A Wee Nod :: The Vlogversation

Got a little nod from the amazing Ted Hope from his Truly Free Film blog.

Nodding back.




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Re-Vlog :: DIY DAYS PHL - Nina Paley - Nina Sings The Blues

SITA SINGS THE BLUES Distribution Project Report ?If it?s free, how do you make money?? 5 months after the Creative Commons Share Alike release of her animated musical feature Sita Sings the Blues, Nina Paley presents the first round of hard data from the project. Contrary to MPAA propaganda, the more the audience freely shares the film, the more they purchase DVDs, theater admissions, and merchandise; witness the $$ numbers that prove it. Nina Paley is the creator of the animated musical feature film Sita Sings the Blues, which has screened in over 150 film festivals and won over 30 international awards including the Annecy Grand Crystal, The IFFLA Grand Jury Prize, and a Gotham Award. Her adventures in our broken copyright system led her to Copyleft her film, and join QuestionCopyright.org as Artist-in-Residence. She teaches at Parsons School of Design and is a 2006 Guggenheim Fellow. www.sitasingstheblues.com

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov), MP3 Audio (.mp3), Flash Video (.flv)

Tags: nina paley, diydays, fhta, workbook project, sita sings the blues, copyright

The17 - Music as we know it is dead; long live music.

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Re-Vlog :: WalkingMan :: Net Cinema Poetics

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Guys over @ Taylor Street Studio, Soluble Fish, and Joel Sugarman are making stuff together.

Elegantly done, fellas.

Methinks this was all shot on cell phone.

Video, moving, & mapping for purposes of storytelling.

Streamlined, real-time-to-web, yet long-lasting film making.

This is IT; this is what excites me for development, production and marketing stories.

What kinds of stories can we really 'see' and ' hear' when delivered and taken in from a web site, cell phone, or iPod?

This kind of film making reminds me of Michael Figgis' cutting-edge "Time Code" -- one of my favorite films.

Figgis is a good pianist.

Found Will Leurs' project from his comment over @ one of Ted Hope's blogs that 'reviews' Twitter. I've written about Ted's Twitter Review post earlier.

[Narrative Walks Site]
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A Recent Caroling Collaborator :: Dzakye

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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My Pal / Colleague Paul Plays Drums in a Band

Last Words


They are very good in my humble estimation.

Please check them out @ MySpace.

Over on Facebook, Paul writes:

Anyone know someone with too much money and not enough deductions that might be interested in helping me get out of this lifestyle? If you do, call me.

He also writes:

I am looking for a way to help people pay more attention to the little details in life.

Can anyone help him?



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Advice from Lisa the Paperwork PA

Take good notes.

Formats available: MPEG4 Video (.mp4), Flash Video (.flv)

Tags: paperwork, pa, production, assistant, advice, faux, press, work

A Public Domain Reminder

Thanks to Grace Piper for the inspirational link.

Was also inspired to bring Archive.org to the attention of director Raymond de Felitta @ his fabulous film / film / music history blog.


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Deepak Chopra on Seesmic :: Meditation

Meditation

This is an ongoing conversation on meditation started by Deepak Chopra @ Seesmic.

Chopra's giving it away over there and yet, I'm guessing he's doing as well or better in his making a living having given it.



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Re-Vlog :: Ted Hope's NYC DIY Days Dinner

Transparency and community in film making as inspired by web possibilities [Shhh: Web 2.0].

Ted describes his blog -- whence comes the enclosed potluck dinner video -- like this:

We are on the verge of a new film culture and infrastructure, driven by both the creators and the audiences. We must accept that being a filmmaker means taking responsibility for our films all the way through the process. Building the new infrastructure is the first step towards real media independence.

Micro-budgeted, crowd-sourced, long-tailed, self-distributed feature film makers speak to the evolving business model.

In this Part 1 of 3 DYI Dinner are found the diners' introductions. Diners include:

Two more segments follow this one, below linked.

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[DIY Dinner Part II]
[DIY Dinner Part III]
[Ted Hope's "Truly Free Film" Blog RSS Feed]



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Dream A Little Dream Of Me – The Mamas & The Papas

Blip.FM works pretty good, tho I'm guessing the flash doesn't translate that well through RSS.



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The Humble (formerly 'Good') Shepherd :: Paula & Charlie Glendinning's Gift

On the event of my father's 80th birthday, family friends Paula & Charlie Glendinning dedicated the song, "The Humble (formerly 'Good') Shepherd" to the old man.

Here for your enjoyment is their birthday rendition of the tune that promises to be played by pipe bands around the world for decades to come.

Best gift imaginable from the best friends imaginable.

Brava y bravo, you two, for everything you make and do.

Thank you for making Dad's 80th perfectly memorable.

[Glendinning's Publisher]

[Their Pipe Band's Site]

Formats available: MPEG-4 Video (.m4v), Flash Video (.flv), MPEG-4 Video (.m4v)

Tags: dad, family, 80th, birthday, party, bagpipe, bagpipes, violin, music, gift, song, paula, charlie, glendinning, gib, mclaughlin

Movies 'Til Dawn :: Blogging "City Island"

Raymond says the nicest things:

My old friend and sound mixer Jan McLaughlin also was a fabulous partner in crime. I can't describe what makes Jan quite so magnetic and fascinating--she's both very much more present than most people and also on an entirely different plane of existence than most of us. Jan did my first movie, "Cafe Society" a dozen years ago and this was our reunion movie. She's got nothing but a brilliant attitude toward the whole mess and made me smile every morning--not an easy task as a shoot progresses. By the way, she's also a mad genius and a Goddam good Audio capturer.

Guess this quote becomes part of the résumé.

Have gotten such incredible positive feedback lately it boggles the mind.

That said, I've worked hard to get here and plan / need to ride this wave as far as it will take me.

Let it also be said that I echo Raymond's estimation of other collaborators. Eric Henriquez was fabuloso. Vanja Cernjul literally paints with light in ways I've not seen before. Franckie Diago a complete and ferocious inspiration, as is Raymond.



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City Island Synchronicity

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Found and was captivated by this film in late June, well before I knew the estimable Vanja Cernjul would be lighting Raymond's "City Island" movie.

When I asked Vanja what project he was most proud of having lit, he said it was "Wristcutters".

Synchronicity.

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Grace :: The Story of the Remote :: Dirty Joke

.:. Faux Press .:.

Learn to listen.

Here's a telling of "The Story of the Remote".

The image is from an earlier post wherein I show you part of the woman who speaks in this podcast

The upside of the dismal-looking and feeling foot situation is that she has a better way to flip her husband the bird.

She is my hero.

Her humor in the face of enormous pain astonishes and inspires.

Music is "Mother's Blues" from Jeff Kelley's Classic Acoustic Blues album - about whom I've written in this space before.

Formats available: MP3 Audio (.mp3)

Tags: humor, joke, comedy, arthritis, aging, grace, gracefully, illness, inspiration, attitude, sexy, comedy

Re-vlogging Lawrence Lessig :: THE Idea for the 21st Century

Okay. I tend toward hyperbole, but this is honestly one of the best ideas toward action and change I've heard lately.

Unsurprisingly, this comes from the same fellow who gave us one of the best ideas of the 20th Century: the Creative Commons.

Listen.

Then listen again.

[Lessig's Blog]
[Lessig RSS Feed]
[Quicktime version]


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Searching for Sam Perry :: Abundance

Love the utterz guy's voice - process of archiving - assembling elements - rediscovery - Sam Perry & Spring Raulerson, Florida artists - keywords & metadata - stoop painting documentation - the Lytton Court house - soul journey - historical context - happiness - productivity - inspiration of community - why not so much collaboration since 2004? - studying film making full time - vlogger compensation - WGA strike - abundance.

Mobile post sent by Jan / The Faux Press using Utterz.  Replies.  mp3

Hotlinking Croma :: Revlog :: Tag

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Croma strikes.

Have watched this half a dozen times. Never fails to take me somewhere unexpected.

You're it.


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Digital Manipulation 1

Digital manipulation 1
Originally uploaded by paulaldhyleroy

Kicked my pal Paul's butt around the Interwebs to get him to finally post his images on Flickr.

Sigh.

I bring you my pal, Paul.

Photographer.

Retrospective :: Wolfgang Hastert

For whatever reason, I've been reconnecting with folks from my past.

File under: Upside of 5th decade.

File under: Inspiration

File under: Work

File under: Friends

File under: influences

File under: Pleasure to see folks with whom I worked ages ago still making beautiful things.

Wolfie.

Go have a look at his beautiful site: http://www.wolfganghastert.com/

Wolfie has an elegant vision for documentary that lays me out flat. See if you can get his works and get kicked upside your head if you're feeling a little sleepy.

Worked on a few projects with the estimable Hastert, among them his Varga Girls and Edward Hopper studies. Also, the marvelous QUEER REVERIES OF JAMES BIDGOOD.

We go back.

Wolfie taught me a lot about film making, and how to be a good film maker while remaining a good person.

I want higher resolution digital files from Mr. Hastert so I can send his work out to my small circle of estimable friends.

I want Wolfie to come out and play film maker with us on the Interwebs.

Come out & play, Wolfie!!!

Great - great - great to re-connect.

By way of recommendation, Wolfie is another metaphrast.

TECH NOTE: None of my dictionaries knows how to spell 'metaphrast'. Only a small part of why I love the word so.



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