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Post by davearthur on Apr 30, 2006 20:25:30 GMT 1
For anyone who hasn't checked out the documentary that came with limited edition copies of the mighty Mr Beast you can view highlights (as well as the EPK) at this link : www.cruelandunusual.be/f.htmFor those of you that did get round to watching the full 40 mins version - it would be good to get some more feedback on on the film. As the filmmakers, myself and Peter Martin Smith were always making it with a view to fellow Mogwai fans watching it and it would be good to know what you thought? Was it a good insight into the recording process and the personalities in the band? What did you think of the live coverage, the interviews, the video effects, etc... ?
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Post by scumfactor on Apr 30, 2006 20:49:31 GMT 1
i like the individual Q&A portion of the doc. the video effects were alright although it was a bit "dark". was there a reason why the majority of the footage of them in the studio only featured the band recording We're No Here?
I actually liked the EPK doc more than the actual making of. the EPK was more concise.
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Post by Chrille on Apr 30, 2006 21:02:39 GMT 1
it was definitely a great insight of the recording of an album. and i agree with scumfactor about the q+a part. the mix between live, recording and interview footage was flawless. it can be easily distracting if made incorrectly. i have no beefs with the film. good work. you can find more views here from fellow members. keep the views here so we can give the filmmaker some spotlight.
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Post by profanitarium on May 1, 2006 21:28:28 GMT 1
Hi folks, I'm the other guy who made the film, Peter Smith. Thanks for the good reviews. It genuinely means a lot to us to get positive feedback on it. There's not many reviews of it by mainstream press or on mainstream websites (no offence to the webmasters of this site!) so we've kind of been in the dark about what people think of it.
To answer your question, scumfactor, the reason the studio footage mostly shows them playing We're No Here is because the studio footage was all filmed in one week - a Monday to Friday period - and that's what the band were working on at that time. There's some footage of Glasgow Mega-Snake as well. There wasn't any money to film for a longer time and that week was very near the end of the recording process. After that time they would only sporadically have been in the studio, and there would have been far fewer opportunities to get footage of them all together.
The reason it might be considered dark is because it was filmed in a fly-on-the-wall style, and so I was just filming under whatever lighting conditions there were at the time. And to be honest we just didn't have the budget to take it to a post-production facility to get it graded properly - it was all just Dave and myself using various TVs connected to the editing computer. We did the best we could. Apologies if it's really dark on some people's TVs but we just didn't know.
The EPK doc is more concise but it's made with a different audience in mind, i.e. journalists. The album documentary is longer and maybe a bit more rambling but we thought people might want to see more sequences of them playing music and the effects stuff was just our way of trying to reflect their music. I don't know if it's to everyone's taste but I think a 40 minute doc in the business-like style of the EPK would have been pretty boring.
Anyway, further reviews by anyone else will be much appreciated. Thanks again, Peter
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Post by James Smith on May 5, 2006 2:13:32 GMT 1
I thought the DVD was excellent. The darkness is not a problem for me, you can't capture the spontaneity of the recording process worrying about artificial lighting. Of course the Q&A is always the highlight of any band doc. The questions were good, not the usual cheesy ones you get with most films. I liked the comments about Americans having sex to Mogwai. The footage of the band recording was cool as well. The transitions were smooth but not predictable or boring. I have watched it over a dozen times already.
James
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Post by iain egg on May 6, 2006 15:39:31 GMT 1
i really enjoyed it - it will get an airing every so often. the onlt thing i didn't like and the friends who've seen it with me agree, is to do with the effects. when watching a band live you want to see them play - and it's the same with the dvd. they are well done but detract from it rather than the other way around. just having the good quality footage is what the fans want and not things to distract from it.
i think the dvd is a great idea and other than that minor gripe it's out of the top drawer. thank you!
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Post by quotemyghost on May 11, 2006 16:08:14 GMT 1
I thought the DVD was really good. It really gave some good insight into their personalities and the recording process.
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