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Quick Collaborative Film Idea: Global Black

So you guys are a shockingly global bunch, which brought to mind a very silly old film idea that I want to try doing:

It's filmed all over the world, but it's all totally black. Authentic black from all over the world. Ideally some place kind of interesting (think "Broom Closet in Sistine Chapel") but it could also be something just random, ("Under a bed in Sweden"), or kinda ironic ("Grand Canyon at 3am" or "In a Shoebox in the Forbidden City"- stuff like that.)

I'd super love your help putting this together.

The whole point is that you never see anything- it's just straight black (although I suspect there'll be slightly different black values/noise). But text would appear in the corner of the screen saying who recorded it, and where/when the footage was captured. It could be recorded on your phone, or whatever (quality obviously doesn't matter too much).

Ideally you can hear audio from the location, though.

The important thing is no cheating! It has to actually be filmed where it says it's filmed.

It's one of those stupid cheeky ideas that I also legitimately like in a, "huh... yeah, why not?" sort of way.

So anyways! Yes- if you're down for contributing, and can film some black (ideally 10-20 seconds), just post it here or send me a message or something, along with where/when you captured the footage, and how you'd like to be credited. I'm not going to monetize it or anything- this is a "strictly for the fun of it" thing :D. 

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I mean you got poland on board!

feel like its a bit of a waster effort just black i feel a very dim scene would be much cooler

HuskyArts •

Eres arte

I’m gonna do this tonight!

Yes!! I think about it sometimes and feel a little guilty, but I still have all the footage! This year ended up being way more full of projects than I'm used to, so it got a bit lost in the shuffle. I should take a day some time soon her and finish assembling it!

Ian Hubert

In the hopes it's not spam at this point, new patron here wondering if this is still a project :D Because it sounds like a rad idea!!

well

Are you still taking submissions? Will you make this into a thing? I would love that.

Jonas

Rain on a tin roof at 2am in Melbourne, Australia https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_mqYF9DYXfJ9zVQ_fW34ndoJkFExUuX7/view?usp=drivesdk

If you're still accepting submissions, I present "~7:00 PM (windy) outside farmhouse in northern New Zealand": https://drive.google.com/open?id=1e1-viup_vkuAnXeTLBUFUas6Gup51JIs

Kinda late, but here's Gatineau, Québec at 2:15 AM, with breathing because we were going to sleep. https://photos.app.goo.gl/5NxHjiBowGNMTVMd7

I have revoked the download settings, u r now authorized. But still here's another copy if you need it. https://we.tl/t-0GU52FHfZk

Hope I'm not too late with this, stairway to my basement in Bergen, Norway around 10:30 PM with a little washing machine ambience: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1FSTAzqp6X8M3sw4LzP2ZHRmBIE94utZH

Here is mine,I put my phone into my workstation in 1:01 AM,Shanghai.https://www.dropbox.com/s/55m4nhi6pidyscd/IMG_5840.MOV?dl=0

Here's mine, Recorded at early morning 5:00 AM. Chennai, Tamilnadu, India. unexpected rain today morning. https://drive.google.com/open?id=1mizzBo7JXs14djJx6SRogCzZNSqerKpb

Thanks, Lucas!!

Ian Hubert

Awesome!! There's no huge deadline- although sooner than later's always good. Yeah it's kinda hard to go places in a pandemic :D

Ian Hubert

Ah! Not really! I suspect it doesn't matter as much in this case :D

Ian Hubert

Ah! that would have been awesome! :D

Ian Hubert

Ooo- I haven't heard of that, but whatever it is, it's probably a way better solution than what I'm currently doing, haha

Ian Hubert

I'm going through and organizing everything now, but it'll still probably be a few days if you still want to send something! :D

Ian Hubert

My backyard: Nagaoka, Japan. I live by an irrigation canal that flows right behind my house. https://mega.nz/file/IN5xRLYI#7x_XDv2TI2tStqa-We2ghrlpYjRtG3eAHMg3-t0BnYA

Here's mine, recorded in a closet in Roanoke, Virginia at 10:17 PM 4/24/20. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mlMZ6WHvUioWG7VNl42FG3TltfprafSC/view?usp=sharing

Here's mine, recorded in a piece of carryon luggage in Chicago, IL, USA at 2020/04/24 13:36:40 CST. https://www.dropbox.com/s/iiaurc4p2jb6mft/JL004001_ChicagoBlack.mp4?dl=0

Here's mine! Under a couch. 9:25AM. Echo Park, Los Angeles, CA. https://www.dropbox.com/s/tql9isye3fuwwlt/wleeGlobalBlack.mov?dl=0

p.s. time was 9:30 ish PM

Patrick Lever

Hey bro here is my black video from Osaka Japan on my way home from work thank you for all your cool stuff you do https://drive.google.com/open?id=1NoWfnFdDFLNc_GdrWR3pjll62kE5xN57

Patrick Lever

Darkness from gudum in northern denmark... https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zcSNIv0SQZ34mkOf-0PJIiZT_m6Bmbvw/view?usp=drivesdk

Hello Ian, this is Dilman Dila, from Uganda, I filmed this outside my house, which is close to a swamp, and couldn't find any angle that didn't have some kind of lights in the distance. Hope one works :-) https://drive.google.com/open?id=1DgC7Soy7T7BbmLwPiQj3nW3xWo3j6aRk

Hello! From the bedroom in Siberian city Ulan-Ude https://drive.google.com/open?id=14aFZoO9EPJp_S-jTQSg9IXm1FJc55KEw

Aldar Zagdaev

Hi, Ian! I hope this isn't too late, here's my entry (driving on a bridge): https://drive.google.com/open?id=1iL-C5nyLLsqxhVFeOgPEr7VkQQIBlj1b

From the heart of Istanbul https://drive.google.com/file/d/10__D_1OoPIDx2Jqg6CduZXJRsqwxW0yB/view?usp=drivesdk

https://youtu.be/BRR1aPe6Pxc Here we go, please accept it😊

Creek running through my garden at 2 am in Denmark https://drive.google.com/open?id=1TaQ864oIXXRK4U3YkPKgTCVkZzaweKW2

Inside my jacket pocket while hiking Helen Hunt Falls in Colorado: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HSm1sK3aD9CBF-A1RZHYyAdxO6hOKhls/view?usp=sharing

Interesting idea! Is there a deadline?

Carkoon

pressure cooker in Toronto, Canada

Zach Hoy

https://www.dropbox.com/s/2zxb98hhwkfgaft/IMG_7203.MOV?dl=0

Zach Hoy

In my pocket at work at a swedish potato industry. https://www.dropbox.com/s/donfcsy82b78fh3/black_swedish%20potato%20industry.mp4?dl=0

Love this, will contribute as soon as I can! Trying to think of the best place locally, interesting challenge considering Lockdown restrictions. Normally I'd be in London, so could pick anywhere really. But round here, bit further south in Kent... hmm.

David Byrne

interesting idea i recorded this in the middle of no where Texas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR8XXkVf3_k

Under my Computer Table in Indonesia (you can hear 'Gamelan', but you have to increase the volume) https://photos.app.goo.gl/T3qFj1vCNVHJShXF8

From my bedroom window in Vancouver, Canada https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HJkvSC7iQv2_OIDGJ3PynIgP8EJr4n-5/view?usp=sharing

Here's my submission. Is't called 'Chicken coop by night' and is made inside the chicken coop in our frontyard located in Hazerswoude-dorp, Netherlands. No chickens have been harmed during the filming of this movie. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1P_cqk8bbZa1XHw6Or30v6cQ_JnEDh0fv/view?usp=drivesdk

Why don't you use hitrecord to manage this collaborative project? Sounds interesting!

ah damn, if you posted this like 2 months ago i couldve gotten you authentic finnish pitch-black lapland footage, ill see what i can do lol

Here's my submission! This is in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. I live pretty close to a lake, so in the mornings is pure nature haha https://drive.google.com/open?id=1k0fEM3mriew92E4PTu-K4j6RP4DizRZ_

Felipe Galo

Ahah i love it. This is in Paris, France, inside a 50 old piano. If you raise the exposure to 200% - 300% You'll see some light reflection on the wood structure :P https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KquT2EKfKgg4ajq3DGGBk3KBtIz81vhQ/view

Is a cool idea! You made me think the music of Yosi Horikawa! In a ideal crazy world it would be nice to get him involved to mix the sound...

Slovenia, Ljubljana - black bedroom ceiling and restlessly tossing and turning wife :) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UY9xR_gY8H0i-B-W4ezGwwcG27dl0aow/view?usp=sharing

Crazy fun idea on paper, I worry that the finished piece wouldn't be much fun to watch though, unless you have some other crazy idea about the execution :D Maybe it would be more fun if everybody filmed from their bedroom window? That sounds more interesting to me :)

Well now I just HAVE to film under my bed.

Olof Friström

I'm in! Any specific format/framerate you want the movie in?

Fellow from Hong Kong here, would love to contribute ^^

A collaboration with Ian Hubert, is this a dream? This is the night sky of my beautiful Guadalajara, Mexico https://youtu.be/cDmrkWin1Lo

Filmed in my back porch in Sachs Harbour, Northwest Territories, Canada. https://vimeo.com/409346405/6cbf075b17 Sorry for the potato audio, I tried three differeny way of recording the audio, but nothing I had picked up the wind sounds very well.

Cool idea !

I'm in!

Felipe Galo

Ah I love this idea! I'll try and film something! Can we have a bit of time to do it as a bunch of the only cool places I could go are all closed until further notice lol

I am in! Is there a deadline for this? I have to check where I am even allowed to go in my country during the pandemic. But I have some places in mind. ^^

I have no idea... but I'll try and come up with something!

Erich Stenzel

https://youtu.be/5FkHlGNZ5jU

Lukas Sprehn

This sounds like a cool idea. I've got an idea of what to record, but it'll probably have to wait until tomorrow for the opportunity

100% completely black right? I think I'm in.

I’m in!!!

JuanVFX

100%

Robert Gyurko

Black Denmark coming up!!! !

Lukas Sprehn

Awesome! Haha, thanks! :D Zip it on over to Mrdodobird@gmail.com

Ian Hubert

Awesome idea! 😄 I already filmed it but can't seem to be able to post it here so I'd just email it.

Mario Taylor

YO I'M IN!

I'm in :)

I am also in. I already know where it is going to be recorded!

I'm in!!

Nice I'm in!

Im in

A C C E P T E D

Blake Rizzo

That sounds the tits, i'm in!!!

Jimmy Deface

Lol count me in

Oh I’m so game

Cavan Infante


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