Re: Grantz Graf in 1080p (fwd)

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Sent Sat, Apr 28th 2018, 22:18

Oh that's interesting. Thanks for asking. It's one of my top-5
favourite music videos. Every Ae track should have one.

On 29 April 2018 at 00:14, Brian Behlendorf <xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
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> BTW, I reached out to Alex Rutterford about Grantz Graf, to which he repl=
ied
> the following; I asked if I could forward and he agreed.  I thought other=
s
> might find it interesting.
>
> Brian
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> On Mon, 23 Apr 2018, alexander rutterford wrote:
>       Hey Brian,
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>       Glad you still like this video after almost 20 years - wow its scar=
y
> when I say that.
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>       The bad news is that it was never rendered at 1080 it was finished =
at
> D1 PAL 720x576 pixels, and the only way of seeing this at 1080 is through=
 a
> pixel blow up .
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>       I have recently been going through a pile of cd=E2=80=99s, some hav=
ing cd rot
> and archiving in an attempt to find if I backed this up, I did this video
> whilst working elsewhere and I can=E2=80=99t
>       reminder whether I took a backup.
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>       So far I found only a small part but nothing enough to reproduce
> fully.
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>       My next step is to go through some old magneto optical discs and zi=
p
> cartridges at a data revival service and see if i get lucky, as one of my
> missions in life is to re-render this
>       video in 4K and have a 3d version as well.
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>       But at this stage it looks like it could be lost in time.
>
>       That video took me 6 months on and off fitting around other jobs an=
d
> was crafted using animation and very little generative solutions, only th=
e
> slicing look was a visual filtered
>       version of the music but the rest was all animated by myself.
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>       Otherwise the only way is to re-create is from the bottom up, and I
> don=E2=80=99t think I=E2=80=99m crazy enough to do that now.
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>       Have a great day dude.
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>       Best
>
>       Alex.
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>             On 23 Apr 2018, at 05:07, Brian Behlendorf
> <xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
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>             Sending an email as a shot in the dark.  Count me in as a big
> fan and someone who's die to see a proper 1080p scan of Grantz Graf if on=
e
> ever were to materialize.  I
>             assume not without proper fundage; does source material exist=
?
> See ref below from other fans.
>
>             Brian
>
>             ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>             From: Eric Sorenson <xxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
>             To: Brian Behlendorf <xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
>             Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2018 09:33:49 -0700
>             Subject: Re: music videos from the MTV era
>             Cc: Chris Taylor <xxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx>, idm list
> <xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
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>                   On Apr 21, 2018, at 10:42 PM, Brian Behlendorf
> <xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
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>                   Yeah, that Warp video compilation is amazing.  Pretty m=
uch
> anything by Chris Cunningham or Michel Gondry from that era was fun to
> mindblowing.
>
>                   Granz Graf is my ATF.  Wish I could find it in true 108=
0p,
> not just upscaled SD.  I'd love to know how much of this was generated fr=
om
> the same upstream source
>                   as the music, vs emulated afterwards.
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dev3vENli7wQ
>
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>             I'm not sure it exists in 1080p , since it targetted DVD
> resolution .. 2002 was a different time :)
>
>             rutterford said it's not generative at all, it's animated by
> 'hand' to match up to the music...which is somehow even crazier than writ=
ing
> a program to do it
>
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> http://warp.net/news/alex-rutterford-on-the-creation-of-the-gantz-graf-vi=
deo
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>             underworld - rez
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>             https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DF6Y7lcvubhU
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>                   We Have Explosive holds up as a sort of Keith Haring on
> acid play:
>                   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DXc9l7pygQRo
>
>                   There was a VHS tape put out for the Orb's Adventures
> Beyond the Ultraworld, which someone has encoded and put on Youtube, at
> least the latter 3/4ths of it,
>                   that I for some reason really like:
>                   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DgEBRTFGtYBI
>
>                   Orbital's "The Box" was pretty arty:
>                   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DIcQXy4YdFcM
>
>                   I know the above are practically Top 40, but nothing wa=
s
> as accessible (and still pretty era- and genre-defining) as Bjork's All I=
s
> Full Of Love
>                   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DAjI2J2SQ528
>
>                   And I forgot about DHS's "House of God" video til just
> now!
>                   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DUVRPEDOVJzk
>
>                   Hexstatic used to have a lot of fun with videos and
> sampling:
>                   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DBhXp-Wemn3I
>                   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dz-jK46PEwcs
>                   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D2e4ItvRGwis
>
>                   OK, pulling out of the rabbit hole,
>
>                   Brian
>
>                   On Sat, 21 Apr 2018, Chris Taylor wrote:
>                         Anyone have any favorite Official Music Videos fr=
om
> the MTV era they'd like to share?
>                         I was compiling a playlist of house music videos =
and
> couldn't remember if there had been a good music video thread on here. Th=
e
> one I put together
>                         is below but like I said, it's on the house music
> tip,
>                         although IDM heads should recognize sasu
> ripatti/Vladislav Delay appearing for one moment in the extremely banal
> video for his alias Luomo's
>                         Tessio. What a fucking tune tho.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D9_gidanrIFc&list=3DPLqe7_QSh_6iy8Sv6JCL=
wBeS9oNqdpTg8K
>                         All the Warp videos were obviously really dope, I
> used to have that DVD they made. But yeah please share some vids! I
> live/grew up in the US, so
>                         all this stuff which I assumed was in somewhat
> regular
>                         rotation in Europe never got played here outside =
of
> the really poppy stuff (like Crystal Waters or Real McCoy) or on speciali=
ty
> shows like Amp.
>                         Ahhh - here's another good one:
>                         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DIwUQ5oKM-hE
>
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