A documentary film maker has started a conversation that relates to a documentary film he's making. He's talking about it over @Seesmic.
Think this may qualify as transmedia storytelling / mediamaking, and I post this example in response to Jake Abraham's question as to who's doing / done transmedia documentary projects.
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Today we light; tomorrow, we shoot.
Wreck & Salvage.
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Disqus commenting test.
Should now have the capacity to make Seesmic comments in this here blogger blog.
Thanks, Scoble.
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On the occasion of wrapping the fine film "city Island" recorded this video @ The Facebooks.
Wound up wearing the sleep mask to the wrap party as hat. Um-hm.
I see now why The Facebooks is a good tool for the job.
If you enjoy the history of film making from the perspective of an insightful, well-organized mind, check out Raymond's blog.
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That's my old pal, business partner, & collaborator Phil Platten on bass and vox.
A delight to revisit our collaborative work. We were called "Sunstroke" after a contest to name the band brought forth a few barely mentionable names. Gosh, something like "....Beaver Twins". Does anyone recall the third-place entry?
Would not have broached the material but for the fact that Phil moved on a year ago this month. And but for the fact that another bass player with whom I had a band also took flight.
[I could not bring myself to say that Phil and Dick expired the first or second draft of this post. Dare I say it now...but 'moving on' and 'taking flight' are two terms that seem correct for what happened to them.]
Dick Bungo: a consummate musician tho I don't remember him being in any of the bands, singing groups or orchestras in high school. Not much of a 'joiner' our Dick. Neither have I turned out to be.
This can only be considered a first draft of the video of the piece, for I will want it as part of the soundtrack for "The World's Longest Open Love Letter".
The lyrics remind me where I was emotionally in December of 1980, when this was recorded. Can't yet quite get my mind around it but in the editing -- in the meditation that is editing -- am certain all will become quickly clear.
Miss my old friend, roommate and Nathaniel's owner Dave Clark. Where are ya, Dave?
The full performance from that night may be found HERE for download.
With Lenny DellaRocca, Jonathan Rose & Bruce Weber.
I played audio tech.
None of these poets yet have an internet presence.
Perhaps they soon will.
Delightful to discover the talents of new friends.
Dzakye is from Switzerland.
He sings, plays piano, makes video art.
Welcome to my life, Dzakye. Welcome.
[Dzakye's Media Site]
[Dzakye @ Seesmic]
[Dzakye Elsewhere]
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12/3/80
Sunstroke
Set #1
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Broke out the old Nagra III and the 40-year-old reel-to-reel still works, dagnabbit.
Dusted off some reel-to-reel stuff in search of any stuff I may have recorded with the venerable Dick Bungo in order to make a gift of it to his son.
More digitizing and archiving.
Phil Platten was a wonderful partner and friend; together, we made Sunstroke.
Especially thrilled to share it with his swell partner, Dennis Lockard.
We made many friends doing this -- many of whom I've lost contact with. We played Nathaniel's in Greensburg, The Rhododendron, Wolfendale's, the Cony Island, Sgro's, Seven Springs Resort, The Purple Rhinoceros, and once, The Decade in Pittsburgh. We toured as far west as Chicago, and east to the New Jersey & Maryland Shores.
Perhaps Google Juice will allow us to find one another once again and celebrate those fine times.
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POST NOTE: It was the Raspberry Rhinoceros in Pittsburgh's Shadyside.
Using Blip.TV, Twittervlog mediamaker Rupert Howe made this collection of videos by mutual friends Ryanne Hodson & Jay Dedman @ their Ryanne is Hungry site.
So much becomes possible. More possibility every day.
Blip.TV is at the cutting edge of web-based services & technologies that support media makers in innovative ways & means of hosting and distributing multimedia objects.
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"City Island" Flickr group page.
Come play with us over @ Flickr.
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And I can't help but think it's a really good thing that the production's sharing exquisite moments before the fact.
After only a week of production, the crew is of one mind about helping to make "City Island": it's gonna be a great little movie.
POST NOTE: added '&fmt=18' to the end of the YouTube url within the embed code in order to bring you a higher-resolution version of the footage.
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Posted earlier the beginning of a conversation about my process of being part of "City Island" with Seesmic as conversational film making tool.
It's been a while since I played @ Seesmic, but their player - to which one may reply in video without ever leaving my page - brilliant - has grown up. Come of age.
All you need is a webcam, Camtwist, and a Seesmic account.
Everybody on set's got one.
Most sets have wi-fi.
Show folks what's what in 3 minutes or less.
It's really fucking easy.
We're all film makers, damnit. Superior technicians.
Why wouldn't we make media?
The question is: can we do it right? Will production trust us with the responsibility? Will something beautiful be made of it one day? What will the unions make of this? Are we not all bloggers / videobloggers / still photographers / prop masters / film makers?
Cheap tools & technology, baby.
Should we not reap benefits from this expanded endeavor all the way around?
Seesmic.
Think high-tech, lo-fi.
Think ubiquitous.
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Cleansing the film maker palate with instant media.
Make & distribute short films while working 18 hours a day as captain of a ship.
It can be done.
Nokia N-series phone.
Get some product placement from Nokia, yo :)
Seesmic. Web-cam-based conversations. Depak Chopra posts here. It's good. Find somebody with a MacBook Pro and say it. Add a title and bingo, Seesmic auto-posts a notice w/ link to Twitter.
Qik. Stream live video from your Nokia phone.
Flickr. The "City Island" group @ Flickr.
Facebook. "City Island" fan page. 80 fans so far and climbing. Cool.
IMDB. Some conversations going on over there.
Shozu. A small cellphone application that allows you to title, tag and add blog text to stills and videos. Auto cross-uploads to any number of sites, including YouTube, Blip, Flickr, Vimeo, Veoh, and any email address. All bypassing cellphone email size limits. That said,you should definitely have an unlimited data plan if you get serious about working this way.
Twitter. Any blog post here is automatically posted to Twitter with a link to the original blog page. I can also make posts directly to Twitter with a text message to my phone.
Utterz. Dial a phone number (speed dial), press '2', speak, press '#', hang up. Utterz auto-posts to any number of sites you tell it to. No password entering BS; Utters remembers you & your phone. From Utterz --> Blog --> Twitter --> RSS feed --> Subscribers.
Blip.TV. Free sound & video host with auto-crossposting for non-cellphone video. It also transcodes video from either Windows or Quicktime into high-quality flash. Created your own, branded show player. Blip talks to Blogger, YouTube, the Internet Archive, among others.
Blogger. Free. In perpetuity.
All these online applications talk to one another on your behalf.
At any given time, when you find a moment of note, you can communicate with your friends, family & audience.
All without breaking stride, really.
Smooth.
My Bum. Sorta.
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Words - Bruce Weber
Else - Jan McLaughlin
