Wheeee, I'm very glad you liked the effects. I've always enjoyed the way the lighting works with the colors of Spike's and Buffy's clothing in the "Touched" cuddle scene so that they almost seem to be floating in an expanse of abstract darkness, as though the outside world has fallen away. The galaxy effect was my attempt to bring this out, though it turned out hard to make it look okay. So I'm glad you thought it did.
"interplay or whatever between the moments when they are in physical contact with each other and the moments when there is physical distance between them" That's an interesting thought! With the clip of Spike at the crypt door in the intro, and then the "Fool for Love" clip that follows it (ah, and the clip of Buffy walking towards the crypt too, forgot about that one; it was almost a clip of Buffy on the other side of the door btw, but that didn't look pretty enough), I did think about distance and bridging distance for a second, so you're on to something! If you also found it in the rest of the video, you may be on to something that happened without my deliberate involvement. :)
"I think the line "put your back into it" (or "n 2 it" I guess) also emphasized to me the important role of touch, of physical support and comfort, in their relationship." That's another thing that flitted through my head briefly, this time when I decided to include the clip of Buffy half-carrying Spike out of the cave in "Showtime". I agree that these things are important in their relationship! Though for the most part, to me, "put your back into it" was more about effort and commitment: trying harder at something Spike and Buffy have already been doing (their relationship). And together with the next line "there is still grace in this", it's also about not giving up on something (their relationship) but finding, well. Grace is such a lovely word with many tasty meanings, isn't it. Especially when the phrase "saving grace" is right there too.
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Wheeee, I'm very glad you liked the effects. I've always enjoyed the way the lighting works with the colors of Spike's and Buffy's clothing in the "Touched" cuddle scene so that they almost seem to be floating in an expanse of abstract darkness, as though the outside world has fallen away. The galaxy effect was my attempt to bring this out, though it turned out hard to make it look okay. So I'm glad you thought it did.
"interplay or whatever between the moments when they are in physical contact with each other and the moments when there is physical distance between them"
That's an interesting thought! With the clip of Spike at the crypt door in the intro, and then the "Fool for Love" clip that follows it (ah, and the clip of Buffy walking towards the crypt too, forgot about that one; it was almost a clip of Buffy on the other side of the door btw, but that didn't look pretty enough), I did think about distance and bridging distance for a second, so you're on to something! If you also found it in the rest of the video, you may be on to something that happened without my deliberate involvement. :)
"I think the line "put your back into it" (or "n 2 it" I guess) also emphasized to me the important role of touch, of physical support and comfort, in their relationship."
That's another thing that flitted through my head briefly, this time when I decided to include the clip of Buffy half-carrying Spike out of the cave in "Showtime". I agree that these things are important in their relationship! Though for the most part, to me, "put your back into it" was more about effort and commitment: trying harder at something Spike and Buffy have already been doing (their relationship). And together with the next line "there is still grace in this", it's also about not giving up on something (their relationship) but finding, well. Grace is such a lovely word with many tasty meanings, isn't it. Especially when the phrase "saving grace" is right there too.