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What is "Thee Backslacpkping With Media"?
A documediamentary is a combination of documentary and media analysis. A presentation which focuses on media portrayals of news or entertainment topics. In this case, a really boring three and a half hours.
How could a User Defined Self Replicating Documediamentary (UDSRD) produce itself?
To gain a better understanding of the history which is being produced, media programming which has been re-edited to user defined parameters could be beneficial. Utilizing media repositories (online video archives like archives.org or youtube) which have video/audio media linked to transcipts which could be parsed to produce a redefined output. For instance, if the user wanted to learn how a certain term was being used, over a certain time frame and to see how this usage differs between news casts verses user created content. Two pieces, of user determined length, could be self generated.
Another example could be if someone wanted further explanation on the evolution of a news story. After watching the 6 o'clock news, which often has little depth on any topic, an individual could ask this system to recreate a wikipedia entry of the evolving news story by using the previous media broadcasts.
These systems could also be used for near instantaneous fact-checking.
What is/are the Rating/Parental Guidelines of this presentation? (All of the below)
The Public Domain is a selected group of works which are not controlled or owned by an individual or corporation.
"Thee Backslacpkping With Media" upon its initial distribution is being added to the tradition of the Public Domain. %20 feels it's more important to allow the willing and able public to determine the 'life' of works.
[ See http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-definitions.html for more info ]
A fan edit is an alternative version of a film or piece of media which is created not by the copyright owner but by an individual or group who has a different interpretation of the original work. Fan edits realign story elements, remove or add footage, alter dialog, expand/remove special effects, re-edit/recontextualize film elements into an assemblage which tells a different story.
When purchasing a creative work, the buyer needs to make the decision of how close to the creator they want to distribute their compensation. There are many willing and often deserved intermediaries who help promote and gain new audiences for creative works. The idea of Support Creatives is to bring to the public conscience the need to, when applicable, take the time to deliver the creative work compensation as close to the source of the creativity as possible.
How has the 'Support Creatives' initiative helped the creator of 'Thee Backslacpkping With Media'?
[ See http://www.noneinc.com/sound/ for more info ]
What is the :F:L:I:M:S:I:P:L:A:S:T: :D:A:T:A:B:A:S:E:?
[ See http://www.noneinc.com/Archive/FlimsiplastDatabase/ for more info ]
What is 'the backstroke of the west'?
episode iii, the backstroke of the west (BotW) is the subtitled title given by an unknown supposed chinese bootlegger to a Shanghai bootleg DVD version of Star Wars Episode 3 Revenge of the Sith. In bootleg, the awkwardly English Subtitles been has attributed to a english naieve subtitler supposedly who learned chinese subtitles and irrelevantly reconversed them in to (Ch)english.
[ See http://www.winterson.com/2005/06/episode-iii-backstroke-of-west.html for more info ]
What is the 'Revenge of the Sith - 133t trailer'?
The Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith 133t trailer is a fan edit of the Official Star Wars Episode 3 Revenge of the Sith trailer which included burned in subtitles which interpreted the trailer's dialog into 133t sp33k. 133t Sp33k (Leetspeak - Elite Speak) is a character replacement alphabet supposedly used by h4xx0rz (hackers) but most likely is a system perpetuated by alternative typing enthusiasts. A Cease & Desist from Lucasfilm Ltd. on 4/25/2005 applied the legal pressure which resulted in the website http://nuar.lunarpages.com/video/SW_mirrors.htm removing the content.
[ See http://nuar.lunarpages.com/video/SW_mirrors.htm for more info ]
Operation D-Elite was a joint venture of the F.B.I. and U.S. Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement against the individuals behind the bit torrent tracker, EliteTorrents. The action was caused by the early released workprint of Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith, which was tracked by EliteTorrents. This workprint would eventually become the backdrop for 'the backstroke of the west' subtitler. The individuals behind the leaked workprint and the operators of the torrent tracker have been sentenced to prison, home arrest and fines.
[ See http://www.ice.gov/pi/news/newsreleases/articles/starwars052505.htm for more info ]
What film is mashed up in the Trailer?
The Trailer is a cross-cut-collage of Henry Hills' experimental film "Money" with '$' Chapter 9 of 'Thee Backslacpkping With Media'.
Quote : "MONEY (1985) is an historical document of the early day of "language poetry" and the downtown improvised music scene."
[ See http://www.henryhills.com/films/money.html for more info ]
Why is the DVD / disc file name 'PIRATESWEB'?>
In reference to 20th Century Fox's policy of code naming the DVD releases of movies after female names, (Revenge of the Sith was code named 'Charlotte') on some message boards the disc was incorrectly associated to the name Charlotte's Web. So in reference to this ephemeral the disc has been named 'PIRATESWEB'. This rumored 'PIRATESWEB' versions is Region 6 - China.
Where should comments/e-mail be sent?
E-mail Address : p-l-1-x-@-e-a-r-t-h-l-i-n-k-.-n-e-t (pee el one ex)
What are the details of the DVD release?
What are the DVD Chapter titles?
What do the menus look like? (click for full size)
What is that odd fonted subtitle? / What is Galactic Basic? / What is Aurebesh?
Galactic Basic is the commonly used language of the Star Wars Universe. Galactic Basic is authored using the Aurebesh font.
What is Chinglish? How was it created?
The Chinglish (Chinese variations of English) in 'Thee Backslacpkping With Media' were created by running the Chinese transcript through Altavista's Babelfish translation system.
What does the DVD Cover, Disc & Insert look like?
What is the significance of the Intro TV?
This is the tv set from which an X-Wing flew out of during the Special Edition commercial. For 'Thee Backslacpkping With Media' Intro, the audience enters the tv.
What is the significance of the Intro Crawl?
The 3 hour 23 minutes presentation is divided into 384 '31 sec : 22 frame' segments laid out in a grid of 12x32. Thus if your into saving time, watching the scroll is like getting the visual cliff notes version of the backslacpkping.
What is the significance of the Intermission Trailer?
The Intermission of 'Thee Backslacpkping With Media' contains a fan theatrical interpretation of the Star Wars Episode 3 Revenge of the Sith Trailer. The subtitles are from the fan produced 'Revenge of the Sith - 133t Trailer'.
[ See What is the 'Revenge of the Sith - 133t trailer'? for more info ]
2. Copyright Reform: "Permissions"
If these reuse requests are of hinderance to creators or proxi-owners then maybe an organizational body in the Copyright Office could review these permission concerns.
3. Edit Speech
Edit Speech is not about the reproduction of statements, but the creative reworking of existing speech fragments to derive new meanings/view points. The position in which one sentence fragment finds itself, after the act of editing, can change it's meaning and this is where Edit Speech finds its purpose.
Although it may seem to be a luxury, Edit Speech in conjunction with translation technologies, will promote discourse between disparate cultures, which will be invaluable to every generation.
4. Cross Culture:
Excitement, at least in some online forums, was tremendous. And interest continued until the subtitles were transposed onto the official RotS DVD. This interaction of 'Western' (Sith-i-sized) media and BotW subtitles, will no doubt lead to a better understanding of the disparate cultures, although each seemed equally absurd at first impression.
5. Media Understanding:
In a media landscape where one minute of hard factual news is sprinkled through days worth of newsfauxotainment, entertainment programming, honest commercial time and Value-added cinema (product placement), the casual searcher of hard facts is at a great loss in this vast sea of information.
Changing medias' output towards more factual means would lose some of its vibrancy, instead providing tools which allow the searcher added filtering capabilities is what the future of tv could be.
6. Future TV - User Defined Broacasts
Imagine after watching the 6 o'clock news, your not understanding what lead to the latest predicament, so you queue up the program which feeds the last 50 years worth of that 6 o'clock news and cross references those broadcasts with an encyclopedia entry on the topic of choice. The program then recreates that encyclopedia entry using the news' broadcasts.
This basic type of media interaction as with many others could take place with the creation of User Defined Broadcasts.
What is the significance of the Preservation Quote in Trailer 00a?
In the recorded time frame, The American Film Institute (AFI) awarded George Lucas with an honor and during the broadcast the following quote was attributed to Mr. Lucas.
Because %20 has existed at a different time and place where films have a modified stature then in the time of Mr. Lucas, the quote has been amended in Trailer 00a to reflect %20's sensibilities. Plus %20 is not a breeder.
What hardware/software was used?
What material was used in "Thee Backslacpkping With Media'?
What material was used in Commentary Track of "Thee Backslacpkping With Media'?
Where can 'Thee Backslacpkping With Media' be watched/downloaded?
Note : Archive.org has other formats available. (.Ogv for example) And their embedded media player will automatically start playing the next chapter. Also the Large Mp4 files on Archive.org contain the Audio Commentary Second Audio Channel. BUT The large Mp4 files were created by ripping the DVD with very limited compression so in total they are double the size of the DVD. If you want to hear the audio commentary of a few chapters then downloading them from Archive.org is the way to go, if you would like the entire audio commentary track, downloading the full DVD is the best option.
Help for downloading/recompiling/expanding/burning 'Thee Backslacpkping With Media'?
If you are having problems feel free to e-mail : p-l-1-x-@-e-a-r-t-h-l-i-n-k-.-n-e-t (pee el one ex)
Step 1 : Downloading RARs
Step 2 : Expanding from .RAR to .IMG(age)
Step 2a : Problem unarchiving RARs
Step 3a : Watching .IMG
Step 3b : Burning .IMG
Step 4 : DVD Player Viewing
Where can 'Thee Backslacpkping With Media' Transcript be read?
'Thee Backslacpkping With Media' Transcript can be read here : English - Chinese - Chingrish
How has 'Thee Backslacpkping With Media' been released?
Official 1. Homemade copies were mailed out. (red ink on disc) [Distribution - US Copyright Office (2) - Lucasfilm, Microsoft (returned), Google, YouTube, Yahoo, Wired Magazine - Media Creators (3) - SW Fans (5) - Friend (1) - Website (1)]
Official 2. Posted to alt.binaries.starwars.
Official 3. The .nfo & .nzb were forwarded to : alt.binaries.documentaries, alt.binaries.multimedia.documentaries, alt.binaries.multimedia.scifi, alt.binaries.multimedia.scifi-and-fantasy, alt.binaries.multimedia.chinese, alt.binaries.dvd.documentaries, alt.binaries.tv, alt.binaries.dvd, alt.binaries.dvdr, alt.binaries.multimedia.tv, alt.binaries.x
Official 4. The .nfo was posted to : alt.fan.starwars, fr.rec.arts.sf.starwars, pl.rec.fantastyka.starwars, tw.bbs.rec.starwars, alt.discuss.starwars, de.rec.sf.starwars, rec.arts.sf.starwars.misc
Official 5. A trackerless DHT torrent (Azureus client) was attempted but it fail'd.
Official 6. Currently testing out web distribution. See Where can 'Thee Backslacpkping With Media' be watched/downloaded?
Official 7. Since the download version is difficult/complicated. Printed out 25 copies (CD slimline case versions, blue ink on disc) which i'll mail to whomever requests a copy to rent. See : Where should comments/e-mail be sent? Well 23 of these copies have been distributed at the Open Video Conference.
Unofficial : DVD Rips - Bootlegs - Derivative Works
How can 'Thee Backslacpkping With Media' be rented or bought?
The DVD version of 'Thee Backslacpkping With Media' is available for rent. (25 homemade CD slimline case type have been printed) Please send back when done or contact me and i'll let you know who's next in the chain, and you can send it to them instead. Contact Info : Where should comments/e-mail be sent?
Will there be a physical release?
Anyone can burn their own. Don't know.
Where is the Dual-Layer Break Point?
Actual chapter 29. [Thematic chapter 27].
What have people said about 'Thee Backslacpkping With Media'?
Reviews of 'Thee Backslacpkping With Media'?
Text of : Star Wars Aficionado Review
THE BACKSLACPKPING WITH MEDIA
A STAR WARS/cross culture/media documentary-"a documediamentary"- by %20
"Behind is loaf slaps by the medium"
Reviewed by Scott Weller
Don't worry, your AFICIONADO editor isn't slowly losing his mind, and his computer's spell check facility hasn't gone into meltdown mode yet, either-THE BACKSLACPKPING WITH MEDIA is a unique, experimental film documentary within the realms of the STAR WARS universe, and was sent into me by the project's ambitious, deliberately eccentric and shadowy (in a nice way) instigator/ creator mysteriously known as %20-who may very well become the "Neo" of the STAR WARS Fan Universe!! Basically, it's a tour de force examination of the world's varying multimedia and its reaction to the STAR WARS SAGA- in particular the 2005 release of EPISODE THREE: REVENGE OF THE SITH. Now, you ask, there has previously been quite a few fan related compilations of footage with regards to certain films and aspects of the saga, from individual cast members to behind the scenes material, but what makes this so special and worth watching-well, this is a serious, and also not too serious, study into the way that the media not only exploits its audience, sells a product to them, then uses the product to their own advantage, but also how it can make itself look darn silly at the same time, especially with regards to how they perceive the legendary saga and its multi Ðaudience section fan base.
In general, the media clearly consumes REVENGE OF THE SITH in every way possible, and in some ways its vice versa, too, as a skillful LUCASFILM, though in a different, but equally intriguing way, goes to work with its own highly skilled media control and saturation in showing how important the STAR WARS saga is to people, but also, more importantly, how, as a company wanting to survive and go into other projects, it really does need the fans to come out and support George Lucas in the final legs of his film's fairytale journey. And STAR WARS is sooo big in itself it's clear to me that it's an entity in its own right, equally capable of devouring anybody who loves it or despises it-though I hate the term, it still remains an unstoppable juggernaut of a brand. There's also the chance through the documentary to see how Lucas himself has deliberately changed his own STAR WARS history- of the story, the characters and some behind the scenes moments- to suit his own needs by the time of completing SITH, sometimes not always for the good.
An intriguing indictment of both the strengths and the negatives of the world wide press, THE BACKSLACPKPING WITH MEDIA also shows how dangerously manipulative it can be when its to its own advantage (especially the obvious culprit of Rupert Murdoch's TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX, whose media wings, along with several other major corporations, have effectively spread and captured the world-SITH being the perfect example of publicizing their release rights owned movie through their various large power base/conglomerates (including their flagship SKY TV company)). Then there is the intriguing way that REVENGE OF THE SITH would be seen by certain aspects of the media as a sly attack by George Lucas on the George Bush presidency of the time and the affect his rein had on the world in general (this is an interestingly edited segment from %20, showing how the media have used STAR WARS to their own advantage, though also not bothering to do any research on the subject at all-unable to consider the fact that the original script for STAR WARS back in 1974 had a plot that talked about an evil Emperor and his minions that was written in reference to the way dictators can take over so easily, given the right conditions, and that it was also an observation of the then corruption of the then Nixon US administration. SITH's story relevance in 2005, and the way that's the film's certain political nuances are picked up on and used by the press, proves fascinating to see evolve).
The sheer amount of clips from all over the world put together in this documentary is enough to make any fan, especially of the Prequel Saga, want to see this, but once past the first twenty minutes or so, you'll soon realize just what an imaginative piece of work %20's presentation is. Watching this documentary, it's equally amazing in a so easy it's plain to see way how there are so few good in television interviewers out there in the world-the amount of dumb questioning and "chit-chat" throughout the installments reaches new heights of inanity and moments of absurdity, but at the same time it's really a kinda banal fun watching it and the way it escalates through the skillful, and with a thematic continuity, editing.
Though its nice to see when presenters actually do like STAR WARS, its even worse when you get those ones who really don't give a damn about it and who clearly can't be bothered, literally sleepwalking through their efforts and forgetting their job positions and the huge salaries they're being paid to be clued up on the subject matter they're talking about!! Yes, I know we're in a world where we should be tolerating other people's viewpoints on STAR WARS (even if they're wrong. Ha ha!!) but when you see someone who hasn't even bothered to try and watch it interviewing key people about the films, its sometimes just too embarrassing and cringe inducing for words (and its always painful to see someone like David Letterman or Ed Regis who clearly haven't got a clue about STAR WARS, probably beyond the original 1977 movie release, interviewing someone like Ewan McGregor or Hayden Christensen) -there are quite a few moments when watching these media guys "work" will generate the feeling of a huge chunk of bile being severely caught in your throat!!
As well as the press itself, those aforementioned and highly varied sections devoted to all manner of topics within the STAR WARS universe are equally well developed and prove intriguing, not just on the final film's arrival in cinemas but also the kind of emotional/cathartic release that it would generate-completing the nearly thirty year cycle of the series evolution.
There's a refreshing new spin within the way %20 has edited the subject matter clips- such as favourite characters, the importance of the series title crawl, STAR WARS own unique theme-ology and the way it has influenced and inspired the fans (going back on the series roots and exploring things that have been touched on before, like the way Joseph Campbell had influenced Lucas's work), Hayden Christensen's feeling of empowerment in wearing the Vader suit for the first, and final, appearance of Darth Vader (the lynchpin for EPISODE THREE, and now, since the arrival of the Prequels, of the whole six film saga itself), John Williams music, overseas interviews (the Japanese talks with Hayden are sometimes scary, sometimes hilarious!! And Hayden's facial reactions to the questions are equally priceless), sex and censorship in STAR WARS, the involvement of women in fandom (unlike a lot of earlier sci-fi, this saga has never been just for the guys!! And Amen to that!!), Rick McCallum's always enjoyable over hyping the films in a way that whips up fan frenzy to new heights each time, the Skywalker Ranch press launch, the definition of GEEK, the gazillions that everyone predicts will be made on its then impending release, to the 12.01am EPISODE THREE screenings to riotous, enjoying the moment fans, and the intriguing hunt for the pirateers who ripped the film off as it was being released!!
Just on it's own merits of both fun and fear, the 501st Stormtroopers film section shows wave after wave of Imperial troopers, of all ranks and types, walking out of a convention area-for a few seconds its fun to see them all but then, once the line keeps going and going and going and going, it becomes a bit scary and the power of STAR WARS really starts to get you thinking!!
Away from the fandom element, amongst the many other rare clip treats are Nick Gillard and Hayden appearing on a US breakfast show, GOOD MORNING AMERICA, and doing some fun lightsaber fighting with the general public, a lot of CANNES film festival material where EPISODE THREE received it's European premiere, and the aforementioned Japanese interview footage and the main cast (Hayden and Ian McDiarmid and Lucas press call/talk), and a classic Mark Hamill interview in which he wrongly names Hayden Christensen as Christian Haydensen-absolutely priceless!!! There's so much more, that I'll leave you to discover it allÉ
There also some fascinating inter-cutting of SITH clips from a version of the film that was given Chinese subtitles-how the film was perceived there shows intriguing and highly different sensibilities from the rest of the rest of the world and in regards to the cross cultural landscape ...
With 48 chapters in all (with extra material being added onto the website viewing version of the documentary),what's brilliant about TBWM is that you can watch it one go if you're brave enough (and it's an epic three hours and twenty three minutes!!), or for an equally pleasant wander of total enjoyment you can dip in and out of various chapters and watch from there-each experience through the documentary is a different and intriguing one, almost scientific Ð you may feel like a guinea pig caught in a wheel in an Orwellian "Who's watching the Watchers?" moment!! Or you might feel like you're in a giant Petri dish- being bombarded with all this fast paced interlinking clips to test your psychological reactions!!
The kaleidoscoping/montage effect of the first viewing may prove distracting and highly annoying at times to viewers. Equally, the footage and sound quality of the total presentation is of varying quality, so there are parts when its jars, but that is unavoidable as %20 has gotten hold of the clips from such a wide variety of sources, but it doesn't seriously detract from the enjoyment of watching it, but you must stick with itÉit's worth your patience. Like the DVD cover sleeve that represents it, TBWM can be seen as so much to so many-an amazing viewing experience, a mysterious and baffling, hidden warning message experiment, a psychedelic mixture "trip" of images in a style that's very Oriental in it's design ethic, or you might find it just completely unwatchable!!! The choice is yours!!
As well as us die-hards, I think non fans will equally enjoy watching TBWM; especially anyone taking part in multi media studies analysis-there's enough material on display here to fill twenty theses!! It's the kind of experimental film-making in itself that I think George Lucas would love-in some ways it's an extension of his early USC film school days short LOOK AT LIFE, but with the visual, live action media format at a faster and more intense, almost to overload, level. It's a shame that LUCASFILM sent back %20's preview DVD unwatched-I think it would have garnered some intriguing interest from them and would have been enjoyed for what it was by both Lucas and someone of the likes of Rick McCallum if they had been shown it-hopefully, over time, its popularity will be established and they will eventually see this intriguing cornucopiaÉ
Early criticisms by the fans on sites such as ORIGINAL TRILOGY.COM towards TBWM have been, I feel, a little bit unfair (some citing it as a waste of time and effort with such great footage)- I think some of the fans seeing it for the first time were unsure of what they were going to watch- though it's intriguing to see how comment has improved for the better more recently...in my opinion, THE BACKSLACPKPING WITH MEDIA is definitely an intriguing and important new entry into the exploration of the STAR WARS mythos and it's worldwide effectsÉ
AFICIONADO REVIEW: Fascinating and infuriating in equal parts, this is an obvious labour of love by determined film-maker %20 into the joys and horror of the media world's response to STAR WARS and, in particular, EPISODE THREE. You may need some Alka Seltzer occasionally in watching it, but it's a fascinating documentary experience that's definitely worth your perusal time. 9 out of 10
Text of : blueyoda Review @ Fan Edit Forum
As you probably have guessed, this is not your typical fanedit. It's a documentary about Star Wars, yet that is not its mission. It's a mashup yet its goal is not necessarely the entertainment value usually associated with such edits. The best way I could describe this thing is that it's a commentary on the current state of the media. No wait - it's a mockumentary on the way we perceive media. No, that's not exactly it. It's an extrapolation on how media will be fed to us somewhere down the line in 20, 30 years. Actually, it is all these things.
Thee Backslacpkping With Media is a meticulously assembled piece of art which has so many levels of depths that it is almost impossible to review in a conventional way. It is rather meant to be analyzed, deconstructed and talked about endlessly. It is meant to make us simultaneously examine the impact Star Wars has had on the way movies are marketed; the way the media has handled the hype surrounding the prequels; the way we assimilate information; the current state of the internet and where it's headed; how corporations are shaping modern copyright laws; how we perceive art and what is "stealing" and what is "hommage" and what is derivative work and... too many questions that I will not go into here, because that is not the purpose of this review.
Concretely speaking, what is Thee Backslacpkping With Media? It is a collage of snippets of interviews, reports, TV specials, internet parodies and many, many different clips from 700+ sources assembled by theme. It is the equivalent of doing a google search, for example, for "star wars box office", and getting back the results in a audio-visual linear format with clips lasting no more than 8 seconds on average. It is an absolutely mind-numbing experience. It is not meant to be watched in one sitting. It is enjoyable in ten minutes chuncks, perhaps up to 20 minutes chunks if you're ADD enough. Attempting to view the whole thing in one sitting will melt any sane person's mind but I don't believe this is the editor's intention. More than anything the whole project is a statement rather than a movie or documentary. The editor calls it a documediamentary - a project so bizarre that he even had to make up a new word to describe it.
The whole thing is a work of genius in my opinion - a window into the future of how information will be processed and delivered to us according to our particular interests and in an interactive fashion that is very organic. It is a simulator of sorts of what it will feel like to watch a tv show 20 years from now and being able to interact with the contents according to our particular needs. Yet it is not quite that experience since it is not custom made for us - it's a very passive experience, the only possible interaction being our ability to skip to the next chapter or choose the different subtitles or audio options. But it's the closest approximation of what it will be like. I believe this is something that will make it into the history books for its conceptual audacity and visionary look into the evolution of our relationship with information processing.
Ironically, it is almost unwatchable. As brilliant as it is conceptually, watching more than 10 minutes is mentally exausting. It is too much information thrown at us and our brain is unable to process it. The cutting is frenetic and it is unsuitable as an enjoyable experience for a prolongued period of time. It is a novelty that you can show at a party without the sound on - or something to get a discussion going if you watch a little bit of it with friends. A discussion of what Star Wars has done to movies, of how corporations are controlling information, or any of the points that are detailed on the creator's web page (which is a fascinating read). This is a rabbit hole and it is as deep as what the viewer will decide to make it. Personally, I know I will be throwing this in my DVD player from time to time, and I know I will be getting weeks if not months of enjoyment out of it, discovering the many ways to view it.
What I found the most enjoyable was to watch it with the chinglish subtitles which are always funny and with the commentary track on. The editor's insights are fascinating, even if delivered by a Hawking- like robot voice. But wait - it's not a commentary track. It's snippets from IMDB, from various message boards, a collection of different quotes from various sources. Again, this is a deliberate choice on the editor's part, forcing us to re-evaluate what is entertainement. Like everything else involving this project, everything has been thought thru and has a reason for existing, a meaning which we are to discover and which will probably be different for every viewer. It is not thru some kind of artistic choice that the editor named himself %20, the computer equivalent of nothing; he wants to be invisible. But no that's not it; he actually wants us to acknowledge that fact and reflect upon it.
This will be met with very mixed reviews. Some will "get it", some won't. Some will "get it" and hate it, some will not "get it" and love it. This will provide a wide range of reactions and that is precisely what the editor set out to do in my opinion. I am fairly certain he will enjoy reading reviews which praise it as much as those that destroy it. This is a labour of love, the first work of its kind and considering the magnitude of it probably the last. Three years in the making, the madness of indexing 700+ sources into something that is at the same time coherant and chaotic, quite like what the internet is at the moment.
I cannot give this a rating because there is nothing to compare this edit to - it is, as far as I know, the first of its kind. If not it is certainly the first project on such a huge scale and if I have to give it a rating I'd say it is a 1/10 as much as it is a 10/10. I cannot recommend it because of its bizarre nature yet it is mandatory watching for anybody with a brain. I will therefore arbitrarely give it a 5/10.
This edit is hereby approved.
Where is 'Thee Backslacpkping With Media' being discussed on the tubes of Thee internets?
Note : Cyan background signify threads with some form of conversation. Grey threads are single mention or notifications.
What is a NoA? (Notification of Appropriation) How are they received? >
A NoA is a 'Notification of Appropriation'. Typically an e-mail or letter, naming the previous artistic creation and newly modified artistic creation.
Example 'Thee Backslacpkping With Media' Notification of Appropriation (tBSWM NoA):
Notification of Appropriation
This e-mail is to make whom ever it may concern aware that the New York Times Editorials/Op-Ed 'Turn On, Tune In, Veg Out' by Neal Stephenson has been reconfigured and reincorporated into 'Thee Backslacpkping With Media'.
'Thee Backslacpkping With Media' is a Proof of Concept, imagining a system which could search through online repositories of media and return a program of desired length on the user's topic of choice. tBSWM takes 40+ hours of media (700+ sources created by corporations, news organizations, individuals, bootleggers) from just around the release of the last Star Wars movie and condensed/recompiled that material into chapters on the underlying themes and memes of the 'Revenge of the Sith' coverage.
FAQ for 'Thee Backslacpkping With Media'
Using a text-2-speech automation process, parts of 'Turn On, Tune In, Veg Out' have been incorporated into the second audio commentary track. (This option is only available on the full DVD, a copy can be sent to a supplied postal address.)
If curious, Chapter Segments can be viewed here:
I don't recommend watching it all at once, (if ever) look through the chapter titles and if one sounds interesting try it out.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask.
%20
Notifications of Appropriation have been ignored 100% of the time. (current as of: 2009.06.21)
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What happened when %20 took 'Thee Backslacpkping With Media' to the Open Video Conference?
The Open Video Conference (2009.06.19-21) was set up to pull together the individuals/entities which are developing video systems which supports unrestricted access, participation, reworking and other ideals associated with a more transparent society. One of the mottos printed onto t-shirts was:
1791 : Free Speech
Day 1 : Understanding the Situation
The Open Video Conference is about the creation of a framework and platform for media creation and distribution which is unrestricted and available to anyone. Unfortunately tBSWM is burdened with restricted media, so I felt awkward about wasting too many people's time with my ramblings. Spent the first day going to the presentations and chatting with many receptive people about the project. But it seems that a search-edit-recompile system is several years away. One of the challenges to the movement is getting people to consider the open systems. The Ogg codec is the open standard equivalent of the closed mp4/h.264/flash systems which are used by the majority of online video repositories. When tBSWM first went up the video was in Ogg format, but whenever someone wanted to watch the project, there were issues with how to install the codec's and how to play the files. Mozilla announced at the conference that the next version of their software (3.5) would have Ogg playback built in, so that's one hurdle solved. On the search/edit front, two technologies were on display which could provide the foundation. Metavid.org, Pad.ma and Kaltura are systems for online video editing sites which allow anyone to edit open video sources. Both have the capability to search through existing subtitles/transcripts to find the relevant information, then the user can pull out the pieces to create new compositions. So the video search/cut/recompile system's foundation is being created and if there is interest, who knows but in a few years user created programming (video archeology) like experiences similar to tBSWM might be possible.
Well there were some pleasant surprises, Star Wars in some of it's myriad forms got periodic mentions in some of the lectures, so when I could those individuals got copies. (let's hope they're fans...) Got a chance to give copies to persons who actually appeared in tBSWM. But I blew a chance to have the %20 moniker more widely known. There was a change in speakers because one of the lecturers was called in to do some news media about the post-election Iranian situation. So the conference set up Peter Sunde, one of the founders of the Pirate Bay, as the closing lecturer. The introduction to Mr. Sunde was done by Alan Toner creator of "Steal This Film" and he mentioned the Elite Torrent takedowns. (Unfortunately, how the US population didn't come to their support, as the citizenry of Europe has done in the Pirate Bay case) So during the Q&A, I submitted a question by post-it note, but I neglected to attribute the question to %20. Could have had the moniker on the big stage... phuck. ...and unfortunately the answer to the question "Have you talked to the Elite Torrent Mods who are about to get released from jail or getting off parole soon?", didn't amount to much.
The lecture can be viewed from the Open Video Conference website. Find the 'Live Stream's section go to the Menu (lower left) --> "Browse On-Demand Library" --> June 20, 2009 --> (last option) Live Show Sat Jun 20, 2009. The introduction is around 03:10:00, and the question is around 03:34:00.
Great conference, full of ideas, we'll see if anyone watches tBSWM and feels compelled to do anything.
What happened when %20 asked the label Illegal Art to release 'Thee Backslacpkping With Media'?
i don't think we're interested in it, even thought it's fascinating... i'm just not sure if i would personally sit through the entire thing more than once, and part of what we look for is work that we would return to again and again... and maybe that's putting too mujch of a "musical" asethetic requirement on something that is more conceptual and analytical, but we have our biases."
What happened when %20 asked the ForceCast to review 'Thee Backslacpkping With Media'?
Two copies have been received by the ForceCast crew, and now we wait to see if they successfully survive the review process.
What happened when %20 replied to the Maxim Magazine request for information on 'Fan Edits'?
A reporter entered the OT.com Forums and requested information on 'Fan Edits'. (Link)
Did you ever wish you could search through all the video media available online, and a program would cut-up and recompile those resources to produce a program being defined by your search query, desired length and other parameters? That is the goal of the Fan Edit below, which attempts to be a media analysis / video archeology study of the media released by anyone (corporate or individual) at the time of the release of the last Star Wars movie, Revenge of the Sith.
'Thee Backslacpkping With Media' FAQ:
Watch any chapter from the website:
or download the DVD:
If this sounds interesting, don't be afraid to ask any questions, it's not the usual fan edit.
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As the reporter's questions spread, although not contacted directly, proactively %20 took the opportunity to answer the questions proposed. (%20 responses are in bold)
A second questionaire was distributed which had additional questions.
Do you ever think eventually you'll stop making fan edits?
--> Ahh Goood Question, Is %20 A Nerd. Can an imaginary entity be a mental construct... Let's pull back onto something else for a moment then get back to that. Yes, i'm most likely sterile. A large sack of blood vessels descended into my testicles rendering them functionless. How does this pertain to your publication. Oh that's right i'm the aged adult virgin you don't market too. Breeders bring profits. Nerds, Geeks, Dweebs they might create stuff, but stuff is not interesting, new 20 something people are where the action is. But it's great to know that even when you hang out in nerd circles like fan edit forums, you can still receive complements like "you are truly a certified lunatic", and it's appreciated. It's a different world depending on where you exists. We mean you no harm. Hey let's edit something together right now, take the "Hacker Manifesto": [ http://www.phrack.com/issues.html?issue=7&id=3#article ] and replace 'Hacker' with 'Fan Editor' and 'Criminal' with 'Nerd'. I'll do some for you:
Fan Edit Modified Quoting of +++The Mentor+++'s "\/\The Conscience of a Hacker/\/" (Hacker Manifesto)
"<omission>the world of the electron and the switch, the beauty of the baud. We make use of a service already existing without paying for what could be dirt-cheap if it wasn't run by profiteering gluttons, and you call us nerds. We explore... and you call us nerds. We seek after knowledge... and you call us nerds. We exist without skin color, without nationality, without religious bias... and you call us nerds.
<omission>
Yes, I am a nerd. My nerdity is that of curiosity. My nerdity is that of judging people by what they say and think, not what they look like. My nerdity is that of outsmarting you, something that you will never forgive me for.
I am a Fan Editor, and this is my <modified> manifesto. You may stop this individual, but you can't stop us all... after all, we're all alike. <edit> We like to build upon the past.</edit>"
Oh my gawd, i'm about to gag. That's truly a horrid Fan Edit. but with time something different will be developed.
Few days later, round 3 questions.
Which movie franchise has had the most "fan edits?"
Some call it collage, compilation, found footage, detournement, recycled cinema, etc. Either way they are all extensions of the creative spirit. Monkey See, Monkey Do; Differently. Humans learn through copying. Some of these terms go back to the early days of cinema. Terms and practices evolve, and appropriation changes to suit those needs. (Duchamp hung a toilet, there are now found footage festivals http://www.cine-magic.com/foundfootagefest.html go figure)
Recently, in the 1970s, because of the grittier content, many films had alternative versions or 'cuts', so they could be released in places they couldn't get the original played. (typically a European film got 'cut' when playing in the US) This had to be a factor in the wave of editors today, who might have been children at that time and learned that the movie they saw, was just part of a larger whole.
In the 1980s, colorization became a new tool, and many films got a facelift. Ironically, George Lucas was vocal, criticizing the colorization of the Three Stooges, claiming that it would harm the humor by removing it's lack of color context. One of the major uplifts to a classic was Metropolis, (1927 / 1984) by Fritz Lang. It got colorized and a new soundtrack was added. Revising soundtrack material is a common Fan Editor decision. Many Fan Editors also might share a common love of MST3K (Mystery Science Theater 3000) who appropriated whole movies and added their own commentaries. This has evolved into Riff Tracks, but there have been several fan websites dedicated to the art. [ http://www.zarban.com/?page_id=1562 the fan commentary movement has been attributed to that Roger Ebert article ] 'Wizard People, Dear Reader' was an audio modification of the Harry Potter movie which got some media attention years back. [ http://illegal-art.org/video/wizard.html ]
Another 1980s phenomenon, Airplane! became probably the most popular recontextualized/appropriate film still to this day, possibly. Airplane! is a direct remake of Zero Hour. (1957) The overall plot and major portions of dialog are direct lifts from Zero Hour. [ this viddie has clips of both films showing the modifications, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q__vuyH1JEI ]
If Star Wars and Jaws are the films which coined the blockbuster title. Airplane! paved the way for the 'Remake Movie' phenomenon, people like to complain about now. All these spoofy comedies and the creeping of comedy moments into action films is one of the things the current batch of Fan Editors rail against. A common practice i've heard is that many Fan Editors remove the jokey moments from the action films they appreciate.
In the 1990s, whole documentaries were produced using 'illegal' satellite broadcasts. Brian Springer's 'Spin' documents the behind-the-scenes maneuvering of politicians and newscasters. [ watch here: http://illegal-art.org/video/index.html ] Disturbing to this day, especially realizing that the same techniques are being employed to manipulate who gets to speak in the Presidential debates.
On the Star Wars front, George Lucas has in his entire career spurred the creation of tools which democratized film making. http://droidmaker.com/ Is a great book by Michael Rubin on the early days of digital filmmaking. At Lucas Film, the 1980s computer team would eventually become Pixar, but at this time they were making the tools like video and audio editing software which every computer now has standard. The OT.com community have grown up following the evolvement of SW and the computer systems created to make them and are familiar with the tools which permit the modification of film. So it's not surprising that the modification of The Phantom Menace would be one of the initial creations of this type to Find a sympathetic audience. It was built in. There are many other works being created in the same spirit but getting those works to like minded folks to reach a critical mass, well it happens. In audio appropriation, the bootleg mashup scene produced DJ Danger Mouse, but his emergence lead to a contraction of the culture (forums went private, etc.) publicly, because of the scrutany.
For what it's worth, the direct FanEdit.org community is very much concerned with presentation. They like their DVDs so they can go watch on their media viewing systems. They want the theater going experience. This should be of note to the people who make the A/V tech. A good percentage are often gadget freaks. So wrap this article with the new HDTV and BluRay player / media center.
But there are alternative creators using other forums and mediums to get their creations out. There have been many Trailer remakes who use free online repositories to get their message out. Recently learned about a full movie mashup project called 'One Flew Over The Dead Poets Nest'. Available on free online repositories and social media sites, it stands in stark contrast (distributionally) to FE.o. [ http://www.myspace.com/dead_poets_nest ]
...but now here's the cross road, do your readers really care about any of this. What's the angle your publication is going for. Why hire a writer of this caliber to do a piece on this topic. Could you forward the angle question to the person who pitched the article idea. curious what they wanted to find out. what are you gunning for.
Some info pulled from:
Thanks! You're being a HUGE help!
Tell me how important you think "The Phantom Edit" was to the "fan edit" hysteria? Did it "need" to be that movie that started it all? Is Mike Nichols, the creator of "Phantom Edit," considered somewhat of a legend?
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--> The MPAA operate on various levels. The public wing (which handles reporters/media) of course would say that Flat-Out piracy is their prime concern. It is governments like China who permit a different level of legal/illegal material to stay in the buying sphere, which can be seen as the biggest threat. But on other operating levels, people make decisions. It only takes one MPAA employee (or one of the many companies which are under the MPAA umbrella) to send out Cease & Desists to works they might have never seen, (the youtube C&D process has become a factory assembly line) and don't fully understand but claim is infringing. The individual on the receiving end has to make a decision. Give In, which most people recommend, or fight. Fighting a Cease & Desist can be complicated, time consuming and plagued with financial setbacks. Most of which lead to a Chilling Effect. [ http://www.chillingeffects.org/ ]
Yes they're not the same but the MPAA and RIAA are viewed with the same general apathy in the emerging fan creator universe. There are many audio cases which didn't have positive outcomes for expanding creativity. U2 hid behind their record label as it took out Negativland/SST. [ http://negativland.com/?opt=mailorder&item=68&type=1 ] CBS went after the Evolution Control Committee. [ http://evolution-control.com/cbs.html ] The Beatles after DJ Danger Mouse. The catalog of music works owned by a copyright control organization who just target rap samplers, and have gotten the precedent down to several second of 'unrecognizability'. (Parliament/NWA 100 Miles and running decision) and Michael Jackson used the Canadian RIAA to suppress John Oswald's seminal Plunderphonic work. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plunderphonics ] Lawerence Lessig's books cover a lot of the cases which have modified the perception of the legal climate. [ http://lessig.org/ & http://remix.lessig.org/ ]
Who wants to risk it all to make a point... especially when the C&D sender can force you to travel to where ever they want, and since the MPAA organization has multiple locations, they can make you go anywhere, on your own pocket. ( For more info on the DMCA and C&Ds listen to http://www.thelasthope.org/media/audio/64kbps/A_Decade_Under_the_DMCA.mp3 talk by Marcia Wilbur who wrote a book on the subject )
Also the movie industry and really all content owners have a general lack of interest in material reworking. For instance, http://www.darknet.com/2005/07/when_the_studio.html This guy wanted to gain permission to reuse small parts of movies (from the 7 major film companies) to incorporate into a project for his daughter to be shown to family and friends. He's got copies of the response letters. Most denied on principal. The MPAA/movie companies don't have the man power to adequately determine either way, so they flat-out deny or not respond. It's easy.
So what fan editor in their right mind would be anything but fearful when doing this kind of thing. Luckily most of them are either proud of what they've accomplished or just ignorant of the what's happened before them or accepting of the risks and proceed anyway.
Are you on loan from Playboy or is Maxim and Playboy synergizing?
Can you guess which movie company sues clowns who make balloon animals in shapes similar to their cartoon characters? Hint: They just bought Marvel.
If Star Wars supposedly got fan editing through the Phantom Edit, Star Trek has it's levels of appropriation too. Paramount recently released a new DVD box set of the TOS where they updated all the special effects shots, similar to what Lucas did with the Special Editions. But here's where things have changed slightly, Paramount allows a group of fans to recreating whole unproduced episodes of TOS. which i guess is not so special since Lucas Film Ltd. allows the same type of Fan Film creativity. And at the same time, TNG is getting facelifted by a youtube fan editor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pf9oD_xl8mI But while these positive changes happen, C&D in both communities are still happening, even though both sides press release that they don't.
To see where the Fan Edit community could progress, i guess the Modified Trailers are a good example. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wOcQr-2-pE but i guess this stuffs been blended into the Web Soup enterrtainmants.
R U aware o': http://www.concretetv.com/ Thee Supreme Fan Editorist of them all. I believe you worked for the mag. (RS) which declared him so.
The topic of press releasing and C&D'ing, should have contained the link to: http://www.digitalcity.com/2009/07/28/comic-con-steve-sansweet-on-star-wars-fandom/. The pertinent quote and %20 reply is in the response section at the bottom. Again this is semantics, it might be not what LFL or most corporations are about, but never the less it's a tool in the belt.
1) Can you give me an example of something you've done to show your huge level of fanaticism toward fan editing?
Delighted: 'Thee Backslacpkping With Media' : http://www.noneinc.com/tBSWM/tBSWM_FAQ.html
A 3.5 hour guided tour through the media onslaught (over 700 sources, over 1,666 edits) brought upon the universe via a highly debated genre franchise. tBSWM is attempting to be a proof of concept of future media interaction where a user defines the search parameters and a system searches, cuts-up and recompiled the vast online repositories of media into a condensed historical info-heavy experience. Concentrated Learning.
2) Why do you go by an "alias"? Why does ANYONE go by an alias? Is it for fear of prosecution or is it something else?
Like Driver Licenses, Voting and other events in a life, society has deemed it appropriate to wait for these 'gifts' to be granted. The common collective has determined that individuals grow until an approximate age and then become what they generally refer to as an adult. Now in some cultures people identities are actually redefined at that point, some even take new names. Internet culture has keyed into this phenomenon with the Avatar and User Name concepts. People want to redefine their core being and through the Alias they be all that they can be or want to be. I would suggest that society re-examine how it treats religion and let the individuals chose their religious affiliation at the same time they're granted voting and driving rights.
3) Why spend six hours a day working on "Thee Backslacpkping With Media" if you're not an aspiring filmmaker? Are you just that loyal to the craft or is it something else?
I would like society to have a User Defined Self Replicating Documediamentary experience. I think it'll be helpful to have a well informed electorate, and thus produce a more robust democracy. or maybe I just like clip shows too much.
4) Any idea where "The Phantom Edit" was originally uploaded and/or if there's a way to monitor how fast it was downloaded once it was?
The Phantom Edit started out in the VHS tape trading world. So hanging out at Comic book conventions was the way to stop that one. Yes there are ways to monitor online downloading experiences. But every few years more technology comes out and the ability to monitor verse the ability to freely exchange knowledge/information vacillates. For instance in China, there is the "Golden Shield" (Great FireWall of China). This attempts to prohibit communications. Individuals have developed technologies like Ultrasurf, which allow so called dissidents to talk to whom they choose. During the recent Olympics when the government stopped reporters from talking to their editors, systems like these were used to get around the Golden Shield. Recently the Chinese government attempted another layer of internet clamp down, called 'Green Dam Youth Escort'. Originally required to be installed on all machines distributed in China, the government has stepped back and only forced it to be run on all school, internet cafe and other publicly used computers. Designed to protect youth from adult content, in trials it removed 15% of pornography terms and 85% of political keywords. Let's now drift towards the Fan Edit world and distribution of content. There are many bits and bytes moving services. Some connect users like p2p systems. (napster, kazaa, eDonkey, Bittorrent) Others are forums discussion groups which have had their utility increased like usenet. (quick story on usenet. Usenet is one of the oldest internet items, there are thousands of discussion groups talking about many diverse topics with millions of users. But New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo thinks that the amount of illegal pornography on them warrents that all ISPs stop communications through usenet. Notice how he did not recommend dropping the groups in the offending areas, he recommends dropping the entire usenet service. Millions of discussion groups, hundreds of millions of topics. So ISPs have been dropping usenet and even though the ISPs are offering one less service, they don't drop their fees. that's a win-win for business but not for communications.) Others are free online services to move/store large files like megaupload or yousendit. All are monitorable, trackable and pollutable. There used to be more pollution. I ran a blog called 'Thee RIAA Is My Favorite Band' and I would collect the files distributed by companies like Overpeer. Twas phun. But that's the old days. Now the new mini-file sharing war is with torrent trackers and ISPs. A tracker goes up, companies threaten the ISP, tracker goes down. It's wack-a-mole. The entire Pirate Bay archive is a 20gb download and you can set up your own. So with that knowledge how do you ramp up? You enlist government. Happened before. Revenge of the Sith came out. Lucasfilm says they'll go after all the pirates. But they (Lucasfilm) didn't. Lucasfilm did Cease and Desists some fan films but that's an issue over on the side. Lucasfilm is part of the MPAA, and it was them who gathered the proof, who went to the FBI/ICE and Government sent several citizens to jail for a few years, and in some of the court records, Star Wars is never mentioned. These are the skirmishes on the internet. Some people win some people lose. The chairman of Getty Images said "Intellectual Property is the oil of the 21st century". People have developed the Onion Router (Tor) to increase anonymity of internet communications. These are all actions which are going to be pieces of the next whatever. Imagine the Onion Router wrapped around BitTorrent protocols through web interfaces with free online archives. and Imagine at the next G20 summit the Berne Convention is expanded to match the updated US copyright rules of life+100+Mickey. Great Googgilymoogily.
But that aside. I'd like you to be able to search all online video media archives and have a mini-program returned to you on the topic you're researching. I think that's neeto.
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I visited the FanEdit site and it seems like they "makeD you buy the original work before you can download the fan edit? Or at least, I saw a warning to that effect when I was trying to download a fan edit of Watchmen. So, at the very least, it seems like whoever runs that particular site is trying to profit off the movies in some way-no? Are there any sites that make you pay for the fan edits?
All for now. Thanks!
---> As with other websites that discuss movies (OT.com aint-it-cool, chud, etc.) FE.o has a similar strategy for profitteering. Talk about movies, link to online retailer of said movie and pray your traffic is high enough to cover server costs. Some blogs work this way as well. The blog owner starts an account so that all purchased items which get bought from links on that blog, get some gain. All buying of copies of the movie happens between the viewer and Amazon or their local DVD buying store. FE.o on all Fan Edit pages provides links to Amazon or some other online retailer. Do those links support the server costs, that is a possibility, but FE.o doesn't have the page views to make it financially solvent, I would guess.
Every fan editors handles it differently. Some make VHS tape copies like the Phantom Editor. Some editors ask for proof of purchase, picture or scan of the DVD receipt etc. Others put their edits into myspace, youtube, bittorrnt, etc. Others go with the trust that the other end owns a legitimate copy. In some cases the original fan editor doesn't know his work has escaped. Reminding people that to legitimately view a fan edit, a copy must be owned is like FBI warnings on DVDs or the statement sporting events have, "no rebroadcast without the written consent of" etc. (WFMU.org's Kenny G spoke the entire transcript of the longest baseball game, it's quite something to listen too.) They are reminders in different forms to do the right thing. I personally recommend that both sides add 'Support Creatives' onto their releases. This will remind the consumers that attempting to place the financial gains as close as you can to the actual creator of the work you appreciate, will possibly foster more creative works. But it's all a crap shoot. In the end, very little can stop anyone from going to the library and taking out a copy or borrowing a friends. How many parents use the local library as their dealer of Dora the Explorer, Blue's Clues or that purple thing. There's ways around every system for those who look. Making it easier to gain access at a reasonable compensation might be a goal worth persuing. The key is making it available. In an atmosphere which is now making it fairly reasonable that anyone could expect every piece of media ever created to be available in some economic compensation online. So if release 'x' is available in many different ways, sure people might 'shop' for the cheapest, but most likely they'll just watch the quickest found and pay those fees. People don't shop for media, they consume it.
Insert Fair Use discussion here.
Periodically there are other website start ups who cater towards certain edits or genres, they tend to be the creations of a fan editor looking to spark another site. Some persists others go under. Each one has certain charms or unappealing qualities. Through it all FE.o has gone on. Maybe just by name, but more likely because the operators treat this phenomenon with a passion that somehow transends. Sure one day the house of cards will fall, and what the suer will find is an individual with a family. (an odd phenomenon in the fan edit community is a lot of these editors are parents with sick kids. they're forced to stay at home and often can only get away for a few hours at a time, ie the length of a movie. This is similar to the predominance of military vets in yahoo forums.) [other categories are media minded kids, college film students, maybe a few wannabee film makers, extreme fans of certain movies, but mostly preservationists of odd tv and movies. and at this time in history, a bunch of unemployed people] Or it'll turn into some weird drug like thing. The owners watched all his movies so many times he's sick of them all, so he's capitalized on the fan edit phenomenon to watch everything through someone else's eyes. And he keeps the system going with the spirit of a meth addict, keeping the system bringing in new product to support his habit for new viewpoints on his favorite movies. Yeah that might be it.
So in response to your editor, besides the above, if they went onto youtube and searched and found a copy of Watchmen, should youtube include the similar warning that to watch they should own? There actually is a fellow who tests out the automated (audible magic) youtube cease and desist system, he slightly modifies copyrighted material to see at what point the automated cease and desist system kicks in. Many of the results look like pan and scan squooooshed tv broadcasts of movies.
As for the last question yes, there are sites that make people pay for fan edits. Those individuals do not remain (they get banned) on the high profile fan edit discussion forums, like FE.o and OT.com. Some forums make you pay a fee when joining the discussion, they tend to be linked into a dedicated tracker. There are many eBay and other sites offering up fan edits, 'Star Wars : Deleted Magic' being the main one being seen sold online or at comic book conventions, etc. The community goes through waves, where periodically members who come across fan edit selling, notify eBay/etc. that the auction is offending to their terms of usage. Sometimes eBay/etc. gets to the bottom of things and makes a determination.
I'll be selling my Fan Edit one day, but more for the attention. Since I can't seem to get anyone to watch it when offered for free, maybe the allure of giving away compensation will gain the project some viewers. Since willful infringement has a higher price tag then regular copyright infringement, i'm using the recent Jamie Thomas-Rasset case as my starting price tag. So the going rate of a single willful infringement equals $80,000. Since 'Thee Backslacpkping With Media' has over 700 cases (now yes we could use the 1,666 actual edits, but for the sake of argument we'll use the number of individual sources). So 700 x $80,000 = 56 million dollars. Which is a nice price tag, since that will mean i'll only have to make one copy. (if a seller comes through of course) But with 56 million dollars, that should be enough to hirer a team of skilled cutting edge programmers to produce the User Defined Self Replicating Documediamentary system. and that's a societal win!
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To your knowledge, do the fan editors make any profit off of these films, and are any of the hosting sites pay-for-content sites?
Got an 8-6 so don't have as much play time.
Off-Topic: go see http://theyesmenfixtheworld.com/ doesn't need a fan edit.
The sad reality is the Fan Edit community has failed to solve the internet profitability problem. Actually they purposefully don't attempt to solve the internet profitability problem, so that they stay out of the way of copyright extremists. But Maria is free to rephrase the question, to suit the recent fancy, the community will answer as best they can. Is this line of question originating from the recent Paul Graham Post-Medium Publishing article? http://www.paulgraham.com/publishing.html or Clay Shirky's 'Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable' http://www.shirky.com/weblog/2009/03/newspapers-and-thinking-the-unthinkable/ But i'll provide some more details and a New Development which might make for interesting conjecture.
Although I cannot speak for the entire fan edit community, but there are posts and rules on the two major fan edit communities of FanEdit.org and OriginalTrilogy.com which prohibit the sale of any so called 'fan edit'.
http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Fan-edit-preservation-forum-rules-and-FAQ/topic/5950/
"2. No profiting from any activities related to fan edits or preservation efforts. Those found selling their fan edits or preservation projects here or elsewhere will be banned."
http://fanedit.org/about/frequently-asked-questions-and-siterules/
"Question: Who can tell me, where the links are? Answer: No one from the staff of FE. We will delete all emails we get asking for links, because it would put us in legal danger."
I haven't come across any fan editors who are distributing their content for profit, the forum moderators generally take action quick and swiftly on these issues. The general concensious is that the works produced have not crossed the line into a work of merit which the creator deems significantly valuable to test the markets. There have been several cases on the OT.com forums of members found selling and their subsequent banning. (google/bing/yahoo "site:originaltrilogy.com banned")
So who's profiteering from fan edits. internet service providers (it's all about communications), advertisements on blogs which talk about fan edits, advertisements on forums which discuss fan edits, advertisements on search engines from fan edit searches, advertisements from free online archive places, computer makers and the applications which fuel this type of creative output. Publications which have articles on fan edits could be considered profiteers from the fan edit phenomenon. Books with chapters. News programs which cover fan edits. Etc. There doesn't seem to be any monetary trickle down theories functioning when it comes to the original creators.
Aside: one of the main FE.o aesthetics is quality. To acheive the best quality fan edit, the recommended proceedure is to work directly from the best source which for about 99% of movies is the most recent release. That means buying the latest and greatest version. Wouldn't be surprised if fan editors buy movies they don't like just to edit them.
As with all creative content, some thrive others fail. No fan edit site, persuing the evolution of the artform, is pay-for-content. That would require some advanced .html'ng which just is not part of the scene. And as elaborated prior, the fan editing community proper don't have the interest to be the poster child of the next round of judicial copyright rulings (Golan v. Gonzales: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golan_v._Gonzales & Kahle v. Gonzales: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kahle_v._Gonzales or Eldred v. Ashcroft: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldred_v._Ashcroft - General article on Lessig's copyright court cases: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/10.10/lessig_pr.html), the members just want to chat with similar minded folks. But the fan edit community at times is pilferred upon by the comic book convention / lost tv/movie dvd trader community. Star Wars Deleted Magic an OCPmovie production is seen at every comic book convention now, along with Star Wars fan films like Star Wars Revelations. But Fan edits just aren't that popular. The scene hasn't seen any breakthrough titles of yet, which have captured the imagination of the wider public, but the Big Apple Con is this weekend so who know's what will be there. Also a major hurdle to the Fan Edit community is the idea of downloading 4 gigs of information. It's just completely outrageous to most internet users, who tend to want things immediately. Waiting a day or several days/weeks to watch a fan edited movie just is not on the agenda of most online folks.
So %20's 'Thee Backslacpkping With Media' is attempting to be the next stupid attempt to cross the so-called self proclaimed fan edit imaginary line between free and pay. As covered in the last e-mail, to complete the Willful Infringement Circle of Financial Gain, (remember the conservative $56 million price tag) tBSWM is available for full or partial purchase in any method of financial transferrance. %20 takes credit cards, money orders, old lottery tickets, change, bills, stocks, free food, food stamps etc. And for a limited time, any Maxim subscriber can pay double for the same item which can be gotten for free. Although my current profit margin is not up to blockbuster standards. [http://www.noneinc.com/tBSWM/tBSWM_FAQ.html#Support] But check with the US Treasury or Where's George, but SN: D93936887F is no longer in circulation, and that will stay for the forseeable future, unless litigative circumstances determine that Bankruptcy by Corporation is the defined goal of some business entity.
So to recap, the Fan Editors profits unfortunately are left to positive forum posts, or posts which help them expand their creative impulses. But maybe there is some dark fan edit under-underground where copies are sold for cold hard cash, but that's a fairly remote possibility. But with the Infinite Improbability Drive, maybe the social profits can be calculated.
%20
What happened when %20 replied to the Epoch Times request for information on 'Fan Edits'?
Another RFI (Request For Information) came into the FanEdit.org control center for information on Fan Edits, and again, unprovoked, %20 answered.
Hello, not a problem. I'm a plunderphonic glitch noise-itian posing as a video archeologist working for a no one, who goes by the moniker %20, who has made fan edits, but is currently promoting a media video search/cut-up/recompile system. I am based in a theoretical construct called the internets and hope to have a handheld version called Flimsiplast Database in the near future. (think flexible digital paper) We to are available for Free to anyone around the world, but without the unstated agenda. (except for those we keep silent upon)
But this aside, lets get to the Fan Edit discussion. %20's most recent Fan Edit might be of interest to you and your organization. The project is called
If you didn't know, shortly after the release of the last Star Wars (SW) movie a bootleg with odd Chinese/English subtitles appeared called 'backstroke of the west'. The subtitler distributed a message through these subtitles which reflected their viewpoint of the SW cultural phenomenon. ('Sith' became 'West', the 'Jedi' became the 'Presbyterian Church', etc. [see: http://www.winterson.com/2005/06/episode-iii-backstroke-of-west.html ])
'Thee Backslacpkping With Media' (tBSWM) is a response to those subtitles and other actions taken at this time. (the US FBI/ICE shut down a torrent site, while Lucasfilm was Cease & Desisting fan created trailers) To engage in this cross cultural expression, the entire tBSWM presentation has been translated into Chinese and then back into English. Partly to show off the current difficulties in machine generated translations but mostly to engage a wider audience. If the english speaking world got some chuckles/insight from the backstroke subs, maybe the same would be the case for tBSWM subs.
And this is where it gets neeto. Individuals are embedding freer-speech enabling system into the pirated DVD. Things like UltraSurf (software to bypass the Great Firewall/Green Shield) and Blogger Rights documentation and other things which someday i'll hopefully find out about. These things can really take on a life of their own.
tBSWM can be watched online:
Don't hesitate on any type of question.
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Hi all
I'd like to thank you all for getting back to me so quickly. I thought I would copy you all into this email so you can either reply to me separately if you like, or decide who is going to reply on behalf of all of you.
I think this is going to be a nice feature - looking forward to hearing your answers to the below questions. Some of them may seem a little 'obvious' but the audience will most likely not be aware that fan edits exist, so I need to explain a little about the background to the phenomenon.
Ok here are the questions:
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--> Why would you think we/they/I/them/it would want a 'nice feature'. Maybe we want some controversy. I understand that the entertainment section of the Epoch Times is used to attract the free audience to their other articles. and I just told you that the fan edit 'Thee Backslacpkping With Media' was being used by an undefined new younger wave of dissidents to distribute freer-speech enabling systems and ideas. The Fan Edit mystic is glossed by the 'done by novices' banner. Right now it's under the radar. According to a reporter from a recent article, even the MPAA is not heavily concerned with the Fan Edit phenomenon. The MPAA he says is more concerned with Piracy. 'MORE' So let's imagine if a story broke that pirated DVDs of a Fan Edit (let's call it 'Thee Backslacpkping With Media') were distributed cross countries borders and that these pirated Fan Edit dvds contained information which contained encoded information which was against the interests of the that governments central core. Now it might be the case that this countries government is lax on piracy in relation to other governments. But now a stupid little fan edit is possibly targeted from two sides. On one hand an economic based organization is attempting to protect it's intellectual property, and on the other hand a government is attempting to limit information distribution, but the mysterious third appendage one stupid little dvd crosses both paths. Could influence from those two sides cause for a crack down on the larger context, and accidentally cut off the weird appendage. And btw the stupid little dvd, contains content which the creator designated to the public domain, creative commons license zero, it's as free as things can be without a court wasting time thinking about it. So some might claim that the stupid little dvd is a form of speech, and now a government and economic based system are aware of it, possibly. Could one of these things change their stripes. Could a government, which has a lax copyright enforcement system, increase it's scrutany and crack down on pirated dvds or would an economic system stand behind the creative spirit? Anyway it might make for a good short story, even if it is real. But in the mean time, download the DVD and send a copy to a cross border friend.
How about you tell us what you think you know about the phenomenon. Correcting misconceptions might be a good angle.
Why do you think fan editing started?
How long have you been involved with fan edits? Why did you start?
So since many developments were coming from the Star Wars factory, that's most likely why the Fan Edit community was defined after the creation of 'The Phantom Edit'. There was a built in fan base, familiar with film technology and they lachted into the idea of modifying film. Heck George set up the idea by modifying his own films just a few years before. The Special Editions and the purposeful manipulation of not only character development and plot devices (Han no longer shoots first) in the minds of some was the slap in the mind which promoted others to rethink and revise films.
Now other popular films have done similar reappropriation on a massive scale. Airplane! is a direct remake of Zero Hour!. Many scenes lift the staging, character and dialog. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q__vuyH1JEI Also in the 80s movie preservation became a topic of interest, everyday most films rot in Hollywood archives. Some people like Rick Prelinger (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Prelinger) have taken it upon themselves to use their influence to preserve documents which would otherwise be destroyed. (and going as far as to make these forgotten films alive again by free archives like http://www.archive.org/index.php) In the 80s, Hollywood realized the problem but decided to try to economize the results. One of the results society got was the colorization of film. For example the 1927, Metropolis got a facelift and revised soundtrack in 1984. These are other examples of popular modified film which influenced the Fan Edit generation.
I'm more interested in the creations which alter the pre-existing material in such a way, that it's just hard to equate the two as similar or there's a decision made by the re-appropriator that the original owner might not want to be associated with the revised work. The change provides a new clarity or enlightenment.
Can you give me an idea of your background? Age, occupation, where you live etc.? I understand this might be a bit sensitive, so you don't have to answer if you feel uncomfortable - it just gives a little depth to the article.
I came through the audio appropriation scene. Negativland/PLU/Oswald/collage, Boomselection/mash-up, Noise/experimentation scenes.
In many ways the Fan Edit community is random movie fans from all over the world. They're collectors of memorabilia, they've got most of the versions of their favorite films from VHS to laser disc to DVD, etc., they do the message board thing and discussed the movie down to the most unherald detail. And repeated discussions have pushed these folks to the point of, hey what if we did this to the movie. And they've done it and the act of interacting directly with the film medium appeals to them. Maybe they have an itch to be in film, some do others don't care for the industry.
This story has repeated a few times in different areas of specialty, and those folks have begun to join forces to create communities which cater towards the activity of movie manipulation. Getting these people together to help others learn the process, but some members just like seeing a film they appreciate from a different vantage point. It might be the same joke, but so-and-so's punch line is better, or more suited towards this type of audience.
How many films[/TV/sound] have you edited?
Which fan edits do you regard as your favourites, and why?
Is the fan editing scene growing?
How many films do you think are fan edited a month?
How long does it take for you to re-edit a film? I know this might be something of a "how long is a piece of string" type question, but if you could give me an idea...
As a generalisation, who are the people doing the fan edits? Are they professional editors (as in the case of the Phantom Edit) or amateurs with an enthusiasm for editing? Or something else?
Fan edits exist in something of a legal grey area. Have you ever had any trouble from the authorities or film companies? If so how was this resolved?
Do you think the original film-makers see your edits? If so, do you know what they think?
It struck me that the next step for fan edits might be that commercial film-makers start to re-edit their own favourite films. I can imagine Tarantino being quite enthusiastic for something like this. What are your thoughts on this, and do you think it is a likely possibility?
But with the plethora of fan edits of trailers on social media sites and competitions sponsored by film schools and other organizations, it would make sense that one of these reinterpreters would rise through the ranks to be given the chance to make something with the financial backing to become wildly successful.
Otherwise, what do you think the future of fan editing might be?
What are you working on at the moment?
Do you have any tips for people who might want to start fan editing?
Is there anything else you would like to tell me? Any other people I should speak to?
--> I'm new to this question answering game, but if you'd like you can read the responses to another questionaire sent over by another story writer recently: http://www.noneinc.com/tBSWM/tBSWM_FAQ.html#Maxim some things repeat some are new, use it to help your next profile puff.
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On September 24, 1968 60 Minutes premiered. On September 24, 1992 the Sci Fi Channel aired it's first broadcast. Since 'Thee Backslacpkping With Media' presentation attempts to join journalistic integrity with a possible alternative future media interaction, %20 took the opportunity to inform the citizen journalistic spirit of blogs of tBSWM. It was the blogosphere which propelled the 'backstroke of the west' into a cultural meme. So the backstroke blogging sites we're
contacted to let them know that the backstroke has been responded to, culturally. Now yes, calling the backstroke blog repeaters, citizen journalism is faulty...
But that's not the point, 'Thee Backslacpkping With Media' is attempting to be a proof of concept of a possible future of media interaction. Providing the end user with defining the media topic/depth/duration/etc. in which they want to interact. There are plenty of local news outfits producing hundreds of hours of so called news, add in the 24 hour cable news channels who tend to be more opinion then news, the ability to filter these broadcasts to their essential hard news coverage will be a key tool in promoting fact distribution. This can only lead to a more informed electorate and robust democracy.
The honored creation years subtracted or just the day plus one, is the number of blogs contacted. [ see Where is 'Thee Backslacpkping With Media' being discussed on the tubes of Thee internets? ] Although some blogs have instant approval, others required review and it's probably just %20 who's interested in this process.
What happened when %20 handed out nine copies w/ questionnaires at the io9.com meet up?
Website io9.com had a meet up for folks into the future. So %20 brought along nine copies of 'Thee Backslacpkping With Media' with the recently finished questionnaires . Each DVD came with the questionnaires, a self address envelope with Star Wars postage stamp (thanks Mark and Stephanie), and the DVD contained partial inserts of the subway posters. We'll see if anyone wants to help make this kinda thing the future.
What happened when %20 handed out copies at the 'Star Wars In Concert'?
When 'Star Wars In Concert' made it's local stop, %20 figured the type of audience who might share a common fascination with the Star Wars phenomenon might be there. So 50 copies were home printed with inserts utilizing the Wallpaper and Subway Posters. Also included were the questionnaires and a self addressed envelope with the correct postage this time..
The verbal tag 'Free Documentary on the Star Wars Phenomenon' ain't catchy but it's what was went with. For the first time actually meet someone who had actually seen the DVD. Got maybe 25 copies into various people's hands before security took an interest. %20 gave him a copy, and was asked to stop handing them out, while he confirmed with whomever that the handing out was acceptable. When they returned they said that the building checked with the show and the show said no.
How this relates to this weeks chapter 2009.11.15-2009.11.21 - 25. Larger View of Censoring Obscenities - Play : Mp4 : Ogv is up to you.
So after the show hung around the parking lot handing out some more. (45 of 50) And as a fitting end we rolled down the windows and left the scene blaring Ackmena's rendition of "Goodnight But Not Goodbye". (listen at http://www.starwarsholidayspecial.com/multimedia.htm)
(thanks to Mark and Stephanie for videoing and moral support)
Is it true that 'Thee Backslacpkping With Media' is a StarWars-sploitation film?
Were your Ackley appendages attached wrong?
How do you pronounce 'Backslacpkping'?
back-slacp-k-ping : bak-slak-(u)p-kah-pinggG ; verb
I'm not sure. that's a guess, I haven't really had to say it in public yet... If I had too, I would limit the pronunciation of 'U' in up and over stress the PinGGGGG to distract from the garbled middle. The text-2-speech program used for the audio commentary has a version at the beginning.
Because this project was partly a response to teh backstroke of the west, I wanted a back*something* word in the title. This piece began in a shorter form focusing on the mistakes/gaffs by the talking heads. so backslapping seemed appropriate, since the final piece was going to be drawing attention to their reporting errors, they slacked on the facts. The word combination got the final approval when the translator into chinese returned 8 characters.
Please fill-out the :F:L:I:M:S:I:P:L:A:S:T: :D:A:T:A:B:A:S:E: Questionaire?
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A Message from a Maker of Films.
After each of my previous feature presentations, in interviews i've mentioned my desire to return to my roots and continue the experimental direction of my film school education.
The abstract presentation you now hold is one of these projects brought about through a collaborative effort by my Learning Division, several internet companies, media producers and other willing participants in the expansion of human exploration through learning.
Lucas Learning has in the past focused on the promotion of K-12 educational development. This project is the beginning of the Adult Education and Research Expansion Pack*. The enclosed material is a first look at the end product of a possible interactive video experience which mines the depths of societies media output. Taking that detritus and searching / cutting up / recompiling that material to seek out themes and memes of society. This version caters towards the Star Wars phenomenon, but hopefully any topic can get the same treatment, just as simply as using a textual search engine.
Thank you for participating. May the Search Be With You.
Also at this time, i'd be appreciative if you could fill out the below questionaire which is the beginning of an investigation into creating a dedicated TV channel to showcase Star Wars and other Lucasfilm Licensed Material.
Please select your preferred method for watching the Lucasfilm / Star Wars TV Channel?
Would you change cable / satellite / internet / phone service provider to gain access to the dedicated Lucasfilm / Star Wars TV Channel?
Please check the type of programming you'd be interested in watching.
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After watching some of the DVD please continue with the questionaire.
Would you be interested in using an online search engine which could compile a video program on your desired topic utilizing online video repositories?
Since the video search feature will be highly computational, how long would you wait for the search result program to be returned?
Where you able to comprehend the audio commentary track?
Did you view any of the non-native tongue subtitles?
Did you view any of the non-native tongue subtitles?
Please rate your interest in a similarly construction DVD but who's dedicated main topic was media programming from the Original Trilogy Era. (ANH : ESB : ROTJ - 1977 thru 1987)
Please add any other comments you find appropriate:
If you would like your answers responded too, please provide contact information:
Can we share these answers with our collaborative partners? (Lucasfilm Ltd. : Lucas Learning : Google : Microsoft : Yahoo : YouTube : Daily Motion : Archive.org : public internet)
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A Message from a Maker of Films.
To fullfil the Adult Education and Research Expansion Pack, who's video search component will hopefully go fully functional and available online in the near future. The enclosed presentation showcases how the search system can help inform those who want to be more informed.
Using 'Star Wars' as the main search query, and probing the depths of media released around the release of Revenge of the Sith, this presentation investigates societal themes and memes which surfaced in the media representation of the Star Wars phenomenon.
Please rate the coincidence factor, that the May 19, 2005 installation of John C. Richter as Acting Assistant Attorney General Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice as a precursor to the May 26, 2005 Operation D-Elite takedown of Elite Torrents, because of the leak online of 'Revenge of the Sith':
Please rate John C. Richter's May 19, 2005 Summit of Pornography: Obscenity Enforcement, Corporate Participation, and Violence Against Women and Children:
Please rate Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement's policy initiatives to prosecute and jail U.S. citizens because of internet communications:
Please rate the FBI's Cyber Division's prosecution of the' Revenge of the Sith' leak case:
Was the sentencing (jail time, home detention and fines) of the 'Revenge of the Sith' leakers:
Should Lucasfilm Ltd. have carried out prosecution against the 'Revenge of the Sith'' leakers instead of the U.S. Government?
What is RTJKJAS?
Has Lucasfilm Ltd.'s Cease & Desist-ing of the l33t trailer of Revenge of the Sith, sent the appropriate message to creators?
Should George Lucas's concern for the preservation of movies, be expanded to any Star Wars related media, even if not produced by Lucasfilm Ltd?
Should the MPAA and the Chinese Government combine their efforts to limit the stream of illegal movies which enter the public sphere?
Although Operation D-Elite occurred because of the leak of Revenge of the Sith, in some of the court cases against the leakers, Revenge of the Sith was not mentioned. Do you find this to be:
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* NOTE : This presentation is a continuation of the dialog between the final Star Wars movie, the actions which took place because of it (Cease & Desist of l33t Trailer, Operation D-Elite & backstroke of the west subtitles) and societies response. Please discussion continue.
Have you seen or read the 'backstroke of the west' subtitles?
Can you read Galactic Basic?
Would you consider 'Thee Backslacpking With Media' a Video Mixtape?
Do you view the contents of this DVD as Willful Copyright Infringement?
Do you consider this DVD presentation as an example of 'Classic Fair Use'?
Do you agree that since this DVD is dedicated to the Public Domain : Creative Commons License Zero that you are able to freely distribute copies without the creators authorization?
Would you consider the Support Creatives initiative?
Please add any other comments you find appropriate:
If you would like your answers responded too, please provide contact information:
Is %20 more:
Data collection & analysis to be conducted by:
Is 'Thee Backslacpkping With Media' a Video MixTape (VMT)?
That's for the Video MixTape traders to decide. But %20 has been influenced by the Video MixTape scene. In addition to the varied sourced media onslaught and hard cut pacing, 'Thee Backslacpkping With Media' assigns no category to it's recycled presentation, anything was at play and hard content combinations/juxtapositions do occur, often the hallmark of VMTs ability to play with content on opposite ends of the age scale. tBSWM also continues the complex bizarre titling tradition other Video MixTapes have used to carve out their space in the videoverse database. According to the VMT wiki entry, "video mixtures are released for the video geeks", this might explain why the Star Wars internet culture have predominantly ignored/shy'd away from tBSWM, so far. This is where tBSWM begins to verge from the VMT culture, it's a bit over structured. It also abuses the internet video resources which are often seen by VMT creators as not obscure enough, but it also has reviewed those databanks so thoroughly that forgotten or little viewed clips might gain VMT editor approval. Either way, is it really that interesting... Probably not, it could be like the Fan Edit terminology, the 2000+ internet generation is creating their own terms to promulgate their creations. If the works garner enough interest/creativity to create a split off the Tree of the Appropriated Arts, is something only time will tell. Is Video Compilation any better a term then Video MixTape or Video Mix Tape? Blah.
Please Help Celebrate Annual 'End of Recording' June 4th Backslacpkping Giving/Selling Day?
To Celebrate the 'End of Recording' (I.E. the death of the Magnavox VCR) please download 'Thee Backslacpkping With Media', burn a copy and give away or sell copies to anyone willing to watch.
Good places to give away or sell the disc are Tianan Square, Beijing; Time Square, New York; Main Street, Anywhere.
Chapter of the Week - Viewing Schedule - 2009.05 thru 2010.05
'Thee Backslacpkping With Media' because of it's length and breath, might be better digested in smaller chunks. Below is a schedule so that over the course of a year, in which one chapter a week is watched, by the 5th anniversary of 'Revenge of the Sith' you'll have a better understanding of the media created by anyone/everyone about the Star Wars phenomenon at the time the film franchise closed it's curtains.
'Thee Backslacpkping With Media' was produced for the memory/dedication of?
In Memory of: 1337 m4r(; Jason Everett Spatafore; Albert Valente, Jessie I. Lumada, Ramon G. Valdez, Michael J. Fousse, Dwight Wayne Sityar, Stephani Reiko Gima, Joel De Sagun Dimaano, Marc D. Hoaglin; Scott McCausland, Grant T. Stanley, Daniel Dove, An Duc Do, Scott D. Harvanek, Samm Kuonen & unknowns & the subtitlers in chinese of 'the backstroke of the west'.
The Play:
The Ploy:
The Not:
Success can be viewed in different forms. 1. Longevity, 2. Location, 3. Size when on screen.
So bring a logo, (a portable device playing the actual film is ok too.) and 'do what must be done'.
(00:00:00) What is the opening blip-vert? :
As stated on all badges, all attendees of Celebration III and Gen Con Indy, consented to being recorded (by audio, visual, and/or other means) for exhibition and exploitation by any means in all media.
This motion picture is protected under the laws of the United States of America and other countries. Unauthorized duplication, distribution, or exhibition may result in civil and criminal prosecution.
How long did the production of "Thee Backslacpkping With Media' take?
Why did 'Thee Backslacpkping With Media' Trailer not meet the criteria for the Official Star Wars Fan Movie Challenge hosted by Atom Films and Lucas Films Limited? (website error is as was sent)
"Dear Star Wars Fan Movie Maker,
Thank you for submitting your Star Wars fan movie!
While it didn't meet our criteria for this round, the Star Wars Fan Movie Challenge now accepts submissions year-round.
In many cases, some simple edits may make your film eligible. For example:
Unfortunately, we cannot speak with each filmmaker individually or make specific recommendations. If you're looking for advice, watch the films that are accepted (http://stawars.atomfilms.com). See what they have in common. Learn from what they do well.
The Force is with you, and we look forward to seeing what you can create!
-AtomFilms"
Why is 'Thee Backslacpkping With Media' not in the LucasFilm Ltd. Star Wars fan movie library?
A courtesy copy was sent (2009.03.13) to Lucasfilm Ltd, so that they were aware of the impending release, with the following letter.
Enclosed please find a copy of the fan production "Thee Backslacpkping With Media" for you Star Wars fan movie library. If one does not exist, then please give to someone who likes to watch tv.
Everything was returned on 2009.04.30 (post marked 2009.04.27) with the following correspondence.
The material you sent to George Lucas has been forwarded to me for a response. We appreciate your interest in our company; however, because your correspondence contains unsolicited creative ideas or projects, we must return your material to you unread. Accordingly, you will find your materials enclosed.
Lucasfilm has a long-standing policy of returning any unsolicited submission, idea, or project without reading or reviewing it. We hope you understand our need to consistently apply this policy.
We appreciate your interest in our company and hope you maintain your enthusiasm for our productions. Thank you for your interest in Lucasfilm.
Sincerely,
What is Thee next project by %20 & :F:L:I:M:S:I:P:L:A:S:T: :D:A:T:A:B:A:S:E:?
"...retire from professional filmmaking and go into making my own kind of movies, my own sort of abstract, weird, experimental stuff."
"...go off and direct my own little experimental films"
Has 'Thee Backslacpkping With Media' been reviewed by tOftMoGITC?
: Authorized for distribution through the Great Golden Shield : to be sold at man stands down tank Square :
: Chinese Communist Party Central Committee Commission for the Comprehensive Management of Social Security :
: The Great Firewall of the People's Republic of China : Modifying your Digital Versatile Disc Menus : is a Posse, Stealing your star wars :
How has the 'Support Creatives' initiative helped the creator of 'Thee Backslacpkping With Media'?
On 2009.06.20, %20 was given a dollar. (SN: D93936887F)
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Rating Description TV:Y All Children TV:Y7 Directed to Older Children TV:Y7:FV Directed to Older Children - Fantasy Violence G General Audiences - All Ages Admitted TV:G General Audience PG Parental Guidance Suggested - Some material may not be suitable for children - Mild Language, Crude Humor and Some Thematic Elements TV:PG Parental Guidance Suggested PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned - Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13 TV:14 Parents Strongly Cautioned NC-17 No one 17 and under admitted TV:MA Mature Audience Only R Restricted - Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian
What is the designation of 'PD' (Public Domain) for?
[ See http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain for more info ]
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What is the designation of 'FE' (Fan Edit) for?
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What is the designation of 'SC' (Support Creatives) for?
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What/Who is %20?
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[ See http://www.archive.org/details/ICE_EliteTorrents_May2005 for more info ]
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Subject Heading : tBSWM (other subject headings will most likely be filtered out)
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Category Info
Release Date 2009/04/01
Theater Date Never
DVD 2009/04/01
DVD Runtime 03:26:18
Aspect Radio 4:3 / 16:9 Menus
Language Chinese / English
Resolution 640 x 480 / 720 x 480 Menus
Video NTSC
Audio AC3 - PCM
Framerate 29.97 VFR
Subtitles
Ch / n /
GB / En /
Cg
Translation babelfish.altavista.com Disc Name TBSWM / PIRATESWEB
Region TBSWM = ALL / PIRATESWEB = 6
Category Info
Film Genre Documentary / Media Analysis
Filesize 7.78 GB
Disc Type DVD*DL
Trailer Yes
Bonus Features Yes
Menus Yes / Animated
Source Analog (VHS) / Digital (PDTV) / Web (Misc.)
Capture Equip Sony SLV-779HF - Magnavox 1988 - Aiwa VX-S13 - Sony DCR-PC100 - Others Unknown
Packet 156*50MB*5
Posted to alt.binaries.starwars
Freer Culture Yes Please
Public Domain Yes
Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal
Public Domain Still Yes
Thee Backslacpkping With Media - DVD Chapter Titles / Sections
Note : Chapters with 'Play' option, open in a new window and utilizing an Archive.org media player should be viewable on most systems.
Note : Chapters with 'Play+' will work the same way, but once the chapter ends if you click on the video the player will automatically move to the next chapter.
Note : .Ogv is the Ogg codec video file type. Theora encoded by Archive.org. 
Original self encoded .ogg in a new window.
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Chapter
Length / Duration
Title : "Quote" :
(Video Available : Ogg codec - Theora.org developed by Xiph Org
Play Options : Download
00. --:00:00:00 - --:01:00:00 Introduction Video : One Minute Explanation and Initial Responses (Web Only) Play : Play+ : Mp4 : Ogv
00.a1 --:01:00:00 - --:02:00:00 Trailer 00a1 : We allow million of these voices to be suddenly silenced. (Web Only) Play : Play+ : Mp4 : Ogv
01. 00:00:00:00 - 00:00:11:12 Long : "Long time ago in the faraway galaxy" Play : Play+ : Mp4 : Ogv
02. 00:00:11:13 - 00:01:13:10 Intro Explanation : "The Backslacpkping With Media" Play : Play+ : Mp4 : Ogv
03. 00:01:13:11 - 00:02:49:11 Crawls : "Remember the chills..." :
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04. 00:02:49:12 - 00:06:29:14 Narrative, Montage : "How you tell stories" Play : Play+ : Mp4 : Ogv
05. 00:06:29:15 - 00:07:34:17 Siths (Talking Heads) : "Wall to wall, Star Wars... Action!" :
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06. 00:07:34:18 - 00:09:28:17 Jar-Jar : "I'm just happy we're never going to see" Play : Play+ : Mp4 : Ogv
07. 00:09:28:18 - 00:16:26:03 Hype : "Can't Wait" :
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07a. 00:10:27:11 - 00:15:19:02 Fan Lines VS Perception : "Die hard fans or super nerds" :
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08. 00:16:26:04 - 00:18:29:22 More Siths (Filmatic) : "Blynth+" :
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08a. 00:17:12:24 - 00:17:56:00 Hayden Christensen Intro : "Hayden Christensen" Play : Play+ : Mp4 : Ogv
09. 00:18:29:23 - 00:21:25:17 $ : "Gazillions" :
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10. 00:21:25:18 - 00:22:00:21 Epitome Strikes Backward (Striking Epitome) : "It could even surpass Empire" Play : Play+ : Mp4 : Ogv
11. 00:22:00:22 - 00:26:42:11 Darth Vader : "...only as good as the villian" Play : Play+ : Mp4 : Ogv
12. 00:26:42:12 - 00:31:10:28 Politics Mis-Reporting : "I'm tired of all this...politicseses" :
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13. 00:31:10:29 - 00:34:35:17 DV/Toys/Yoda : "Why can't you be real?" Play : Play+ : Mp4 : Ogv
14. 00:34:35:18 - 00:45:41:08 Hayden's Fame-enting : "Pretty good for me" Play : Play+ : Mp4 : Ogv
15. 00:45:41:09 - 00:48:48:11 DV's Suit Hayden Transformation : "The Return of Anakin in the Suit" Play : Play+ : Mp4 : Ogv
16. 00:48:48:12 - 01:00:44:06 Five Hundred and One Stormtroopers : "Five - oh - One" Play : Play+ : Mp4 : Ogv
17. 01:00:44:07 - 01:02:27:16 Geek Solo Star Han Trek Brand : "doesn't/didn't really have a..." Play : Play+ : Mp4 : Ogv
18. 01:02:27:17 - 01:10:29:00 Chewbacca : "Ladies & Gentleman (Why is this taking so long?) Play : Play+ : Mp4 : Ogv
19. 01:10:29:01 - 01:14:49:27 Character Marketing & Impersonations : "Without having seen the films, I knew..." Play : Play+ : Mp4 : Ogv
20. 01:14:49:28 - 01:18:59:21 William's Music : "..to create melodic identification for such a glossary..." Play : Play+ : Mp4 : Ogv
21. 01:18:59:22 - 01:22:45:27 Gay Droid Expo : "The hobby is out of the closet" Play : Play+ : Mp4 : Ogv
22. 01:22:45:28 - 01:26:01:02 Induced Drug Moments : "I'm drinking my way to the Dark Side" Play : Play+ : Mp4 : Ogv
23. 01:26:01:03 - 01:26:57:09 Short Trip to the Dark Side : "I didn't know I had a Dark Side" Play : Play+ : Mp4 : Ogv
24. 01:26:57:09 - 01:42:20:18 The Lightsaber : "This is the lightsaber scene, right?" Play : Play+ : Mp4 : Ogv
25. 01:42:20:18 - 01:44:38:24 Larger View of Censoring Obscenities : "George you can type this shit but you can't say it" Play : Play+ : Mp4 : Ogv
26. 01:44:38:25 - 01:47:26:10 Trailered Intermission : "crapXXor! We got pwn3d!!!1!" :
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27. 01:47:26:10 - 01:58:27:26 Downloading/Pirating/Those Fans : "It was a dream of people like George" :
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28. 01:58:27:27 - 02:03:14:08 Hair Leia : "I love the hair... Who doesn't" Play : Play+ : Mp4 : Ogv
29. 02:03:14:09 - 02:06:21:20 Made for Crossing Cultural Boundaries : "because everyone goes" Play : Play+ : Mp4 : Ogv
30. 02:06:21:21 - 02:08:03:18 Sick : "I wouldn't miss the new Star Wars for anything!" Play : Play+ : Mp4 : Ogv
31. 02:08:03:19 - 02:14:10:21 Sex : "RISE!" Play : Play+ : Mp4 : Ogv
32. 02:14:10:22 - 02:23:27:26 Line Life and Beyond : "Not too much to report" Play : Play+ : Mp4 : Ogv
33. 02:23:27:27 - 02:26:08:21 Sith Who : "I'm all mixed up, upstairs" Play : Play+ : Mp4 : Ogv
34. 02:26:08:22 - 02:29:21:12 Extreme Fan : "I think that guy said it all" Play : Play+ : Mp4 : Ogv
35. 02:29:21:13 - 02:32:06:06 Opening Intro's New Hope Impact : "Everyone in that theater just went WWOOOOAA" :
Play : Play+ : Mp4 : Ogv
36. 02:32:06:07 - 02:39:40:27 Tragic Backstory Cross Endeavour Independence : "I was able to get the full range of all the things that we're going on" Play : Play+ : Mp4 : Ogv
36a. 02:38:37:07 - 02:39:40:27 More Sithing : "...but I can't imagine anyone else being interested" Play : Play+ : Mp4 : Ogv
37. 02:39:40:28 - 02:51:01:14 At and In the Theaters : "at 12:01" Play : Play+ : Mp4 : Ogv
38. 02:51:01:14 - 02:54:06:25 MTFBWY : "and with you, as well" Play : Play+ : Mp4 : Ogv
39. 02:54:06:26 - 02:57:43:08 Geek : "Are you proud to be a Star Wars..." Play : Play+ : Mp4 : Ogv
40. 02:57:43:09 - 03:00:09:04 Women Online / Female Involvement : "I move to the previous question" Play : Play+ : Mp4 : Ogv
41. 03:00:09:05 - 03:01:06:18 Media Questioning : "OK, I have no idea what your talking about" Play : Play+ : Mp4 : Ogv
42. 03:01:06:19 - 03:06:30:27 Generational Fan Bases : "I never payed much attention to it until..." Play : Play+ : Mp4 : Ogv
43. 03:06:30:27 - 03:11:08:01 Space Cowboy/Opera/Myth : "It's the fairy tale for our time" Play : Play+ : Mp4 : Ogv
44. 03:11:08:02 - 03:13:01:09 I am your father : "I am your mother" Play : Play+ : Mp4 : Ogv
45. 03:13:01:10 - 03:14:43:10 Seeing Again ... the One Six : "You'll be asking those questions" Play : Play+ : Mp4 : Ogv
46. 03:14:43:11 - 03:20:14:21 How many films? : "One complete story" Play : Play+ : Mp4 : Ogv
47. 03:20:14:22 - 03:22:29:19 Outro : "Especially Mine! Yes/No" Play : Play+ : Mp4 : Ogv
48. 03:22:29:20 - 03:26:18:11 Credits : "I don't know about you, but I have a shelf" Play : Mp4 : Ogv
: The Great Firewall of the People's Republic of China : Modifying your Digital Versatile Disc Menus : is a Posse, Stealing your star wars :
Example Menu 
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Cover (click for larger size) 
Disc (click for larger size) 
Insert (click for larger size) 
Cover perspective courtesy of fanedits.com.
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Intro Pic (click for full size) 
Authorized for distribution through the Great Golden Shield : to be sold at man stands down tank Square
Intro Pic (click for full size) 
Honoring a grand tradition, 'Thee Backsplacpkping with Media' incorporates a perspective dissolving expositionary intro. Fortunately the various bootlegs of the cultures which found this documediamentary have manipulated the intro to suit their needs.
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1. Documediamentary:
A cross between a documentary and a media analysis. This project attempts to provide a different perspective on the recorded perception of the lead up to Revenge of the Sith. The media we consume has a peer review process which is limited. Society is inundated with a healthy variety of choices, but there seems to be a lack of reflection upon what we are being streamed. I hope others are given the chance to produce similarly constructed pieces which investigate how topics are portrayed in the media coverage. This kind of examination will not occur from the primary media producers. Technology in the form of computer, time-shifted television and other media recording devices will fascilitate productions of media creativity (through introspection by the previously passive audience, transformed into active media participant) the ideals of Permission Copyright Reform needs to be addressed.
Much of the current state of copyright, pioneered by corporate interests of the United States, can be viewed as a lost cause. The twentieth century will be remembered for the continuous expansion of restrictions (in 20+ year additive increments, until they surpassed an individuals life span) and the loss of the Public Domain. For anything to be remixed, reused, reincorporated or reinterpreted, the creator or proxi-owner must give their permission. (Even if it is a project to be viewed only by yourself in your own home) Proxi-owners rarely have the time or patience to honestly consider these requests. Our culture's health has stagnated through this lack of introspection.
Society finds itself with the capability to make an audio/video quotation, as easy to complete and diseminate, as a textual quotation. 'Edit Speech' is a method of communication which deserves a layer of protection, either under the Fair Use doctrine or a new inspired set.
Through inter-connectivity and some forms of globalization, disparate countries are able to view the cultural expressions of other countries. In this case, George Lucas's "Revenge of the Sith" found its way into the hands of an active subtitler with Chinese sensibilities. The resultant, "Backstroke of the West", provided an interesting view point into the mindset of cross cultural currents. Although the creator remained unknown and the desired goal highly debatable, BotW provided a view into the larger Chinese cultural landscape.
Dissemination of ideas through visual and audio means has progressed since its infancy. Black and white cinema gave way to talkies, which progressed to television broadcasts on a handful of channels to cables' thousands of channels.
For those looking for a closer examination, the technologicallly supported Edit Speech can provide further insight into todays world. Within years, programs which recontextualize media into new presentations (which 'Thee Backslacpkping With Media' attempts to represent) could be commonplace. With the combination of cable/satellite/internet tv feeds, auto-transcribling services, free online video storage, and search engines; programs will be created which will sort and collate this audio/video information into self generating, user defined, goal oriented programming.
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Quote: "I am very concerned about our natural heritage, and I am very concerned that films that I watched when I was young and the films that I watched throughout my life are preserved, so that my children can see them." -George Lucas"
Quote: "I am very concerned about our natural heritage, and I am very concerned that television : internet video : holocrons that I watched when I was young and the television : internet video : holocrons that I watched throughout my life are preserved, so that society can see : search : rework them." -%20"
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VCRs Magnavox 1988 (R.I.P. Dec. 12, 1988 - April 22, 2006), Aiwa VX-S13, Sony SLV-779HF Camera Sony DCR-PC100 MiniDV Camera Computers PowerMacG4, PowerMacG5, Dell Dimensions XPS 667r Operating Systems Mac OS9, OSX, WinXP Video Conversion SUPER, MediaCoder, Total Video Converter, StoikVideoConverter, VirtualDub, WinAVI Video Converter, pspVideo9, Flash to Video Encoder Pro, TVC, Replay Media Catcher, WinMPG VideoConvert, OSEx, Clip Creator, DiVA, DVDxDVDProTrial, SnapzProX, VLC, Quicktime, ffmpeg, bbDEMUX, Windows Media Player Video Editing iMovie, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere DVD Production DVD Studio Pro, Compressor, Roxio Toast Graphic Processing Photoshop, Illustrator, Adobe After Effects Audio Production Soundtrack Pro, Audio Hijack Subtitle Production DVD Studio Pro, Simple Text, NotePad, Microsoft Word, TextEdit Info Gathering Netscape, FireFox, Safari, Windows Explorer, Azureus, Bit Torrent, usenet ASCII ASCII Generator
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gg2005starjones
Star Wars Episode III - London Premiere
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Yahoo Japan Interview, July 7th, 2005.
Revenge of the Sith Q & A Interview, May XX, 2005.
Sunday Morning Herald - Hayden On Darth, March XX, 2005.
Sunday Morning Herald - Meet Darth Vader, March XX, 2005.
Interview, July 13, 2005.
Ohayou Asahi Desu, July 20th, 2005.
Hot Cinema, July 16, 2005.
Movie Delivery, July 15, 2005.
Doumo, July 12, 2005.
Move, July 12, 2005.
Mezamashi TV, July 11, 2005.
Cinema Voice, July 9, 2005.
Hot Cinema, July 9, 2005.
King's Brunch, July 9, 2005.
Mezamashi TV, July 8, 2005.
Zoom In TV, July 8, 2005.
Nanamaru, July 7, 2005.
Mezamashi TV, July 7, 2005.
Zoomin, July 5, 2005.
Eigo De Shabera Night Celeb Inter., July 2005.
Plus Press, July 2005.
E Max, June 2005.
Hollywood Express, June 2005.
Canal 13, May 2005.
Argentinean TV Show - Caiga Quien Caiga, May 27, 2005.
Journal de TF, May 18, 2005.
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Coming Soon, May 2005.
Movie Plus, May 2005.
Tsutaya, 2005.
Entertainment Today GMTV, May 2005.
Live with Regis and Kelly, May 3, 2005.
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ABC.Com Interview (GMA), May 2005.
Today Show Australia, March 21, 2005.
TRL UK, May 16, 2005.
Revenge of the SIth After Party - E News, May 15, 2005.
Entertainment Tonight, May 6, 2005.
Extra, May 6, 2005.
Total Request Live, May 2, 2005.
Entertainers, May 2005.
CTV News, May 2005.
Cartoon Network "Emotion Vader", May 2005.
Showbiz Tonight, March 17, 2005.
Entertainment Tonight, March 31, 2005.
Access Hollywood, March 2005.
Kid's Choice Awards, April 2, 2005.
Interview from Cannes : Revenge of the Sith, May 15, 2005.
Revenge of the Sith Photocall at the Cannes Film Festival, May 15, 2005.
Revenge of the Sith Press Conference at the Cannes Film Festival, May 15, 2005.
Revenge of the Sith Hightlights from Cannes, May 15, 2005.
Japan Press Conference, July 6, 2005.
Revenge of the Sith Premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, May 15, 2005.
Redball Star Wars Grand Prix Party, May 21, 2005.
Revenge of the Sith Berlin Premiere, May 17, 2005.
Revenge of the Sith London Premiere, May 16, 2005.
Revenge of the Sith Interview from Cannes, May 15, 2005.
Revenge of the Sith Premiere at Cannes: Direct Hotel Majestic Interview, May 15, 2005.
Revenge of the Sith Premiere at Cannes After Party, May 15, 2005.
Revenge of the Sith London Premiere : Paul O'Grady Show, May 2005.
For Katie, August 2005.
ZDF German Premiere, May 2005.
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Star Wars M&M "Chocolate mPire" Commercial, 2005.
Japanese Police/Vader Beat Down
Edition Normandie French Premiere
Edition Bourgogne, May 19/20, 2005.
Japanese Special
Finger Saber Fight
Courtesy of Misc Online Video Sources
Dance Sequence
Darth Vader Cris and Eats Pie
Office Space Wars
I'm a Nerd (Star Wars Version) Herbert Midgley, 2005
Star Wars Episode III - Revenge of the Nerds, May 2005.
Celebration 3 Celebrities with LFL X-Wing
Orchestra Star Wars
Star Wars 3 Camera Phone Cam
Star Wars Retards
Star Wars Whores
Revelation from Celebration 3 - Star Wars Convention
MotF - The Sansweet Interview
KUSI News - Patrick Kajirian Interview
Star Wars in 30 Minutes Cast Interview
Star Wars 3.5 "Revenge of the Fans" Documentary
George Lucas Raped Our Childhood Live On Line
Lake FIght (Gay)
Geek Fantasies No.5
Revenge of the Sith London Premiere Bootleg (Intro, Beginning, End)
Kansas City Star Wars Event
OTB Pranksters Star Wars
JIdol Star Wars
Revenge of the Sith Premiere 3
Trial of Han Solo
OMFG
Cannes Film Festival
Good Morning Live, ABC, May 19th, 2005.
Episode III Video Game TV Commercial (Dodgeball), May, 2005.
Celebration 3 GWL, , 2005.
Empire, XX, 2005.
Episode 3 - The Line People, May XX, 2005.
Star Wars Episode 3 Revenge of the Sith Movie Commercial (Brothers), May X, 2005.
Celebration 3 Spectacular Bootleg Video, XX, 2005.
Entertainment Tonight, XX, 2005.
MCGMA, May XX, 2005.
heidarth_genvir, XX, May XX, 2005.
HPlM1373, XX, May XX, 2005.
Star Wars Episode 3 Revenge of the Sith Movie Commercial (l337 Subtitles), May X, 2005.
lightsaberfork, May XX, 2005.
LineUp (QTVR), May XX, 2005.
mm3, May XX, 2005.
newwithsoundep3, XX, May XX, 2005.
NYC Line, May 18th, 2005.
page6, May XX, 2005.
SnappyPopCorn, May XX, 2005.
Star Wars Episode 3 Revenge of the Sith Movie Commercial (Classic Space Knights), May X, 2005.
sso, May XX, 2005.
starwars0505, May XX, 2005.
SWE3, May XX, 2005.
Total Request Live (TRL), MTV, May XX, 2005.
Ziegfeld (QTVR), May XX, 2005.
Moviefone : Revenge of the Sith, May XX, 2005.
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Additional Material
FAD Productions' "Galaxy's End : Revenge of the Myth"
Memri TV - Iranian TV Commentary: Film "Star Wars: The Revenge of the Sith" Portrays American Politics
Erik Deutscher's 'The Beginning of the End'
If you are aware of a video clip from this time frame which you feel is of interests to this audience please contact us.
The presentation can be viewed in its entirety (Play+) [not recommended] or by individual chapters (Play) [preferred].
(7.3 gigs of downloaded RAR files which expand to an 8 gig .IMG which is ready to watch or burn the DVD)
Type in the following link into your browser : 
: Address will change periodically.
Download all the RAR files then unarchive them. The result will be a file named TBSWM.IMG which can be burned with many DVD burning software.
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If you are successful i'd be happy to know how you did it.
The RAR format allows a file to be cutup & compressed into separate files so that certain restrictions can be overcome. (In this case, file size limit and downloadability) You will need to download all the RARs, there are tools available to automate this process.
Once all the RARs have been downloaded you will need an extractor to unarchive them. Visit http://www.rarlab.com/
If you get an error when unarchiving, check to make sure your RARs were downloaded correctly. All the RARs should be the same size, ~50 megs, except for the last RAR which is smaller. If this is the case, there are a set of PAR files available by e-mail which should be able to fix the errors. You will need a program like QuickPAR (PC) or MacPAR deLuxe (Mac)
The TBSWM.IMG file's contents should be viewable on PC, Mac or Linux systems. Point your media playing software to the VIDEO_TS folder of the IMG. Recommmended is Videolan's VLC Player.
The TBSWM.IMG file is a ready to burn file format which should work cross platform on PC applications like NERO or Mac applications like Toast. You will need DVD-DL (Dual Layer) media.
The burned DVD should be viewable in most players. Unfortunately one problem with the disc is that in English DVD Players the defaulted Chinese Subtitles do not show until asked for. So please turn on Chinese subs when viewing for the first time.
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'Thee Backslacpkping With Media' Audio Commentary Transcript can be read here : Unorganized Audio Commentary Transcript Notes
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Date
Description
Official Alternative Download Suggestion
'The Backslackpking with media' (sp)
torrent : demonoid
DVD Rip
Size : 711.9MB
File Type : AVI
2009.06.05
Highly compressed version of 'Thee Backslacpkping With Media' main feature to fit onto a CD. Although the title is misspelled, this gets the acknowledgement of being the first bootleg. No burned in subtitles, no extra features, no second audio.
The mp4's available from the FAQ's chapter section have the Chinese subtitles burned in and are approximately the same size. (the mp4s are ~960 megs) Plus, the FAQ's mp4s are individually packaged so you can take the chapters you appreciate. But with no extras and no alternative subtitles, the full DVD is the way to go.
* * [Ends 2009.06.30] - If you recognize your IP address from the below list send me an e-mail with your address and i'll send you a copy of 'Thee Backslacpkping With Media'. 70.31.217.30 213.151.179.179 188.129.85.177 98.116.37.165 99.231.42.69 71.48.57.174 69.118.240.188 93.97.55.157 77.248.225.172 80.138.113.124 76.20.123.24 91.122.205.70 92.101.97.8 68.149.144.197 220.253.97.122 87.252.163.121 99.199.102.208 59.92.47.2 98.209.107.108 59.92.33.50 74.78.181.33 80.192.144.145 220.253.97.122 220.253.138.5 68.102.229.189 59.92.21.34 74.78.181.33 76.106.226.228 99.140.254.168 _
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Link : http://www.starwarsaficionado.com/backslacpkpingwithmedia.html
Quote : "Fascinating and infuriating in equal parts"
Date : 2009
Archive : [Archive .pdf]
Read : [Link to Text in FAQ]
Link : http://www.faneditforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=6352
Quote : "(tBSWM) is a rabbit hole and it is as deep as what the viewer will decide to make it."
Date : 2009.06.11
Archive : [Archive pg.6 .pdf]
Read : [Link to Text in FAQ]
THE BACKSLACPKPING WITH MEDIA- A DOCUMENTARY
STAR WARS MEETS THE WORLD'S MEDIA!!
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REVIEW: Thee Backslacpkping With Media by %20
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Subject : Notification of Appropriation [Turn On, Tune In, Veg Out] by %20
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Material : New York Times Editorials/Op-Ed 'Turn On, Tune In, Veg Out' (oped@nytimes.com, letters@nytimes.com)
Written By : Neal Stephenson (morrowmarketing@harpercollins.com)
Published : 2005.06.17
http://noneinc.com/tBSWM/tBSWM_FAQ.html
http://noneinc.com/tBSWM/tBSWM_FAQ.html#DVDChapter
Thanks for the media.
1965 : Free Voting
1983 : Free Software
2009 : Free Video
Having zero programming skills and not a firm grasp of where computer technology is in relation to the idea behind tBSWM of a system which could search/sort/cut-up/recompile media, %20 headed to the Open Video Conference to learn what's currently available.
The pic is of the homemade disc made to give out. Went to Staples, shrunk the DVD artwork to fit a CD slimline case then laminated the print outs. Worked out well (even though most of the text is unreadable) since there was space above and below the artwork to show the DVD underneath where the titles and other information was written. [printed 44 of the laminated artwork covers, but only burned 25 discs, the price went up for whatever reason... Ended up handing out 23 discs over the weekend. More on that in Day 2, tentatively titled "It's hard to give away a free DVD at a Free Video Conference"]
Day 2 : Distributing tBSWM & Missed Opportunities
Since I wasn't able to go to the final day hack-a-thon, decided to set up shop right there in the hallway. Found a bench between the conference rooms and the bathrooms where foot traffic would be highest. Acting as a strangely silent street bootlegger (with a violently bouncing knee and eerie grin, but I was sporting a Suckadelic Chinatown tee), I set out one of the Open Video Conf. t-shirts as my grab-and-go cloth and laid out the discs with a homemade sign (was this practice for my future homelessness?) proclaiming that the DVDs were FREE but there was a significant caveat that the viewers might want to know about. Worked out fairly well, spoke with many people who seemed to appreciate the search system recompiling idea, even though the product on display might not be to their liking. Go a big kick out of the awkward facial expressions/fleeting glances people gave as they passed my distribution center. Some people took one home, and we'll wait and see if they get watched. For my effort got a dollar from a possible new fan, the 'Support Creatives' Initiative at work! Was there for about 3 hours and 16 disc left my possession, about one disc every 11 minutes......
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"wow. this is a cool project. how long is the total project? a lot of amazing clips and juxtapositions.
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Saw your post on OT.com, it might not fall into your original article's destination, but....
http://noneinc.com/tBSWM/tBSWM_FAQ.html
http://noneinc.com/tBSWM/tBSWM_FAQ.html#DVDChapter (play options on the right)
http://noneinc.com/tBSWM-RARs-4Blynth/
Corporate Shill
Consumer Whore
Wannabee Cultural Chimera
Sorry for the delay, but here are some questions and thanks so much for participating!
--> not a problem, my pleasure
How old are you?
--> not relevant
Where do you live?
--> not relevant
What do you do?
--> see FAQ [ http://www.noneinc.com/tBSWM/tBSWM_FAQ.html#WhatWho%20 ]
How many "fan edits" have you done?
--> Many %20 creations are available from: [ http://www.noneinc.com ]
What's the primary reason you do you do "fan edits?"
--> information dissemination, see FAQ [ http://www.noneinc.com/tBSWM/tBSWM_FAQ.html#Documediamentary ]
Is it that you didn't like the original or were bored with it?
--> the original lacked the ability to reassemble itself
Has anyone from the film studio ever contacted you about your fan edits?
--> Yes, see FAQ [ http://www.noneinc.com/tBSWM/tBSWM_FAQ.html#NotInLibrary ]
How long does it take to do
--> 3 years, see FAQ [ http://www.noneinc.com/tBSWM/tBSWM_FAQ.html#WorkSchedule ]
There seems to be a high risk/low reward: You don't get paid to do them and you could conceivably be punished for copyright infringement. So why do it?
--> User Defined information dissemination, see FAQ [ http://www.noneinc.com/tBSWM/tBSWM_FAQ.html#HowDoc ]
Are you a wannabe film director or film editor?
--> no, I make, you/they define
What are your favorite "fan edits?"
--> not relevant
What are you impressions of "The Phantom Edit" and "Superman: Redeemed?"
--> not relevant
I'm on a tight deadline so the sooner the better. Thanks!
--> I believe that soon there will be systems in place which will allow people to search/cut-up/recompile media as easily as a word processor manipulates text. Fan Edits will seem trite when anyone can go to their favorite search engine and search/cut-up/recompile the last 50 years of their favorite 6 o'clock TV news or all the online videos to match the content of a wikipedia entry or newspaper article. They choose the Topic, length and other various parameters. That's going to be awesome. Can't wait. %20
Sorry missed a few:
--> There are scenerios for Yes and No.
What's your role on fanedit.org?
--> none
Finally, do you consider yourself a "nerd?" Please explain.
<Find/Replace 'Hacker' with 'Fan Editor' & 'Criminal' with 'Nerd'> :
Quote: "Here We Go Again"
listen to this: http://www.noneinc.com/sound/ %20&PossibleCostlyIllegals-HereWeGoAgain.mp3 As you read the following.
--> don't know
Can you estimate how many film edits are out there?
--> everyday more
How many film edits are on your site?
--> more
How important was "The Phantom Edit?" Did that start it all?
--> In the grander scheme, not much. Did it start it all, maybe for this crop of individuals, but for the appropriated arts, this is another drop in the pool.
http://recycledcinema.blogspot.com/
(thanks Wobbly!) haven't read everything yet, but seems to be a great blog on the subject, definitely coming from a wordy art context.
--> oh i doubt that.
--> Partly touched on the first part before, the idea of the built in audience which lead to critical mass. (the Holiday Special and Phantom Edit share a common video tape trading history, except the Phantom Edit was on the cusp of easy digital transfer) The community appreciates where it's been but doesn't dwell on it too much. Which is why there are few articles. There are new works being created, and the members place most of their time into making those as best as they can. Communities not large enough to have a documentarian following it's exploits, the public forum archives accomplish that some what for those who wade through them.
And more follow up, again directed elsewhere, but answered anyway. ...these answers ramble as an overall general sense of depression, impending doom and general malaise to where this article is going...
I actually spoke to the head of "anti-piracy" at the MPAA and, honestly, he barely cared at all about "fan edits." He was WAY more concerned with flat-out piracy. Do you have any documentation that they made you take down links? Why do you believe they're so anti-"fan edits?"
Sorry for the delay, was busy celebrating the birth of 60 Minutes and the Sci Fi Channel yesterday.
From my editor:
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I have a follow-up question for the Maxim story on fan edits that comes from my editor:
Follow up questionaire: %20 responses in bold.
NOTE: the below is information on an odd Fan Edit.
http://www.noneinc.com/tBSWM/tBSWM_FAQ.html#DVDChapter
but I recommend the full DVD which has an audio commentary track, additional subtitles, and bonus material.
Consumer Whore
Corporate Shill
Wannabee Cultural Chimera
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--> Follow the -->'s
--> Why do you think creativity exists? The technology for making films exists, and part of the making process includes remaking.
--> Society makes cultural information. This information gets disseminated and reinterpreted by everyone who comes in contact with it. Much of this relies on the technology which is intrinsic to the creative output. So for instance, your fingers are in a certain configuration when playing a 'C' chord. Musicians have learned to play that note, and combine it with other chords or played in different sequences. 'C' hasn't changed, it's interpreted differently on various instruments, but no one tries to control 'C'. Computers have allowed more individuals to play with the same tools that established 'artists' play with. In the realm of film, George Lucas has been a continual proponent of the democractization of film technology. The editing technology which is available on most computers (iMovie like applications) came about from the technological investigation which happened at Skywalker Ranch in the late 70s early 80s. Also developed in sync was the manipulation of image technology and computer generated imagery. This was spun off into ILM & Pixar, and some of the makers of photoshop are in the Lucasfilm family. (Michael Rubin's 'droidMAKER' http://droidmaker.com/ documents this history) Even now this process is evolving. This year has been proclaimed the beginning of the Open Source Video movement. (http://openvideoalliance.org/) Tools which allow anyone to post video (Theora Ogg Codec) without the restrictions of proprietary systems have reached a maturation point. Video editing tools are also making the move from installed software to online manipulation experience.
--> Yes. infinity, many, internet.
--> approaching 1,000 audio/video modified cultural items. more if you include textual and verbal.
--> My opinion is relatively uninformed. There's a forum full of posts at http://faneditforum.com/ which could answer this question in a way i could not. But that's just one community, http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/index.cfm is a tangental community which also caters towards people modifying media. And there are people who just do but are not in some type of community, they post things on all those social media sites. Video appropriation-wise, http://concretetv.com/ although never hard enough is hard to look away from. http://www.tvcarnage.com/ recover some mind numbing material. http://www.madamechao.com/ has produced some highly viseral video experiences.
--> yes
--> the internet answers this question, but undoubtable the trend is rising.
--> minutes to years.
--> Anyone and everyone. Professionals, amateurs and enthusiasts.
--> Yes i think i read that someone thought that a cease & desist was sent to fanedit.org and the site revised their webpages.
--> No. Not interested, in my case it was sent back. See FAQ: http://www.noneinc.com/tBSWM/tBSWM_FAQ.html#NotInLibrary
--> Been done for years now. Airplane! is a remake of Zero Hour. George Lucas created the Special Editions of Star Wars. Hollywood makes tons of remake films people say they don't like but other people go see anyway. Some of the bricks which built Disney are from the Appropriated Arts. (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steamboat_Willie Micke Mouse as 'Steamboat Willie' is a reinterpretation of Buster Keaton's 'Steamboat Bill Jr.')
--> Whatever the creators can develop. infinity plus one.
--> Stuff.
--> Do something. there's lots of areas/angles to get involved.
--> There are hundreds of forums where people are doing creative things with film. All could fall under the Fan Film banner in a way, but your definition will define the article. Could tell you about the guy who takes old film and subjects them to chemical baths to manipulate the final projected feature.
--> How about you show us your current draft. What's your relation to Alan?
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Well %20 plucked this up. The Star Wars stamps which add an authentic and relevant touch to the questionnaire's self addressed envelope but they were released in 2007 when postage was 3 cents less then it is today. So unless the people who received the DVD and questionnaire add the 3 cents, these will be lost in the post. My fault. phuck. If these individuals do end up back here at the FAQ contact info their answers can be e-mailed to: " Where should comments/e-mail be sent? "
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Questionaire - Page 01
Would not subscribe ___ Monthly Subscription ___ On-Demand ___
Yes ___ No ___
Star Wars : Live Action Features (Holiday Special : Ewok Movies : GL's Super Live Adventure) ___
Star Wars : Animated Features (The Clone Wars : Ewoks and Droids Cartoons) ___
StarWars.Com Web Videos (Lynne Hale Diaries : Making Ofs : Rancho Obi-wan) ___
Making of Specials - Official (The Making of Star Wars : Special FX ESB : Classic Creatures) ___
Special Effect Programing (Clapperboard ESB : Horizon - How To Film the Impossible : ) ___
Award Programming (Academy Awards : Visual Effects Society Awards : MTV Awards) ___
Video Game Programming (Gaming Features : Speed Runs) ___
Collector Programming (Hasbro Features : Lego Programming) ___
Movie Reviews (Ebert & Roeper : Local Broadcasts) ___
Cast & Crew Interviews ___
News Segments (60 Minutes ; Local News Segments) ___
TV or Movie Reference Clips (30 Rock, : Buffy : Clerks : Independence Day : Space Camp) ___
Commercial Material (Trailers : Kenner Commercial : Food Tie-Ins) ___
SW Rip Offs / Take Offs (Dunyayi Kurtaran Adam : Star Crash : Uchu Kara No Messegi) ___
Fan Documentaries - Culture (Tatooine Or Bust : Heart of an Empire : StarWoids) ___
Fan Documentaries - Film Production (Deleted Magic : Building Empire : Returning to Jedi) ___
Fan Movies (Revelations : IMPS : Pink Five) ___
Fan Edits (Adywan : Jedi Love) ___
Special Features (ANH : Lost Cut : Archive Material : Cut Scenes) ___
Other - Please Specify
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Contact : pl1x@earthlink.net (pee . el . one . ex)
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Lenient ___ Appropriate ___ Severe ___
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F.B.I. website take-down code ___
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Return To Justice, Know Jesus As Savior ___
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Consumer Whore ___ Corporate Shill ___ Wannabee Cultural Chimera ___
Thee Backslacpkping With Media : noneinc.com
Contact : pl1x@earthlink.net (pee . el . one . ex)
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"The Battle Over Mediascant"
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"Shifting Mediascant Horizon"
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"tBSWM Viewer at the Mediascant Media Temple"
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2009.05.10-2009.05.16 Introduction Video Play : Mp4 : Ogv
2009.05.17-2009.05.23 Long Play : Mp4 : Ogv
2009.05.24-2009.05.30 Intro Explanation Play : Mp4 : Ogv
2009.05.31-2009.06.06 Crawls Play : Mp4 : Ogv
2009.06.07-2009.06.13 Narrative, Montage Play : Mp4 : Ogv
2009.06.14-2009.06.20 Siths (Talking Heads) Play : Mp4 : Ogv
2009.06.21-2009.06.27 Jar-Jar Play : Mp4 : Ogv
2009.06.28-2009.07.04 Hype Play : Mp4 : Ogv
2009.07.05-2009.07.11 Fan Lines VS Perception Play : Mp4 : Ogv
2009.07.12-2009.07.18 More Siths (Filmatic) Play : Mp4 : Ogv
2009.07.19-2009.07.25 Hayden Christensen Intro Play : Mp4 : Ogv
2009.07.26-2009.08.01 $ Play : Mp4 : Ogv
2009.08.02-2009.08.08 Epitome Strikes Backward (Striking Epitome) Play : Mp4 : Ogv
2009.08.09-2009.08.15 Darth Vader Play : Mp4 : Ogv
2009.08.16-2009.08.22 Politics Mis-Reporting Play : Mp4 : Ogv
2009.08.23-2009.08.29 DV/Toys/Yoda Play : Mp4 : Ogv
2009.08.30-2009.09.05 Hayden's Fame-enting Play : Mp4 : Ogv
2009.09.06-2009.09.12 DV's Suit Hayden Transformation Play : Mp4 : Ogv
2009.09.13-2009.09.19 Five Hundred and One Stormtroopers Play : Mp4 : Ogv
2009.09.20-2009.09.26 Geek Solo Star Han Trek Brand Play : Mp4 : Ogv
2009.09.27-2009.10.03 Chewbacca Play : Mp4 : Ogv
2009.10.04-2009.10.10 Character Marketing & Impersonations Play : Mp4 : Ogv
2009.10.11-2009.10.17 William's Music Play : Mp4 : Ogv
2009.10.18-2009.10.24 Gay Droid Expo Play : Mp4 : Ogv
2009.10.25-2009.10.31 Induced Drug Moments Play : Mp4 : Ogv
2009.11.01-2009.11.07 Short Trip to the Dark Side Play : Mp4 : Ogv
2009.11.08-2009.11.14 The Lightsaber Play : Mp4 : Ogv
Viewing Week
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2009.11.15-2009.11.21 Larger View of Censoring Obscenities Play : Mp4 : Ogv
> 2009.11.22-2009.11.28 Trailered Intermission Play : Mp4 : Ogv
2009.11.29-2009.12.05 Downloading/Pirating/Those Fans Play : Mp4 : Ogv
2009.12.06-2009.12.12 Hair Leia Play : Mp4 : Ogv
2009.12.13-2009.12.19 Made for Crossing Cultural Boundaries Play : Mp4 : Ogv
2009.12.20-2009.12.26 Sick Play : Mp4 : Ogv
2009.12.27-2010.01.02 Sex Play : Mp4 : Ogv
2010.01.03-2010.01.09 Line Life and Beyond Play : Mp4 : Ogv
2010.01.10-2010.01.16 Sith Who Play : Mp4 : Ogv
2010.01.17-2010.01.23 Extreme Fan Play : Mp4 : Ogv
2010.01.24-2010.01.30 Opening Intro's New Hope Impact Play : Mp4 : Ogv
2010.01.31-2010.02.06 Tragic Backstory Cross Endeavour Independence Play : Mp4 : Ogv
2010.02.07-2010.02.13 More Sithing Play : Mp4 : Ogv
2010.02.14-2010.02.20 At and In the Theaters Play : Mp4 : Ogv
2010.02.21-2010.02.27 MTFBWY Play : Mp4 : Ogv
2010.02.28-2010.03.06 Geek Play : Mp4 : Ogv
2010.03.07-2010.03.13 Women Online / Female Involvement Play : Mp4 : Ogv
2010.03.14-2010.03.20 Media Questioning Play : Mp4 : Ogv
2010.03.21-2010.03.27 Generational Fan Bases Play : Mp4 : Ogv
2010.03.28-2010.04.03 Space Cowboy/Opera/Myth Play : Mp4 : Ogv
2010.04.04-2010.04.10 I am your father Play : Mp4 : Ogv
2010.04.11-2010.04.17 Seeing Again ... the One Six Play : Mp4 : Ogv
2010.04.18-2010.04.24 How many films? Play : Mp4 : Ogv
2010.04.25-2010.05.01 Outro Play : Mp4 : Ogv
2010.05.09-2010.05.15 Credits : Play : Mp4 : Ogv
2010.05.19 Revenge of the Sith Premiered : May 19, 2005.
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(00:03:09) What is 'Star Wars'? : ....
Quote: "I am very concerned about our natural heritage, and I am very concerned that films that I watched when I was young and the films that I watched throughout my life are preserved, so that my children can see them." -George Lucas"
(00:06:51) What is 'Attack of the Blynth'? : ....
(00:19:42) How much money is mentioned in the '$' Chapter? : A Jabba-sized $99,635,000,162.70 and a bajil-gazillion dollars more.
(00:23:42) Who likes to Mod little girls? : Kevin Rose of digg.com.
(00:28:30) How does Democracy, Liberty & Freedom die? : Thunderous Applause!
(00:48:10) Are all of the 501st Stormtroopers represented? : Maybe, join the count in the audio commentary...
(01:03:48) Who likes Wookiee love? : Seth Green of Robot Chicken.
(01:10:55) Who is the Unsmiley Face Guy? : The SUPER SUCKLORD aka Morgan Phillips creator of 'Star Wars Breakbeats' & the radical GAY EMPIRE: HOMO-TROOPER action figure. (http://www.suckadelic.com)
(01:11:15) What are the Vaders trying to spell out? : (don't know)
(01:16:15) Who is this guy acting out Star Wars dressed in black? : Charles Ross of the 'One Man Star Wars' theatrical production.
(01:19:22) Are faggots really everywhere as mentioned in 'Revenge of the Fag'? : Depends on who you ask...
(01:22:09) Nerf-Herders Anonymous Star Wars Reference and Actor Database Author, L. Mangue
(01:29:14) Who is fighting with the Saber-Spoons? : John Lasseter of Pixar & ?.
(01:39:00) Who are these two? : Chris Gore & Dr. Michio Kaku
(01:46:58) When the studios won't give permission
(01:47:25) Michael Rubin who wrote 'droidMAKER: George Lucas and the Digital Revolution'
(01:49:23) What did that blip-vert say? :
(02:02:40) What is the G.N.A.A.? : The Gay Nigger Association of America
The characters and events in this photoplay are ficticious. Any similarity to actual events and persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
(02:05:25) Who is this "Tool of Satan" guy? : "It's no JOKE - if you believe in The FORCE, you will go to HELL"
(02:10:58) What is that blip-vert? : Star Whore's 3 : 'Revenge of the Syph' screen cap
(02:18:19) What is that great song and who sings it? : Princess Leia's 'Life Day' Celebratory song from the Star Wars : Holiday Special.
(03:06:24) What is the 'Next Film'? : "The Empire Strikes Back"
(03:14:44) Who wrote the 'Geeking out' vs. 'Vegging out' piece in the commentary track? : Neal Stephenson - Op-Ed New York Times - 2005.06.17
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2001
2001 - 'Star Wars : A Quicktime File' experimental fan film created (bonus feature)
2005
2005.03 - 2005.06 - Recorded tv using couple vcrs and a miniDV camera, would let them run for 6 hours recording several channels which might have SW content. Then after work and in the morning before work, would watch those recordings on FFD looking for mentions. When found those would be dumped to the miniDV camera and moved to iMovie. Also looked for Star Wars media on websites.
2005.09.04 - Began preliminary editing
2005.09.05 - Continued editing
2005.09.10 - More editing
2005.09.11 - Yet even more editing
2005.09.17 - Some editing
2005.09.18 - Yeah editing
2005.09.21 - Continued editing
2005.09.22 - One edit finalized today!
2005.09.23 - Continued editing
2005.09.24 - Continued editing
2005.09.25 - Continued editing
2005.09.27 - Continued editing
2005.09.29 - Continued editing
2005.09.30 - Continued editing
2005.10.01 - Continued editing
2005.10.02 - Continued editing
2005.10.07 - Continued editing
2005.10.08 - Continued editing
2005.10.09 - Continued editing
2005.10.22 - Continued editing
2005.10.23 - Continued editing
2005.10.24 - Continued editing
2005.10.26 - Continued editing
2005.10.29 - Continued editing
2005.10.30 - After Effects work begins - modify online help file to create crawl
2005.11.04 - Illustrator - set Chinese tBSWM logo
2005.11.05 - After Effects work
2005.11.06 - After Effects work
2005.11.16 - After Effects work
2005.11.17 - Continued editing
2005.11.18 - Continued editing
2005.11.23 - Continued editing
2005.11.24 - Continued editing
2005.11.25 - Continued editing
2005.11.26 - Continued editing
2005.11.27 - Continued editing
2005.11.30 - After Effects work
2005.12.01 - Continued editing
2005.12.03 - Continued editing - After Effects work
2005.12.04 - Continued editing - After Effects work
2005.12.08 - Continued editing
2005.12.09 - Continued editing
2005.12.10 - Continued editing - After Effects work
1005.12.11 - Photoshop / Illustrator work - begin working on cover design
2005.12.12 - After Effects work
2005.12.13 - After Effects work - first pass at credits - figure out how to export frames for cover
2005.12.31 - Continued editing - After Effects work
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2006
2006.01.02 - Continued editing
2006.01.08 - Continued editing
2006.01.15 - Continued editing
2006.01.21 - Continued editing
2006.01.22 - Create Trailer by cross cutting Henry Hills' "Money" with "$" Chapter
2006.02.02 - Continued editing
2006.02.11 - After Effects work
2006.02.12 - After Effects work
2006.02.18 - Began Transcribing
2006.02.19 - More transcribing - First attempt at subtitles. Researched online, tried Belle Nuit Subtitler 1.7.5.
2006.02.20 - Transcribing Finished
2006.03.04 - After Effects work
2006.03.05 - After Effects work - Photoshop logo ideas
2006.03.06 - Logo ideas
2006.03.09 - Cover work
2006.03.12 - After Effects work - Convert crawl to be video snippets - Cover work
2006.03.16 - After Effects work
2006.03.17 - After Effects work
2006.03.18 - After Effects work - Begin menu animations
2006.03.22 - Menu work
2006.03.26 - After Effects work
2006.03.27 - After Effects work
2006.03.28 - Chinese babelfish Translation Begins - After Effects work
2006.03.30 - After Effects work
2006.03.31 - Chinese Translation continues
2006.04.01 - After Effects work - Illustrator crawl ideas
2006.04.02 - After Effects work
2006.04.03 - After Effects work
2006.04.04 - After Effects work
2006.04.07 - After Effects work
2006.04.08 - After Effects work
2006.04.09 - After Effects work
2006.04.10 - After Effects work
2006.04.14 - After Effects work
2006.04.15 - Attempt to create Audio Commentary, fails miserable - After Effects work
2006.04.22 - Cover work - Illustrator
2006.04.23 - Cover work - Illustrator
2006.04.25 - After Effects work - realize that the crawl is phucked as new material is added to the editing process - Illustrator credits
2006.05.06 - Continued editing
2006.05.07 - Continued editing - second attempt at Audio Commentary... fail
2006.05.09 - Continued editing
2006.05.13 - Continued editing
2006.05.14 - Continued editing
2006.05.15 - Continued editing
2006.05.17 - Continued editing
2006.05.20 - Continued editing
2006.05.21 - Continued editing
2006.05.24 - Continued editing
2006.05.26 - Continued editing
2006.06.09 - Learned that iMovieHD does not accept the old iMovie file names... Contemplate manually fixing every link to correct some odd transposing textual error. - Web searching for help/fix.
2006.06.16 - Found "iMovie file fixers for OS X" (turns out the problem is that since the project was on an external HD which was formated in a way iMovieHD didn't like so it didn't re-find the clips...) - Continued editing
2006.06.17 - Continued editing
2006.06.25 - Continued editing
2006.07.03 - Continued editing
2006.07.04 - Continued editing
2006.07.15 - Continued editing
2006.07.16 - Continued editing
2006.08.19 - Continued editing
2006.08.20 - Continued editing
2006.08.29 - Continued editing
2006.09.06 - Continued editing
2006.09.07 - Continued editing
2006.09.08 - Continued editing
2006.09.09 - Continued editing
2006.09.16 - After Effects / Illustrator work - version 2 of the crawl begins
2006.09.23 - Continued editing
2006.09.30 - After Effects work
2006.10.01 - Continued editing - Added "Spat Cave" clips
2006.10.08 - Chinese Translation continues - After Effects work
2006.10.10 - After Effects work
2006.10.11 - After Effects work
2006.10.14 - Began learning Final Cut Pro - After Effects work
2006.10.15 - After Effects / Illustrator work
2006.10.28 - Began learning DVD Studio Pro
2006.10.28 - DVDSP work
2006.11.04 - DVDSP work - Chinese Translation continues
2006.11.12 - Chinese Translation continues
2006.11.24 - Continued editing - Added "George and Me" & "A Great Disturbance" clips
2006.11.25 - Chinese Translation continues
2006.12.09 - DVDSP work - Chinese Translation continues
2006.12.10 - DVDSP work
2006.12.18 - DVDSP - began Subtitling
2006.12.19 - EDITING FINALIZED
2006.12.20 - Subtitling - Chinese Translation continues
2006.12.21 - Subtitling
2006.12.29 - Set up Chapter Markers - Subtitling
2006.12.30 - Subtitling
2006.12.31 - Subtitling
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2007
2007.01.05 - Chinese babelfish Translation Finished
2007.01.06 - Subtitling - Chingrish Translation Begins & Ends
2007.01.07 - Subtitling
2007.01.09 - Subtitling
2007.01.11 - Subtitling
2007.01.13 - Subtitling
2007.01.14 - Subtitling
2007.01.20 - DVDSP work
2007.01.21 - After Effects work
2007.01.28 - After Effects work
2007.01.31 - DVDSP work - After Effects work
2007.02.01 - After Effects / Illustrator work
2007.02.03 - After Effects work
2007.02.04 - DVDSP work
2007.02.10 - DVDSP work
2007.02.11 - DVDSP work
2007.02.18 - After Effects work
2007.02.19 - Subtitling - After Effects work
2007.02.25 - Subtitling - After Effects work
2007.03.03 - Subtitling Preliminarily Finished - After Effects work
2007.03.04 - DVDSP work - After Effects work
2007.04.01 - First post about project to OriginalTrilogy.com
2007.04.28 - After Effects / Illustrator work - Realize that the menus i've created are going to get serious cropped off when shown on an typical tube tv... phuck
2007.04.29 - DVDSP work
2007.05.05 - DVDSP work
2007.05.06 - DVDSP work
2007.05.07 - DVDSP work
2007.05.09 - DVDSP work
2007.05.11 - DVDSP work
2007.05.12 - DVDSP work
2007.05.13 - DVDSP work
2007.06.02 - After Effects work
2007.06.09 - After Effects work
2007.06.10 - After Effects / Illustrator work
2007.06.16 - After Effects work
2007.06.19 - DVDSP work
2007.06.20 - DVDSP work
2007.06.30 - DVDSP work - Collect Audio Commentary transcripts
2007.07.01 - Write / Collect Audio Commentary transcripts - text-to-speech Audio Commentary Information
2007.07.02 - DVDSP work - Write / Collect Audio Commentary transcripts
2007.07.03 - Write / Collect Audio Commentary transcripts - text-to-speech Audio Commentary Information
2007.07.04 - Write Audio Commentary
2007.07.08 - Write Audio Commentary
2007.07.14 - Write Audio Commentary
2007.07.16 - text-to-speech Audio Commentary Information
2007.07.17 - text-to-speech Audio Commentary Information
2007.07.20 - text-to-speech Audio Commentary Information
2007.07.21 - Begin editing Audio Commentary track
2007.07.22 - Audio Commentary work
2007.08.26 - Photoshop Cover work
<-- Real Life (ie work that pays) Intervenes -->
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2008
2008.01.06 - Audio Commentary work
2008.01.26 - Audio Commentary work
2008.02.23 - Audio Commentary work
2008.04.01 - Second post to OriginalTrilogy.com
<-- Real Life (ie work that pays) Intervenes -->
2009
2009.01.19 - Audio Commentary work
2009.02.04 - Audio Commentary work
2009.02.05 - Audio Commentary work
2009.02.06 - Audio Commentary work
2009.02.07 - DVDSP work
2009.02.08 - Audio Commentary Finished
2009.02.10 - Photoshop stuff for webpage
2009.02.11 - FAQ work - screw up original version after working most of the day by resaving to include Chinese fonted information... now it doesn't load in browser...
2009.02.12 - FAQ work - After Effects work
2009.02.13 - FAQ work
2009.02.14 - FAQ work
2009.02.15 - FAQ work - Censor Clip work begins
2009.02.16 - Censor Clip work
2009.02.17 - DVDSP work - Censor Clip Finished
2009.02.18 - DVDSP work - After Effects modify credits
2009.02.19 - DVDSP work
2009.02.20 - After Effects work
2009.02.21 - DVDSP work, FAQ work
2009.02.23 - DVDSP work
2009.02.24 - DVDSP work
2009.02.25 - Audio Commentary tweaked - Credits tweaked
2009.02.26 - DVDSP work - Realized that the chapter markers are now one or two frames off... phuck. FAQ work
2009.02.27 - DVDSP work - trying to figure out dual layer break layer point. FAQ work
2009.02.28 - DVDSP work - trying to figure out dual layer break layer point.
2009.03.01 - DVDSP work - Audio Commentary tweaked - Gave up trying to fix chapter markers, focus on compression settings to get disc to fit.
2009.03.02 - FAQ work - Spend most of the morning coming to the realization that none of the software i've got FCP, DVDSP, VLC, quicktime... none of them will burn in subtitles. End up screen capturing to get chinese burned in subtitles for chapters which will be available from the FAQ. But do find out Ogg has a new video codec named Theora (after the character from Max Headroom!)
2009.03.03 - Website work
2009.03.04 - Fiddling with compression settings to fit onto DVD. FAQ work
2009.03.05 - Fiddling with compression settings to fit onto DVD
2009.03.06 - Manipulate settings to fit DVD_ROM material, and figure out Break Layer point.
2009.03.08 - Finalize cover / disc / insert artwork
2009.03.10 - Thee Backslacpkping With Media has been compressed and a successful test burn has been completed. Start to burn copies to send out... Turns out the new Sony media discs don't work.
2009.03.11 - Roxio Toasts has an upgrade, installed, still the discs won't burn. Go to Staples buy some Memorex, they work. Burn copies (at a blistering 2x) to mail out while printing out the cover and inserts. Each disc is about 30-40 minutes and the printing is about the same. it's a slow printer.
2009.03.12 - Finish burning and printing, 20 copies. Sent out e-mails to offer free copies to people. (19 e-mails, 4 people accept a free copy...)
2009.03.13 - Mailed out 11 copies. Two to the copyright office, 4 to the people who accepted the offer and 5 to several unsuspecting people or organizations.
2009.04.01 - 'Thee Backslacpkping With Media' is officially released!
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Starring - SW People- George Lucas, Rick McCallum, Jonathan Rinzler -SW Actors- Hayden Christensen, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, David Prowse, Peter Mayhew, Samuel Jackson, Natalie Portman, Ian McDiarmid, Jimmy Smits, Frank Oz, Ewan McGregor -Celebrities- William Shatner, Tom Hanks, Ron Howard, Steven Speilberg, James Cameron, Peter Jackson -Late Nights- David Letterman, Paul Schaffer, Jay Leno, Jimmy Kimmell, Craig Ferguson -Fox- Penny Crone, Jodie Applegate -G4:AotS- Sarah Lane, Kevin Perrera -Today- (Jim Bell exec producer) Katie Couric, Matt Lauer, Ann Curry, Al Roker, Bob Dotson, Jamie Gangel -Others- Xeni Jardin ABC people: -Good Morning America Robin -, Charlie _, Diane Sawyer, Guy, Sandy Kenyon, Steve, Laure, Sree, Joel Siegel, Diana Williams, Sade Baderinwa, Charles Gibson, Liz Cho -This Week- George Stephanopoulos Access Hollywood Nancy O¡Dell, Billy Bogg, Tony Potts, Shawn Robinson Bob Schaffer, Bill Whitaker -Attack of the Show- Kevin Pereira, Sarah Lane, Brendan Moran -Business Week- Brad Holbrook, Jill Bennett CBS News Bob Schieffer The Early Show Julie Chen, Harry Smith, Hannah Storm, Rene Syler, Dave Price Sunday Morning Nancy Giles, Bob Schieffer Wake Up Call CNBC Fox Brenda Buttner, Bill McCuddy -Ebert & Roeper- Roger Ebert, Richard Roeper Shon Gables -CNN- Anderson Cooper, -American Morning- Miles O'Brien, Soledad O'Brien -CNN Today- Daryn Kagan -CNN Headline News- Robin Meade, -Showbiz Tonight- A.J. Hammer, -CNN Sunday Morning- Bettty Nguyen, Tony Harris -Extra TV- Dayna Devon Summer Movie Magic David Sheehan Ellen Ellen Degeneras, Jimmy Smits Entertainment Tonight Mary Hart, Mark Steines, Leonard Maltin, Fox & Friends E.D. Hill, Steven Doocy, Brian Kilmeade, Kiran Chetry, Lauren Green, Julian Phillips Good Day New York Jodie Applegate, Fox People Dari Alexander, Jodie Applegate, Dick Brennan, Lyn Brown, Lisa Cabrera, Andrea Day, Naamua Delaney, Lisa Evers, James Ford, Stacy-Ann Gooden, Nick Gregory, Karen Hepp, Tracy Humphrey, Lucy Noland, Rosanna Scotto, Mike Woods Cavuto Neil Cavuto Icons X-Play Adam Sessler, Morgan Webb Filter Diane Mizota Electric Playground Tommy Tallarico, Victor Lucas, Julie Stoffer, Jade Raymond, Geoff Keighley Hannity & Combs Paul Hannity, Alan Combs -MSNBC- Dan Abrams, Lisa Daniels, Lester Holt, Keith Olbermann, Joe Scarborough, John Seigenthaler, Alison Stewart, Sharon Tay, Alex Witt, -NB-C Brian Williams, The O.C. Teen Kid News UPN News
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Subject : Star Wars Fan Movie Challenge
From : aswfilm@mtvstaff.com
To whom it may concern,
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April 24, 2009
Lucasfilm Ltd., Business Affairs
In crawl form
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Quote :
"...experimental films and that sort of thing, maybe documentaries and that sort of thing."
George Lucas, 1968 - via : Academy of Achievement
George Lucas, 1977.05.25 - via : Rolling Stone
George Lucas, 2005.06.28 - via : Wired
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