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December 19, 2011
newleftmedia:
Occupy America - New Video!
New video,...
Occupy America - New Video!
New video, please help us spread the word!
Have the Occupy Wall Street protests that sprung up across the country this fall already passed? Shot in NYC, Oakland, and Cincinnati, this short explores the state of the #OWS protests now that local governments have removed permanent encampments, and asks what the future will be for this still-young nationwide movement.
Produced and edited by Chase Whiteside (interviews), Erick Stoll (camera), and Liz Cambron.
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Our friends at New Left Media just released an important video on the occupy movement. Please take the time to watch.
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December 15, 2011
RE: and a new earth REPRISE
Calling all Vocal Artists, all...
Calling all Vocal Artists, all Audio Mixers, all Video Editors!
You might know our record "and a new earth" — it is definitely one of the most impactful short films to have come out of HITRECORD. I was thinking that Sundance 2012 is a great opportunity for us to make another version of it!
I absolutely love the original, it's a beautiful piece both in style and in substance. wirrow wrote the text and set it to a timelapse from the site while adding an instrumental track that he had made. The simplicity of it is what makes it so impactful.
But I've always wondered what it would be like if we took it to the next step because I feel this piece is really conducive to our mass collaborative creative process.
So here's what to do:
Vocal Artists, Actors, Poets - record yourself reading the text of the original video. You can read it however you like, but it may be that the more similar to the original the better.
Audio Mixers - Mix together a large creative combination using these different recordings of everyone reading the text.
Video Editors - Let's start providing and editing visuals into a big montage that corresponds to the text. Remember, sometimes it's not the most literal connection that is best, but maybe something less obvious that still provokes the same sentiment as the words.
Once again, the original is so beautiful in it's simplicity that I believe this can be equally as strong in it's multiplicity. And I wanna screen it at Sundance… so let's get to work.
Thanks again,
J
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December 14, 2011
A Hard Day's Night — The 'Real' First...
A Hard Day's Night — The 'Real' First Chord
One of the most famous opening chords is also one of the most elusive.
(via yuka)
hitrecordjoe:
Now that's a pretty sweet deal… :oD
Visit our...
December 13, 2011
One of the cooler bookstores in LA, of...
One of the cooler bookstores in LA, of course…
Mr. Brady Corbet and I stopped in Book Soup today. Tiny Stories was featured right by the register!!
THE REGULARITY #54 (12/13/11)
The REGularity is here!
CALLING...
The REGularity is here!
CALLING ALL ILLUSTRATORS AND ANIMATORS!
I wanna see your "Man With A Turnip For A Head"… Let's make an animated short film out of Metaphorest's darkly delightful short text and Gary Oldman's glorious live performance of it. First step is to design the main character.
ILLUSTRATORS: let's see your version of this guy. He should be a prim and proper, buttoned up, completely normal looking man EXCEPT for his turnip head. Draw him several ways. Do some close shots and side shots. Front and profile. Maybe pick a few moments from the story and draw those.
ANIMATORS: Let's start bringing the Turnip Man to life!
If you haven't read or heard the story yet, check it out here!
Once we've got the main character, we can start creating the other elements that will make up the settings and scenes, animate them, scoring the piece, editing it together, etc…
I wanna screen this at our upcoming Sundance show, so we're on a bit of a tight deadline, but between the lot of us, I think we'll be good.
Once again thanks to the community for the wonderful RE-RECommendations, there sure is a bunch of great work going on and you you all know how to REC them.
Thanks again,
J
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December 12, 2011
WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD — David Attenborough
One of my very...
WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD — David Attenborough
One of my very favorite things that I watch over-and-over is the sensational series PLANET EARTH put out by the BBC. Never have I ever experienced the story of life with such stunning vision.
A wonderful feature of the 'EARTH' series is the effusively engaging narration of the much loved Mr. David Attenborough. Sadly (for us), I heard that Mr. Attenborough recently recorded his final narration for the BBC's FROZEN PLANET.
Thank you Mr. Attenborough! Best of luck with all your future endeavors.
December 11, 2011
kimaroo:
I was super excited to see "The Tiny Book of Tiny...
I was super excited to see "The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories" at Urban Outfitters today. What a perfect Christmas gift!
Hey Urban Outfitters — let's get one thing straight: we are not above dirty jokes.
:oP
December 10, 2011
hellogiggles:
Great taste Starbucks @sheandhim (Taken with...
Yes, We're Sinking TINY FILM
Animation by...
Yes, We're Sinking TINY FILM
Illustration by chopsticksroad
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