SiC Off to Europe
Not a tremendous amount of time to post this (leaving in less than 12 hours!), but wanted to say thanks very much to everyone who came to the screening of our early cuts from Speaking In Code. While we didn’t reach the goal for the night, we came pretty close and garnered a lot of interest from early fans.
We also were rejuvinated by the crowd response. Before Director Amy Grill and I spoke to the audience, I was as nervous as I have ever been in my life. What if they didn’t think Modeselektor was funny? (They did). What if the crowd didn’t think Robag Whrume was as charasmatic as we did? (They did). What if they didn’t understand what Bryan Kasenic was trying to do in NYC? (They did). Juan MacLean? unlockedgroove? Kompakt? All very effective segments. Most importantly people got it instantly, it’s not a movie about the history of electronic dance music. It’s a movie about what’s going on right now and the people of now.
What a relief. I walked out of there (more photos if you click here) believing this was going to be a great film, and it will be. The Director’s vision is complete, the Director of Photography is amazing, our Producer put in some hours, our promoter, our doorman, and the characters really came to life on the screen. I have my Sundance speech prepared no joke.
The feedback from our fans and friends was totally invaluable as well. Thank you again to everyone who came, truly, and of course everyone who gave us money that may not have made it.
This money is to fund the trip we are about to embark on to document the European characters in the next month. You can join the $50 Army to get a “Special Thanks” credit or by all means give more. We will be on an intensive month-long worktrip to pack as much action and character in as we can. You see, this is the techno movie that’s not about techno. It’s about people — so the more footage we have, the better. (Also worth noting we have only logged 15% of our tapes so far, so if you want to log some tape, and are in the Boston area, drop us a line!).
Just to get through the barebones of our European shoot, we need a little more money (I know, broken record). If you have yet to contribute, how about this: give $100 (or an extra $50 to those of you who have already given $50) and we’ll send you the DVD we screened Sunday night. It not only has the 6 segments that blew people away, it has extended, uncut interviews with Forced Exposure General Director Jimmy Johnson, journalist and co-Producer Philip Sherburne, co-producer me and local techno DJ/producer Mike Uzzi. For what it’s worth, I don’t think we’re going to Google Video or YouTube these segments.
Mike DJed the night, alongside local minimal master Jon Schmidt and DJ/SiC character Six Million Dollar Dan. Here’s his set from just after the screening, when he dropped a number of niceites which characterize what some of the people in the movie are trying to do. Thanks again everyone, it was quite a nice evening.
Mike Uzzi - “Speaking In Code Post-Screening DJ Set”
Way more when I get back, but Amy and Scott are gone for a month. Wish them luck! Love, sQuare
June 14th, 2006 at 9:22 am
sQuare, like i said to you after the screening, it was clear you knew how to shoot, edit and put a soundtrack on a teaser - after watching the clips, it was very clear you can do that and much, much more. any good documentary demands a charasmatic person, you have gone about collecting a great cross-section of characters involved in edm. the tone and humor in the film is just right, i felt ‘in’ on the joke and the voiceovers were informative without taking away from the interviews. the photography, sound, overall presentation is top-notch. i think this film has a chance to be enjoyed and appreciated beyond those already familiar with the featured artists. the only criticism i have was your sales pitch (you guys are just too damn nice). luckily your product speaks for itself in terms of your talent and dedication to this project. good luck in europe and can’t wait to see more.