Roger, would you or someone else on the list happen to have Gretchen's current contact info? Please send off list to bran...@corktowncinema.com Thank you. ~Brandon
On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 3:30 PM, Beebe, Roger <roge...@ufl.edu> wrote: > Chris (et al.), > > I should've mentioned in the original post that Gretchen Hogue was the > driving force behind this karaoke project. The DVDs that we used for our > show here we got directly from her. I didn't mention to her that I was > going to bringing up the PDX Throwdown on Frameworks, but I assume she (and > the makers) would be interested in future shows of this program. > > Best, > Roger > > ------------------------------ > *From:* FrameWorks [frameworks-boun...@jonasmekasfilms.com] on behalf of > Christopher Harris [charri...@hotmail.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 26, 2013 1:14 PM > *To:* frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com > *Subject:* Re: [Frameworks] experiments in karaoke. > > Roger, > > ewww... how can i see the other videos? > > CH > > ------------------------------ > From: roge...@ufl.edu > To: frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com > Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:35:54 +0000 > Subject: [Frameworks] experiments in karaoke. > > All, > > Years ago the PDX Film Festival (R.I.P.) asked a bunch of filmmakers to > make karaoke videos for the PDX Karaoke Throwdown. I made one (for > Mudhoney's "Touch Me I'm Sick") that, if I may risk immodesty, was a pretty > big hit with those people who didn't feel scarred for life by it. > (Apparently not everyone thinks syphilitic discharge is as hilarious as I > do.) I've struggled to find ways to screen this as part of my touring > multi-projector show, but I think I've finally realized that it's just too > disruptive alongside my other films. > > HOWEVER, I recently had what seems (for the moment) to be a good idea > about an alternate mode of presentation, but it's something I'd need your > help with: I was thinking that it might be interesting to screen the video > at a regular karaoke night. Most karaoke nights still use DVDs for > playback, right? (I imagine some are switching over to computer-based > systems, but hopefully that transition is not yet complete.) What I'm > proposing (for anyone who's read this far and is still interested) is that > I could provide the DVD files or even a burned DVD for anyone who'd be > interested in taking this video to his/her local karaoke night and asking > the KJ to allow him/her to perform it. Not sure how many k.jocks would be > willing to insert something sight unseen, but I thought it could be > interesting if they would. Expanded cinema? Maybe. Definitely a way of > disrupting the normal flow of one of those evenings. > > So, yeah, if you're interested in taking a look at the video, I've just > made it viewable on my Vimeo channel: > > https://vimeo.com/26431156 > > If you want to take it out to a karaoke night near you, let me know & I > can get you the files or a disc. And if you want to document your > performance, that'd be even better. > > Hope this doesn't sound too self promoting. I should note that there > are lots of other really wonderful videos in the series by other makers of > note (Bryan Boyce, Matt McCormick, Jodie Mack, Ben Russell, Jeanne Liotta, > Ben Coonley, Bill Brown & Sabine Gruffat, Michael Robinson, Shana Moulton, > and more), so the whole program's really worth revisiting for those tempted > to attempt a full night of exp. karaoke. > > Best, > Roger > > > _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > > -- Brandon Walley
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