tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71651695466206966332024-02-21T05:59:23.799-08:00antigobTomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09417921452254527359noreply@blogger.comBlogger261125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7165169546620696633.post-14019297821002930142011-07-21T05:30:00.001-07:002011-07-21T05:30:28.455-07:00Alan Moore on Get Fresh<div class='posterous_autopost'><p><iframe allowfullscreen="true" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/qLoIqI0PlhY" frameborder="0" height="349" width="425"></iframe></p> <p>Handy Six Degrees reference if you want to get from The Centurions to Johnny Depp or something.</p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://the-antigob.posterous.com/alan-moore-on-get-fresh">antigob</a> </p> </div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09417921452254527359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7165169546620696633.post-45571780783162366822011-06-06T07:06:00.001-07:002011-06-06T07:06:49.657-07:00Can we have the future now?<div class='posterous_autopost'><p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2011-06-06/bismpJybGuvBlsmawnyBAloGsztocrvaGiInijjHvqEIdxGftoEqBrnncdvC/Screen_shot_2011-06-05_at_17.58.08.png.scaled1000.png"><img alt="Screen_shot_2011-06-05_at_17" height="313" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2011-06-06/bismpJybGuvBlsmawnyBAloGsztocrvaGiInijjHvqEIdxGftoEqBrnncdvC/Screen_shot_2011-06-05_at_17.58.08.png.scaled500.png" width="500" /></a> </div> </p> <p>A child on video chat in the year 2011</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWwo6JpMceg">And one ten years earlier</a></p> <p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">The year is 2011 and by my estimation, we should either be living on Mars or fighting robots in a post-apocalyptic world. I say this because where I'm freelancing, I often find myself hanging around the really nice coffee machine with a man who had a hand in creating the graphics for Minority Report and The Matrix. Yes, The Architect likes a cappuccino and swears you can froth soy milk to make a good one.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">He really is Mr Future in the way he talks and dresses – it's a very singular and futuristic look and the complete antithesis of most styles. Pretty much everyone (including me), has adopted a style that's an affectation of an idealised past.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Recently, the two things to excite me the most have been the live stream of the Endeavour launch and the film made of photos from the Cassini launch. I also got quite cheered up from reading this article about Mars in yesterday's Observer. Should we spend billions of dollars to investigate the solar system? Oh yeah. Call me an idealist, but I think we've blown quite enough developing bombs that can fly windows to blow up the wrong people.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Yesterday I chatted to Spike using video chat and it struck me that this is the only thing from the film 2001 that's now a proper everyday reality. Unless you count the retro suits. But one of the interesting things about video chat that 2001 nailed absolutely, is the way kids just can't sit still in front of a moving image of themselves.</p> </p> <p> </p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://the-antigob.posterous.com/can-we-have-the-future-now">antigob</a> </p> </div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09417921452254527359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7165169546620696633.post-59910918751113425482011-06-03T04:49:00.001-07:002011-06-03T04:49:07.172-07:00Beautiful film shot by the Cassini spacecraft<div class='posterous_autopost'><p><object height="281" width="500"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=24410924&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=000&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" /><embed allowfullscreen="true" src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=24410924&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=000&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="281" width="500"></embed></object></p> <p>Nicely put together by Chris Abbas. </p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://the-antigob.posterous.com/beautiful-film-shot-by-the-cassini-spacecraft">antigob</a> </p> </div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09417921452254527359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7165169546620696633.post-56756184118949214232011-06-03T03:27:00.001-07:002011-06-03T03:27:15.409-07:00Writing Soundtrack May 31 - June 3<div class='posterous_autopost'><p><a href="http://open.spotify.com/user/monstatruk/playlist/7IMFdvHWg9Cnhs0AEhp5xw"><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2011-06-03/HDpCitjssCrjhCfepEExwbsynkACHfGkByFetFnzcxcIBkgvJuFtqigFHsem/lazy_bones-pub.jpg.scaled1000.jpg"><img alt="Lazy_bones-pub" height="281" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2011-06-03/HDpCitjssCrjhCfepEExwbsynkACHfGkByFetFnzcxcIBkgvJuFtqigFHsem/lazy_bones-pub.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" /></a> </div> Lazy Bones</a></p> <p>Tin Can & Twine - Tortoise - Tortoise</p> <p>Covers - The Sea and Cake - <span style=""> </span>The Moonlight Butterfly</p> <p>Just Can't Leave It Alone - Neon Jung - Just Can't Leave It Alone</p> <p>Ibhithi Five - Jumping Back Slash - Ibhithi</p> <p>Wish You Were Here - Deadboy - Here - EP</p> <p>Fallen Arches - Tokimonsta - Creature Dreams</p> <p>Mumma Deed Family Clone - Jonas Reinhardt - Power of Audition</p> <p>Noon Hill Wood - Richard Skelton - Landings</p> <p>Windy Blues - Jef Gilson - French Blue Jazz</p> <p>It's All Around You - Tortoise - It's All Around You</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://the-antigob.posterous.com/writing-soundtrack-may-31-june-3">å~†^©ø∫</a> </p> </div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09417921452254527359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7165169546620696633.post-32635052667014721422011-06-01T06:32:00.001-07:002011-06-01T06:32:30.606-07:00Pass The Bucket by Vans<div class='posterous_autopost'><p><object height="281" width="500"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=22539771&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" /><embed allowfullscreen="true" src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=22539771&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="281" width="500"></embed></object></p> <p><object height="281" width="500"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=21833399&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" /><embed allowfullscreen="true" src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=21833399&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="281" width="500"></embed></object></p> <p>Even though these films yank a little too hard on the heartstrings, I still really like them; beautifully filmed and edited, plus both subjects are genuine and open. Funny how you never see Gary Oldman and Tony Alva in the same room though...</p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://the-antigob.posterous.com/pass-the-bucket-by-vans">antigob</a> </p> </div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09417921452254527359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7165169546620696633.post-75497579311327069872011-05-27T05:41:00.001-07:002011-05-27T05:41:04.122-07:00The films of Louis CK<div class='posterous_autopost'><p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">In an interview, American stand up and filmmaker Louis CK described a film he tried for a few years to get made. 'It's about a beautiful, but obnoxious Hollywood PA. One day she's driving through LA, talking on her cell, not paying attention, when she hits something with her car. She gets out to see what it is; she's hit and killed a little girl, with a full grown beard.'</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">The PA is eventually sentenced, not to jail, but to have a beard grafted on her face for ten years.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Let's watch the films he has made. This playlist should work: 'Hi How Are You?', 'Brunch' and 'Ice Cream'. </p> </p> <p><object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/p/41E9597BE8EBE315?hl=en_US&fs=1" /></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /></param><embed allowfullscreen="true" src="http://www.youtube.com/p/41E9597BE8EBE315?hl=en_US&fs=1" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="385" width="480"></embed></object></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://the-antigob.posterous.com/the-films-of-louis-ck">antigob</a> </p> </div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09417921452254527359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7165169546620696633.post-67519430344273447652011-05-27T03:43:00.001-07:002011-05-27T03:43:06.432-07:00Life As An Independent Astronaut<div class='posterous_autopost'><p><object height="281" width="500"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=24143537&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" /><embed allowfullscreen="true" src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=24143537&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="281" width="500"></embed></object></p> <p>Great idea, and I love the homemade quality of his suit. Nice one <a href="http://www.blinkink.co.uk/directors/view-work/item1482/David-Wilson/">David Wilson!</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://the-antigob.posterous.com/life-as-an-independent-astronaut">antigob</a> </p> </div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09417921452254527359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7165169546620696633.post-87774955117877454852011-05-27T02:26:00.001-07:002011-05-27T02:26:34.547-07:00Writing Soundtrack May 23-27<div class='posterous_autopost'><p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a href="http://open.spotify.com/user/monstatruk/playlist/16ds0LR2h2GadhHT05DrLt">Diagram of defence </a></p> </p> <p><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/27786121/" target="_blank"><img src="http://d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net/upload/27786121_ciAPGTEO_c.jpg" border="0" width="489 height =" /></a></p> <p>Other Side - Family Portrait- Family Portrait</p> <p>Honest James - Thurston Moore - Trees Outside The Academy</p> <p>Nobody Knows - The Feelies - Here Before</p> <p>Echo Lady - Wet Hair - In Vogue Spirit</p> <p>Biddies - Mo Kolours - EP1: Drum Talking</p> <p>Terra - Julian Lynch - Terra</p> <p>257 - NHKyx - yx aka 1ch aka Solo</p> <p>Birdhouse 1 - Matana Roberts - The Chicago Project</p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://the-antigob.posterous.com/writing-soundtrack-may-23-27">antigob</a> </p> </div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09417921452254527359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7165169546620696633.post-48099821618070041182011-05-20T05:56:00.001-07:002011-05-20T05:56:31.717-07:00Writing Soundtrack May 16-20<div class='posterous_autopost'><p><div style='padding-bottom: 2px; line-height: 0px'><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/23531513/" target="_blank"><img src="http://d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net/upload/23531513_tL256UFj_c.jpg" border="0" width="480 height =" />Pinterest</a></p></div></p> <p><strong><a href="http://open.spotify.com/user/monstatruk/playlist/3kq1aIR2W6EVOtaUQsEc0a">Up we go</a></strong></p> <p>Departing - Quiet Evenings - Transending Spheres</p> <p>The Axiom (Andy Stott remix) - Badawi - The Axiom EP</p> <p>Tangled - Hideousmen - Tangled/Sirens</p> <p>Loudest Shop Vac In The World - Don Caballero - Pungasm</p> <p>Albatross - Wild Beasts - Albatross</p> <p>House Jam - Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna</p> <p>Mediumship - No Joy - Ghost Blonde</p> <p>Short People - Randy Newman - Rhino Hi-Five: Randy Newman</p> <p>Fog Hammers - Quiet Evenings - Transcending Spheres</p> <p> </p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://the-antigob.posterous.com/writing-soundtrack-may-16-20">antigob</a> </p> </div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09417921452254527359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7165169546620696633.post-89134324881307700412011-05-18T07:41:00.001-07:002011-05-18T07:41:10.870-07:00Roy's Jeans documentary<div class='posterous_autopost'><p><object height="275" width="489"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=16075230&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=ffffff&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" /><embed allowfullscreen="true" src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=16075230&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=ffffff&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="275" width="489"></embed></object></p> <p> <p style=""><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">There seems to be a bit of a trend for short documentaries about artisan producers. So far, I've watched <a href="http://vimeo.com/13664547">chocolatiers</a>, a <a href="http://vimeo.com/asylumartists/meetyourmaker">luthier</a> and <a href="http://vimeo.com/channels/obsessives#3149825">an angry pizza chef</a> talk about what they do, but my favourite by far is this film about Roy Slaper, of <a href="http://www.roydenim.com/">Roy Denim</a>. Each pair is handmade by the man himself. You can read more about Roy on the excellent <a href="http://grainandgram.com/theexchange/aconversationwith-royslaper/">Grain and Gram site</a>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">There are so many cool things about this film: the way it's shot, graded, edited, and the choice of music. It fairly zips along as we watch Roy craft apair of jeans. But that's also part of the problem. I wanted to know more! Why does he make his jeans? How did he get into it? Is he really into denim? How long did it take him to train? </span></span></span> </span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Who knows, maybe he's the strong silent type and didn't want to talk. It's still a great piece of film. </span></span></span></span></p> </p> <p> </p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://the-antigob.posterous.com/roys-jeans-documentary">antigob</a> </p> </div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09417921452254527359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7165169546620696633.post-78757568031550915232011-05-17T05:14:00.001-07:002011-05-17T05:14:42.588-07:00Healthcare: Hidden Voices documentary<div class='posterous_autopost'><p>This is superbly shot, edited and sensitively depicts its stories. Raises a whole bunch of questions like any good doc and it'll probably make you angry too - and it should. What would we do without the NHS eh? Nice grade n'all!</p> <p><object height="275" width="489"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=20654486&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" /><embed allowfullscreen="true" src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=20654486&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="275" width="489"></embed></object></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://the-antigob.posterous.com/healthcare-hidden-voices-documentary">antigob</a> </p> </div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09417921452254527359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7165169546620696633.post-62476577339166078442011-05-16T08:54:00.001-07:002011-05-16T08:54:01.413-07:00Good stuff from NFB<div class='posterous_autopost'><p>The <a href="http://www.nfb.ca/">NFB</a> is concerned with all things documentary, animation, interactive and film from Canada. There's some really great stuff there. </p> <p>Like this colourful doc about plastics. The script is out there as well, I can't imagine anything like this getting to shoot stage now. Shame because it's got a great rhythm. "Plastics Ben, plastics."</p> <p> </p> <p><embed allowfullscreen="true" src="http://media1.nfb.ca/medias/flash/ONFflvplayer-gama.swf" allowscriptaccess="always" height="337" width="489"></embed></p> <p>What do you do with William Shatner in a studio? Make him sing "O Canada."</p> <p><embed allowfullscreen="true" src="http://media1.nfb.ca/medias/flash/ONFflvplayer-gama.swf" allowscriptaccess="always" height="337" width="489"></embed></p> <p>"Shatner Ben, Shatner."</p> <p> </p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://the-antigob.posterous.com/good-stuff-from-nfb">antigob</a> </p> </div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09417921452254527359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7165169546620696633.post-74952526366167036382011-05-11T04:19:00.001-07:002011-05-11T04:19:18.729-07:00From the sketchbook<div class='posterous_autopost'><p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/the-antigob/zGxHukcrxufElltuogGAGheEsaJIxxFqosnbrwkEIjlxzutwwsrGgdIbyIAn/p372.jpg.scaled1000.jpg"><img alt="P372" height="667" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/the-antigob/zGxHukcrxufElltuogGAGheEsaJIxxFqosnbrwkEIjlxzutwwsrGgdIbyIAn/p372.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" /></a> </div> </p>It's one of those days <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://the-antigob.posterous.com/from-the-sketchbook">antigob</a> </p> </div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09417921452254527359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7165169546620696633.post-34118046261629343502011-05-09T09:03:00.001-07:002011-05-09T09:03:30.895-07:00I don't like Ice Cream (new Battles video)<div class='posterous_autopost'><p><iframe allowfullscreen="true" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3FsvMyQeC-Q" frameborder="0" height="390" width="489"></iframe></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;">It's a bit too Mike Mills in the AD department and a massive nod to the <span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">El Guincho "Bombay" video. I quite like the song, well, I really liked it when they played it at ATP and one of them introduced it in a funny voice. But that's another story...</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://the-antigob.posterous.com/i-dont-like-ice-cream-new-battles-video">antigob</a> </p> </div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09417921452254527359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7165169546620696633.post-74365640353849491032011-05-09T04:02:00.001-07:002011-05-09T04:02:50.030-07:00Writing Soundtrack May 3-13<div class='posterous_autopost'><p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2011-05-09/GEIzHHGmhbqnJGmDkAhlzkpbwiFCDvtExhoGECniAfHIAmAhncagtEEHijlk/P1010590.JPG.scaled1000.jpg"><img alt="P1010590" height="667" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2011-05-09/GEIzHHGmhbqnJGmDkAhlzkpbwiFCDvtExhoGECniAfHIAmAhncagtEEHijlk/P1010590.JPG.scaled500.jpg" width="500" /></a> </div> </p> <p><a href="http://open.spotify.com/user/monstatruk/playlist/0PlsrNQwGWlYrQuwrtkqDz">Our shirts are on fire</a></p> <p> </p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://the-antigob.posterous.com/writing-soundtrack-may-3-13">antigob</a> </p> </div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09417921452254527359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7165169546620696633.post-47177215096929996282011-04-28T02:46:00.001-07:002011-04-28T02:46:37.509-07:00Writing Soundtrack April 25 - 28<div class='posterous_autopost'><p><a href="http://open.spotify.com/user/monstatruk/playlist/4hYOltvliVqBWQ9oNxYffq">Authority to holiday</a></p> <p><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/13678522/" target="_blank"><img src="http://d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net/upload/13678522_r80WiF19_c.jpg" border="0" width="554 height =" /></a></p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://the-antigob.posterous.com/writing-soundtrack-april-25-28">antigob</a> </p> </div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09417921452254527359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7165169546620696633.post-56189287536982265722011-04-22T03:10:00.001-07:002011-04-22T03:10:15.324-07:00Writing Soundtrack April 18 - 21<div class='posterous_autopost'><p><a href="http://open.spotify.com/user/monstatruk/playlist/0zStep3mkPxFFRlXseJM5C">Beyond the point of no return</a></p> <p><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/14625417/" target="_blank"><img src="http://d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net/upload/14625417_M5DFA0eC_c.jpg" border="0" width="553 height =" /></a></p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://the-antigob.posterous.com/writing-soundtrack-april-18-21">antigob</a> </p> </div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09417921452254527359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7165169546620696633.post-65710232258205460312011-04-19T03:22:00.001-07:002011-04-19T03:22:09.090-07:00Amazing Skydiving video<div class='posterous_autopost'><p><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 15px;"><object height="275" width="489"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=22428395&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" /><embed allowfullscreen="true" src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=22428395&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="275" width="489"></embed></object></span></span></p> <p>Beautifully shot on a GoPro. Must be a high spec model with some After Effects plugin jiggery pokery going on there - hence the no landing shot. If you watch the ground you can see some inneresting blurring going on too. But that's all by the by, this is a great video and it even makes me want to throw myself out of a plane. My only grumble is I wanted more close ups. They were easily the best bits.</p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://the-antigob.posterous.com/amazing-skydiving-video">antigob</a> </p> </div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09417921452254527359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7165169546620696633.post-55323586803546186862011-04-18T03:45:00.001-07:002011-04-18T03:45:06.529-07:00My kind of nonsense<div class='posterous_autopost'><p><a href="http://www.jesuslovesstuff.com"><img src="http://www.jesuslovesstuff.com/jljesus.png" /></a></p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://the-antigob.posterous.com/my-kind-of-nonsense">antigob</a> </p> </div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09417921452254527359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7165169546620696633.post-69670254507374956722011-04-18T01:40:00.001-07:002011-04-18T01:40:10.664-07:00Writing Soundtrack March 11 - 15<div class='posterous_autopost'><p><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/7544735/" target="_blank"><img src="http://d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net/upload/7544735_Nyh6dnLO_c.jpg" border="0" width="489 height =" />Pinterest</a></p></div></p> <p><a href="http://open.spotify.com/user/monstatruk/playlist/5gpd091vF5NtSL7uhO2TlD">Buoyancy</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://the-antigob.posterous.com/writing-soundtrack-march-11-15">antigob</a> </p> </div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09417921452254527359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7165169546620696633.post-3991253212551083252011-04-14T12:49:00.001-07:002011-04-14T12:49:44.391-07:00Against The Clock trailer - finished at last<div class='posterous_autopost'><p><object height="269" width="489"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=22333041&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=969696&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" /><embed allowfullscreen="true" src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=22333041&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=969696&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="269" width="489"></embed></object><br /> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">It's been a while, but then I have been busy. If the shoot was relatively quick – three days – then the edit has been where Against The Clock has finally taken shape. And this is hardly surprising because I really didn't have any idea of what I would capture at the beginning of the shoot, except a tight, five minute day-in-the-life of Nigel Holland, drag racer. The sort of film that would be a training wheel exercise and a decent little Vimeo movie. The fact he was disabled, I hadn't really thought about because I figured his condition would be a fairly fixed attribute. This was not the case – but not in any huge defining way. It was more of a routine aspect of his life.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">The edit is finished, but the film isn't. We've got to recapture on HD and then do a sound mix and grade. But the majority of work is done.Then it's distributing it out to festivals, and of course planning the next one.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">At the end of filming I had ten little DV tapes lined up on my desk. I got them captured – a good thing because my desk now is considerably smaller. Then I started poring through what I got.That was November. I figured for five minute documentary I'd have plenty. It would be case of chucking most of the stuff out. And to an extent that was true. There are hours of boring shots, shots were the inevitable drag car screamed by in the background and drowned out everything anyone said. There was one great sequence I had to let go when Nigel is talking about supporting his family, as the radio in the part stand we were hanging around starts playing 'Lean On Me'. But a Pro ET car burning out 500 metres away mushed everything up. I think I mentioned Santa Pod was loud. And finally, let's not forget the grey shots, the out of focus ones and of course the shots I thought should be thrown away, only to realise there was some interesting nugget to be gleaned.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">After a bunch of false starts, I started to cut the film together. I realised the film was not about drag racing, but Nigel Holland. That still left the issue of all these shots of sexy muscle cars I had lying around. The cars were a problem. Everyone I spoke to about the project, wanted to know about the cars. The cars had to go in there. And yet it was all at odds with Nigel and his ride – which although a Mustang was not the big squat, hunkered down beasts that got anybody who saw the rough footage excited. So I had to work out a way of getting the car porn out there and then bedded down into the back of the viewer's mind, so it was a context and not a diversion.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">I also had the same problem with the sport of drag racing and the technical aspects of engines, chassis design and racing classes. Nigel spoke eloquently about all these, but the more I watched the footage, the more it became apparent that this would be just too dense for the average viewer to get their head around. I found myself racing through the first few minutes to structure the film so that Nigel got in his car and raced. Once that was out of the way, the more interesting angles of his story – namely his condition – could come into focus. Quite the opposite of actually racing, where there's a lot of hanging around for your turn.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">All these elements helped to shape the themes of the film, which are that Nigel, despite his condition (which makes him extraordinarily determined), is an everyman. Drag racing is his hobby and he escapes the pressures of his working life and condition to indulge in a passion in which he is exactly the same as everyone else at the strip. That's what bracket racing is all about. It's not the car you have, but how well you know it. During the edit I started to uncover the pressures everyone faces at the track. Drag racing is a sport anyone can do. But it's not cheap and it chews up time and space.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">After three months, I was left with a twenty minute edit. It didn't feel flabby and I was happy with the structure and arc of the stories I recorded. It's an honest portray into the life of Nigel and his friends at the track. It's what I wanted for my first documentary: a balanced slice of life. Well as balanced as you can be with muscle cars and burning rubber.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Ha, finished. Yeah right. My edit had to go into Final Cut Pro (FCP). I'd put everything together in iMovie. There really was no other way of doing it at the time, but if you have a choice, go straight into FCP. You could cut out all the sitting around. You won't get that sinking realisation that iMovie timecodes are not really proper timecodes. You'll avoid format roulette. But, I have to say I learnt a whole bunch sitting beside somebody who knows what they're doing. I learnt about the grammar of editing. And sure, I got a FCP Inside Out book, but there really is nothing better than someone saying 'oh right click, properties, check 16:9 – yeah I know, it doesn't look like a check box. But it is'.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">The trailer is the first thing I've edited in FCP. So excuse my grammar. But it tells the story – like any good trailer should. Question is, do you want to see the film?</p> </p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://the-antigob.posterous.com/against-the-clock-trailer-finished-at-last">antigob</a> </p> </div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09417921452254527359noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7165169546620696633.post-1482122369391717382011-04-08T02:34:00.001-07:002011-04-08T02:34:32.653-07:00Writing Soundtrack April 4 - 8<div class='posterous_autopost'><p><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/7212776/" target="_blank"><img src="http://d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net/upload/7212776_aEV2PKcE_c.jpg" border="0" width="489 height =" /></a></p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://the-antigob.posterous.com/writing-soundtrack-april-4-8">antigob</a> </p> </div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09417921452254527359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7165169546620696633.post-27428590844311891052011-04-01T03:54:00.001-07:002011-04-01T03:54:29.028-07:00Writing Soundtrack March 28 - April 1<div class='posterous_autopost'><p><div style='padding-bottom: 2px; line-height: 0px'><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/10945205/" target="_blank"><img src="http://d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net/upload/10945205_KIHzRZ8v_c.jpg" border="0" width="554 height =" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://open.spotify.com/user/monstatruk/playlist/4MJNfWiNSl7CK0GhJGrnbz">Super secret space planes fly over our heads everyday</a></p> <p> </p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://the-antigob.posterous.com/writing-soundtrack-march-28-april-1">antigob</a> </p> </div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09417921452254527359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7165169546620696633.post-6961627352567485262011-03-25T02:56:00.001-07:002011-03-25T02:56:43.901-07:00Writing Soundtrack March 21 - 25<div class='posterous_autopost'><p><div style='padding-bottom: 2px; line-height: 0px'><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/7217982/" target="_blank"><img src="http://d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net/upload/7217982_6Oh1GjfT_c.jpg" border="0" width="480 height =" />Pinterest</a></p></div></p> <p><a href="http://open.spotify.com/user/monstatruk/playlist/2V4JwBi2WMcMvLrzcttgCg">Nudie Suit</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://the-antigob.posterous.com/writing-soundtrack-march-21-25">antigob</a> </p> </div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09417921452254527359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7165169546620696633.post-6534683452559098812011-03-24T06:09:00.001-07:002011-03-24T06:09:09.239-07:00Want to make a film? Simple ideas rule.<div class='posterous_autopost'><p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Ridley Scott was once asked, how do you become a film director? His answer was, 'make a film'. That might sound obvious, but it's bang on the money advice. After all, he did just that, getting his brother Tony to act in his first short, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_and_Bicycle">Boy and Bicycle</a>. </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><object height="390" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/o0oHlX8Kmxk&rel=0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3" /></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /></param><embed allowfullscreen="true" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/o0oHlX8Kmxk&rel=0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="304" width="500"></embed></object></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.wearechange.org/?p=7134&cpage=1#comment-2645">Just Keep Going, You Have Nothing Left To Lose</a> is a good example of going out and trying something. Talking to strangers on the subway is a lovely idea, but </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Luke Rudkowski elevates the concept with </span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">a neat little mechanic for those who didn't want to talk. As soon as they said 'no', he asked them to point out someone else in the subway car for him to interview. As a device, it works really well, almost everyone's face lights up. You even suspect those who said 'no', now regretted their decision. The questions are also open-ended to spark debate and the film is competently put together. The only thing I would change is the music. This idea is strong enough. It doesn't need a soundtrack.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> </p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://the-antigob.posterous.com/want-to-make-a-film-simple-ideas-rule">antigob</a> </p> </div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09417921452254527359noreply@blogger.com0