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The digital revolution of the last decade has unleashed creativity and talent in an unprecedented way, with unlimited opportunities.

But does democratized culture mean better art or is true talent instead drowned out? This is the question addressed by PressPausePlay, a documentary film containing interviews with some of the world's most influential creators of the digital era. presspauseplay.com @presspauseplay Facebook: on.fb.me/y4gEK1

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  • Warren Harrison 1 month ago
    This is such a great film. It made my sad, angry, excited and inspired. Where can I donate or pay for it? It's too good to not be purchased. Well done!
  • Mola Music 1 month ago
    Really good yes... this movie moved great feelings inside, would like to donate too..
  • David Hansen 1 month ago
    presspauseplay.com

    You can buy it there, or donate money.
  • Eric Jinks 1 month ago
    What can the film industry do to create the 'in the moment' experience that live music has?
  • Stage Plays...Live Theater probably somewhat approaches the 'in the moment' experience for film. Yet, for what ever reason, Staged Drama seems less popular now than even 10 years ago. Perhaps because it's expensive to produce?
  • riko 1 week ago
    When I really think about it, I kind of think that the "in the moment" experience a live music show has is a different animal entirely, and that the film industry maybe couldn't ever recreate that sort of thing.

    When I think of why live shows are fun and exciting, it's because of the collective experience. With some shows, I'm wanna say the performance comes close to a collaboration between the artist and the audience - when the artist is feeding off the vibes from the crowd, and the crowd is jamming out, dancing, and feeding off of each other's vibes. Ya know, there's a current, a living beat, everyone is actively engaged in the performance.

    How would you do something like that with film? Watching theater or film, you are going to see and hear a story being told. It can be a fun and exciting experience too, but there isn't anything collective, really (is there?). I mean, no matter what you do or how you feel, the story has already been told the way it was intended by the director, even in theater, the performance isn't going to change or react to the vibes of the audience. Whereas, with music, yeah the music has been written, but the way it is played can always change, it's never the same twice.

    Perhaps dinner theaters come closest, though. My sister went to one and came back with this hilarious story of how one actor came to her at her table and, still being in character, was getting her involved in whatever it was (I have an awful memory). Improv theater, maybe? But the film industry….hm…….
  • R.P. O'Hara plus 4 days ago
    @Eric, perhaps that is a stage play? Maybe interactive media, a future fusion of video games and movie. All CG I would assume.
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  • House of Radon plus 1 month ago
    Glad you liked it! You are able to donate on our website via PayPal - presspauseplay.com. Thanks in advance!
  • The Aggregate 1 month ago
    Absolutely amazing guys! We've got this live on our channel and site.

    Channel:
    vimeo.com/channels/theaggregate

    Site:
    theaggregate.net
  • House of Radon plus 1 month ago
    Thanks so much!
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  • Marina LeClair 1 month ago
    Loved this!! :)
  • House of Radon plus 1 month ago
    Thank you!
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  • Steve Gilbertson 1 month ago
    This is wonderful! THANK YOU!
  • House of Radon plus 1 month ago
    Thanks so much!
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  • Jason Sondhi staff 1 month ago
    A great, and important documentary. Especially insightful for our community. Thank you for sharing it.
  • House of Radon plus 1 month ago
    Thank you!
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  • Freek Freriks 1 month ago
    Very interesting and entertaining to watch.
  • House of Radon plus 1 month ago
    Glad you enjoyed it!
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  • thank you guys!
    life inspiring!
    cheers from brazil!
    see ya
  • House of Radon plus 1 month ago
    Thanks! Cheers from Sweden.
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  • We Are Films plus 1 month ago
    Sending this to so many people right now. Thank you all for creating this film.
  • House of Radon plus 1 month ago
    thank you!
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  • Article19 plus 1 month ago
    you kinda lost me when you brought the sales guy in from RED.
  • Ted had some great comments that contributed to the overall themes of the film. You should have kept watching, Article19! There was some really interesting stuff you missed.
  • Chestnut Tree 3 weeks ago
    Hearing both sides creates a full idea of what occurs with the artists, listeners and within the industry.

    Thanks so much for the film :)
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  • Josh Stauffer 1 month ago
    This is a wonderful view of both sides. Thank you for making this!
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  • Barton Damer plus 1 month ago
    This is really good
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  • Raw Audio pro 1 month ago
    Wonderful movie ! Inspiring !
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  • Andy Newman plus 1 month ago
    Great to see this on Vimeo. Makes sharing so easy.
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  • Brian Lally 1 month ago
    An outstanding piece of work
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  • B. Wahjudi 1 month ago
    I'm glad you shared it on Vimeo! I've already seen it an estimated dozen times and can't wait to spread the word ;)
  • House of Radon plus 1 month ago
    Great to hear!
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  • Quiet Plot 1 month ago
    I'm discover a lot a new artist in this video.Good video
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  • We'll be expecting an explosion of creative expression with the advancing and accessible media we have in this generation. Excited to witness it unfold :)
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  • Astrid Riecken plus 1 month ago
    T h a n k
    y o u !!!
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  • William Gallego 1 month ago
    What did you get from this?
    Hopefully-
    1) The "Hollywood mentality" of doing
    things is out the window.
    2) Technology has evolved and will
    continue to evolve so the playing field is now
    Evened out.
    3) True talent will rise to the top but
    we Must support the Arts
    and true Artists to avoid the
    "White Noise" of mediocrity.

    Fantastic Doc!!

    Great Doc!
    3
  • House of Radon plus 1 month ago
    Thank you so much!
  • i learned that true talent will not rise, but has to fight against a truckload of untalented garbage.
    and probably a lot of "true talented" guys give up before they rise to the top
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  • ariel tobing 1 month ago
    Inspired.
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  • Claudio Salas plus 1 month ago
  • Jr.canest pro 1 month ago
    x2! One of the best and most relevant documentaries of our digital creation era, we're proud to have it on Wine after Coffee! :)

    vimeo.com/channels/wineaftercoffee
  • House of Radon plus 1 month ago
    Many thanks!
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  • Kikis 1 month ago
    great work guys
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  • blackknight591 1 month ago
    nice points of view and opinions, exelent work..thank you.
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  • "Statistic 101" plus 1 month ago
    "But does democratized culture mean better art or is true talent instead drowned out?"
    If this is honestly what you believe, then the question should not be asked. Art will forever be opinionated and until one is enlightened or given the chance to blossom as an artist, one cannot pre-judge! That is hypocritical, what about those that want to achieve with no direction, but they relentlessly don't give up! I AM THAT PERSON!
  • Abelardo Ojeda 1 month ago
    Is not hypocritical, I mean, the documentary is very clear, there are people "who believe they are artist" but with extreme laziness and no education. And there are artists who mostly "study" and work very hard. No directions means no effort or too much wrong efforts that equals laziness and people just looking for tutorials and iphones for "the easy mediocre stuff".
  • "Statistic 101" plus 1 month ago
    I actually studied my whole life in many different aspects of education and subjects, getting a degree does not make me an artist. If I believe I want to create passionately, I do. Therefore, I don't let others hurtful opinions such as what you stated to stop my endeavors. I am standing up for those that aspire to achieve like myself that do study as a hobby, and yes, they do view the "TUTORIAL's" from Vimeo! I just had a conversation with one of the most acknowledged artists here on Vimeo as a Vimeo "Pro," she even recommended going further into Vimeo's tutorials and relevant forums discussing equipment of choice.
  • Diogo Girondi 1 month ago
    What is art to begin with? One can study all he wants, work hard all he can, gather all the possible credentials and still be a mediocre self-entitled artist that is nothing more than a replicator that produces crap. And when it comes to art it's all so too relative, that what is crap for one is gold for another. Add time to the equation and you get a even bigger unpredictable chaos. So any discussion that tries to establish a standard for art or artists is doomed to be a fiasco. There are no recipies, rules or standards for creativity, sensibility... or how to make Art.
  • Tristan Means 4 weeks ago
    I strongly agree with Statistic 101.Just reading your response I was compel and had to contribute to the conversation.Firstly your response touch and warmth my spirit as an artist even more.These tutorial's are more then just uploaded video's, they are more so valuable "jewels of knowledge" and is the essence of the new generation of educating and unfolding one's creative side. I'm also thankful an appreciative for these feedback comment's, they tend to shape a solid backbone for an
    artist to embrace or challenge a status quo.Lastly, keep striving and continue to break boundaries.
  • @Abelardo Ojeda, let me guess you studied art, never made it to the top or even a living without a side job, and now your pi**ed :)

    well let me tell you, art is nothing you can just study, either you are an artist or not ... you should probably get another job, if you dont like competition hehe
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  • Bob Bell 1 month ago
    Brilliant film and very inspiring. Thoroughly enjoyed it :)
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  • Sazlin M.Aini 1 month ago
    Watched this piece back when it just came out.

    Beautifully shot and genuinely inspiring. And I'll be forever grateful for introducing me to Ólafur Arnalds. :)
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  • Justin Johnson 1 month ago
    AMAZING VIDEO! Great look at what could be in the creative world...
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  • Justin Russell 1 month ago
    So awesome...why is this free?! How can we donate/support. Really good stuff and spoke to me personally. Thanks for sharing
  • House of Radon plus 1 month ago
    Thank you! You can donate via PayPal on presspauseplay.com.
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  • Dan Wilcox 1 month ago
    funny to hear moby talk about a world of mediocrity...to me his work is mediocre at best. value of art is up to the individual; what is visually or audibly appealing to me, what makes me feel inspired. all of these "accomplished artists" are just afraid their spot light is going to fade; they are afraid of competing for attention with a 17 year kid with a camera and nothing to lose.
  • Graham Rathlin 1 month ago
    Thankfully a lot of people including myself don't find his music mediocre at all which is why he's a best-selling artist the world over and his tracks are used in movies like 'HEAT' and 'The Bourne Identity'. Moby has made a valid point and I.. er.. don't think he has much to be afraid of.
  • Dan Wilcox 1 month ago
    I am well aware that Moby has many fans and has received critical acclaim. Often the music or films that I find most artistic or inspiring are not commercially made, like The Bourne Movies or Heat. The point is not that Moby is a bad artist, his work simply isn't interesting to me. The point is the definition of mediocrity isn't the same for everyone. What you or Moby may call mediocre I may feel very passionately about.
  • Dan Wilcox 1 month ago
    I was only referring to his comments that went something like: The "real" artists are going to be over-shadowed by the enormity of mediocre art being produced. I think that's bull-shit, the art people enjoy will be recognized. If someone sees something they like they talk about it, they post links, they write reviews. It's far better this way than 30 years ago when the execs with all the money chose who was going to be the next big thing and people were forced to listen to that shit because it was forced down their throats. It's still like that (turn on your radio, its horrible) but now we have the internet and access to an innumerable amount of different artists to find what we actually like, not what we are told to like.
  • Passenger_23 1 month ago
    nicely sead !!
  • Abelardo Ojeda 1 month ago
    Dan, even if you don't like Moby, the point is very clear. The man has enough ideas to produce or get results. To avoid the eternal discussion about "what is or not art"... the documentary makes a point by showing that real artist are educated in many ways, they work and research very hard to achieve best results possible. It's a way of thinking, you know, going to the next level all the time.

    The fact is, internet and technology these days "empower people" to think they are artist or that artist are merely people with high tech tools and... that with technology being cheaper, magically everybody, even the mostly lazy and mediocre people can "create".
  • Passenger_23 1 month ago
    so let them create!!!!! whats the problem!!!!
    u think u or enybody else is better ...... show us!!!
  • Diogo Girondi 1 month ago
    This talk that "access to information empowers people" it's just non-sense. People that dont have the ability to question, digest and do something with the information that they access will at best be walking wikipedias with nothing to say.
  • Anders Dahl 4 weeks ago
    Precisely. I think a large problem is that many internet artists have very little message. Most of it is copies of copies, because we are all feeding on the same blogs for inspiration. In short, "creatives" needs to get out more.

    I liked the film, really well made, but it didn't tell me anything I didn't learn 5 years ago. I had hoped for some critical thinking about the loss of real personal creativity, artists not inspired by the internet.
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  • John Diaz 1 month ago
    Thank you so much; it has inspired hope in my weltanschuung!
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  • Scott O'Reilly plus 1 month ago
    It was beautiful! I just donated on your website and bought my first ólafur arnalds album.
  • House of Radon plus 1 month ago
    Thank you so much! You can also find the PPP soundtrack on iTunes and Spotify.
  • Graham Rathlin 1 month ago
    I'm gonna buy it - some of the music in here is amazing, and a bit of a bonus discovery. Artists I wouldn't have known existed.
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  • David J. May plus 1 month ago
    Great great awesome documentary, fantastic work!!! In such an uncertain future the present and the future has never been so fertile for true originality than right now. Creatives are branching into the next unknown level or cycle of expression.
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  • Salomon plus 1 month ago
    so much respect!
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  • Brendan Galinie 1 month ago
    Whoah! very, very moving.
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  • Anshul Tiwari 1 month ago
    This documentary testifies that if you have something essential to say and know how to say, you could still cut through the "ocean of garbage"..
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  • "Statistic 101" plus 1 month ago
    Your "ocean of garbage" is what I am, it is what i breath, it is what inspires ME, it is YOU, it is US, ...art knows no boundaries!
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  • Michael Clark 1 month ago
    thank you, this articulates so well what I have been trying to succinctly explain in my head for a while... haha
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  • Myles Thompson plus 1 month ago
    Fantastic. What did you shoot on?
  • House of Radon plus 1 month ago
    You can read about how we shot the film here: hdvideopro.com/display/features/a-democratized-culture
  • Myles Thompson plus 1 month ago
    Thanks. Hearty congrats to the DP! Looks lovely.
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  • James Berk 1 month ago
    I disagree with Bill Drummond on the artists role in inventing: 'the artist always comes after the invention' - this isn't true. There are countless examples - just to cite one off the top of my head: Adolphe Sax, a Belgian musician who invented the saxophone.
  • Barton Damer plus 1 month ago
    Agreed. Seems to suggest that the inventor isn't an artist in his creation.
  • Diogo Girondi 1 month ago
    Completely Agree! The relationship between art and technology is completely symbiotic. One pushes the other at all times. There is no order there.
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  • Directors Notes plus 1 month ago
    Such a great doc! We were lucky enough to chat to David & Victor about making it: wearedn.tv/15i
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  • Fabian Weber pro 1 month ago
    Fantastic doc - thank you!
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  • James 1 month ago
    This is amazing and articulates such important points for artists
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  • Anton Norén 1 month ago
    Im very impressed by the work done by the DP. Inspiring to watch if you love cinematography.

    The content was Interesting especially when one, like me, was born into the boom of internet age.
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  • Rob Fly 1 month ago
    Great film, thanks for that! just one little thing: the oil-color has been invented by an artist!! and there are also a lot of talented and successful musicians who do work in the development of new software or hardware, for themselves or companies.
  • James Berk 1 month ago
    Absolutely - Bill Drummond's statements are somewhat mispresentative of the history of art!
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  • dgw 1 month ago
    90 minutes ago: "It's getting late. I'll just see what the first few minutes are like; I can finish it later if it's good."

    Now: "Oy, it's really late now. But I couldn't not watch it right then and there."

    Bravo! Even if it made me stay up far too late. :)
  • House of Radon plus 1 month ago
    haha, glad you liked it!
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  • wojtek oksztol 1 month ago
    really, really well done!
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  • Great film that tells us how people change in this digital age of many possibilities. 10+ ;-)
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  • SiWi 1 month ago
    Incredibly moving documentary, thank you so much for sharing
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  • 2wid 1 month ago
    Great and insightful piece, you really caught the spirit of recent changes and summarized it well. It's also good that you have included opinions of both sides of this 'is it good or not' conflict.

    It's obvious that for all the industry connected individuals this change is something dramatic and they are loosing their ground, but once they start to think in the wider perspective they can't deny that what's going on here is something important and inevitable. For all the skeptics saying that this change is in fact a regress i must say that they are wrong.. and right.

    Fact that there is so much various in quality data available online is only imprinting on the viewers necessity to be decisive of what they are listening/viewing/linking, instead of just nodding the head in approval of what's the industry is giving them, the basic skill we almost lost while being bombarded by the media. On the other hand the quality of that data decreases - so you might have feeling that we are regressing, up to a point where the badly constructed toy is being disassembled to basic pieces and being under construction in a complete different way, so finally it works much better, but that obviously takes time.

    Everything has it's flaws and if you change something you will fail lot's before doing it correctly, but let's face it, industry such as Hollywood has nothing more valuable to say (and did it ever had really?) so it's time to move on.

    Well done.
  • House of Radon plus 1 month ago
    Thank you so much!
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  • Teller 1 month ago
    Added it "to watch in the evening" list.

    On donations - guys, you should get on Flattr too, the user base is right up your alley ie. very remix, mashup, indipendent friendly group.

    We’d help to promote it too.

    Cheers, @teller / @flattr
  • House of Radon plus 1 month ago
    Thanks for the tip!
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  • Kim Pascual 1 month ago
    Great film, enjoyed it immensely! Sums up what's currently happening and MORE!
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  • lior ben horin plus 1 month ago
    Thank you for making this film.
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  • Soxiam staff 1 month ago
    Truly wonderful video. Thank you for sharing this on Vimeo.
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  • danDifelice plus 1 month ago
    Fantastic film...beautifully shot & told brilliantly!
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  • Errata 1 month ago
    Great jobs !
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