Quick Collaborative Film Idea: Global Black
Added 2020-04-18 21:41:22 +0000 UTCSo 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!
2022-02-04 18:11:11 +0000 UTCfeel like its a bit of a waster effort just black i feel a very dim scene would be much cooler
HuskyArts •
2021-10-01 20:05:05 +0000 UTCEres arte
2021-06-16 17:47:38 +0000 UTCI’m gonna do this tonight!
2021-04-15 13:33:23 +0000 UTCYes!! 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
2021-01-26 00:09:19 +0000 UTCIn 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!!
2021-01-25 17:02:32 +0000 UTCwell
2021-01-12 19:40:14 +0000 UTCAre you still taking submissions? Will you make this into a thing? I would love that.
Jonas
2020-11-19 21:27:20 +0000 UTCRain on a tin roof at 2am in Melbourne, Australia https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_mqYF9DYXfJ9zVQ_fW34ndoJkFExUuX7/view?usp=drivesdk
2020-07-01 16:06:55 +0000 UTCIf 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
2020-05-03 08:51:13 +0000 UTCKinda late, but here's Gatineau, Québec at 2:15 AM, with breathing because we were going to sleep. https://photos.app.goo.gl/5NxHjiBowGNMTVMd7
2020-05-03 06:18:22 +0000 UTCI have revoked the download settings, u r now authorized. But still here's another copy if you need it. https://we.tl/t-0GU52FHfZk
2020-04-28 17:18:14 +0000 UTCHope 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
2020-04-26 20:41:53 +0000 UTCHere 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
2020-04-26 17:02:20 +0000 UTCHere's mine, Recorded at early morning 5:00 AM. Chennai, Tamilnadu, India. unexpected rain today morning. https://drive.google.com/open?id=1mizzBo7JXs14djJx6SRogCzZNSqerKpb
2020-04-26 10:20:26 +0000 UTCThanks, Lucas!!
Ian Hubert
2020-04-26 09:23:37 +0000 UTCAwesome!! 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
2020-04-26 09:23:16 +0000 UTCAh! Not really! I suspect it doesn't matter as much in this case :D
Ian Hubert
2020-04-26 09:19:22 +0000 UTCAh! that would have been awesome! :D
Ian Hubert
2020-04-26 09:16:17 +0000 UTCOoo- 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
2020-04-26 09:15:53 +0000 UTCI'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
2020-04-26 09:08:18 +0000 UTCMy backyard: Nagaoka, Japan. I live by an irrigation canal that flows right behind my house. https://mega.nz/file/IN5xRLYI#7x_XDv2TI2tStqa-We2ghrlpYjRtG3eAHMg3-t0BnYA
2020-04-25 08:04:10 +0000 UTCHere'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
2020-04-25 02:18:00 +0000 UTCHere'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
2020-04-24 19:02:26 +0000 UTCHere's mine! Under a couch. 9:25AM. Echo Park, Los Angeles, CA. https://www.dropbox.com/s/tql9isye3fuwwlt/wleeGlobalBlack.mov?dl=0
2020-04-24 16:39:27 +0000 UTCp.s. time was 9:30 ish PM
Patrick Lever
2020-04-24 00:14:13 +0000 UTCHey 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
2020-04-24 00:13:01 +0000 UTCDarkness from gudum in northern denmark... https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zcSNIv0SQZ34mkOf-0PJIiZT_m6Bmbvw/view?usp=drivesdk
2020-04-22 22:13:09 +0000 UTCHello 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
2020-04-22 19:53:28 +0000 UTCHello! From the bedroom in Siberian city Ulan-Ude https://drive.google.com/open?id=14aFZoO9EPJp_S-jTQSg9IXm1FJc55KEw
Aldar Zagdaev
2020-04-22 15:35:38 +0000 UTCHi, Ian! I hope this isn't too late, here's my entry (driving on a bridge): https://drive.google.com/open?id=1iL-C5nyLLsqxhVFeOgPEr7VkQQIBlj1b
2020-04-22 02:34:08 +0000 UTCFrom the heart of Istanbul https://drive.google.com/file/d/10__D_1OoPIDx2Jqg6CduZXJRsqwxW0yB/view?usp=drivesdk
2020-04-21 21:37:34 +0000 UTChttps://youtu.be/BRR1aPe6Pxc Here we go, please accept it😊
2020-04-21 00:34:12 +0000 UTCCreek running through my garden at 2 am in Denmark https://drive.google.com/open?id=1TaQ864oIXXRK4U3YkPKgTCVkZzaweKW2
2020-04-21 00:09:30 +0000 UTCInside my jacket pocket while hiking Helen Hunt Falls in Colorado: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HSm1sK3aD9CBF-A1RZHYyAdxO6hOKhls/view?usp=sharing
2020-04-21 00:06:33 +0000 UTCInteresting idea! Is there a deadline?
Carkoon
2020-04-20 22:10:13 +0000 UTCpressure cooker in Toronto, Canada
Zach Hoy
2020-04-20 20:21:53 +0000 UTChttps://www.dropbox.com/s/2zxb98hhwkfgaft/IMG_7203.MOV?dl=0
Zach Hoy
2020-04-20 20:21:35 +0000 UTCIn my pocket at work at a swedish potato industry. https://www.dropbox.com/s/donfcsy82b78fh3/black_swedish%20potato%20industry.mp4?dl=0
2020-04-20 14:35:11 +0000 UTCLove 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
2020-04-20 10:34:01 +0000 UTCinteresting idea i recorded this in the middle of no where Texas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR8XXkVf3_k
2020-04-20 03:27:56 +0000 UTCUnder my Computer Table in Indonesia (you can hear 'Gamelan', but you have to increase the volume) https://photos.app.goo.gl/T3qFj1vCNVHJShXF8
2020-04-20 00:21:02 +0000 UTCFrom my bedroom window in Vancouver, Canada https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HJkvSC7iQv2_OIDGJ3PynIgP8EJr4n-5/view?usp=sharing
2020-04-20 00:01:12 +0000 UTCHere'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
2020-04-19 23:30:22 +0000 UTCWhy don't you use hitrecord to manage this collaborative project? Sounds interesting!
2020-04-19 19:50:51 +0000 UTCah 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
2020-04-19 19:45:47 +0000 UTCHere'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
2020-04-19 16:54:07 +0000 UTCAhah 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
2020-04-19 12:50:35 +0000 UTCIs 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...
2020-04-19 10:16:34 +0000 UTCSlovenia, Ljubljana - black bedroom ceiling and restlessly tossing and turning wife :) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UY9xR_gY8H0i-B-W4ezGwwcG27dl0aow/view?usp=sharing
2020-04-19 09:43:09 +0000 UTCCrazy 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 :)
2020-04-19 07:25:17 +0000 UTCWell now I just HAVE to film under my bed.
Olof Friström
2020-04-19 05:58:39 +0000 UTCI'm in! Any specific format/framerate you want the movie in?
2020-04-19 05:17:55 +0000 UTCFellow from Hong Kong here, would love to contribute ^^
2020-04-19 03:44:09 +0000 UTCA collaboration with Ian Hubert, is this a dream? This is the night sky of my beautiful Guadalajara, Mexico https://youtu.be/cDmrkWin1Lo
2020-04-19 02:22:44 +0000 UTCFilmed 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.
2020-04-19 01:44:50 +0000 UTCCool idea !
2020-04-19 01:41:43 +0000 UTCI'm in!
Felipe Galo
2020-04-19 00:08:25 +0000 UTCAh 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
2020-04-19 00:01:12 +0000 UTCI 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. ^^
2020-04-18 23:57:18 +0000 UTCI have no idea... but I'll try and come up with something!
Erich Stenzel
2020-04-18 23:54:55 +0000 UTChttps://youtu.be/5FkHlGNZ5jU
Lukas Sprehn
2020-04-18 23:03:55 +0000 UTCThis 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
2020-04-18 22:34:49 +0000 UTC100% completely black right? I think I'm in.
2020-04-18 22:28:00 +0000 UTCI’m in!!!
JuanVFX
2020-04-18 22:12:05 +0000 UTC100%
Robert Gyurko
2020-04-18 22:11:40 +0000 UTCBlack Denmark coming up!!! !
Lukas Sprehn
2020-04-18 22:02:41 +0000 UTCAwesome! Haha, thanks! :D Zip it on over to Mrdodobird@gmail.com
Ian Hubert
2020-04-18 21:56:41 +0000 UTCAwesome idea! 😄 I already filmed it but can't seem to be able to post it here so I'd just email it.
Mario Taylor
2020-04-18 21:52:02 +0000 UTCYO I'M IN!
2020-04-18 21:51:52 +0000 UTCI'm in :)
2020-04-18 21:50:42 +0000 UTCI am also in. I already know where it is going to be recorded!
2020-04-18 21:49:09 +0000 UTCI'm in!!
2020-04-18 21:47:20 +0000 UTCNice I'm in!
2020-04-18 21:46:14 +0000 UTCIm in
2020-04-18 21:45:21 +0000 UTCA C C E P T E D
Blake Rizzo
2020-04-18 21:43:51 +0000 UTCThat sounds the tits, i'm in!!!
Jimmy Deface
2020-04-18 21:43:33 +0000 UTCLol count me in
2020-04-18 21:43:00 +0000 UTCOh I’m so game
Cavan Infante
2020-04-18 21:42:14 +0000 UTC
