Farscape Picspam: They've Got a Secret

[arevhat]

They’ve Got A Secret in ten pictures.

I loved the set I did for DNAMS, so of course I hate this one. This is a rarely watched episode for me, but unlike TGIFA, making this picspam did not make me want to change that. Usually I have way too many pictures to choose from; this time I struggled to find ten compelling images. The plot may be decent (and it's certainly a pivotal episode, with Talyn's conception, and our first knowledge of Jothee and Lo'Laan) but visually I find it incredibly boring. Farscape did a lot of bottle episodes, but usually Moya is still beautiful, the lighting and shot composition are good, the characters look interesting...I don't know what was going on here.

But I've learned that people have extremely varied taste when it comes to graphics, so maybe someone will like it :-)

A note on how I do these: I load the episode into VideoStudio and scroll through it several times. Sometimes I will have specific scenes in mind before I begin, but I cap anything that catches my eye. Then I sort through the caps and try to find images that are both visually striking and which hopefully convey something meaningful about the plot or character. Often a cap I thought would be perfect turns out horrible once edited and resized, and "action" caps (such as D'Argo falling into space in this episode) are usually too blurry and/or dark to work with. Or a scene that was vital to the episode seems meaningless when reduced to a single frame.

Once I've edited all the workable caps I weed through them, placing them in "yes" and "no" folders until there are only 10 in "yes". And then I share them with you =D

 

They’ve Got A Secret

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Comments

[vinegar-dog.livejournal.com]

The colours on the last one are stunning! Love the expressions of both J and A in the 1st one and A's expression in the second last is great! Great job as usual even though as you say the ep was not one of the most inspiring for you! I didn't mind it too much...

[olegscape.livejournal.com]

I like these! Pilot's and Aeryn's hands are an interesting choice.

[john-scorpy.livejournal.com]

While this really is a boring episode visually, you still managed to make a lovely set of it. I especially adore 2, it's perfect in every way, the way he looks down and how soft the colors are. 5 is magnetic, 7 is my favorite visual of the episode so yay for picking it! And there's something fascinating about 10, it's a very original choice and I love the contrast.

Thanks for the info on how you make these, I was curious about it :)

ETA: Now would be a perfect time to start a rewatch if you like group rewatch chats. I've had awesome fun in the club_farscape chats and we're just getting to 1x15, so it would be easy for you to catch us and join :D

[nymeria-55.livejournal.com]

Not one of my "top ten" episodes, granted, but it has some redeeming qualities, like most of the "unwanted and unloved" ones, just to quote Rygel ;-)

I love what you did with colors, or depth, or whatever it is that savvy people do with image manipulation ;-) The images you chose seem almost three-dimensional, and the figures look like they're going to jump out of the frame.

Nr. 1 is both funny and intense - ok, I'm hopeless when you show me those two..., but Nr. 2 has a powerful impact all of its own.
And Nr. 8 touches me deeply: just the two arms, yet they speak louder than many words.

Outstanding, as always!

[ivorychopsticks.livejournal.com]

I found these completely by accident, and now you've got me hungering to watch these episodes all over again. Beautiful work. Thanks for sharing!

[diarmi.livejournal.com]

Cool choices. I like how this shot with DRDs is always so creepy, like something from a horror movie :)