REC: Frames for the New Unicorn

[delphi]

xposted from recthething

Frames for the New Unicorn is a 244-frame animation made up of individual pieces of art by over 150 artists, re-creating a scene from episode 2x04 of Our Flag Means Death.

★ The Full-Speed Video (warning for rapidly flashing images/lights)
★ The Slowed-Down Video
★ The Gallery of Individual Frames
★ The Project Website

Relationship: Izzy & The Crew
Medium: Vid
Length: 1:25 (full speed) / 2:23 (slowed down)
Rating: SFW
My Tags: character study, drama, ambiguous ending, bonding, declarations, friendship, hurt/comfort - emotional, hurt/comfort - injury, identity, perseverance, portrait, starting over
Song: "Seabird" by Alessi Brothers

Project Organizers' Description:

For many fans of Our Flag Means Death, and particularly for fans of Izzy Hands, one scene had particular gravitas. In this scene, Izzy went from his lowest—alone and angry, drowning his sorrows—to being given a gift. A gift of a prosthetic for his lost limb, and a gift of community. The crew saw that he was hurting and put aside their own issues to tell him we see you, we care about you, we want you here. We believe that you can grow past this and we'll help.

Importantly, the prosthetic was created from the figurehead of the Revenge, the unicorn. On sailing ships, figureheads have always been signifiers of the ship itself, images of protection, and the crew chose Izzy to embody this. They chose him as their new figurehead—someone to care about them and lead them. They chose Izzy to embody the spirit of the ship.

This is a message that resonated with Licorne. In Spring of 2024 they envisioned this project as a tribute to both the character of Izzy Hands and to Con O'Neill, who brought Izzy to life in such a captivating manner. The community rallied behind them, and we're proud to present the combined effort.

Much love.

This scene was one of my favourite moments of season 2, and is still up there among my favourite moments of television. "Much love" is an apt close to the message from the organizers, because the love put into this project by its participants really shines through, especially in the gallery where you can see each individual piece of art that came together to create something bigger in the spirit of collaboration and community.

Comments

[kass]

This is amazing.

[delphi]

It really is!

[abject_reptile]

That's rather lovely. And the wee felted Izzy!

[delphi]

I loved the crafted entries!

[lookfar2]

That's a tremendous act of fanlove. I loved that scene, too, and it's a very Delphi-writer moment - person who is blocked from real connection gets the connection anyway, despite difficult personality.

[delphi]

It was pretty much tailor-made for me to love. :)

[longerthanwedo]

yoooooooooo this is awesome, thank you for sharing!!!

[delphi]

My pleasure!

[juniperphoenix]

This was so cool. Thank you for reccing!

[delphi]

Very happy to share it!