Comments on: Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy

By: Movie Trailer Mashups at Amy Allcock

Movie Trailer Mashups at Amy Allcock — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 18:56:35 +0000

[...] A few months ago I blogged about a remixed trailer for The Shinning and how easily our perceptions can be altered by a voiceover, a bit of music and some selective editing. Around the same time I also blogged about how an innocent hug between mother and son could be transformed into an erotic embrace by simply changing the speed and frequency of frames in the Alone. Life Waste Andy Hardy film piece. So naturally I was pleased when I came across the following two trailer mashups for Brokenback Mountain. Not only are they Brokenback to the Future and Top Gun Brokeback Squadron hiliarous, but they also touch on the deeper issues of how editing effects (and potentionally distorts) our percpetions. // Used for showing and hiding user information in the comment form function ShowUtils() { document.getElementById(“authorinfo”).style.display = “”; document.getElementById(“showinfo”).style.display = “none”; document.getElementById(“hideinfo”).style.display = “”; } function HideUtils() { document.getElementById(“authorinfo”).style.display = “none”; document.getElementById(“showinfo”).style.display = “”; document.getElementById(“hideinfo”).style.display = “none”; } [...]

By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 14:37:28 +0000

Thanks for the link to the audio tracks – some very cool stuff! The sonic noises provide a very interesting contrast to the chirping of the birds (organic vs. synthetic) and I like how the pulsing sounds act as the heartbeat (or bass) for the more recognizable sounds and rhythms of the forest.

By: Dan Zen

Dan Zen — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 05:02:43 +0000

Very well written blurb (I wrote blurp here first – that was a funny slip).

I agree the clip shown is not all that interesting but if you get the better resolution one and can see the facial expressions, it is more interesting.

I think playing with speed is a very interesting way to arrive at content. Check out this link: http://www.earthear.com/catalog/sample.html

and then look down at:

Edit from Etude Forestiere
a) One of several sonic variations inspired by birds in the Canadian woods. Fort uses editing, slowing down of recordings, and reverse playback, among other studio tricks, to serve “the spirit of the song, the impression at the time of recording and the musical character of each species.”

And

Edit from Cricket Voice
The opening section of Westerkamp’s famous piece built around the sounds of crickets: slowed down to a pulse of the desert, and expanded to a celestial choir, with percussion played on cacti.

Dan