THE WILLOW MAID (Live Action Music Video)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 พ.ค. 2021
- This is a senior project directed and produced by a student of the University of Northwestern in St. Paul, MN.
Original song, singers, and music -- 'The Willow Maid' - original song © 2009 Erutan/Kate Covington from their debut album, "Raindancer"
End credits instrumental -- Wesley Johnson
(Disclaimer) All video footage is the rightful property of the producer. No rights are claimed on any of the music or instrumentals. Video was made for educational and entertainment purposes only! No commercial or financial gain is being made by the release of this music video.
Original Video Link: • The Willow Maid - Erut... - เพลง
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My mom showed me this yesterday and I was so impressed! Lovely actors and costumes, great cinematography, and very handsome wolf. Love it!
Thank you Erutan!! We all love you and your music so much! Thank you for blessing us with your voice and talent. It inspired mine as well as many others!
That's a fox
I’ve been waiting for this video this song is so cool
I loved this a lot more than I thought I would, since I love Erutan's original video (with her drawings) so much. Great cosplay and acting, great cinematography as well. :D The girl who played the fairy even looked as though she were singing--I know it's lip syncing, but it felt as if Erutan's voice was coming out of her! And yes, both attractive people in the leading roles who matched their parts in the story. (Those gorgeous critters, too.) Great job, guys. ^_^
Miss Kate... We really miss you! We always hope that you're doing well in all aspects of your life! God bless!
If he were a Slav, he would have built a village next door to always be with his beloved
So true
You mean if he loved her.
@@cassandrabelyeu2419Pain: You mean IF he loves her
Panic: If. IF is good.
Love doesn't exist
If he were Bengali he would've been from a nearby village, and there, seventy years laters he would tell the story to some young man who works or studies in the city and came back for holidays. And probably the furniture of their house was made of the wood by the willow tree.
Something I realised while reading the lyrics of this song and the video shows it as well, it takes a long time for one man to cut down a tree that size. Hours. Meaning he listened to her scream in agony for hours to stop while he chopped down her tree and he was so obsessed he didn't care.
EDIT: Thank you for the likes!!!
Well. That escalated quickly.
@@misstressscarlet This is one of those songs that initially sound light, but if you actually pay attention is rather grim.
This song is basically about a man so obsessed with a dryad that he stupidly kills her and his obsession to have her
Now imagine he wasn't a total jackass and instead decided to live with her in the forest. Would she accept him or would he end up forever captivated by a maiden he can't reach?
It seems really stupid - imagine he is successful and every day for the rest of his life she will go on complaining about that tree
I'm honestly shocked how no one's mentioning the gorgeous silver fox starring in this beautiful video.
Give the guy... gal... (?) some credit! 😝
What about the bunny In the maidens lap???
Yes ! And the bunny as well
and the deer?!
So many lovely animals! I love them all
I love foxes
A tale as old as time. Man wishing to possess what is beautiful, wild, and free ends up destroying it. Always hurts my soul to see. Beautiful rendition with lush and evocative sights and sounds.
Exactly.
Well said
I listened to this song many times and this "live-action" rendition was perfect. I love it!!! No matter how many times I hear this song I still cry.
same
as I do !
Excuse me but how is it possible that this is so underrated?
this was not only beautifully directed, but also magical with mushrooms, waterfalls and lovely animals🐺🐇🍃🌱
...and the Ax ... interesting shapes !
AA πρώτη φορά, βλέπω αυτό το επώνυμο... πολύ ωραίο:)))❤️ πάντως και ναι συμφωνώ
This is so beautiful 😭 "Don't ask me to follow where you lead" don't dictate my life, I was never yours and never will. "See me now" "Hear me now" 😭 You should have listened before it's too late 😭
this is so pretty... both the Young man and The Willow maiden were amazing and beautiful looking. Loved the video
She is a Dryad, which is why she can not leave her tree.
@@TheLittledikkins Also they often die if their trees are killed/die unless they attend more than one tree. Then so long as the other trees live, one can pass and the dryad still will live.
I hate the turning in to a flower.
wow, in this song there are actually 2 messages, and maybe more that i didn't get
1 you can see the obssession that sometimes people calls love but it is not, how that kills the other half while love should bring happiness and not grim
2 how we take from the nature whatever we want even if those things shouldn't be taken away, without thinking that we're killing the earth
beautiful
It’s also common knowledge in some countries or some people that if you kill trees you are killing the spirit that lives in the tree. And since you can see that this girl wasn’t a human, that’s why she died.
3) and most importantly
NO means NO
@@La-meiga-celtibera there's no spirit in the tree,the spirit is in your mind
I will love a version of Revenge of Maiden cursing the bad mens
Laura B stavo per scrivere esattamente la stessa cosa
"He could not take from the forest
What was never meant to leave"
Wth that was beautiful
This is excellent and so much effort was put into this. This is a throwback to my late childhood. I still regularly listen to erutan while I'm working. I have two things.
1. This makes me happy to see that Kate Covington still has such a strong fanbase. Despite the issues she has been dealing with in regards to her voice we absolutely love her talent!
2. My tip for helping with the lip syncing.... she did very well with the timing but when Kate was singing you could tell by her voice that she was feeling emotional and that would have bled into her facial expressions. There were a few times during the beginning that her facial expressions didn't match the intensity of Kate's voice. I understand she was going for the whole serenity vibe that the willow maid gave off, though. That's a hard balance to strike.
It might have helped of the actress was actually singing. It makes the lip sync look more authentic. But it was still pretty amazing!
This reminded me of The Chronicles of Narnia SO MUCH.
THAT'S why "No" means NO!!
But seriously, beautifully done
yessssss
The story still makes me sad 😢. No means no!!!
It's a common _topos_ of ancient folktales, yes you can read it as "man falls in love with a magical woman" but I'd rather say it's more "human vs nature". There are many legends similar to this one, like the selkie for example. Each time the woman is connected to the nature and when the man eradicates her because of his selfishness she dies and he's left with nothing. Also, these stories take place long before feminist awareness
@@dianapohe There's no "it's more (...)" or correct meaning. Erutan made this song during the 21th century, and I am pretty sure she intended for the meaning to be as open as possible. Also the story of a man imposing his will on a woman is definitely not a rare one and is deserving of awareness as much as any other meaning.
Also : "In Celtic mythology a man will often claim a sea nymph or tree nymph as his bride, but I never read any story where the fairy had any say in the matter." as said by the singer herself about her song, clearly this interpretation has its importance as well.
@@CosplayMay well, as you said there is no correct interpretation, this is why i kept the conditional tense in my comment 😊 and i never said you can't give it a literal interpretation. I only said that it sources from a certain kind of topos, which in turn has this open interpretation itself, yes
Surprisingly this isn't cringe🙊
Yees ... I understand it as a metapher for every man who behaves this forceful ... that they only destroy things ....
@@tuilelaith7930 th-cam.com/video/E52rxz2sjRs/w-d-xo.html this is original
@Sykov Yuri I don't share your opinion on this. I really love that song but the video is setting me off smh. The Idea and Scenery are really beautiful but the Fem Act just does not do this for me. She seems almost arrogant at the beginning. Still great work thou! That's just my opinion on this
@@mellimon7239 well as much as your opinion is respectable imma have to disagree in the original song i believe she's genuinely meant to seem arrogant because she's probably (i'm guessing) isn't human was raised in forest and surrounded by animals i don't believe that the character understands what arrogance even is, as to the actress she was hired to play a part and (in my opinion) played it well. Not saying that your opinion is wrong or anything and, I'm not accusing you BUT maybe we shouldn't judge the actress as a person solely based of a part she played in a nice 8 minute video. all this being said this is just my 2 cents do what you will with it and have a fantastic rest of your day night whatever.
-Edit: grammar fixes
-Edit 2: more grammar fixes (i really should've proof read this before sending it off and i should've slept before typing this out.)
She's a forest nymph. She's not a human. In the stories, they're closer to fairies than humans, and forever bound to the tree they're born from. They don't understand human emotions or human sin, they simply exist as a spirit and don't carry any negative feeling, and they don't try to.
This is so beautiful but sad.
If he had truly loved her, he would have stayed in the forest with her, instead of destroying the Willow that she was so obviously born from as a fairy.
Her cries as he cut down the tree that she was a part of, would also have affected him so he wouldn't have been been able to do it to begin with, because would you cut off an arm or leg of someone you truly love, or run a dagger through their heart, which is what he effectively did to her.
Another thing is him destroying a beautiful ancient tree, that had seen generations rise and fall.
I cried from sorrow and balled up my fists in anger while watching this video.
And that he simply got on his horse and rode away after literally murdering her whom he was so obsessed with. Ugh.
And to think this is how many people are in reality with those they're supposed to love. 😓
This was so powerful in so many ways.
The way he hesitates to pick the flower and decides not to shows how in the end he realized she was never meant to leave the forest, and the way he drops the axe next to it shows how he'd given up and made peace with the fact that he cannot always have things go the way he wants. I think it's nice character development that was not in the original story clip from eturan! It definitely paints him as a little more likable character in the end, rather than him just leaving after what terrible things he'd done.
6:12 "ummm.. yea so... bye."
You all did a great job 💜.. both them are very beautiful...
Good heavens, this is incredible!! The Young Man and The Willow Maiden are both incredible actors; The Willow Maiden in particular was phenomenally cast!
I think the students who collaborated on this project all have bright futures in the world of theatre and film. :-)
I ain't never seen a girl blink as many times as she did in the beginning lol
But no hate, this was amazing ❤😁
Lol yes her eyes are very sensitive to light and the sun kept blinding her. Thank you!
It gave me that Innocent child-like vibe
I know why she is blinking so many times light and contacts not a good combination😁
@@marinakaiser7639 oh no
@@MisokoFukumoto what o no
This is long overdue. I've always wondered what a live version of this song would be like, and it's just like I imagined.
I found this song a few days ago and decided to watch covers and music videos of this song. I can say that this is the best rendition in my opinion! The body language and facial expressions just convey what the lyrics say and it is amazing!!!
If he had truly loved her he would have built a life around her magick and light, not remove her of who she truly was.. 😭💜🌟🧚
I don’t know why people say “he should have just built a house by her” she said no. No means no. “She said she’d wed him never, not near, nor far, or soon” he should have just left her alone.
Ok, so I googled the song because I wondered how many centuries old it is. I would never have thought it was written by Erutan herself.
Loved the video. So perfect. The acting, the scenery, the animals, and Sally-Anne's elfin features. Anne Shirley of Green Gables herself would be proud of that nose. Kudos to the make-up artist as well!
Omg it's so beautiful. Both actor and actress is so pretty. What a wonderful presentation ❤❤
The acting skills are perfect. What a masterpiece.. ❤❤
I used to dream about how amazing it would be if someone made a movie or an action music video for The Willow Maid, Now my dream's come true, Thank you for doing this, I'm appreciate!!!
And this video may helps Erutan come back to her heavenly music soon, Haha, I'm joking, just let it go, make the way she want music to be.
One of my favorite songs of all-time! Both the song and this music video are so underrated.
I was rather apprehensive when this started playing. But OH MY! THat was so beautiful and magical and I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT!
It's fairly common knowledge that if you kill a dryad tree you kill her as well...!!!
so I'm kind of confused as to why he was stupid enough to cut down her tree? ...the smart thing to do would have been to build a house beside her tree
He was blinded by want and lust. she told him many times that she cannot leave this place, her tree, and so he just thought if he got rid of it then he can take care of her he can own her.
It´s based on similar folk tales where a human man takes a fairy/other magical being from the woods to marry, and the creators noted that usually in those stories the fey in question doesn´t get much say in the matter... So they made this story as a worst case scenario of what grabbing a fairy without asking her could lead to. Though in this case it´s even worse because she explicitly said she didn´t want to marry him so it´s just a real asshole move
@@atimidbirb also like the selkies or scottish mermaids, when they take their skin/tail off and a man steals it to force them to stay in land. But those at least, usually end with her finding the skin/tail in some way and leaving back to the sea to never return. Still, concerning amount of lack of consent in these " man falls for supernatural girl" leyends.
@@nessyness5447 Oh same. It's always played out like a tragedy like 'the man found true love and had to keep her with him somehow!'... but like, you straight up kidnapped the fae. Of course she wouldn't stay with you if she could help it
он просто хотел сделать ее нормальной, своей девушкой, женой среди людей, чтобы жить обычной трудовой жизнью.
по сути, дать ей свой мир, не понимая, что его мир лишь часть её природы.
This was amazing! The cinematography, the costuming, the actors -- perfection. You even got a black fox and a giant rabbit!
My one nitpick is at the very end when the Young Man gets on his horse and rides away. It's like he's thinking, "welp, killed an ancient willow, killed a fairy maid, time to go home!" Having him drop the hatchet by the flower is the perfect ending.
A gift of an original Erutan Fairy Story Tale from these University Students. Their action to the Story Tale for an Emulating Beauty of the Original. Song not changed to show this gift of a love of this Erutan Story Tale.
I love her MusicSong and each video, including this gift.
Thank you to Erutan, for bringing imagination to these bright minds.
I can cry and smile for my own time.
This cinematography made me remembered Prince Philip and Princess Aurora. Love it ❤️
Cuz u can I just wanted to say when I first heard this song I theorized that the willow was actually her friend that was once a fairy or elf like her but they were cursed. I’m order to not turn into a flower she could not leave her friends side. If you read this thank you. Have a lovely day!
I can't believe they made a video for this song, I've waited so long for this moment, thanks it's amazing
Oh my god, this video is almost completely perfect, every action and expression of the actors make me enthralled!
I mean ... waw . All of you r so talented. Il speechless. Its incredible. Thanks you si much. Kisses from ur new parisian fan
Utterly enchanting. I'd love to do a cover of this song myself. It's so ethereal and soulful. Beautifully acted and love the wee animals in it! ❤️
even the credits were wonderful!
Perfect balance of story and music. Loved the fox the most. So cute I want to cuddle it.
As someone who has longtime loved this song, this is gorgeous. So very well made with beautiful detail.
Wonderful. As a former video production and media professor I think this is an outstanding, very professionally done, piece. It doesn't hurt that I was, and still am, a fan of pure folk music seen throughout Europe but is very rare now in the U.S. Nice job all.
Please make more videos like this. I can't stop thinking about the song and the story.
This was done so well, great job 👏
But he used a hand ax instead a large ax
Beautifully done, all the acting and scenery is perfect
This deadass gave me chills. Dryad deaths get me. Every. Single. Time.
He could play adult link!
I consider this as a short movie and I enjoyed it more than some of Netflix shows , this video is a masterpiece
What a lovely voice full of music this singer has!
So well done, better than many high budget films. Your actors had amazing chemistry and acting ability.
Enchanting! The costumes were beautiful and the ambience was engaging!
Also when I first heard this song, I remember thinking it was about a couple who fell in love but the woman would not leave the willow because she would die but I can see now the love could be seen as one sided. Really interesting perspective!
I was always surprised some people thought she wanted to marry the axe-man…
But I suppose I can see your perspective…
I always thought he was a creep who overreacted to “no” with an axe.
@@cassandrabelyeu2419 I thought that she would come out of the willow to see him everyday (like a sort of nymph) but would never leave and the axeman thought the willow was a sort of prison so he chopped it down but then saw it was actually a part of her spirit, idk anyways this puts it into another perspective
@@kyra5783 Huh.
I thought that she was hanging out at her tree because she lived there, and he found out where it was, so he started coming to see her.
@@cassandrabelyeu2419 that's what I thought when I saw the video
Listen to this is a now way back, I just can't get enough, specially with such a beautiful video.
I have loved this song for years. SO nice to see it brought to life. I see it as a metaphor of man forcing nature to his will and destroying it in the process.
This was a very beautiful video. The music took me to a place I've always wanted to be. Homesick for a place I've never been.
This live action music video is amazing and the singer looks so unbelievably beautiful! This is as good as the original one!
Very well made, definitely added to the song. I had chills and goosebumps when she ran to the tree because he hit it with his axe.
Awesome to see a live-action video of this song. I've loved it since I heard it nearly 2 yrs ago.
Actors are so beautiful and excellent acting. I like this masterpiece, it has really deep meaning and the atmosphere there is magical✨
And this actress is such a gorgeous girl
I'm used to the original lyric video. Had not tried this video before as I thought it would be a mediocre creation. I cried as I watched this. I cried heavy tears... Great actors 👏 Fantastic casting and cinemography. 👏
I know the song for three years or so and TODAY youtube showed me this masterpiece.
Awesome! As an experient AD&D player and Dungeon Master I would classify her as a Driad or Hamadriad.🙂👍👏👏👏👏
Wow the acting in this was surprisingly good 👍
This just shows how selfish we human beings are ;-;
My thoughts exactly
Just men man. A woman wouldn't do that.
@@Ghostkar Wow XD U sure love to judge people by gender
@@Ghostkar XD bullshit! a woman would do that and even worse
@@Ghostkar Some women would still. You should see the horrid evil of the women who are serial killers or aids to serial killers. Or some of the mothers who have murdered either their husbands or children (sometimes both). Stepmothers who murdered the step-child. I watch a lot of true crime and while women are less often and less likely to do such things, women still do sometimes. Men, on average, are more likely and more often guilty of this degree of selfishness, yes, yet women still can do so as well.
The acting, the directing, the set, y'all blew it out of the park!! 😍💕💕💕
Noo, this song is so sad!! 😭❤️ But you did justice to that beautiful song ❤ You really put a lot of effort into the making of the video!! 🎉❤ Congrats! 💖💯
I have chills. That was beautifully done!
This is incredible! The actors, the costumes, and the location are amazing and fit the song so well!! And lets not forget that beautiful silver fox that stole the spotlight!
Amazing job turning a fairytale song into an short action movie!
WONDERFUL! I watched an animated version of this about a Water Nymph. Beautiful and Sad. Thank You!!
Very Well Done!
I loved this video and the whole interpretation of the story. This Erutan's song is amazing and congratulations to the actors and the entire production team. I particularly liked the way the actor played the young hunter. I think that frustrated look on his face represented very well the feeling of "Oh she keeps denying me and I want her so bad, I'm so frustrated! I'm going to have her no matter what!", and to me that seems so consistent with the behavior of some men (I'm not generalizing) that it's taking by force what they want, regardless of the consequences for others, which is part of the message of the Erutan song. Once more, congratulations for this amazing video.
this is so incredibly well done and the costumes are gorgeous
The actors were really good
You are literally amazing! This has been my favorite song even when I was a kid
The live adaptation is amazing !!
Great job guys .....
Perfect I loved it. I used to LARP many years ago, still play RPG's when I can, and am openly Pagan for many, many years. As a former history teacher I had the occasional student submit some interesting projects, some group live action submissions, this project is exquisite and I hope you much success in your studies in whatever field they are in. I hope you will make more 'projects' like this in the future, I will be watching for them.
Btw I can see why you turned off comments on The Washing Machine short film you did. It was brilliant, very moving, that last bit when she ran inside looking for Gabby, I knew the ending already. I taught in several inner city and rural schools with very poor families. I came very close more than once to taking a few parents apart over situations like that especially some fathers. One school I was at serve grades 6-12,- I taught grades 6-8 but made many friends among the older students. One girl, showed me and the gym coach the drugs she was going to see that day so she could feed her 2 younger siblings and herself. She did not use, she was trying to graduate (11th grade at the time) so she could take custody of the kids. Her dad only came around when he needed a place to crash or to steal something to sell. Her mom was a crack whore and spent every bit of money on drugs and clothes for herself. We could not turn her in, she knew that. She was always asking for advice how to survive and escape- the coach came from the same area and same circumstances and I have a way with people, especially students, they trust me and know I would never do wrong for them. That kind of situation and the one in your film are far too common, more common that the public knows or wants to know. That film should be submitted for an award. It reminds me a lot of the sort film "Cipher in the Snow" ( th-cam.com/video/5oZDzuHPQVs/w-d-xo.html).
You have some real talent.
I love this song and the fading flower part was cool! She is so pretty 😍
I have listened to this song like 9 times at this point and I just found it
From the moment I've heard this song, I was wondering what it could be in live action. You answer this question, in a most beautiful way! Thank you for that!^^ Love from France!
Fantastic! I've loved this song for a long time, what a great job they did on this!😍😍😍
this whole video was amazing but that ending sequence with the flower was especially perfect!
Magnifique, Féérique, très jolie et sensible petite fée, prince charmant très romantique. Bravo!
Beautiful
This was beautiful; the acting, the photography And the story. I absolutely loved it.
As a also a film major i must bow to this gorgeous piece of art; keep going the good job! ♡
Wow my dear friend Kate Covington (erutan) must be proud.
Felt like I was in Narnia
TH-cam has been recommending this to me for a few days, but honestly I did not really have high hopes so I have been putting off watching it... However, I am REALLY glad I did. This is shockingly well done and great execution. Both 'actors' did a wonderful job portraying their characters and I loved everything about this!
This is unbelievably beautiful 😍❤️ please do more songs like this 🤩
I found a precious gem here. The music is wonderful. The fairy is beautiful. The boy is so handsome. The costumes are perfect. I shared this on all my social media for people to see it. I like even the massage : people should not take anything from the forest.
"Huh... my girlfriend turned into a flower. Dammit, ah well. Let's go, Artax."
That was so awesome! I can't believe someone made a video of this song, I absolutely adore the song and your job, guys!
I've always adored this song. Love your take on the story!
For all the willows; lets keep on trying. Very well made video of very touching song.
The bunny and horse played their roles brilliantly. I wish I have their acting skills.
The other actors played good too. :)
I love this song, the mystical mood it brings, the video is amazing and the underlying messages resonated. For me the video portrayed the extent mankind can go to take what does not belong to them, wheather its love, riches or pureness.
In the end we mankind destroy the richness and purness of the earth by our own hands.
The original singer erutan did the live action too video too years ago and honestly seeing this song again and in live action is heart warming to me you guys are beautiful i can see that you've worked hard that lip syncing is phenomenal all&all you guys are awesome people man!!! I wish i had friends who liked erutan Aurelio Voltaire in the same way i do....
I typed too 1/2 many times gosh i need some sleep 😂
Damn, there is still some beuty in this world.
I want to watch the TV series set in this realm!