See the full-sized version, which I'm not calling "HD" out of respect for other people's televisions, on our page at Vimeo.
The Run of Play
Attacking Football
See the full-sized version, which I'm not calling "HD" out of respect for other people's televisions, on our page at Vimeo.
Brian, what editing program do you use for the moves on stills? I can not remember the software I used in my editing days, and its bothering me. Its very Murnau, I like.
I am very excited for this project, and am going to lie, and tell everyone I wind up forwarding it to, I hold some responsibility for its inspiration.
Did you see, (I'll look for it, if not, and you're interested) some other blog criticized your use of the black-face footage? While still expressing an over excitement for the project.
I started out with Windows Movie Maker, but moved on to Sony Vegas a while ago and have been really happy with it. Add in every caveat about my being an utter amateur, I've found it pretty intuitive and fun to use, as long as I'm willing to watch occasional tutorial videos made by men with extremely depressing mustaches.
I don't really understand the anxiety about even looking at a blackface performance. You can't even start to understand American entertainment—in the 1920s, but also period—without dealing with blackface. It was a richer and weirder tradition than an uncomplicated "racism!" narrative can support, even if the race dynamic it reflects is obviously contemptible. Read Ann Douglas or Eric Lott or anything about Eddie Cantor or Bert Williams or Al Jolson.
Brian-
you just had to put up this piece the one day I'm at work and dont have the internet at home yet!
That bothers me much more than your use of 1920's entertainment footage and not excluding the widespread use of blackface because of 21st century superficial notions of "political correctness." We can't just wish away the stains of the past by collective, volitional forgetfulness?
Perhaps we could coordinate your future posting via my dayplanner?
Also, Paul, email me a link to that blog porfa
Brian, where do you get this wonderful music?
Here and there, really. There's a lot of amazing public-domain stuff scattered around on the internet.
Fun Fact: The singer here is Cliff Edwards, who later went on to be the voice of Jiminy Cricket.
Oh how I miss the days when Brian wrote about soccer.
http://10shirt.worldsoccerread.....lack-face/
@Gregor – me too
@ Jakob "Ill See You In My Dreams" by Cliff Edwards is available on iTunes for $0.99 if you aren't so good (or are too lazy) at finding shit on the internet.
The version on iTunes is a later recording, though. This one is the one in the video.
awesome. thanks.
yo where this going?
I just don't think that I can wait any more.