Futurepop: inspiration for the soundtrack

Posted: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 by Janek in Labels: , , , , ,
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A reflexion about soundtrack have to be made. It's a key piece to support creation of a specific and singular atmosphere.

My objective, but I don't know if I will achieve it, is to create a specific style of music for this movie.

When I think about it I see these words :  
- Underground 
- Industrial 
- Electronic
- Loud bass.

To start my inspiration quest, I typed 'cyberpunk' 'industrial' on Youtube but results don't satisfy me. I didn't found really inspiring songs. I found more inspirational stuff discovering a kind of music I didn't know: Futurepop.

Song that inspired me the most is Dead enough for life of Icon of Coil. It's not very original but, I don't know why, it approaches of what I search. Border (club edit) of Pride and Fall is cool too.

Don't hesitate to share music you deem appropriate ! ;)

Key books to guide this project

Posted: Monday, February 21, 2011 by Janek in Labels: , , , ,
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This movie will mix various thematics. I think the main problematic will be inspired by Anticipation books.The story background probably will take place in a distopian world, a kind of modern soft and accepted dictatorship.

My key books are :
- Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
- 1984 - George Orwell
- We - Ievgueni Zamiatine  (in french : Nous autres)
- This perfect day - Ira Levin (Un bonheur insoutenable)
- Brave New World - Aldous Huxley (Le meilleur des mondes)

The graphic style and thematics related to technology will be inspired by Cyberpunk.

My key books in this domain are :
- Neuromancer - William Gibson (Neuromancien)
- Count Zero - William Gibson (Comte Zéro)
- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K. Dick (Blade Runner)

It's the base. In specific topics, I will talk about some less famous books like Soft Goulag - Yves Velan and La Zone du Dehors - Alain Damasio.

Other books that inspired me : 
- The World Inside - Robert Silveberg (Les Monades urbaines)
- The Robot series - Isaac Asimov (Le Cycle des Robots)
- Mockingbird - Walter Tevis (L'Oiseau d'Amérique)
- The Wave - Todd Strasser (La Vague)
- Ravage - René Barjavel

Don't hesitate to suggest me some key books ! Thanks ! :)

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Photo by Janek. These books inspire me for this project.

The first step: my objectives

Posted: Saturday, February 19, 2011 by Janek in Labels: , ,
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Creating this blog is the first step of a journey. The first step in the creation of an amateur cyberpunk / distopian  / anticipation movie, without an important budget. Delimitations of this project are not set, I'm in a phase of research, discussion and testing.

I really don't know what will be the result of this creation process. It will depend on findings, interactions with you, chance, encounters... Everything is to built, freely.

It will be difficult to create a singular movie around these key topics (cyberpunk / distopy / anticipation). They interested me but I'm not an expert (my previous movie was a medieval fantasy one, you can see the trailer here). With your help, I'll try to determine what has been done on the subject and then, create my own world !

In 1921, Ievgueni Zamiatine already published We, a dystopian precursor novel particularly relevant. In the 80's, with Neuromancer, William Gibson created cyberpunk while the Internet was in its infancy. Many authors have invented great stories around these topics, they were visionaries, so it seems difficult to innovate.

Moreover, a film about Neuromancer will be produced this year. It will be hard to be different and not only seen like a 'Fanfilm'.

We have quasi no budget but I think with good will, passion and creativity, it's possible to make a cool movie.

It's will be the challenge : innovate and be different, with resourcefulness ! 

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For french readers : books mentionned are Nous Autres (Eugène Zamiatine) and Neuromancien (William Gibson).
Photo by Willy, retouched by Janek