Vividcon Premiere: Our House (Little Miss Sunshine)

[mresundance]

Our House by mresundance
Song and Artist: "Our House" by CSNY.
Fandom: Little Miss Sunshine
Length: 03:17
Summary: Our house is a very very very fine house.
Contains/Warnings: Some jump cuts.
Crossposts: AO3 | Tumblr
Betas: In alphabetical order: echan, ladymajavader, and lola. Thank you darlings.

For Vividcon Premieres 2013.

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Lyrics

I'll light the fire, you place the flowers
In the vase that you bought today.

Staring at the fire for hours and hours
While I listen to you play your love songs
All night long for me, only for me.


Come to me now and rest your head for just five minutes
Everything is good.

Such a cozy room, the windows are illuminated
By the evening sunshine through them
Fiery gems for you, only for you.

Our house is a very, very, very fine house
With two cats in the yard, life used to be so hard
Now everything is easy, 'cause of you.

And our --

Our house is a very, very, very fine house
With two cats in the yard, life used to be so hard
Now everything is easy, 'cause of you

And our . . .

I'll light the fire while you place the flowers
In the vase that you bought today.

Notes

I first thought of this vid when I started vidding in 2008.

My dad passed away that year. He loved this movie, and he loved CSNY even more. It seemed like the perfect fit.

I am not sure why I decided to make it now though. Maybe, in the past, I wasn't in the place emotionally to make it. I also remember feeling like I wouldn't do justice to the vid, because I was a fledgling vidder.*

Mostly, I needed to smile. My spring this year was rough. My original plan for Premieres was a Hannibal vid, but I thought: I really don't have the emotional energy to Premiere this kind of vid. So I made this one instead. :D

I deliberately abandoned my usual cuts and zooms and editing style for something more clean and straightforward. I did not edit or tweak any of the footage in this vid, beyond dissolves and dropping clips into a timeline. This style compliments the source and the song more strongly. Plus, my dad was always big on straightforward storytelling. Usually plain storytelling, without all the bells and whistles, is stronger.

Anyways, that's pretty much the story of this vid in a nutshell. It's a love song to family in all of its crazy glory.

* I am still a fledgling vidder. I have come to terms with the fact I will always have things to learn as a vidder. This is good, because I'll never be bored either.

Comments

[aurora]

This is so gorgeous!

[mresundance]

Thank you! :)