Operetta Video

A sampler for the unofficial operetta video (see 'song about us' below) is now on youtube

If you'd like to be part of the full version, send me an email (rbruxner@bigpond.com) with:

• a photo of you in your element (the higher the resolution the better, and in landscape format, so I don't have to crop too much);
  

• your name (or blog-name if you prefer);
  

• your place (be specific enough for the globe animation to look good and general enough to avoid stalkers!); and
  

• a short comment on what the band means to you.

If you're new to this blog, the following posts below will give you an idea of what the project is about and how it has evolved:  

1 April - the pitch

2 May - shape of things to come

16 May- song about us

21 May - soon in the camera

If you like to be on the mailing list, send an email to the address above.

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soon in the camera

Great news.

A brand new high def camcorder will be travelling with the band from gig to gig on the coming US tour.

It will be living at the church merch stand and will give concert goers a chance to make their own contributions to the website and documentary.

More details closer to the tour dates and via the mailing list (details at right).

Song About Us

This buzz about #23 that seems to be …well, buzzing, at the moment has given me an idea.

Why don’t we do a video – as a sort of precursor to the website and documentary? (What better practice?!)

A few commenters on TTB have been clamouring for Operetta to be released as a single.

What better for a “song about you“ than a simple collage of stills and videos of church nuts standing/sitting somewhere in their home town? Each could be captioned with the person’s first name (or nom de blogge) and a few words describing what the band means to them. Remember that wonderful, simple, Reels video ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xDCrP6lZy8 ).

Throw it all together, get it up on youtube ASAP and keep the buzz going. It would be unauthorized, of course, but if the band wanted to use it then all the better.

To make it work, we need NUMBERS. There’d need to be a saturation effort to get people taking photos etc. and sending them in. I think the software I’ve got now can cope with all manner of mixed media so whatever it is (mega high def to 5 year old camera phone to scanned Polaroid) bring it on!

We could have it up and running in a few days

Let’s do this.

Trashy Trailer

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shape of things to come

Hi 

Although things have been quiet on the blog this week, it's been busy behind the scenes.

The immediate aim now is to create a website.  

It will be many things, but at least these:

• a place for people to upload and view church related visuals - anything really, but with an emphasis on stuff that might fit into a documentary of the type that's been discussed in earlier posts

• a forum for floating suggestions for the type of stuff that the visuals might be about, as well as sharing ideas for composition etc

Although the uploaded material would be in compressed online-viewable format (like youtube), contributors would be encouraged to keep the uncompressed versions so that these are available for use in the film.

Responses to the uploaded material would help identify stuff that could be used in the documentary.

The website would serve the same purpose as the documentary - drawing attention to the band by highlighting the passion and diversity of the fans - but would also, over time, supply the content.  

Designing and setting up the website will take a while, but we are lucky enough to have someone on board who actually knows how to do that sort of thing. Any ideas about the structure and look of the site would be welcome.

Also, we will want the website to have content when it is 'launched' so there is no reason to hold off on preparing contributions. 

On that subject, we look like having something very special that will let us hit cyberspace with a bang.