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51. Ann Arbor, Michigan+
2 months ago
This video opens with some scenes from a world famous university and an equally renowned annual art show... followed by some art masters' work from times gone by, now hanging in the Chicago Art Institute.
Some of the stories in this channel 'inspired' me to put a few of our pictures together and mix them with a sobering song.... things that university environments evoke.
For some reason, the panning and zooming of still pix seem most appropriate for such things.
It's done with Movie Maker 2.1, the new Pixelan Pan/Zoom Pro wizard, and Photo Story 3.
Some of the stories in this channel 'inspired' me to put a few of our pictures together and mix them with a sobering song.... things that university environments evoke.
For some reason, the panning and zooming of still pix seem most appropriate for such things.
It's done with Movie Maker 2.1, the new Pixelan Pan/Zoom Pro wizard, and Photo Story 3.
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The Flowers Of The Forest
Well how do you do, young Willy McBride?
Do you mind if I sit here down by your graveside?
And rest for a while neath the warm summer sun
I've been walking all day, and I'm nearly done.
And I see by your gravestone you were only nineteen
When you joined the great falling in nineteen-sixteen.
I hope you died quick well and I hope you died clean
Or Willy McBride, was is it slow and obscene.
Did they beat the drums slowly?
Did they play the fife lowly?
Did they sound the death march as they lowered you down?
And did the band play 'The Last Post' and chorus?
Did the pipes play 'The Flowers Of The Forest'?
Did you leave a wife or a sweetheart behind?
In some faithful heart is your memory enshrined?
And though you died back in nineteen-sixteen
In that faithful heart you're forever nineteen?
Or are you a stranger without even a name
Forever enshrined behind some old glass pane?
In an old photograph torn, tattered, and stained
And faded to yellow in a brown leather frame.
Did they beat the drums slowly?
Did they play the fife lowly?
Did they sound the death march as they lowered you down?
And did the band play 'The Last Post' and chorus?
Did the pipes play 'The Flowers Of The Forest'?
The sun shining down on these green fields of France,
The warm wind blows gently and the red poppies dance.
The trenches have vanished long under the plow,
No gas, no barbed wire, no guns firing now.
But here in this graveyard that's still no mans land,
The countless white crosses in mute witness stand.
To man's blind indifference to his fellow man
And a whole generation were butchered and damned.
Did they beat the drums slowly?
Did they play the fife lowly?
Did they sound the death march as they lowered you down?
And did the band play 'The Last Post' and chorus?
Did the pipes play 'The Flowers Of The Forest'?
And I can't help but wonder oh Willy McBride,
Do all those who lie here know why they died?
Did you really believe them when they told you the cause?
Did you really believe that this war would end wars?
Well the suffering, the sorrow, the glory, the shame,
The killing and dying it was all done in vain.
Oh Willy McBride it all happened again,
And again, and again, and again, and again.
Did they beat the drums slowly?
Did they play the fife lowly?
Did they sound the death march as they lowered you down?
And did the band play 'The Last Post' and chorus?
Did the pipes play 'The Flowers Of The Forest'?
I like your idea of the morphing... at the risk of bumping too closely into copyright issues, which is why I cut the music. I'll try stopping it someplace else but it still might not be satisfying until you finish reading the lyrics Ted posted.
It's rare that I risk copyright issues, but this project seems like a good one to test the boundaries.
And PapaJohn, with your focus on left wing, socialists posters along with song selection, you did a brilliant job making a statement without saying a word. ;-)
I felt the final stanza sums it up nicely:
"The killing and dying it was all done in vain.
Oh Willy McBride it all happened again,
And again, and again, and again, and again."
I shan't discuss politics or political persuasions here, and even though I may lean a little further right than left, this is also about art. Right wingers and left wingers alike will surely enjoy the superb job you did on this clip, especially those who know the audio.
And I truly enjoyed the clip and wouldn’t mind the full audio should you ever decide to post it along with a video.
Just a suggestion, if you are looking for a clean audio finish, you can overlay your intermediate ending of "The Flowers Of The Forest" with the beginning of a short instrumental piece using fade out / fade in and carry it through to the end. A few seconds overlay will take care of the transition nicely and the end of the second clip will result in a smooth finish. This may require timing adjustment or a few extra slides.
And oh yeah, did I mention 'twas about "art-istic liberty". ;-)
And thanks once again for this piece.
And I agree, there is something in this piece for everyone, even though revolutionaries may wish to claim it as their own. Don't you think PapaJohn has created an excelllent discussion piece. From an artistic standpoint, I think it is a masterpiece.
Psssst... And what do you think of this as the instrumental ending to really heat up a discussion:
strategypage.com/gallery/images/echotaps.mp3
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Yeah, I frequently use Audacity to manipulate audio. It's open source and falls under the GNU GPL license. An excellent piece of software for this function, especially considering the price.
And I cautiously mentioned Taps, not as much tongue in cheek, rather as a solemn, haunting melody to stir emotions in the soul of the listener and reinforce the message of John's video. And I said cautiously because I realized the intent of the comment could easily be misconstrued.
I'm looking forward to the final cut.
Your comment on it being an artistic masterpiece brings back memories of a college art professor who walked behind me during a sketching session and said '.... that's great, don't screw it up...'. Where does one go from there, especially when one is an engineering student?
I don't want to shorten the starting music and am inclined not to cut the Taps short also, so I'll add more to the visual.
The piece will go from 2-1/4 minutes to 3-1/4, an extra minute for thoughtful reflection.
Ren Yen added it to his 'Framed Art Paintings, works of watercolor ink acrylic oil.' channel of vimeo. For that, I'm thinking of another morphing to lead into the taps... from the art show of today at Ann Arbor to the masters of old at the Art Institute of Chicago. On our trip yesterday, we spent a couple hours taking pix of their paintings and sculptures. I should be able to blend things together to help the commentary continue.
I think the tool has been forgotten and it's all about content and presentation, the criteria for prize winning videos and films.
As I mentioned to Ray ^^, I'm looking forward to the final cut.
I'll be traveling for the next three weeks, commencing tomorrow, and may not have ready Internet access most of the time, but I'll check back when able.
Ray and John, have a great evening.
It's 3:00AM here and I see you are working late also. I think we are both on EST unless you are still in Chicago and 1 hour behind us in the YYZ territory. I'm on the road 7:00AM and have to catch a few zzzzs.
I just posted a comment in the help section of vimeo as the replacement video didn't effectively replace the original.... maybe giving me a 2nd vote for not using the new draft.... Bernadette, my wife, being the other one. She thinks the cut to the art in Chicago confuses the subject... maybe so.
Turns out not surprisingly that someone has managed to put up the taps segment of FHTE on YT.
The HD toggle is still working fine... but I replaced the new version with the first so it's the same for HD On or Off. As you noted, maybe we can have fun with it as a 'feature'.