Shade Lost

Back in 2007, "Shade of Falling Leaves" was supposed to be a piece made strictly for live concerts, sort of a visual accompaniment to the magnificent music of Michaela Eremiasova http://www.michaela-eremiasova.com/ interpreted beautifully by the Eastman Triana http://web.mac.com/anyangoyd/iWeb/Anyangoyd.com/eastman%20triana%20%26%20MIM.html (Michaela Eremiasova held the piano part, substituting for Yin Zheng).
That was the plan.
But it could not stay at that, that music is far too potent, too soulful, too gripping, to be left to live "only" during the few concerts that will invite it, and the images that music gave birth to had to be shared with as many people as possible.
So there are two Shades: the concert version, "Shade of Falling Leaves," and the film, "Shade Lost" (there is a sequel to "Shade Lost," a shorter and brighter film, "Shade Recovered" http://vimeo.com/33341548).
There is a passage, around the 4 minutes and 24 seconds mark, which, to me, is so painful, something akin to a desperate call for help, that it took many attempts before I could actually get "through" it making the images and yet, once "through," it all became light, almost easy, effortless.
What a journey!

The creative process is worth mentioning: "Shade Lost" is made of multiple video clips that had their colour information disabled before being assembled, composited, modified or added to in Final Cut Pro.
At no time during the montage did I see the colour information still contained, but hidden,in those clips.
So I knew that, in spite of making a black and white film (fitting the mood of its music), I also was potentially building material for a colour film, a film that would be almost totally "accidental" as far as its colours were concerned.
That was/is "Shade Recovered" http://vimeo.com/33341548