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- SimiArbeit said...
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- 3 Mar 2010, 17:08
A possible project: Making a score for a film

I just found out that Chain Tape Collective has made a score for F.W. Murnau's classic film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. Now, why don't we do something similar? There are at least some old silent films available for free download since they are public domain. Some alternatives could be for example Nosferatu, Metropolis or The Phantom of the Opera.

Anybody interested in this kind of thing?

[quote][b][user]SimiArbeit[/user][/b] said: I just found out that [url=http://www.ct-collective.com/]Chain Tape Collective[/url] has made a [url=http://www.archive.org/details/Caligari_AnExquisiteCorpse_QuickTime]score[/url] for F.W. Murnau's classic film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. Now, why don't we do something similar? There are at least some old silent films available for free download since they are public domain. Some alternatives could be for example Nosferatu, Metropolis or The Phantom of the Opera. Anybody interested in this kind of thing?[/quote]

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- [Deleted user] said...
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- 3 Mar 2010, 17:27
Oh yes indeed...I'd love to get going with something like this :)

[quote][b][user][/user][/b] said: Oh yes indeed...I'd love to get going with something like this :)[/quote]

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- Quendus said...
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- 3 Mar 2010, 18:26
Now *that* is a good idea.

[quote][b][user]Quendus[/user][/b] said: Now *that* is a good idea.[/quote]

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- teelahead said...
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- 14 Mar 2010, 17:07
ive been wanting to do something like this for a while. Was attempting to do my own short film just so i could do some music for it but never really got around to it. Using someone else's film would be easier!

[quote][b][user]teelahead[/user][/b] said: ive been wanting to do something like this for a while. Was attempting to do my own short film just so i could do some music for it but never really got around to it. Using someone else's film would be easier![/quote]

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- evol1986 said...
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- 6 Apr 2010, 10:27
When i heard about this project Caligari came to mind in the first place. Now i see it's already "occupied". How about Bronenosets Potyomkin? And scoring an independent movie is a good idea too for sure

[quote][b][user]evol1986[/user][/b] said: When i heard about this project Caligari came to mind in the first place. Now i see it's already "occupied". How about Bronenosets Potyomkin? And scoring an independent movie is a good idea too for sure[/quote]

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- Quendus said...
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- 6 Apr 2010, 13:13
an old Russian film? yesyes!

[quote][b][user]Quendus[/user][/b] said: an old Russian film? yesyes![/quote]

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- Quendus said...
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- 6 Apr 2010, 13:18
Ooh, the wikipedia article says it's in 5 sections - when we have enough people signed up, would it maybe be a good idea to assign sections to small groups of people (2 or 3 solo artists, or a band), and then they can either collaborate on the score for that section or divide it up into contrasting subsections to do individually :)
Just an idea, but a good one I think...

[quote][b][user]Quendus[/user][/b] said: Ooh, the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battleship_Potemkin]wikipedia article[/url] says it's in 5 sections - when we have enough people signed up, would it maybe be a good idea to assign sections to small groups of people (2 or 3 solo artists, or a band), and then they can either collaborate on the score for that section or divide it up into contrasting subsections to do individually :) Just an idea, but a good one I think...[/quote]

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- JakobVirgil said...
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- 8 Apr 2010, 20:52
I am in god and the U.S justice department willing

beth aven
url=www.youtube.com/user/JakobVirgil/videos]My Short Films

[quote][b][user]JakobVirgil[/user][/b] said: I am in god and the U.S justice department willing [/quote]

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- SimiArbeit said...
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- 9 Apr 2010, 14:50
I like that film.

[quote][b][user]SimiArbeit[/user][/b] said: I like that film.[/quote]

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- [Deleted user] said...
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- 14 Apr 2010, 23:57
Is this going to happen, the film score? Very good idea.

[quote][b][user][/user][/b] said: Is this going to happen, the film score? Very good idea.[/quote]

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- SimiArbeit said...
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- 15 Apr 2010, 05:35
If I'm counting right, we've got seven participants already, so I think yes, we should do this. Do we choose Battleship Potemkin or something else? Here's a list of public domain films: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_in_the_public_domain

[quote][b][user]SimiArbeit[/user][/b] said: If I'm counting right, we've got seven participants already, so I think yes, we should do this. Do we choose Battleship Potemkin or something else? Here's a list of public domain films: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_in_the_public_domain[/quote]

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- SimiArbeit said...
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- 15 Apr 2010, 05:44
The Lost World (1925) might be interesting, too, with its claymation effects and all.

[quote][b][user]SimiArbeit[/user][/b] said: [url=http://www.archive.org/details/lost_world]The Lost World[/url] (1925) might be interesting, too, with its claymation effects and all.[/quote]

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- [Deleted user] said...
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- 15 Apr 2010, 14:49
I am for Броненосец Потёмкин (The Battleship Potemkin)

[quote][b][user][/user][/b] said: I am for Броненосец Потёмкин (The Battleship Potemkin)[/quote]

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- SimiArbeit said...
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- 19 Aug 2010, 09:37
I think we'll go with Potemkin. Now, let's get a list of participants. Who's in? Let me know even if you've already said it above, because the beginning of this thread was months ago.

[quote][b][user]SimiArbeit[/user][/b] said: I think we'll go with Potemkin. Now, let's get a list of participants. Who's in? Let me know even if you've already said it above, because the beginning of this thread was months ago.[/quote]

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- Quendus said...
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- 19 Aug 2010, 10:09
in.

[quote][b][user]Quendus[/user][/b] said: in.[/quote]

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- [Deleted user] said...
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- 19 Aug 2010, 10:49
Yup...most definitely in :)

[quote][b][user][/user][/b] said: Yup...most definitely in :)[/quote]

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- [Deleted user] said...
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- 19 Aug 2010, 12:03
+1

[quote][b][user][/user][/b] said: +1[/quote]

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- speculativism said...
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- 19 Aug 2010, 15:48
I'm definitely in.

As an experiment I used Windows Movie Maker to automatically divide The Battleship Potemkin into scenes. The software did its work, analysed the movie and divided it into 61 clips, the longest being 11 minutes and 52 seconds (The Meeting with the Squadron), the shortest being only 7 seconds (He's gone to feed the fishes). If it helps I could output these 61 clips and put them online at the archive. The resulting soundtrack would be very lively and varied, with everybody making sounds for short clips and then recombining the finish movie in the correct order.

http://art-moving-on.blogspot.com

[quote][b][user]speculativism[/user][/b] said: I'm definitely in. As an experiment I used Windows Movie Maker to automatically divide The Battleship Potemkin into scenes. The software did its work, analysed the movie and divided it into 61 clips, the longest being 11 minutes and 52 seconds (The Meeting with the Squadron), the shortest being only 7 seconds (He's gone to feed the fishes). If it helps I could output these 61 clips and put them online at the archive. The resulting soundtrack would be very lively and varied, with everybody making sounds for short clips and then recombining the finish movie in the correct order.[/quote]

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- speculativism said...
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- 19 Aug 2010, 19:45
http://art-moving-on.blogspot.com

[quote][b][user]speculativism[/user][/b] said: [/quote]
Edited by speculativism on 19 Aug 2010, 22:49

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- speculativism said...
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- 19 Aug 2010, 19:48
http://art-moving-on.blogspot.com

[quote][b][user]speculativism[/user][/b] said: [/quote]
Edited by speculativism on 19 Aug 2010, 22:48

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- fingermouse_irl said...
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- 19 Aug 2010, 20:56
Count me in

Lo-fi ambient billcarson
Glitched looped ambient electronica Mexicanvader
Dark ambient Love, Death and The Ghost
New wave punk-popBrooder

[quote][b][user]fingermouse_irl[/user][/b] said: Count me in[/quote]

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- jdzmumbles said...
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- 20 Aug 2010, 02:57
Great idea. I'm in, looks like I'm going to be watching it on Google videos tonight.

[quote][b][user]jdzmumbles[/user][/b] said: Great idea. I'm in, looks like I'm going to be watching it on Google videos tonight.[/quote]

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- Lurholm said...
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- 20 Aug 2010, 07:25
Yeah I'm in too.
(All my gear will be in place within the next couple of weeks, yay!)

Shine those shoes, Bill!

[quote][b][user]Lurholm[/user][/b] said: Yeah I'm in too. (All my gear will be in place within the next couple of weeks, yay!)[/quote]

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- SimiArbeit said...
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- 20 Aug 2010, 07:40
speculativism said:
I'm definitely in.

As an experiment I used Windows Movie Maker to automatically divide The Battleship Potemkin into scenes. The software did its work, analysed the movie and divided it into 61 clips, the longest being 11 minutes and 52 seconds (The Meeting with the Squadron), the shortest being only 7 seconds (He's gone to feed the fishes). If it helps I could output these 61 clips and put them online at the archive. The resulting soundtrack would be very lively and varied, with everybody making sounds for short clips and then recombining the finish movie in the correct order.
Great idea! I think it would be best, though, if everyone just uses the scenes as a help to arrange their music to the film. Everyone can then send their audio as wav or mp3 files to someone (me?) who then stitches them together with the film. If we all make separate video clips out of the scenes, there'll probably be problems with codecs, aspect ratios, compression and such.

And we have eight participants already!

[quote][b][user]SimiArbeit[/user][/b] said: [quote][b][user]speculativism[/user][/b] said: I'm definitely in. As an experiment I used Windows Movie Maker to automatically divide The Battleship Potemkin into scenes. The software did its work, analysed the movie and divided it into 61 clips, the longest being 11 minutes and 52 seconds (The Meeting with the Squadron), the shortest being only 7 seconds (He's gone to feed the fishes). If it helps I could output these 61 clips and put them online at the archive. The resulting soundtrack would be very lively and varied, with everybody making sounds for short clips and then recombining the finish movie in the correct order.[/quote] Great idea! I think it would be best, though, if everyone just uses the scenes as a help to arrange their music to the film. Everyone can then send their audio as wav or mp3 files to someone (me?) who then stitches them together with the film. If we all make separate video clips out of the scenes, there'll probably be problems with codecs, aspect ratios, compression and such. And we have eight participants already![/quote]

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- speculativism said...
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- 20 Aug 2010, 11:42
SimiArbeit said: If we all make separate video clips out of the scenes, there'll probably be problems with codecs, aspect ratios, compression and such.

I'm sure you're right. The clips are in poor quality and so would only be a guideline anyway.

http://art-moving-on.blogspot.com

[quote][b][user]speculativism[/user][/b] said: [quote][b][user]SimiArbeit[/user][/b] said: If we all make separate video clips out of the scenes, there'll probably be problems with codecs, aspect ratios, compression and such.[/quote] I'm sure you're right. The clips are in poor quality and so would only be a guideline anyway.[/quote]

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