With a Bang

[torbjon]

So, I just whipped up a 30 second movie clip for Southern Reps upcoming gig "With a Bang", and currently, the ONLY place you can see it is on their facebook page... so check it out here, dammit! (http://www.facebook.com/pages/New-Orleans-LA/Southern-Rep/36396933648)

and while yer there, fan 'em, friend 'em, and pee all over their wall...


Southern Rep is a lot smaller than LAB, not as well known, and could really use a good solid kick in the pants... it would floor them (and me, and Nola) if we could get them up to a thousand friends by the end of the month... currently they are at 866...

that's doable, yes? We're AmKon, we got email lists, we got clout... gig is, are we sober enough to twitch that ol' mouse finger in the right direction a few times???

time will tell...

regardless, go watch my fucking 30 second movie clip... I missed watching a re-run of Star Trek in order to whip that puppy out.

rock on
twj

[anarch]

Will they be my farmville friend?

[torbjon]

*shrugs* I dunno, give it a shot and see what happens. I don't have access to their facebook thingy so I can't give you a sheep or two (or however that works)... I'm not afraid to say that this facebook shit confuses the fuck outta me... I don't have a clue who Most of the folks who pester me there are, I don't understand, or have time for, the games, and basically, from where I sit, the whole site is just one big massive Guilt Trip... if you Don't accept the "flower" from so and so, they get all bent. If you Do accept the "flower" from so and so, they send you a bazillion more 'cause they need the points or they are pathetic or something *sighs*

and like I said, I just don't have the time for it. If it's a choice between wasting what little time I have on AmKon or them other sites, I pick AmKon. AmKon doesn't make me feel guilty, and besides, we have cupcakes.

http://www.torbtown.com/cupcakes.jpg

[anarch]

Well I fanned them for ya.

[torbjon]

far out, thanks comrade. Don't be afraid to take it a step further and pester alla yer friends to do the same... it's the ARTS, which is kinda like AmKon: Neither one can exist without Our Support, be it a lame assed click or two here and there to run up the post count / google rank, or maybe a couple of bucks (if you can spare it) or volunteer to help clean up after the Big Bash... every little bit helps.

without us, these things just wouldn't exist, ya know?

[Ra187]

i fanned em and currently sending requests to all my friends

[boycotteverything]

i like the allusion to the Hollow Men (just for art's sake) but the hubris makes me puke.

[Foxtrot Oscar]

Funny, I didn't see any Egyptians in that vid at all.

Will hit it up with 1 or several accounts!!

Fox

[torbjon]

seven new fans overnight, too cool. Don't be shy folks, we fan dumber things than theater companies.

Foxtrot: Egyptians?

BE: are you sure it ain't the spotted dick giving you tummy troubles?

[boycotteverything]

were you more conversant in literature than pop culture i'd consider that possibility.

[torbjon]

BE: ooooo, aren't we highfalutin.

when was the last time YOU stepped into a theater, mr. literary major? and you know damn well I'm not talkin' 'bout a movie house.

you don't READ Steinbeck, Miller, Williams, Chekhov, Shakespeare, etc. You EXPERIENCE them.

have fun sitting on your toadstool digesting your books, deluding yourself into believing that you've actually sussed their meaning.

[boycotteverything]

i founded the Globe, don't ya know..

[Lexion]

And invented wood.

[lala]

New fan here to . . . will pass on :D

[boycotteverything]

And invented wood.
same year. thanks for remembering.

[Lexion]

Hard to forget such an important
resource.

[boycotteverything]

sure has come in handy

[skunk]

Fanned.

[Foxtrot Oscar]

Foxtrot: Egyptians?

So tell me then.

Where does this Hubris fella come from?

Fox

[torbjon]

I thought he was Greek, but Egyptian works for me.

Thank you all for fanning Southern Rep, we got nine new fans in less than 24 hours... nothing to gloat about, but I think it's more than they got in a whole month.

For the record, I DON'T work for Southern Rep, they don't pay me, they didn't ask me to 'spread the love', or help them out or anything.

I'm doing this simply because I Want to. I've been to their space, met with their people, seen one of their shows, been to one of their events... I feel that they are 'good' folk who could use a helping hand from We, the People, tha's all *shrugs*

Let's face it, it's really no skin off of our noses to say Southern Rep a few times here and there, click a few links or buttons, etc... It's not like I'm askin' folks for cash donations, ya know?

So keep fannin' them flames comrades, let's see if we can't get them a 1000 fans by the end of the month... that would totally knock their socks off.

[torbjon]

Just a bump,

Go watch the 30 second clip I made, dammit! (http://www.facebook.com/pages/New-Orleans-LA/Southern-Rep/36396933648)

Sure, I'd like Southern Rep to bust a 1000 fans by the end of the month
Sure, I'd like to see them get a shot in the arm and a kick in the pants
Sure, I'd like their plays to get picked up and run for a 100 years

But honestly? It's all about me Me ME!

They gave me garbage footage, no soundtrack, no storyboard, I had to beg for graphics, basically they gave me shit, and said I had a couple of hours to turn said shit into something viable...

Personally, I think I pulled off a Miracle and that that clip is a nice testament to my phenomenal sKiLz... post production companies the world over need to be made aware of what an Incredible God I am, and you all are the folks that can help me do that...

remember: whenever I get hooked up with a company I always tell You Guys FIRST about the groovy parties, and, more importantly, the Freebies (like the TENN99 bash up in NYC and the free screening of Night of the Living Dead Reanimated here in New Orleans)

I'm one of your guys on the inside. You want inside better places? Then help me get there.

*shrugs*

or not.

a bump is a bump, I did my gig...

Now I go search craigslist for jobs I wont' get, can't do, or am not eligible for, mmph.

laters
twj

[Lexion]

I watched it.

I'm not much for that kind
of stuff.

Fanned them, too.

[torbjon]

um, "that kind of stuff"... ??

clue me in on that, would you?

You mean Plays? or Commercials for products (which is kind of what that is) or...??

edit to add:
thank you muchly for fanning them, btw, yer the best!

[Lexion]

That kind of "art".

Just not my gig.

Not knocking ya, so please
don't take it the wrong way.

[torbjon]

*laughs out loud!!*

why would I take that the wrong way?? Quite the opposite, in fact... I HATE it when folks are 'polite' and say they dig on something that they Don't.

But just because I'm yearning to learn, more specifically, are you talking about the 'art' that is being advertised (the play, "With a Bang")

OR

my editorial choices (clips chosen, use of graphics to wipe from one scene to the next, choice of soundtrack loop, etc.)

I've done many a project where I'm not big on the actual Content of the product, ie the movie was boring as all hell. The Editing, however, was Beautiful...

That's the gig with collaborative works... The writing might be stellar but the acting sucks. It might be perfectly framed when shot but poorly edited afterwards. Everything is great but it's cast all wrong. etc. etc. and vice versa vice versa...

[Lexion]

The vid was fine.

The play......dunno, man.

[boycotteverything]

just say it for crissakes- it sucked.

[boycotteverything]

Dianne Schuler is a fan

[Lexion]

just say it for crissakes- it sucked.

:lol:

Nah......just not my cuppa.

I'm sure others really dig that
stuff.

[Chorlton]

I dont do facebook or twitter or any of that gay stuff.

[torbjon]

Chorlton: I hear you man, and agree completely... BUT, forums are pretty gay too, and yet, here we are *shrugs*

Lex: I hear you too, live theater isn't for everybody... lotsa folks are actually intimidated by it... it's jut 'too real' for them... it's one thing to watch a couple make out or beat the living shit out of each other on Film... quite another to see it Live.

"With a Bang" is supposed to be a comedy though... not really evident from the clip as the only footage they gave me was from a rehearsal for the fight scenes...

I like live comedy, it's the ol' audience reaction thing... for some reason comedies are 'funnier' for me when experienced in a room full of laughing people... I really like it when it's a mixed audience 'cause different folks find different things 'funny'...

I went to see the Steve Martin movie "The Jerk" when it premiered in our neck of the woods with an audience that was nicely balanced between blacks and whites and it was quite the eye opener seeing what each group of people found "funny".

[skunk]

torb did you really create the video on their fan page?

[torbjon]

The 30 second "With a Bang" clip on Southern Reps Facebook Page (http://www.facebook.com/pages/New-Orleans-LA/Southern-Rep/36396933648) ?

yep, that be me.

They gave me about 20 minutes of poorly filmed fight scene rehearsals, plus the few still graphics to work with.

Nola helped me pick out the soundtrack, it's from Apple Loops... can't remember which instrument / loop number it was, we listened to so many, but she said "That One!" so that was the one I grabbed. We grabbed a few others but I ended up using the first one she picked.

all told the project took about three hours, but two hours of that was prep: It took about an hour to put the footage into the machine, and Nola and I spent an hour playing around in Apple Loops (basically it's just a giant library of little sound clips that 'loop' well... very easy to get sucked into it) I only spent about an hour working on the concept and then cutting it together (an episode of Star Trek played in the background while I dicked with it)

the thing that makes me preen is that I cut the thing Silent, then, after I had the visual component all edited, that's when I dropped in the soundtrack... and I was / am impressed at how well it synced up...

why do you ask? I mean, you Know this is what I REALLY want to do when I grow up, yes? I'll edit anything anyone will let me work on if it'll get me just one step closer to a steady paycheck...

This project was a snap compared to some of my demo reels... "Summer '07" was over 60 hours of hard core editing / graphic design shit... I had to export about a bazillion frames into photoshop in order to get her running and twirling sequences... "Vote 2040" was another labor intensive project for the same reason

if you haven't already, check out the demo reels (http://www.torbtown.com/demo/index.html) and by all means, pass that link along... I need the exposure.

[torbjon]

Made another "With a Bang" clip last night. This one is one minute long. Currently, it can only be seen here:

Southern Rep on facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/New-Orleans-LA/Southern-Rep/36396933648)

you do Not have to be one of them facefreeks to see the flick...

[boycotteverything]

noisy dissonance and violence... just what the world needs more of.

[skunk]

Looks good torb.

[torbjon]

BE:

COMMENTARY on noisy dissonance and violence, YES, the world DOES need more of that. numbnut

Skunk, thanks dude, the direction was minimal, Nola helped a lot, it was a fun project.

[Hazelnut]

Made another "With a Bang" clip last night. This one is one minute long. Currently, it can only be seen here:

Southern Rep on facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/New-Orleans-LA/Southern-Rep/36396933648)

you do Not have to be one of them facefreeks to see the flick...

I liked how you coordinated the action of the stills with the music Torbjon but I couldn't tell if it was an ad for an event or what... And was that guy singing "kill me"?

[torbjon]

Hazelnut: Yes, it's a rather popular Nine Inch Nails number, and 'the guy' IS saying "KILL ME".

you said: "...I couldn't tell if it was an ad for an event or what"

Then Nola and I did our jobs perfectly, thank you for the Honest feedback *grins*

[Hazelnut]

I didn't recognize the music. I used to be a rocker but stress invited me to go a more soothing route for a while.

I'm not sure what your purpose was, but honestly, as I watched and listened there was an internal response. You and Nola did a good job from a novice's point of view.

I'll have to get nosey and snoop up on you so I'm in the loop too.

[torbjon]

ya, my Hard Rock days are kind of over as well... it still has its place though... when I'm late, or doing mindless repetitive labor...

This is more my pace these days:

Stop (http://www.torbtown.com/Stop.mp3)

[Hazelnut]

ya, my Hard Rock days are kind of over as well... it still has its place though... when I'm late, or doing mindless repetitive labor...

This is more my pace these days:

Stop (http://www.torbtown.com/Stop.mp3)

Perfect! Who is that?

[torbjon]

from the wiki:


Super Session is an album that grew out of a single nine hour jam in 1968 by guitarists Stephen Stills and Mike Bloomfield and multi-instrumentalist Al Kooper. Kooper and Bloomfield had both previously worked in support of Bob Dylan in concert and appearing on his ground-breaking classic Highway 61 Revisited.

here's another groovy jam of theirs:

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[Hazelnut]

It starts off imitating Celtic combined with Eastern sounds. Wow. I can't believe I've never heard this before.

[torbjon]

ya, the album didn't really get the coverage that it deserved, in my worthless opinion... considering that it's cut from an un rehearsed, non scripted impromptu Jam Session for Croms sake...

That trio was extremely talented.

===
just a not so gentle reminder (bump)

Nola and I made a new flick for "With a Bang" last night, it's a one minute clip, and you can only see it here, at Southern Reps facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/pages/New-Orleans-LA/Southern-Rep/36396933648)

you do NOT have to be a facefreek to see the flick

[torbjon]

"With a Bang" is thought-provoking, dark comedy at Southern Rep

By Theodore P. Mahne, Times-Picayune (http://connect.nola.com/user/tmahne/index.html)

March 28, 2010, 6:38PM

Is fate fixed? Can one person change the world? Does character shape destiny or vice-versa?...

read the entire review HERE (http://www.nola.com/arts/index.ssf/2010/03/with_a_bang_is_thought-provoki.html)

[Hazelnut]

By the end of the show, the audience is unsure of final fate of these characters, other than recognizing that earthly life is a terminal condition. The show literally begins with a bang. It ends not with a whimper but with a sense of wonderment.

Are you the writer?

This sounds like a great script and play with all the right approaches and turns.

[torbjon]

No, I've never written a script. "With a Bang" was written by Pete McElligott (http://www.stageclick.com/person/405.aspx)

it's all part of The NOLA Project (http://www.nolaproject.com/)

[Hazelnut]

I thought YOU were part of the NOLA project. I'm so confused.

[torbjon]

*laughs* no. My daughters name is Nola, it's a family name, and has no relationship to New Orleans LouisianA (NOLA)

My current employer is LAByrinth Theater Company, in New York. I work for them via the internet from New Orleans.

Nola's mom used to work for LAB, but now works for Southern Repertory Theater, here in New Orleans. That's my only relation to Southern Rep. Every now and then, "they" (southern rep) ask me if I want to help them with something... set up for a show, clean up after an event, make a little movie... if I'm not busy I usually say "hell ya". *shrugs*

does that help any?

[Hazelnut]

Sherlock Holmes I am not.

Thanks for helping me out with that. I was checking your links, reading the articles, remembering bits and pieces of info from other posts and coming up with a picture that is so far from accurate, it should be a script.

LOL

I'd still like to see that production of With a Bang but LA is a bit of a drive from here.

[torbjon]

I haven't seen "With a Bang" yet, but there is a chance that it will go on tour...

Tell you what I did see recently that's worth the price of admission, and it's on tour so there's a chance you (and others) could catch it:

Ameriville, performed by Universes (http://www.universesonstage.com/index.html)

Looks like they are doing the East Coast this month, but they get around, keep an eye out.

Usually, 90 minutes without an intermission is too much for my boney old butt, but it's all music and word jazz, very captivating, and Outstanding commentary. Definitely worth catching if they ever pop up in your hood.

===

So, Southern Reps facebook fan base went from 866 to 892 in the past week... eight short of the thousand I was hoping for by April fools day, but whatever. Regardless, a large part of that little kick in the pants is due to you guys here at AmKon.

Thanks for showing your support for the Arts!

And if you haven't already, fan 'em, spam 'em, and check out the goofy movie clips that I made for them. (http://www.facebook.com/pages/New-Orleans-LA/Southern-Rep/36396933648)

laters
twj