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THE COSMONAUT (GARAGE PROJECT #1)

Garage

over 3 years ago

IN ASSOCIATION WITH
THE RIOT CINEMA COLLECTIVE
http://www.thecosmonaut.org/

Taking elements from their film ‘The Cosmonaut’ (a highly-stylized, high-production-valued, crowdfunded film about an astronaut who returns to the earth to find everyone has disappeared) we have uploaded fragmented scenes to archive.org. At this point, Garage and the RCC are finalising instructions for a project which invites filmmakers, musicians (and anyone else with an interest in remixing) to download the footage and make their own version of the film. Over a period of 12 weeks the RCC and G will curate, and then judge the winners in this competition. The prizes will be
Winner— A LOMO CAMERA PACK including amongst other things the LOMO LCA
Runners-up— 10 oktomat cameras and merchandizing from The Cosmonaut.

In addition to this, the Garage forum will be opening discussions on the dynamic concept of crowd-funding. Crowd-funding is a 21st century approach to both the creation and distribution of film, and by its very nature leads to enormous flexibility in cross-platform screening.

The Cosmonaut is a feature film project by Riot Cinema Collective that uses Internet to find funding and distribution, in a collaborative way and under freeCreative Commons licences.

Garage is currently developing a page where you may download all the cuts and clips from The Comsonaut competition. More on this very very soon…

tom

over 3 years ago

and THIS is why I don’t have a job. well, and uber-anxiety.

Garage

over 3 years ago

: ) It’s such a cool film. ^
Finishing the page now, tonight.

Surrealist gesture

over 3 years ago

I love this – and cannot wait to push my fingers into their pies…

tom

over 3 years ago

pedal mod’s, drone’s, static OH MY!

Lee Noble

over 3 years ago

Well, I did a remix today, and wasn’t really sure about the protocol so I just uploaded it. It’s up now. It seems like no one else has done this yet, so I’m hoping I didn’t do it wrong. Anyway, let me know if that’s acceptable. Here’s the link: http://vimeo.com/9193191

Gabriel​a Lendo

over 3 years ago

Hi guys. This is Gabriela from The Cosmonaut team. Great to see someone has ventured to break the ice. Btw, there’s no real protocol, so Lee, what you did was great! Thank you :) We’re really looking forward to this. Can’t wait to see more…

Bruno Teixido​r

over 3 years ago

Hey, Lee. Everything correct, is just youre not credited on the video as remixer, you can do this using the cc + icons included in the extras pack.

tom

over 3 years ago

My remix might come of as silly, but I assure you that it is meant to be a mesh of the old and the new and the young and the old all rolled into one little teaser. I’ll get her done nice and easy this weekend.

Robley

over 3 years ago

What kind of camera was this filmed on?

L.A.™

over 3 years ago

Looking forward to that Tomas, i anticipate it to be much better than my always simple approach. Or i might just change it up a bit just for you.

KJ

over 3 years ago

Robley, the camera used was a Canon 5D, carrying a 50mm lens. It features a full frame sensor, 36×24mm. Essentially, the same size frame as a 35mm film camera. Everyone remembers those things, right? Film cameras?

Bruno Teixido​r

over 3 years ago

Exactly :)

You have a making-og (short of) here:

Eduardo Martíne​z

over 3 years ago

hola! tenía un par de cuestiones respecto al concurso de teaser:
1- se puede utilizar música distinta de la que aparece en los brutos?
2- se pueden usar imágenes y sonidos diferentes sacados de bancos de imágenes y sonido gratuitos?

espero que puedan resolver mis dudas
Gracias!

KJ

over 3 years ago

Damn, Bruno, I lost count of the cameras you had on set. What the hell did you guys do, heist a camera supply store? There are a few stores here in Manhattan that are ripe for taking down. We can take our pick. Hit me up. ;)

Bruno Teixido​r

over 3 years ago

Hey, Eduardo, definitivamente si, puedes (y sería genial) utilizar cualquier tipo de material, siempre y cuando poseas los derechos, o estos hayan sido cedidos a la comunidad vía licencias abiertas, dominio público o similar.

KJ, youre right, looks like a garage sale. Blame our friends of LomographySpain :P

nicoalc​ala

over 3 years ago

Eduardo, no solo puedes utilizar otra música… También otras imágenes! :)

whatever you want. Just… remix!

Eduardo Martíne​z

over 3 years ago

all right! a ver que nos sale
gracias!

Robley

over 3 years ago

Man I wish I had $3500….

Kobe

over 3 years ago

http://vimeo.com/9233074

aquí tenemos un trailer. no sera el definitivo que enviemos juanan y yo, pero de momento para enseñaros algo y decirnos que os parece. lo unico que esta un poco fuera de contexto y los subtitulos estan mal

Kobe

over 3 years ago

Kobe

over 3 years ago

ah. esto es para bruno. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td6UObEEaQQ supongo que lo habras visto. pero por si acaso. he visto tus cinema moments. super emotivos, he llorado y todo, y he visto todas las pelis/series y estoy de acuerdo en que son de lo mejor de la historia del cine

mordloc​k99

over 3 years ago

Crowdfunding is a genius idea for the idependent circuit soo Viva le cosmonauta

Isaac.r​uperez

over 3 years ago

http://www.vimeo.com/9573019

Mi teaser. Dios como necesitaba hacer algun video aunque fuese cortito y simple.

Isaac.r​uperez

over 3 years ago

bueno, la calidad del video no es demasiado buena, a ver si me aclaro con los codecs y las compresiones, que he tenido que subirlo en mpeg4 para moviles para que no pesara 200mb

nicoalc​ala

over 3 years ago

Isaac, te hemos comentado en vimeo :)

Isaac.r​uperez

over 3 years ago

estoy subiendo la nueva version a Vimeo, es el mismo link, pero creo que esta vez la imagen está bien (más o menos, jajaja)

furanu

about 3 years ago

Hola, tengo un par de preguntIllas acerca del concurso:
1. ¿Se puede presentar más de un trailer?
2. ¿Para los remixes hay que acreditar a los autores originales para cumplir con la licencia? Si es así, ¿Se tendría que hacer en el mismo video? No he visto que ninguno de los trailers las lleven pero por si acaso pregunto.

Un saludo y animo que seguro os queda un peliculón.

furanu

about 3 years ago

Me he colao y he enviado dos veces el mensaje, sorry, no hay manera de borralo.

nicoalc​ala

about 3 years ago

Hola Fran.

Sí, se puede presentar más de un trailer. Todos los que quieras! cuantos más, mejor (y más posibilidades de ganar premios! :P)

Respecto a cómo acreditar el material, para esta primera convocatoria lo hemos dejado un poco en vuestras manos, sin imponer una determinada forma. Es obligatorio acreditarnos, sí, pero el método queda a tu elección mientras se vea y quede claro. Puede ser en la descripción de vimeo o donde sea que lo cuelgues, o puede ser en el propio video, pero siempre indicando que es una obra derivada de El Cosmonauta, y citando la web.

Mil mil gracias por participar y por los ánimos, y cualquier otra duda, silba ;)