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Music: "Day One" by Sarah Slean
Download: DivX AVI : 27.5mb @ sendspace. (Get the DivX codec).
+ OR: download from vids.last-dance.com/tv.html, one of my handful of poorly-neglected websites.
Thank you: [livejournal.com profile] caras_galadhon, [livejournal.com profile] deerdancer, and [livejournal.com profile] sara_elf for giving the vid a once over.

Peter's eyes open to his powers. This includes footage from episodes 1-7, and 10. What leads up to saving the cheerleader, saving the world.

A few words from the mind behind the vid...
Well. Let's see, I started this in October. I think maybe episode 5 or so had just aired, I was listening to Slean's album, "Day One", and something twitched in my head.

Yes, the song is remarkably upbeat. In fact, probably the most upbeat piece I have ever actually used. But Peter was so wide-eyed back then; intent on saving the world. The dreamy-eyed kid staring out the window. "All passioneers, up and out of the house!" could have been his motto.

So we have Peter, Nathan, Mama (Angela) Petrelli, Heidi, Mohinder, Isaac, and a visit from future!Hiro. A lot of touching on the relationship between Peter and Nathan; it's integral to Peter's development as a character. There are more thoughts I could type out about that, but then this just gets all spoilery for current episodes.

From a vid perspective, it's not particularly technically challenging, but that wasn't the point here. It went through a lot of tweaking in the making-of process, getting that timing down, playing with different tempos, cutting on different beats and... yeah, that's pretty much it. I think I utterly exhausted myself after that Final Fantasy Advent Children vid. *g*


Day One


Sarah Slean

I put my head back
Where it belongs up there in the clouds
I’m spreading love like
a terrorist now

O what a morning
O what a day to be alive
Sweet hope is glowing
in your glorious eyes

Pushing paper ain't enough
I bet you think that you’re so tough
But all your green won’t mean a thing at all

On day one
Day ONE

After Boy Wonder
After the dream came out of the mines
Bus boys and bankers
Were wiping their eyes

Be still my lionheart!
A revolution ready to pounce
All passioneers
Up and out of the house!

Beauty faked a heart attack,
Now I feel it coming back
And all your green won't mean a thing at all!

On Day one
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Date: 2007-02-20 11:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ashinae.livejournal.com
Aw, yay, thank you! I'm glad you liked it.

I miss sweet!Peter.
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Date: 2007-02-20 11:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ashinae.livejournal.com
Thank you! :)

(I'm looking forward to more non-YouTube Heroes vids, too. But then, YouTube makes me a bit twitchy...)

Date: 2007-02-20 05:11 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] esteven
Love it. You are just one very talented person
:D

Date: 2007-02-20 11:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ashinae.livejournal.com
Oh you are such a sweetie. *hugs* I'm glad you like it!

Date: 2007-02-21 08:43 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lostandalone22.livejournal.com
So cute. I love the music, and Peter was so adorable in this.

Date: 2007-02-22 04:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ashinae.livejournal.com
Thanks so much! I adore Sarah Slean's music. :)

Date: 2007-02-21 10:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sol-se.livejournal.com
Wow, I love this so much!! The fact that you used Sarah Slean makes me adore you even more. You can never have too much Sarah Slean. I really liked the bookend scenes of Peter on the roof & the cityline--great way to open & end the video. I'm not sure how to describe this, but this song just *fits* Peter perfectly. It's creative & upbeat & hopeful & almost manic. It's completely Peter. It gives this great sense of the beginning of something, you know? This is how Peter begins his journey. It's a struggle, but it's also full of wonder. Hmm, Peter really is the flip side of Sylar, isn't he? He creates, where Sylar destroys. You should post this over at [livejournal.com profile] heroes_vids, if you haven't already.

Btw, do you mind if I rec this?

I need a Heroes icon...

Date: 2007-02-22 04:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ashinae.livejournal.com
Wow, I love this so much!!
Thank you!

The fact that you used Sarah Slean makes me adore you even more. You can never have too much Sarah Slean.
Oh, I hear you. Her music is just amazing.

I'm not sure how to describe this, but this song just *fits* Peter perfectly. It's creative & upbeat & hopeful & almost manic. It's completely Peter. It gives this great sense of the beginning of something, you know? This is how Peter begins his journey. It's a struggle, but it's also full of wonder.
Okay, you? Seriously just described what I was aiming for in this vid way, way better than I ever could have. That is exactly why and how this song worked for me, for him, but I have not had the words for it. You just got it all out there for me! *hug!*

Hmm, Peter really is the flip side of Sylar, isn't he? He creates, where Sylar destroys.
YES. And oh, if and when the two of them finally go head to head...

You should post this over at [livejournal.com profile] heroes_vids, if you haven't already.
I had completely forgotten about the comm. Thanks. :)

Btw, do you mind if I rec this?
I don't mind at all! :) 'Twould make me blush.

I need a Heroes icon...
[livejournal.com profile] iconzicons has made a few batches. Otherwise, there's links every day for icons in the [livejournal.com profile] ninth_wonders Heroes newsletter.

Again -- thank you! :D

Date: 2007-02-23 12:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sol-se.livejournal.com
Seriously just described what I was aiming for in this vid way, way better than I ever could have. That is exactly why and how this song worked for me, for him, but I have not had the words for it. You just got it all out there for me!

Really? Oh, good! I'm usually crap at explaining how I feel about a video. lol

btw,I've rec'd this video over here:
http://sol-se.livejournal.com/54552.html

More people need to give this video some love. *g*

iconzicons has made a few batches. Otherwise, there's links every day for icons in the ninth_wonders Heroes newsletter.

Ta da! Thanks! Now I have more than I know what to do with. *g*

Date: 2007-02-21 11:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] silme711.livejournal.com
I couldn't DL it yet because sendspace is bitchy. I'll try it again tomorrow!

Date: 2007-02-22 04:40 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ashinae.livejournal.com
Sendspace was a twit for a while there, yeah. Stupid sendspace!

Date: 2007-02-22 01:48 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] silme711.livejournal.com
ok. After I wrote the last comment I noticed that there is another link...uh...*facepalm*
Anyway.
I love the vid! Great cuts and the music is adorabele. It fits perfectly. I had to smile more than 20 times. Hee!
You did a great job!

Date: 2007-02-22 04:42 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ashinae.livejournal.com
I probably could have made it a lot clearer that it could also be downloaded from last-dance.com. My bad. :)

I'm so glad you liked the vid. I know you were looking forward to it. And I'm also glad that it made you smile -- I just so adore earnest, wide-eyed, hopeful Peter. Thank you! :D

Date: 2007-02-22 05:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] di-br.livejournal.com
Oh, I loved this so much!!!

I gotta be honest with you, though... it felt pretty weird at first, to have Heroes set to an upbeat song like this, but only for a moment.
This song really does fit Peter very well! Loved the scene choices... My favorite was that look Nathan gave him at "I bet you think that you're so tough". That was just brilliant!

Great job!!!

Date: 2007-02-23 05:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ashinae.livejournal.com
Oh, Di, thank you! You have no idea how glad I am that you liked it. The song was actually even strange to vid to, at first, because it's not my typical sort of music at all. But then it just clicked, it's Peter, and... yeah. And, heh, there was absolutely no alternative for the "I bet you think that you're so tough" line. :)

Thank you!!

Date: 2007-02-22 12:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sache8.livejournal.com
*applause* Very enjoyable! I miss the "green" Peter already. He's been something of a *cough* brat lately; I hope he finds himself again soon. LOL

My favorite little editing bit was Peter hitting the ground on that little piano vamp. That made me smile.

I'll be hanging on to this one! Great job!

Date: 2007-02-23 05:21 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ashinae.livejournal.com
Thank you so much! As interesting as Peter's storyline has been, I feel all sad and nostalgic thinking of the way he used to be. But I'm holding on to that hope that he used to have, that he'll come back 'round again. And I'm hoping that it will be before season 2.

My favorite little editing bit was Peter hitting the ground on that little piano vamp. That made me smile.

:) Thank you! That just sort of Had To Be.

Date: 2007-02-23 06:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] obsessive24.livejournal.com
Here via [livejournal.com profile] sol_se's rec. I really enjoyed this. I loved how you sidestepped all of the conventional vidding shots and went for his connections and relationships with others, which is of course the very essence of Peter. Wonderful, sharp editing! Great work. :D

Date: 2007-02-24 07:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ashinae.livejournal.com
Coming from you, this means a whole heck of a lot to me. :) I'm really, really glad you liked it. And yeah -- given his power, and just who he is, I think the most important thing about Peter is those connections and relationships. Again -- thank you! :D

Date: 2007-03-05 10:32 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] lannamichaels
Awesome vid. :) i love how you edited all together. Song worked really well. Just aweosme.

Date: 2007-03-06 02:28 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ashinae.livejournal.com
Thank you! I'm really glad you liked it. :)

Date: 2007-04-17 05:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] roseveare.livejournal.com
I like this a lot. I like how upbeat it is! It really suits those early days.

Date: 2007-04-18 12:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ashinae.livejournal.com
Oh, thank you so much for the feedback! I'm really glad you liked it. I'd hoped that the music would capture the mood and idealism and all that from those first few episodes. :)

Date: 2007-06-14 06:24 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] genarti
Followed a rec from a friend to this, and I like it a lot. Oh, early Peter. He was so wide-eyed and enthusiastic -- and he still is, of course, but it's tempered more now.

And I hear a double meaning to that refrain of "Day One," whether or not you meant there to be; it's bright and enthusiastic and earnest and idealistic, and yet I also hear it as foreshadowing the day of the explosion. When money and power won't mean a thing, in the face of that disaster.

Again, I like. :)

Date: 2007-06-16 05:02 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ashinae.livejournal.com
Hi! I'm so glad you liked the vid. :) I hadn't intended the double meaning to the vid and song; when I first conceived of it I think we were only at about episode 6. Now, of course, in hindsight, it works really, really well that way, which is kind of fun. :)

Thank you!

Date: 2007-07-12 11:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] naturelf.livejournal.com
Hullo! I googled for Heroes vids, and found a rec that brought me here. Hooray for Google, 'cause you've done great work! I love the song, I'm digging what you've done with it. Thanks!

Date: 2007-08-04 11:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ashinae.livejournal.com
Hi! Sorry about the very delayed response; I've been in the process of moving across the country. Anyway, I just wanted to say thanks for the comment, it's much appreciated! I'm really glad you found it and liked it. :)
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Date: 2007-08-04 11:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ashinae.livejournal.com
Hello! I'm sorry about the very delayed response; I've been dealing with moving across-country for the past three weeks. Anyways! I'm glad you found the vid, and I'm glad you enjoyed it and took the time to comment. Thank you! :)

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