Happy Fëanorian Week!
Well… Happy is probably the wrong word 😆
I’ve had the idea for this vid in my head for a while, and Fëanorian Week (hosted at feanorianweek.tumblr.com and also on the tag #feanorianweek on tumblr) seemed like a perfect time to make it happen. The song is about corporate greed, so admittedly not all the lyrics fit. Namely, I think Fëanor’s main flaw was not greed, but pride and paranoia. However, the refrain of “blood in the water” conjured in my head vivid images of the Kinslaying at Alqualondë and again at Sirion, and Maglor’s burned hand dripping blood into the ocean.
I view the song in this video as being from the perspective of Námo reflecting on the Doom of the Noldor. Fëanor and his sons will never be free from the cursed oath they made. Swearing the oath, they set forth “like a lamb to the slaughter,” walking straight to their doom, not realizing the horror of the path they’d started on. After Alqualondë, they may think they can run away from their crimes, but the Oath and the Doom follow them and will always find them and “knock at [their] front door.”
No text in the video this time; I’m experimenting with different styles. Lots of animations instead!
Song: blood//water - grandson
I don’t own the art, the song, or the Silmarillion and I make no money off of this.
Programs used:
DaVinci Resolve
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe After Effects
