{"id":1393,"date":"2011-09-15T23:12:31","date_gmt":"2011-09-16T04:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soupgreens.com\/?p=1393"},"modified":"2011-09-15T23:12:31","modified_gmt":"2011-09-16T04:12:31","slug":"spaghetti-western","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thejoydrops.com\/blog\/?p=1393","title":{"rendered":"spaghetti western"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A couple songs from <a href=\"http:\/\/soupgreens.com\/ghostsolos\/\">Ghost Solos<\/a> are in a short film called <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/28145742\">There is work for you in the sky: see Mars!<\/a> The short has a lot of charm.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/28145742?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitAllowFullScreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/28145742\">There is work for you in the sky: see Mars!<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/antoninov\">Antonino Valvo<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I learned about it from this warm email titled &#8220;About your job&#8221;:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Hello\u00a0Lucas<\/p>\n<p>My name is\u00a0Antonino and\u00a0I&#8217;m writing\u00a0from Italy.\u00a0I am\u00a0a young\u00a0filmmaker and\u00a0I am writing\u00a0about the history\u00a0of my\u00a0project.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be brief: some time ago\u00a0an\u00a0actor\u00a0friend of mine\u00a0asked me to\u00a0make a video\u00a0of his\u00a0monologue that\u00a0he had brought\u00a0as a final exam\u00a0in his\u00a0drama school\u00a0in Bristol.\u00a0The text was\u00a0taken from &#8220;The Martian Chronicles&#8221;\u00a0by Ray\u00a0Bradbury,\u00a0in particular\u00a0a novel\u00a0called The\u00a0Off\u00a0Season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I\u00a0made\u00a0 the video\u00a0trying to complete\u00a0an original\u00a0work\u00a0and self-sufficient\u00a0rather than\u00a0a simple recording\u00a0of a\u00a0dialogue.\u00a0The\u00a0result was a\u00a0ten-minute\u00a0short film rather special,\u00a0not particularly\u00a0beautiful or\u00a0great, but\u00a0I think\u00a0an interesting experiment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Anyway\u00a0while I was working\u00a0in post\u00a0production, I\u00a0tried,\u00a0just for fun and curiosity, some\u00a0music that could\u00a0accompany him\u00a0and help create\u00a0the atmosphere of this\u00a0sci-fi\u00a0Western.<\/p>\n<p>During my research\u00a0on a\u00a0free music\u00a0site\u00a0I\u00a0found your\u00a0songs\u00a0from your album&#8221;Ghost\u00a0Solos&#8221; and\u00a0I\u00a0found these\u00a0really\u00a0perfect for\u00a0what I had in\u00a0mind and\u00a0I mounted\u00a0on the video.\u00a0The effect was\u00a0amazing.\u00a0Now\u00a0that the video\u00a0is complete I would first like\u00a0to apologize\u00a0if I have\u00a0done this\u00a0without your\u00a0permission,\u00a0but I honestly\u00a0did not believe\u00a0that the video\u00a0had any\u00a0visibility or\u00a0was\u00a0seen\u00a0by some other person\u00a0of my\u00a0friends.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But now\u00a0I&#8217;m writing\u00a0because\u00a0so many\u00a0people tell me that\u00a0the video\u00a0may\u00a0be interesting\u00a0for some\u00a0kind\u00a0of\u00a0sci-fi\u00a0film festival,\u00a0and I would not\u00a0miss this opportunity\u00a0also\u00a0to thank the many\u00a0people who\u00a0helped me\u00a0for free\u00a0to\u00a0realization.Obviously\u00a0I will not\u00a0do it\u00a0without your knowledge, and\u00a0I&#8217;m writing to\u00a0ask permission to use\u00a0your own sounds\u00a0for public\u00a0screenings.<\/p>\n<p>As you might have\u00a0guessed\u00a0the film\u00a0has no budget\u00a0production\u00a0or\u00a0distribution, and\u00a0I can not afford\u00a0to pay\u00a0the rights, so\u00a0I&#8217;m asking you\u00a0a favor.<\/p>\n<p>You\u00a0do not know me\u00a0and I\u00a0do not know you,\u00a0but I think\u00a0you understand, because\u00a0your work\u00a0has given me\u00a0this impression,\u00a0I&#8217;m not doing\u00a0this for\u00a0money.\u00a0I have\u00a0ambitions\u00a0and projects,\u00a0but it is not\u00a0business, it is passion.\u00a0I hope\u00a0that you agree to\u00a0grant\u00a0use of your\u00a0two songs and\u00a0I&#8217;ll share\u00a0with you\u00a0every success\u00a0this project\u00a0were to\u00a0obtain.<\/p>\n<p>The video\u00a0you can\u00a0see on\u00a0my\u00a0vimeo\u00a0channel,\u00a0here&#8217;s the link:<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/vimeo.com\/28145742<\/p>\n<p>I hope\u00a0you do not\u00a0be offended\u00a0if I\u00a0uploaded\u00a0on the Internet,\u00a0I assure you that\u00a0I have\u00a0kept the\u00a0private link.<\/p>\n<p>Aspect of\u00a0your news<br \/>\nand thanks\u00a0for your attention.<\/p>\n<p>Anthony\u00a0Valvo<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple songs from Ghost Solos are in a short film called There is work for you in the sky: see Mars! The short has a lot of charm. There is work for you in the sky: see Mars! from Antonino Valvo on Vimeo. 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