Originally posted 29 June 2014 on Patreon; my supporters there got an early glimpse of this
Hello Patreons!! Thanks for your support. I want to explain why I haven't posted any new Justin Hall Show for a few weeks. I've been working on a single long video about my experience of publishing my personal web site.
This project has a deadline - I've been invited to speak at a conference called XOXO in Portland September 11-14. It's an intimate-looking "experimental festival celebrating independently produced art and technology" and it seems like the perfect place to give a public gander of this "20links" video. XOXO conference tickets are available until the end to day Monday, tomorrow! Would be fun to see you there, if you can make it: http://blog.xoxofest.com/post/89372829600/2014-registration
So far I'm working almost entirely alone so I want be integrating feedback early and often. I now carry a draft of the video on my mobile phone, so I can review it or share it with others on the road. Soon I look forward to previewing clips for you folks here!
Here's a recent behind-the-scenes update video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQNHGU6nf0A&list=UUh8P1OBOqgLXY6gZMPrFBRw that was a hasty production shot with a 13 year old webcam late last Sunday evening to make the occasion of receiving a deadline and entering the go phase of the project.
I'm wrestling to make my experience of the early web relevant to strangers. I'm currently speaking a script and script revisions into the project timeline. On top of this voiceover I'm adding videos, pictures and effects to visually anchor the story.
I just finished a film editor's memoir: "When the Shooting Stops, the Cutting Begins" by Ralph Rosenblum, the editor for Annie Hall and a slew of other movies, and he published this account of driving storytelling through image sequences. He cut his teeth on documentaries, including WWII-era propaganda films. I loved his moment-by-moment descriptions of film edits; he inspired me to think of ways to show more and tell less.
Now I'm started "Sound Design: The Expressive Power of Music, Voice, and Sound Effects in Cinema" by David Sonnenschein. Sound is the most visceral aspect of filmmaking and I know little about it. This book encourages me to think about sounds that communicate story, besides voice and music.
Amidst editing and researching, I like to re-focus my brain. Yesterday I found "A Dark Room" which is a simple, free text-only experience. A Dark Room is stirring and provocative - a great example of an experience unique to video games.
I aim to craft a uniquely video experience about a personal web site! And I look forward to sharing it with you.
