mission report by lim (mission report challenge)

[lim.livejournal.com]

Title: Mission Report
Characters: Teyla, Pegasus
Length: 141 words / 1 minute 49 seconds
Rating: G
Notes: Thanks to Ces for everything.
Er. I figured Teyla has an oral culture.

Mission Report [ 2.5mb mp3 ] Zipped.


I can sing this high mind rhyme
The day was long
The sky was fine
We spread our hands and our smiles wide
Our jewels reflected in their eyes

Ragged and thin they took us in
And washed our bodies from their water skins
We took their comfort and gave them toys
We kissed their girls
And beat their boys

Oh, ho, how can we go?
How can we travel with our cloak of woe?
How can we meddle in these hungry lives?
Bellies so full and our clear blue skies

Oh the hearth is cold and the wraith are blue
Ring of the ancestors sky is too

What's done is done
That war is won
And guilt is the indulgence of the favoured son
The day was long
The sky was fine
We spread our hands and our smiles wide


And I made a sort of vid to go with it:

video [ 16mb divX , 10mb .m4v , 57mb .mov ] Zipped.

Many thanks to Oxoniensis for hosting.

Comments

[lucia-tanaka.livejournal.com]

l3tm31n

Here, have an internet.

*is tickled*

[lim.livejournal.com]

:)

[oxoniensis.livejournal.com]

That is truly amazing work. I was thrilled to see that you'd made a new vid, and wow, yes! It's so in keeping with Teyla, words and song and the imagery in the video. You are truly multi-talented!

[oxoniensis.livejournal.com]

P.S. Would it help if you had a permanent link for the video and song? I'm very happy to host them for you.

[ratcreature]

Wow, this is so cool!

I liked the song and the vid and it's a very original idea for the mission report.

[lim.livejournal.com]

Thank you. It's good of you to say. :)

[norah.livejournal.com]

Ohhhh, lim, lim, limitless liminal lim lim lim, I LURVE this. Didjoo really sing that yourself, you talented one? AWESOME. Just, awesome.

[lim.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I made it in GarageBand. I'm such a Mac cliche! ::sobs::

[mgunby.livejournal.com]

wow.

awesome.

[lim.livejournal.com]

Ta. :)

[cathexys.livejournal.com]

i am so utterly impressed with your creativity!!! lovedlovedloved the multimedia lim ;-) the song and the lyrics were great and very teyla, and the vid was beautiful, very fitting, and interesting in the way the sea and the fish (eh, dolphins at times?) overlaid everything. i especially loved the puddle jumper/dolphin imagery as well as the mild femslash i saw lurking there, maybe??? ;-)

thank you!!!!

[lim.livejournal.com]

Mainly sharks, sardines and dolphins. It's from a nature programme called The Blue Planet, which is one of the most staggering pieces of cinematography ever created. (I reflexively typed IMHO there, but it's not just IMHO). Anyway! This bit is of a sardine swarm so big it looks like a coral reef. The sharks cut these bloody passages through the swarm. The birds dive and snatch. The dolphins leap and...you can't really see it but the dolphins totally look like they're galloping through the waves. The sardines are totally buggered, basically.

I think I could have made it better but the cramp in my hands was killing me so I thought I'd better post it to prevent myself from fiddling with it obsessively.

[swanswan.livejournal.com]

Fascinating! Loved the mixture of formats. This... what'll I call it... this *presentation* made me see how powerful great fan work is in fandom. Because something like this sparks people's imaginations, wakes them up. I don't think you'll find many people who dislike Teyla, but still she's so hugely unrepresented in fandom, and I love that something like this was created around her, because it's an inspiration, really. Lovely! Sharks and Sora and the everyday...

[lim.livejournal.com]

*g* I basically only read McShep myself so I think I am part of the problem. If it is a problem. (OTP4EVAomgTHEIRLOVEISSOBUDDYCOPSINSPACEomg.) But I do like Teyla, though she doesn't make sense to me. Why is she even there?? Isn't she like, the President? Oh...SGA.

[owleyes-arisen.livejournal.com]

Beautiful.

[owleyes-arisen.livejournal.com]

Actually, have you written any other songs? I liked this one a lot - I'd like to listen to more.

[ana-grrl.livejournal.com]

Wow! Here by way of oxoniensis's rec, and this is amazing. Love the song, and the vid is beautiful. This is so wonderfully original. Thank you :)

[lim.livejournal.com]

Hey, thanks a lot. :)

[denynothing1.livejournal.com]

What an utterly cool idea, to take hints (the little, teeny, tiny ones we get, wah!) about Teyla's culture and really, really *run* with it. Awesome.

I'm still downloading the vid (on dial-up, but I'm motivated), but I've already listened to the song a couple times and love it. Thank you for sharing this!

[lim.livejournal.com]

Wow. You must be motivated to dl vids on dialup! Jesus, I think I'd die of frustration. ::claps you roughly on the shoulder::

Thanks for your words.

[purna.livejournal.com]

Wow. This was excellent. I loved all the ocean imagery in the video. I first thought the song was a commercial release and went looking for the artist and album name, because I really liked the sound of it, but then I realized it was yours! Amazing.

[lim.livejournal.com]

Hah! Did the bit at the beginning where you can hear my chair creaking not tip you off?

[aurora]

Wow. That was just beyond awesome - the lyrics and dude, you have a great singing voice. And what a creative interpretation of the challenge! I'm impressed.

Also, the vid is incredibly vivid. Spot-on Teyla. I like the clips and effects you used, especially the colouring in the first SGA scene and that blend of Atlantis and John.

[lim.livejournal.com]

Ta. That's not my usual/comfortable style of singing but it was what fit the music and the challenge so...

I think Earth and Atlantis and John must seem kind of mindblowingly wealthy to Teyla. No Wraith. Ancient genes. Swimming pools. *g*

[pollyrepeat.livejournal.com]

Awesome. See, right here, this is why I love fandom. Very creative, and the song was amazing! Hope to see more stuff from you soon.

[lim.livejournal.com]

Ta. I don't know when next I'll make something. I am working on some stuff but I dunno when I'll finish any of it. I'm very unreliable.

[cincodemaygirl.livejournal.com]

Damn, you're amazing!

[lim.livejournal.com]

Ulp. That's very kind of you to say.

[panisdead.livejournal.com]

What a fabulous idea! I enjoyed both the song and the vid.

[lim.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you liked it. Thanks for commenting. :)

[proserpina-kore.livejournal.com]

I love your voice - it's an amazing response to the challenge, the whole thing, the vid and the song. Thanks for sharing it.

[lim.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :)

[laurakaye.livejournal.com]

I'm very impressed! What a creative take on the challenge- not to mention, you got this done so fast! I'm amazed at your talents! SO very cool.

[lim.livejournal.com]

Oh, hey, thanks a lot. It's good of you to say. :)

[shayheyred.livejournal.com]

Incredible.
The song is haunting, and very, very Teyla. Wonderful.
::flails for words::

[lim.livejournal.com]

Thank you. That's very kind of you to say.

[bibliokat.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow! I *LOVE* the lyrics and the way you sang it and your voice! It's absolutely fantastic and I plan on listening to it over and over again;)

The vid is beautiful and amazing and I need to watch it again and again to really get it.

A very creative idea that makes perfect sense!

[lim.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

I love your icon. Heee.

[kuepo.livejournal.com]

Such a creative idea-- I love it! The vid is absolutely mesmerizing, and the song is perfect for Teyla.

[lim.livejournal.com]

Thanks a lot. :)

[kahaniyan.livejournal.com]

Nevermind!

That was simply lovely. The song and vid, both. :D

[clairshadows.livejournal.com]

I loved this to pieces both the vid and the song, it's alien and has a sense of history and everything. I especially loved the theme of life running through the vid, which is something that I think a culture such as Teyla's preyed upon by the Wraith would treasure.

[lim.livejournal.com]

Yeah, in that episode with the funeral/ring ceremony she says that to die of natural causes is considered an achievement! Well, I spose the Wraith ARE natural causes but... you know what I mean. :):)

[miriad.livejournal.com]

Oh noes! It says the dowloading limit has been reached! Help!

[clairshadows.livejournal.com]

Earlier in the comments oxoniensis has posted a link with an alternative downloading site :)

[danceswchopstck.livejournal.com]

Wow, this is gorgeous, both to listen to and to watch! Did it take you a long time to figure out how to overlap the vocal parts? Did you use a (piano-type) keyboard to figure out the arrangement?

I can guess that a lot of time went into this--I set one of copperbadge's poems to music, a few months ago, and it was way fun to do but not quick, and that was a lot simpler, musically, than this, and no video, either!

I particularly liked how you mingled the shark and dolphin visuals--lots of symbolism, right there--age-old enemies, differences and similarities, not easy to tell which is which in the first few seconds of encounter...yeah!

Also, I'm curious about the instruments you used--acoustic or electronic? Sounds a bit like a hurdy-gurdy and what Ursula Le Guin called a "handhitter" in Always Coming Home, but those are just guesses.

Very, very cool. *applauds* :D

[lim.livejournal.com]

Oh, I made it in GarageBand so it's mainly modified loops and beats, though the I made the flute bridge using musical typing (which is a pain in the arse so I only did a bit). It's... hang on, I'll bring up the tracks. I set up a basic structure, intro, verse, bridge, refrain, and then just jammed with it until it sounded half-decent. I am crap on the piano. No patience!

I had a more complex version of the round but it wasn't appropriate in the end. Anyway, here are the tracks so you can see how it's built up.

[malnpudl.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow! That's just phenomenal! I'm just blown away.

Wow.

[lim.livejournal.com]

Thanks, mate. <3