It's My Life
System of a Down - Lonely Day
Added 2/26/06 - Spoilers through Season 2Alright, my first non-Spider-Man vid! This idea came to me around November of last year when System of a Down's new album "Hypnotize" came out. I listened to every track religiously (still do actually) and everytime I came to this song I'd always think of Lost and how great the song would fit in a Lost character study vid. About a day later I thought about Jin's character and everything that he'd gone through and it felt like an instant click. The song really captures Jin's feelings of utter loneliness on the island during season 1. On top of not being able to communicate with any other castaways because of the language barrier, he was also emotionally separated from his wife; He gave up his humanity to be with Sun and in turn ended up pushing her away. The vid follows Jin as he reflects on his life and the mistakes he's made as he tries to recapture who he is and reconcile his relationship with Sun. While the vid takes place in season 1, I also used some key flashback clips from season 2. The vid took about a month and a half of on-again, off-again editing and was edited in Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5. Xvid compressed in VirtualdubMod.

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Great vid. Thanks for sharing.
Grey853, 02.26.2006, 12:55pm #
Glad you liked the vid. Thanks!
Basketkase543, 02.26.2006, 10:55pm #
I love Jin and Sun as characters and I found your vid to be a moving portrayal of their relationship. Very nicely done. Thanks!
Charmax, 02.26.2006, 1:19pm #
I love both of their characters too and I really feel like they contribute a great deal to the show. Thanks for the feedback!
Basketkase543, 02.26.2006, 10:57pm #
I loved this vid! Great storytelling, great selection of clips for Jin and Sun and great song choice. I also really liked your intro to the vid because it was cool knowing what was going on when you made it. Very impressive work, I can't wait to see more. Thanks!
Chulaverde, 02.26.2006, 1:56pm #
Thanks for the comment, I'm glad you liked the vid and especially glad you liked the write-up to it! Glad to know it gets read.
Basketkase543, 02.26.2006, 11:28pm #
Aww. That was really nice. I really loved the timing of the clip at 0:48, and the switching of scenes to the beat at around 1:50 to 1:58.

You picked perfect clips for this vid.

I saw a vid to this song a little bit ago. It was good, but to me it fits a whole lot for better for Jin and Sun.
MartoufMarty, 02.26.2006, 5:30pm #
Thanks for the feedback! The middle part of the song that you mentioned was hard to edit because I wasn't sure what scenes I wanted to use during that wild guitar solo. I'm really happy with how it turned out.
Basketkase543, 02.26.2006, 11:40pm #
This was a really moving vid. Great job on editing and clip choice. This just worked on every level for me.
WendyLouWho, 03.31.2006, 9:54pm #
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