http://remixablefilms.multiply.com/ A multi-media forum aimed at aspiring and professional interactive story-tellers, re-mixable film-makers, game developers, VJs and anybody interested in sampling and re-versioning digital stories. Here you will find all the latest news &amp; information on Remixable Films, Live Cinema &amp; Movie MOD'ing, as well as a fragrant variety of tech-tips and bytes &amp; pieces. Sun, 15 Apr 2012 14:12:37 -0000 Sun, 15 Apr 2012 14:07:10 -0000 http://multiply.com/mu/remixablefilms/logo http://remixablefilms.multiply.com/ 100 100 http://remixablefilms.multiply.com/links/item/43/Uniquely_Singapore http://remixablefilms.multiply.com/links/item/43/Uniquely_Singapore Sun, 15 Apr 2012 14:07:10 -0000 http://remixablefilms.multiply.com/links/item/42/When_He_Is_Home_Alone http://remixablefilms.multiply.com/links/item/42/When_He_Is_Home_Alone Sun, 1 Apr 2012 08:05:44 -0000 http://remixablefilms.multiply.com/links/item/41/The_Lair_Of_The_Yellow_Tigers http://remixablefilms.multiply.com/links/item/41/The_Lair_Of_The_Yellow_Tigers Sun, 18 Mar 2012 12:23:44 -0000 http://remixablefilms.multiply.com/links/item/40/A_Peek_At_Little_India http://remixablefilms.multiply.com/links/item/40/A_Peek_At_Little_India Sun, 11 Mar 2012 15:41:26 -0000 http://remixablefilms.multiply.com/notes/item/49 Hi everyone This group is several years old now (2005?) and activity has dropped off completely. I'm considering changing the name to Remixable Media to widen its scope and bring in some fresh faces. While films remain my passion I don't think there are enough practitioners and fans out there as yet to warrant restricting the group to any one media type. I'm putting the same case to the groups on other social networks. Any thoughts or objections? Cheers .M. @michela @remixable (editor) http://remixablefilms.multiply.com/notes/item/49 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:19:11 -0000 http://remixablefilms.multiply.com/journal/item/38/Sanctuary_-_release_planning It's been an eventful month. First up, the traditional film community publicly recognised the value of what we've been doing with Sanctuary and other remixable projects by honouring me with a Sydney Film Festival prize, the inaugural Peter Rasmussen Innovation Award <a href="http://modfilms.com/archives/20090615_press_release_.html"></a> (citing Sanctuary)!  <br>Then I got to attend the <a href="http://openvideoconference.org">Open Video Conference (OVC)</a> in NYC. You can read <a href="http://thequality.com/people/michela/weblog/archives/002830.html">my conference report</a>. Frustrating as it is to not have the resources to simply complete and release Sanctuary, reality bites. <br>The key learnings I've brought back from the OVC are:  <br>1) Staged delivery - the need to keep releasing is paramount.  2) Collectivism - for remixable films to develop, the community needs more resources.  <br>It is due to the invaluable input and support of remixable media community members over many years that we have got the project to the stage it has reached. Now I see the need to start releasing material regardless of the fact a finished cut has not yet been produced. So I invite discussion on how be... http://remixablefilms.multiply.com/journal/item/38/Sanctuary_-_release_planning Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:14:23 -0000 http://remixablefilms.multiply.com/notes/item/48 Gary Hayes has blogged an informative piece on <a href="http://www.personalizemedia.com/letting-audiences-play-with-your-pieces-participatory-film-music/">Letting audiences play with your pieces</a> which covers some of the more recent participatory film and music titles. http://remixablefilms.multiply.com/notes/item/48 Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:25:29 -0000 http://remixablefilms.multiply.com/reviews/item/29 Just came across this demo site for Arkaos' online mixing service <a href="http://www.arkaos.net/product/index.php?catid=3&amp;pid=1013&amp;iid=44">MixArk</a>. Using the CC-licensed tracks from Nine Inch Nails' Ghosts I-IV album, <a href="http://www.ghostss.com">Millions of Ghosts</a> is a proof of concept showing how video effects production can be pushed to the server. It's a pretty rudimentary demo, but opens up exciting possibilities. Look at the range of options, from music selection to effects, and you have the start of something quite interesting. http://remixablefilms.multiply.com/reviews/item/29 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:27:05 -0000 http://remixablefilms.multiply.com/links/item/39/remixablefilms_on_Tribe http://remixablefilms.multiply.com/links/item/39/remixablefilms_on_Tribe Mon, 9 Mar 2009 06:33:46 -0000 http://remixablefilms.multiply.com/links/item/38/RemixableFilms_on_MySpace http://remixablefilms.multiply.com/links/item/38/RemixableFilms_on_MySpace Mon, 9 Mar 2009 06:33:16 -0000 http://remixablefilms.multiply.com/links/item/37/Remixable_Films_Facebook http://remixablefilms.multiply.com/links/item/37/Remixable_Films_Facebook Mon, 9 Mar 2009 06:32:10 -0000 http://remixablefilms.multiply.com/links/item/36/Remixable_Media Girls need http://remixablefilms.multiply.com/links/item/36/Remixable_Media Mon, 9 Mar 2009 06:29:26 -0000 http://remixablefilms.multiply.com/journal/item/37/The_Live_Mad_Max_Remix <img class="alignright" src="http://images.lucyvoloi.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SaM@IAoKCH0AACGK6dA1/madmax.jpg?et=mUhwJM65SSdOJGq6XdiFiQ&amp;nmid=0" border="0">The MAD MAX remix is the much anticipated new show from the Australian team behind the outrageous cult phenomenon ‘WONKA! A live cinema remix’. Using re-edited, re-animated footage from the entire original Mad Max trilogy, the MAD MAX remix follows the story of Max, the greatest dancer of all time, on his quest to join Miss Tina’s prestigious Bartertown Dance academy. The re-edited film plays silently while actors, musicians and foley artists recreate the new dialogue and soundtrack live. This is a re-scripted singing, dancing, cinematic experience. This is a live video remix. This is Mel as you’ve never seen him before.<br><br>I recently interviewed Eddie Sharp in Sydney after the first show of the tour.<br><br>Michela:&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;How did the idea come about?<br><br>Eddie:&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;It’s something I used to do a lot as a kid with my friends - watch old movie, just turn the sound off, and make jokes over the top.&nbsp; I’ve always enjoyed doing it.&nbsp; We did Wonka (last year's live s... http://remixablefilms.multiply.com/journal/item/37/The_Live_Mad_Max_Remix Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:39:54 -0000 http://remixablefilms.multiply.com/journal/item/36/Live_Music_-_Hollywood_types_crowdsource_animation <img class="alignright" src="http://images.lucyvoloi.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SST1kwoKCF4AAENWHD41/massanimation2.jpg?et=2A4A7pWgra1KEWrkEwOWRg&amp;nmid=0" border="0">Animate for us, no re-mixing, but you could end up with credit, cash or a computer.<br><br>That's the basic message from new project 'Mass Animation' just launched on Facebook. Yair Landau, former president of Sony Pictures Digital, has partnered with Intel to complete post production by crowdsourcing the CG animation on his first film - a five-minute CGI short "Live Music" starring an electric guitar (played by Steve Vai) and a violin (Ann Marie Calhoun).&nbsp; Artists are invited to install a Facebook app, download concept materials and pre-rigged assets for each shot, use Maya to animate shots, and then submit them back to the production. <br><br>According to the competition rules, all work is strictly licensed for the production (no remixing to be seen here folks) and $500/shot will be paid for whatever ends up in the final cut.&nbsp; Users are invited to vote on submissions and submit their animations. Dell Computers are also being offered as weekly prize incentives for contributors. <br><br>The mo... http://remixablefilms.multiply.com/journal/item/36/Live_Music_-_Hollywood_types_crowdsource_animation Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:43:03 -0000 http://remixablefilms.multiply.com/video/item/21/Monkey_Bee_A_Short_Film_by_Jamie_Hewlett <a href="http://www.monkeyjourneytothewest.com/the-album/monkey-bee/">http://www.monkeyjourneytothewest.com/the-album/monkey-bee/</a> http://remixablefilms.multiply.com/video/item/21/Monkey_Bee_A_Short_Film_by_Jamie_Hewlett Mon, 3 Nov 2008 19:27:43 -0000 http://remixablefilms.multiply.com/video/item/20/The_g33ks_interview_Big_Buck_Bunny MsBehaviour &amp; The Mistress interview Big Buck Bunny. The kind of things you can do with an open source http://remixablefilms.multiply.com/video/item/20/The_g33ks_interview_Big_Buck_Bunny Tue, 5 Aug 2008 09:13:12 -0000 http://remixablefilms.multiply.com/reviews/item/28 Free Software Magazine writes "Like the previous Elephants Dream movie, this film pushes the technical envelope for the “Blender” free software 3D rendering and animation application; unlike it, it succeeds as pure entertainment." <a href="http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/blender_foundation_big_buck_bunny_peach">http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/blender_foundation_big_buck_bunny_peach</a> http://remixablefilms.multiply.com/reviews/item/28 Tue, 5 Aug 2008 09:10:42 -0000 http://remixablefilms.multiply.com/journal/item/35/Omnisio_bought_by_Google <img class="alignmiddleb" src="http://www.omnisio.com/images/homepage/video_compilations_diagram.jpg" border="0">Aussie video annotation start-up Omnisio has been acquired by Google and will be merged with YouTube. Well done guys! Haven't used the site myself but this is a huge new area opening up. Just look at Lebanese cable TV!<br><br><a href="http://www.omnisio.com/">http://www.omnisio.com/</a> http://remixablefilms.multiply.com/journal/item/35/Omnisio_bought_by_Google Mon, 4 Aug 2008 03:17:35 -0000 http://remixablefilms.multiply.com/journal/item/34/remixamerica.org <img class="alignright" src="http://images.lucyvoloi.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SJY6XAoKCBoAABsK58Y1/remixamerica.png?et=6rljFTrBIo2wIBU2olKj5Q&#x26;nmid=0" border="0">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "Mashing it up for the world since 1776"<br><br>Not a bad tagline for a website eh? <a href="http://remixamerica.org">remixamerica.org</a> is a recently launched political site providing content, tools and information for doing political mash-ups. <br><a href="http://createdigitalmotion.com/2008/07/10/a-new-online-community-focuses-on-political-video-mashing-heres-america-gone-psychedelic/"><br>Create Digital Motion has more to say on the launch</a>.<br><br><br><br> http://remixablefilms.multiply.com/journal/item/34/remixamerica.org Sun, 3 Aug 2008 23:08:26 -0000 http://remixablefilms.multiply.com/journal/item/33/Re-mix_John_McCain <img class="alignright" src="http://images.lucyvoloi.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SH7LEAoKCBoAAGIBfjI1/mccaingreenscreen.png?et=zKO0b81nERJ6ajQ0FqC0HQ&#x26;nmid=0" border="0"><br>Download this clip from and get your remix on television... or not<br><br>http://www.colbertnation.com/<br> http://remixablefilms.multiply.com/journal/item/33/Re-mix_John_McCain Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:32:44 -0000 http://remixablefilms.multiply.com/video/item/19/Radiohead_-_House_of_Cards Those crazy kids... Radiohead ups the ante once again by releasing the data behind their 3D visualisation video. Download and play with it from <a href="http://code.google.com/creative/radiohead/">http://code.google.com/creative/radiohead/</a> "In Radiohead's new video for "House of Cards", no cameras or lights were used. Instead, 3D plotting technologies collected information about the shapes and relative distances of http://remixablefilms.multiply.com/video/item/19/Radiohead_-_House_of_Cards Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:02:14 -0000 http://remixablefilms.multiply.com/reviews/item/27 Checked out Blinkbox after reading an article praising its business model. "Watch classic movies online, remix scenes and share with your friends." It didn't really live up to the hype. For starters, the videos didn't play at all on my default browser (Firefox 2). This may be something to do with the Microsoft framework the site is built with but pretty clueless for a start-up to not support the reigning open source browser. Secondly, the touted remix capability is simply the ability to add a text message to a pre-edited clip. On the positive side, if you can view the video, the UI is nice and clean and its fun to be able to browse key scenes of classic movies. However, it remains to be seen if blinkbox can convert this into anything that retains eyeballs. I should be the target audience (certainly all the films on the homepage were ones I knew well and would happily revisit/remix. But the proposition is pretty thin at present. Yet another site touting 'interactive' 'web... http://remixablefilms.multiply.com/reviews/item/27 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:28:24 -0000 http://remixablefilms.multiply.com/links/item/33/Free_Download_Ebooks <a href="http://www.ebookhelper.blogspot.com/ " target="_blank"><img src="http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh253/aijantha/topdah.gif" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> <a href="http://www.ebookhelper.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh253/aijantha/52trxu4.gif" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> http://remixablefilms.multiply.com/links/item/33/Free_Download_Ebooks Sat, 31 May 2008 12:52:31 -0000 http://remixablefilms.multiply.com/video/item/18/Animato_scales_up_big_remix_with_the_help_of_Amazon Why bother getting an A/V artist to remix your stuff if there's a site that can the work for you automatically? That's the premise of so-hot-right-now start-up Animato. Select your images and music and let the 'patent pending Cinematic Artificial Intelligence technology' create a MTV-style video for you. Sony and others have been distributing automatic presentation software along with their hardware for years (think instant slideshow) and more recently, companies like Slide have capitalised on this market, supplying a range of widgets for your social networking site de jour, but auto-video creation remains in its infancy. Animoto has been generating considerable buzz in tech circles for its cloud computing backend, which led to a recent cash injection from Amazon, but it remains to be seen whether the aesthetic provided by their system can keep pace with oh-so-fickle audiences and their taste in visual effects. Nothing dates a video more than 'the effects'... What's certain is... http://remixablefilms.multiply.com/video/item/18/Animato_scales_up_big_remix_with_the_help_of_Amazon Wed, 28 May 2008 04:46:08 -0000 http://remixablefilms.multiply.com/journal/item/30/Open_Cut_1.0_-_Suzannah <p><img class="alignright" src="http://www.opencut.org/images/thumbs/2_thumb.jpg" border="0"></img>It had to happen..Here's a short film competition where budding editors compete to produce the definitive cut of a short film from over 160Gb of rushes. Shot on the RED 1 camera so nice quality material. Go fer it...</p><p><a href="http://www.opencut.org/">http://www.opencut.org/</a></p><p>"OpenCut is a completely open-source film competition designed to encourage people to take professionally shot material and edit it in their own way. As there is no "one way" to tell a story, so too can stories benefit from being re-edited and re-told from many different vantage points and perspectives.<br><br>The winner of OpenCut 1.0 will receive a brand new AJA IO HD from Silverado. They will also be recognized as the "editor-of-record" at IMDB and will have their cut submitted to multiple film festivals."<br><br><br><br></br></br></br></br></br></br></p><p>Entry costs US$25</p> http://remixablefilms.multiply.com/journal/item/30/Open_Cut_1.0_-_Suzannah Wed, 21 May 2008 00:15:22 -0000 http://remixablefilms.multiply.com/reviews/item/26 NIN go one step further in their pursuit of a two-way relationship with fans. Re-mixable multi-tracks and releases are nothing new for these guys if you've been following their exploits the last couple of years. What is fairly new though is the polished remix site giving fans access to Logic, Ableton and WAV multitrack originals and remixes. <a href="http://remix.nin.com/">http://remix.nin.com/</a> Oh yes, and their new album The Slip is entirely CC-licensed. While not as immediately satisfying as some of their older work, their trademark murky groove starts to grow on you by the end. The stand-out tracks for me were the last two - The Four Of Us Are Dying and Demon Seed.Some will question whether NIN have used this CC release as an excuse to put out substandard material but I'm not complaining. The experiment continues... <a href="http://theslip.nin.com/">http://theslip.nin.com/</a> http://remixablefilms.multiply.com/reviews/item/26 Thu, 15 May 2008 07:06:58 -0000