[Frameworks] Shower scenes...

Mon Jan 4 21:51:51 UTC 2016

Gummo (1997) Harmony Korine

On Mon, Jan 4, 2016 at 10:13 PM, Amanda Christie <
amanda at amandadawnchristie.ca> wrote:

> your radio collage actually makes me think of an unfinished shower film
> that i have.
>
> back in 2006, when i shot 3part harmony: composition in RGB #1... we had
> film stock left over, and sync sound gear (Arri SR2 and a DAT), and a lot
> of powerful lights.... and we were in a warehouse with a chemical safety
> shower in front of big windows overlooking the Vancouver skyline.... so I
> got into the shower with all my clothes on and sang a song while staring
> down the camera.... the image is framed wide with the vancouver skyline out
> the window, and my full body standing under the shower.... i think i
> started singing the song before pulling the lever to start the water.  it's
> about 1 or 2 minutes long.
>
> it's tentatively called "shower song".
>
> the film image is black and white 16mm negative.... I never decided
> whether to go BW positive print, or to introduce some colour through
> optical or contact printing.... might be best to keep it simple and stay
> black and white though.
>
> the audio of the singing in the shower is on DAT, but I also transferred
> it to 16mm mag... .
>
> in theory, i could easily just slap on a title and a countdown to the
> negative, and sync it with the 16mm mag stock and send it out for a print
> and call it finished.
> I could finish it up in an hour. In theory...
>
> but i haven't done that yet... i think it always felt too vulnerable and
> raw....  thanks for the reminder though!  i keep forgetting about that
> unfinished shower film.
>
> seems a little silly to finish it now... although, i guess it's 2016...
> exactly 10 years after i shot it...
> maybe now is the perfect time to put it together after all....
>
>
>
> On 2016-01-04, at 2:28 PM, Jesse Malmed wrote:
>
> The scholars of 2020 can decide whether or not a radio piece is a movie,
> but a few months ago I made this hourlong collage of shower singing by a
> number of game friends, many of whom are artists and filmmakers. Plus, it
> was prompted by and made in conjunction with the excellent DINCA VISION
> QUEST moving image festival. I think it turned out nicely:
>
> http://jessemalmed.net/index.php/curatorial/shower-songs/
>
> *(another of these slow-burns is on the back-burner if anyone receiving
> this sings in the shower and has even the slightest interest or the most
> rudimentary recorder [the thing you're reading this on is most likely
> enough])*
>
> On Mon, Jan 4, 2016 at 12:05 PM, wenhua shi <wenhua.shi at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Shower (by Zhang Yang)
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 2, 2016 at 6:01 AM, graeme hogg <graemehogg at irational.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Someone has mentioned Alcatraz but almost any prison film will have a
>>> shower scene as long as communal shower scenes are allowed.
>>>
>>> Scum 1977, A prophet 2009, etc
>>>
>>>
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