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Not sure if this goes here but I was on one of my local watering holes over at Zombie-Nation.net and found this little thing going on over there - I thought that alot of you might think this to be a cool little thing.
http://www.zombie-nation.net/forums/showthread.php?t=12407
MOD NOTE: Not sure if this goes in this portion of the forum or not... If not correct could you please advise.
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Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated
The classic zombie movie, Night of the Living Dead, changed
the horror genre forever and made zombies a household name.
It has been remade, ripped off, parodied, and sequeled.
Now, it will be 'Re-Animated.' Artists, Animators, and
Film-makers, you are invited to recreate any scenes or
sequences from the film. Your process and visual language
is completely opened to you. Flash, drawn, photo montage,
edited/ filtered footage, 3D modeled, sprite animation, clay,
reenactment, game recording, sampled footage form
other films... whatever process you can think of... The only
restriction is that the video must sync to the original
unedited audio track and it must be in black and white.
In the end, the clips will be ordered and the film rebuilt through
experimental and alternative footage... Thus 'Re-animated'.
In the event that some of the same clips are selected by different
artists, the better clip will be selected through online jury.
This film is public domain so editing can be done without concern of
copyright. In fact a copy can be downloaded freely from the national
Archive. archive.org/details/night_of_the_living_dead
The clip can be as long or as short as you desire and as complex
or as simple as you feel is needed to do them justice.
All entries must be received by July 11th, 2008 to be part of the
reassembled movie.
For more information contact:
shenlon@hotmail.com
youtube.com/watch?v=Nnx3YRPBruI
Feel free to spread the invitation.
I look forward to see all of the approaches people use.
- Mike Schneider
Neo-Flux Animator
Here are some answers to FAQ's :
Reanimation in terms of film is the process of replacing the video track of a clip. To date, this process has never been executed to an entire feature film. Night of the Living Dead was selected because of the dual reference to reanimation (the process and zombies) and it is public domain so it is freely used, edited and distributed.
Basically the film is a complete re-envisioning of the movie night of the living dead. Artists, illustrators, animators, film makers,... will do their take on scenes of their choosing. This may be done in any approach: In Game animation, drawn animation, digital animation, reenacted sequences, video manipulation, puppets, clay, still images given the Ken Burns (pan/zoom) treatment... whatever language they feel comfortable using.
These clips must all be made in or filtered to black and white and sync up with the original audio from the 1968 version of the movie. This film is public domain meaning there is no issues of copyright and it can be edited freely. It can also be distributed freely and is currently hosted in high resolution on the National Archives website in various formats: archive.org
As these clips of numerous people's renderings will be reassembled into the movie. In cases where more then one person selects the same scene... both versions will be posted online and listed on zombie movie forums such as Zombie Nation and All Things Zombie allowing the fans to vote on which sequence is better. If the responses are split the versions will be spliced together... if one is voted as clearly better... that version will be used in the assembled film.
How footage is submitted depends on how it is approached. Flash, still images, power points, etc... result in small files which can be attached to an email. Larger files can be sent through free file hosting ( mediafire.com is good for this with an unlimited amount of uploading as long as no files are larger then 100mbs... if they are they will have to be archived into 100mb archives) Then links can be sent to me via email (shenlon@hotmail.com).
As footage comes in, it will be posted as replies to the youtube clip. ( youtube.com/watch?v=Nnx3YRPBruI ) If so inclined people participating may post sketches or their clips themselves to inform others of which sequences and approaches you are taking.
The due date is July 11th. At which time, what has been submitted will be evaluated. If there are sequences which are not submitted by anyone, there will be a second call to entry for rendering of those particular clips... however for the first round I wanted to leave it completely opened.
I will be assembling in Mpeg-2 720x480 4:3 29.97 fps (DVD full screen standard). I can accept most file formats for the submissions but in the end that is how they will be compiled.
Once finished, the completed film will be released both hosted online and onto DVD released through createspace with no profit so the cost of the dvd will be cheap (about $5 on Amazon). Since this film will be available freely and DVD available so cheap... it should have a good spread.
The licensing will be creative commons. This reserves everyone's rights to their work while allowing the media to be freely used and reedited it as long as they credit the orignal artists. (Much the same the credits from this film will also credit those who worked on the original version of the Romero film.) People will be accredited in order of how much of their work they submit. They can also include a web address following their name.
http://www.zombie-nation.net/forums/showthread.php?t=12407
MOD NOTE: Not sure if this goes in this portion of the forum or not... If not correct could you please advise.
.........................
Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated
The classic zombie movie, Night of the Living Dead, changed
the horror genre forever and made zombies a household name.
It has been remade, ripped off, parodied, and sequeled.
Now, it will be 'Re-Animated.' Artists, Animators, and
Film-makers, you are invited to recreate any scenes or
sequences from the film. Your process and visual language
is completely opened to you. Flash, drawn, photo montage,
edited/ filtered footage, 3D modeled, sprite animation, clay,
reenactment, game recording, sampled footage form
other films... whatever process you can think of... The only
restriction is that the video must sync to the original
unedited audio track and it must be in black and white.
In the end, the clips will be ordered and the film rebuilt through
experimental and alternative footage... Thus 'Re-animated'.
In the event that some of the same clips are selected by different
artists, the better clip will be selected through online jury.
This film is public domain so editing can be done without concern of
copyright. In fact a copy can be downloaded freely from the national
Archive. archive.org/details/night_of_the_living_dead
The clip can be as long or as short as you desire and as complex
or as simple as you feel is needed to do them justice.
All entries must be received by July 11th, 2008 to be part of the
reassembled movie.
For more information contact:
shenlon@hotmail.com
youtube.com/watch?v=Nnx3YRPBruI
Feel free to spread the invitation.
I look forward to see all of the approaches people use.
- Mike Schneider
Neo-Flux Animator
Here are some answers to FAQ's :
Reanimation in terms of film is the process of replacing the video track of a clip. To date, this process has never been executed to an entire feature film. Night of the Living Dead was selected because of the dual reference to reanimation (the process and zombies) and it is public domain so it is freely used, edited and distributed.
Basically the film is a complete re-envisioning of the movie night of the living dead. Artists, illustrators, animators, film makers,... will do their take on scenes of their choosing. This may be done in any approach: In Game animation, drawn animation, digital animation, reenacted sequences, video manipulation, puppets, clay, still images given the Ken Burns (pan/zoom) treatment... whatever language they feel comfortable using.
These clips must all be made in or filtered to black and white and sync up with the original audio from the 1968 version of the movie. This film is public domain meaning there is no issues of copyright and it can be edited freely. It can also be distributed freely and is currently hosted in high resolution on the National Archives website in various formats: archive.org
As these clips of numerous people's renderings will be reassembled into the movie. In cases where more then one person selects the same scene... both versions will be posted online and listed on zombie movie forums such as Zombie Nation and All Things Zombie allowing the fans to vote on which sequence is better. If the responses are split the versions will be spliced together... if one is voted as clearly better... that version will be used in the assembled film.
How footage is submitted depends on how it is approached. Flash, still images, power points, etc... result in small files which can be attached to an email. Larger files can be sent through free file hosting ( mediafire.com is good for this with an unlimited amount of uploading as long as no files are larger then 100mbs... if they are they will have to be archived into 100mb archives) Then links can be sent to me via email (shenlon@hotmail.com).
As footage comes in, it will be posted as replies to the youtube clip. ( youtube.com/watch?v=Nnx3YRPBruI ) If so inclined people participating may post sketches or their clips themselves to inform others of which sequences and approaches you are taking.
The due date is July 11th. At which time, what has been submitted will be evaluated. If there are sequences which are not submitted by anyone, there will be a second call to entry for rendering of those particular clips... however for the first round I wanted to leave it completely opened.
I will be assembling in Mpeg-2 720x480 4:3 29.97 fps (DVD full screen standard). I can accept most file formats for the submissions but in the end that is how they will be compiled.
Once finished, the completed film will be released both hosted online and onto DVD released through createspace with no profit so the cost of the dvd will be cheap (about $5 on Amazon). Since this film will be available freely and DVD available so cheap... it should have a good spread.
The licensing will be creative commons. This reserves everyone's rights to their work while allowing the media to be freely used and reedited it as long as they credit the orignal artists. (Much the same the credits from this film will also credit those who worked on the original version of the Romero film.) People will be accredited in order of how much of their work they submit. They can also include a web address following their name.