Festivid #1: "Long Night's Journey into Day," 28 Days Later

[bironic]

Title: Long Night's Journey into Day
Fandom: 28 Days Later
Rating: R
Music: "Cemeteries of London" by Coldplay
Length: 3:22
Summary: Jim, into the darkness and out again. We hope.
Contains: Graphic zombie violence (blood, severed limbs, hacking, etc.), dead bodies, implications of sexual assault, lightning/flashing lights, some quick cuts.
Dedication: Made for Heather, for Festivids 2011. Originally posted here on LJ and here on DW.

A/N: I really like how this turned out - the changes in pace to build and relax with the music and the narrative flow; the relentless onslaught of the zombie attacks; Jim's journey from fearful/fleeing to fighter to zombie-like himself as he attacked and killed to survive; the beauty of the song, which I tried to live up to with the editing. The only thing I wish I could have figured out how to do better is the opening. Still don't know if it's engaging enough to convince people to stay for the rest of the vid.

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Lyrics:

At night they would go walkin'
'Til the breakin' of the day
The mornin' is for sleepin'
Through the dark streets they go searchin'
To see God in their own way
Save the nighttime for your weepin'
Your weepin'

Singin' la la la la la la la lay
And the night over London hey

So we rode down to the river
Where Victorian ghosts pray
For their curses to be broken
We'd go underneath the arches
Where the witches are, and they say
There are ghost towns in the ocean
The ocean

Singin' la la la la la la la lay
And the night over London lay

God is in the houses
And God is in my head
And all the cemeteries of London
I see God come in my garden
But I don't know what he said
For my heart it wasn't open
Not open

Singin' la la la la la la la lay
And the night over London lay
Singin' la la la la la la la lay
There's no light over London today

Comments

[obsessive24.livejournal.com]

ZOMG I loooooovvvvveeeedddd this. My favourite vid of all festivids, I think.

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Your feedback on this vid made Festivids for me this year - thank you so much. It's been especially a thrill coming from someone whose vids I have enjoyed so much. Looks like you've made two of my favorites in this round as well!