartoon alien (Default)

sprat wrote:

Feb. 3rd, 2012 03:53 am (UTC)

Oh, I really love the complex relationship this hints at. I've only watched the first season and a half of this show so far (I'm liking it a lot this time around, though -- I think Matt Bomer's weird familiarity wore off after the fourth episode or so), but I know enough about these characters to love your take on them here. ♥

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china_shop: Diana from White Collar looking mischievous (WC Diana mischievous)

china_shop wrote:

Feb. 3rd, 2012 09:36 am (UTC)

*beams* Thanks, you! (And cool! I didn't know you were giving the show another shot. \o/)

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pulangaraw wrote:

Feb. 3rd, 2012 04:38 am (UTC)

Yes. Beautiful vid.

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china_shop: Close-up of Zhao Yunlan grinning (Default)

china_shop wrote:

Feb. 3rd, 2012 09:36 am (UTC)

Yay, thank you! ♥

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healingmirth wrote:

Feb. 3rd, 2012 04:43 am (UTC)

Oh, I love that song, and that's really excellent use of it, beautiful.

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china_shop: Neal looking terribly pleased with himself (WC Neal looks like Aiden Quinn)

china_shop wrote:

Feb. 3rd, 2012 09:37 am (UTC)

Thank you so much!

(I considered making the vid a little longer, but I couldn't figure out how to work "I make a woman's movement" into this context. *g*)

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whiskeynkisses: extreme close-up of River in dark glasses with tiny gun (B&W) (Kenzi)

whiskeynkisses wrote:

Feb. 3rd, 2012 09:30 am (UTC)

I really enjoyed this. I thought the editing and internal motion had a really gorgeous rhythm to it that made it compelling even though I'm not familiar with the source.

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china_shop wrote:

Feb. 3rd, 2012 09:38 am (UTC)

Thank you so much! *beams*

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saekhwa: Asian woman with short black hair & arms outspread and text that reads: 'free' (sheriff of sexytown)

saekhwa wrote:

Feb. 3rd, 2012 02:07 pm (UTC)

I've only watched the first season, so it looks like there's quite a bit I missed from the latter seasons, but I enjoyed this vid! The rhythm of it was lovely, and I liked the scenes that you chose.

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china_shop: Close-up of Zhao Yunlan grinning (WC Moz)

china_shop wrote:

Feb. 3rd, 2012 08:53 pm (UTC)

Yeah, it's a bit less self-explanatory than my usual vidding style, which... probably not the best for a multi-fandom comm. Doh. But anyway, thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it. :-)

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neu wrote:

Feb. 3rd, 2012 06:57 pm (UTC)

Much love for this vid! Keller's a fascinating villain by himself and his and Neal relationship is a fascinating one in its attraction/repulsion dynamics. Your vid sort of concentrates this while leaving it as open as the show does, makes me want to see more! Also: watches \o/ And: I'm curious as to why you ended it with the scarab - I know what you think of Neal taking it, and I wonder if it was a spur of the moment thing or if you meant to hint at something precise with it, like a symbol of how close Neal sometimes might be to go back to a lifestyle he once shared with Keller?

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china_shop: Close-up of Zhao Yunlan grinning (WC Neal picture of innocence)

china_shop wrote:

Feb. 3rd, 2012 08:57 pm (UTC)

like a symbol of how close Neal sometimes might be to go back to a lifestyle he once shared with Keller?

Yes, that! How he tries to keep himself contained by his parole agreement and his new life, but he can't completely. His secretive, criminal self just keeps spilling out.

I think I may have to do a commentary for this vid; it's a bit oblique unless you can recognise where the shots are from, and I don't know how much of the logic in my head translated into the vid.

Thank youuu!!! :-D

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neu wrote:

Feb. 3rd, 2012 09:33 pm (UTC)

Ha! I'm glad I was on the right track.

I like the obliqueness of the vid, it's a perfect match for what is evoked and not explicit in the show. I don't know how much translates for someone who doesn't watch White Collar. I re-watched it as someone who doesn't (!) and OK, I wouldn't probably get what it's about but the clips sequences together with the song still makes it a compelling vid, wistful, intriguing.

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china_shop wrote:

Feb. 4th, 2012 01:48 am (UTC)

I re-watched it as someone who doesn't (!) and OK, I wouldn't probably get what it's about but the clips sequences together with the song still makes it a compelling vid, wistful, intriguing.

Oh cool! I suspect people unfamiliar with the source might have a hard time distinguishing between Neal and Keller in some of it, which would muddy things quite a lot. And the hug with Peter is fairly anonymous if you haven't seen that ep, too.

Thanks again! <3 <3 <3 (And hee, your icon!)

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neu wrote:

Feb. 4th, 2012 12:30 pm (UTC)

Re: the icon - well, you sort of made me do it :D
I guess I will pull it out each time you use the angel!Neal one!

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eve_doodle wrote:

Feb. 6th, 2012 04:14 am (UTC)

This is beautifully done and I love how all the clips you chose work with the lyrics. Gives a great sense of the relationship dynamics in the show (especially the Keller-Neal tension!).

Great job and thank you for sharing.

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china_shop wrote:

Feb. 6th, 2012 07:18 pm (UTC)

Yay, thank you so much! I'm glad it worked for you. :-)

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musyc: Silver flute resting diagonally across sheet music (Default)

musyc wrote:

Feb. 10th, 2012 07:32 am (UTC)

I liked the repetition of the images of clocks and watches! Really emphasized the theme. (I totally made a little squee noise when El appeared, too. So much love for El.)

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