overcast #043 [40:08m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (561)

In this third and final podcast recorded in New York during the Machinima Film Festival weekend, Ricky and Phil discuss at length the whole notion of being an “amateur” filmmaker, what that means, and why it’s not a bad thing.

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This Week’s Itinerary:

• Music Credits for this show:
  • Opening music is by Nine Inch Nails, from the album The Slip, the track title is “Demon Seed.”
  • The track used to cover Phil’s phone call is something he did himself for the PEDS Season 2 soundtrack.
  • These musical selections are used under the Creative Commons license graciously chosen by the artists. Please consider supporting them with a music purchase if you enjoy what you hear.
• Machinima Film Festival
• Eyebeam
• Wikipedia: Stan Brakhage
• Brakhage FILM: MothLight
• Criterion Collection: By Brakhage
• Essay: “In Defense of Amateur” (available in Essential Brakhage: Selected Writings on Film-Making by Stan Brakhage
• M dot Strange (blog, YouTube channel)
• FILM: We Are the Strange
• Alex Chan: The French Democracy
• Lisa Morton (writer)
• Wikipedia: Self-Publishing
• Steve Albini – “The Problem with Music”
• Fred Camper’s comprehensive web resource of Brakhage
• UbuWeb – Experimenal / Avant Garde resource

See also:

• Free Pixel: Looking into Shadows – should machinima be interactive?

 

 sideshow #019 [3:39m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (540)

Brief field recording inside a New York Subway, the F Train. The decibels were pushing the built-in mics on my Marantz recorder to the limit, but there’s still usable material here for ambience. Included are some passenger walla and also some conductor announcements which, if nothing else, make great reference material for creating your own.

I’ve put this recording in the Public Domain, so please feel free to make use of it however you like without condition.

• Wikipedia: Public Domain

 

 sideshow #018 [1:20m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (545)

Brief field recording of traffic in Jamaica, Queens, New York, standing atop an overpass of a six-lane highway. A little bit of wind noise crept in here and there, but there was also a wonderful (and accidental) ambulance passing by at close range, sirens blaring.

I’ve put this recording in the Public Domain, so please feel free to make use of it however you like without condition.

• Wikipedia: Public Domain

 

 overcast #042 [44:37m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (498)

NOTE: This podcast contains adult language.

In this second of three New York episodes, Ricky and Phil and their guest Ben Grussi venture to the Flagship Diner in Queens, NY and continue the conversation on the Machinima Film Festival 2008 while eating a hearty breakfast, letting the copyrighted music wash over them like acid rain. Acid rain that Phil, about as observant as he ever is before 11 A.M., failed to notice until the episode was nearly complete. Nice one, Phil. You need Ex-Lax for moves that smooth.

Thank you for listening! How much do we love your comments? We stuff them inside fortune cookies so random strangers can enjoy them too. So bring ‘em on!

This Week’s Itinerary:

• 
• Music Credits for this show:
  • Opening music is by Nine Inch Nails, from the album The Slip, the track title is “Demon Seed.”
  • This musical selection is used under the Creative Commons license graciously chosen by the artist. Please consider supporting them with a music purchase if you enjoy what you hear.
• Machinima Film Festival
• Eyebeam
• Mass Effect
• Todd Levin
• Machinimasia
• International Machinima Expo 2008

 

 sideshow #017 [1:34m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (492)

Delta Flight 241, Seat 22G. Brief field recording from inside a jumbo jet at about 40,000 feet. Might seem like mostly white noise, but if you ever need a shot inside a commercial aircraft there’s no sense not having something authentic for your ambience. Edited properly, this should be easily looped as needed.

I’ve put this recording in the Public Domain, so please feel free to make use of it however you like without condition.

• Wikipedia: Public Domain