Bartholomäus Traubeck, Trimester 3, 2012.

The Director's Cut Factory

Description

The Director's Cut Factory produces short and compressed recuts of popular titles from film history in a fully automated fashion. All the editing and post-production is done in a commercial online application which 'automatically turns plain videos to beautifully edited and produced Movies, perfect for sharing.'

The factory tries to investigate automated editing and it's built-in aesthetics by using popular movies from film history as it's source material instead of clips of home footage which the software is amde for. By using these perfectly produced pieces of film as the source the analysis, effects and editing routines of the software work on something that is already produced in amanner the software actually wants to emulate. Therefore the computer reproduces the movies for computers, for its own algorhithms.

Media

Unfortunately I can not upload any videos here, as they are, by Disclaimer of magisto not intended for publication. I can however link to some of the created videos hosted on the magisto.com website.

20.000 Leagues under the Sea: http://www.magisto.com/video/bABAZAVbQmIKDUVr

A Clockwork Orange: http://www.magisto.com/video/aA9AZAVbQmIKDUZh

Star Wars - A new Hope: http://www.magisto.com/video/aw9AZAVbQmIKDUBr

Battleship Potemkin: http://www.magisto.com/video/bg9AZAVbQmIKDURr

Forrest Gump: http://www.magisto.com/video/YQ9AZAVbQmIKDUdg

Casablanca: http://www.magisto.com/video/aw5AZAVbQmIKDUFm

Metropolis: http://www.magisto.com/video/bQ5AZAVbQmIKDURl

Playtime: http://www.magisto.com/video/bw5AZAVbQmIKDUZg

Rear Window: http://www.magisto.com/video/YQ5AZAVbQmIKDUdj

Raiders of the Lost Ark: http://www.magisto.com/video/aAdBZAVbQmIKDUBm

Gone with the Wind: http://www.magisto.com/video/aQdBZAVbQmIKDURh

Saving Private Ryan: http://www.magisto.com/video/bAdBZAVbQmIKDUdk

The Good the Bad and the Ugly: http://www.magisto.com/video/aAZBZAVbQmIKDUdl

Photos

The same goes for screenshots of the videos.

Review

Abstract:

The review discusses the work and especially the rethoric and character of Jonathan Meese and does so by comparing him to another madman-like artist persona wit a very filterless style of thinking called Goodiepal.

Essay Trimester 3

Sources:

Spiegel Talk with Jonathan Meese (in German) http://www.spiegel.de/video/eklat-um-jonathan-meese-in-kassel-video-1200950.html

Ernteschach dem Dämon, Robert Eikmeyer, Zürich 2007

Jonathan Meese for Dropping Knowledge http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1qy5m_jonathan-meese-starts-a-revolution_creation

Goodiepal on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodiepal GOODIEPAL (Lecture ~1h )https://vimeo.com/11152592

Official Mort Aux Vaches Ekstra Extra Walkthrough (Audio) http://i3hypermedia.com/audio/Alku69_MAVEE_Walkthrough.mp3

RADICAL COMPUTER MUSIC AND FANTASTISK MEDIEMANIPULATION (Textbook), Marriage Records, Portland.

Article on Goodiepal in The Wire http://www.thewire.co.uk/themire/2010/05/wanted-goodiepal