WikiMsting/Episode 2

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The Film

Since the final vote was 1 to 1 and I forgot to vote, I'm using the producer's perogative and we're going with the coffee movie. We may have to trim some of it out, so any thoughts on how to pick what to cut are welcome. The other candidates that had mostly positive comments will be back in thenext round, and more round three candidates can be suggested on the discussion tab. --GersonK 14:28, 8 January 2007 (EST)

• This Is Coffee 11:56

YouTube part 1 YouTube part 2 Viddler, all in one

A lot of overblown narration about coffee and extracting that precious flavor from "the closed fist of the bean". May be tough to get a riff in edgewise at some points.

Comments: I thought the first half was pretty good, but as it continues on with variation after variation on "Here's *another* way to make coffee! Like the previous 43 ways, it involves coffee ... and water", I think the opportunities for interesting riffs will be limited.--YibbleGuy 23:00, 3 January 2007 (EST)

I'm leaning between this one and Dial, though I haven't watched Leisure Time yet. For me, the how to make coffee section was any more repetitive than the how to dial section, and we could lose one of the last two methods (probably drip) just as easily as part of the dialing instructions.

--GersonK 01:38, 4 January 2007 (EST)

The Script

Add your riffs below. Include lines and actions from the movie in {}. Making it clear what a riff is in response to is as helpful (or moreso) than a timestamp, especially since some people are using the split version on YouTube. Everybody who adds a riff will get credited (onscreen or on the page description) based on the page history. Make a note if you want to be credited with something other than your capper/wiki handle.

00:05 {music plays, clock ticks} "You can come out of the isolation booth now!" ---- Pumaman2o

[and I am using the youtube version which seems to be 14 seconds slower than the times YibbleGuy is using here]

00:37 {woman walks down the stairs to the beat of the jazzy music} "Everyone should have a full horn section around to play your theme music" ---- Pumaman2o

oo:55 {the jazzy theme switches slightly to more jazz and we see instant coffee being made} "Peter Gunn's coffee is made" --- Pumaman2o

1:15 {"Is this coffee? Why, no--THIS is coffee"} "I thought Pam Grier was Coffy."--YibbleGuy 19:14, 8 January 2007 (EST)

2:11 {shot of single male bean picker} "Juan Valdez's not so smarter brother" ----- Pumaman2o

2:24 {two men pouring beans into a sack} (guy on right) 'Hey Earl, we can have a sack race later' ---Pumaman2o

4:09 {"The mystery of Istanbul ... in Turkish coffee."} "Midnight Expresso!"--YibbleGuy 19:45, 8 January 2007 (EST)

4:37 {"... water, coffee, time"} o/` "Are you goin' to Scarborough Fair?/ Parsley, Water, Coffee, and Time .... " o/'--YibbleGuy 19:52, 8 January 2007 (EST)

5:20 {"To make a good cup of coffee, your coffee maker must be clean"} "As must your soul"

5:24 {"Free from all remembrances of that last pot of coffee"} "And the Oscar goes to ... Charlie Kaufman, for 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Coffeemaker'!"--YibbleGuy 19:58, 8 January 2007 (EST)

5:29 {"Ready to begin its work anew--fresh, and really clean!"} "Much like a freshly douched vagina."--YibbleGuy 20:01, 8 January 2007 (EST)

5:43 {"Too much? Or too little?"} "Because 'just right' is simply not an option."--YibbleGuy 20:03, 8 January 2007 (EST)

5:51 {weirdly overemphatic "How Long"} "How long, O Lord, how long! THY WICKEDNESS IS A SNARE UNTO ME, BABYLON!"--YibbleGuy 20:13, 8 January 2007 (EST)

5:57 {"But yet, there *is* only one correct way."} "But, the Bhagavad-Gita says that there are *many* ways within the one way." --YibbleGuy 20:16, 8 January 2007 (EST)

7:37 {"The third element is time"} "The Fifth Element is a pretty cheesy movie."

7:58 {"The taste of coffee heightens and increases until all that is good has been extracted"} "Like my marriage" [The narrator makes two or three more statements along this line, maybe we could repeat "Like my marriage" for them all?]

8:18 {"From these grounds, there remains nothing more to gain but bitterness."} "But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow these grounds." --YibbleGuy 20:28, 8 January 2007 (EST)

9:12 {"In the vacuum method ..."} "... your coffee sucks." --YibbleGuy 20:31, 8 January 2007 (EST)

9:37 {"The time?"} "A band led by Morris Day that appeared in the film 'Purple Rain'."--YibbleGuy 20:34, 8 January 2007 (EST)

9:46 {Coffee boils up} In fear and hot coffee, man is born.

9:59 {"That's all there is."} "I'm Peggy Lee." --YibbleGuy 20:35, 8 January 2007 (EST)

The People

This project is all about shared labor via the internet. Wee! Here's a rough breakdown of the jobs that need to be performed, and who's volunteered to do them:

The Voters (anybody who registers here) - The people who vote on the movie to be riffed, and pick the lines that actually go in The Writers (anybody who registers here) - The people who actually write the riffs The Script Editor (1 or 2 people with help from all) - Responsible for making sure the script is in a usable form - eg people can add lines, it's clear when and how lines are to be read, any riffs that interefere with each other are identified. GersonK will do this if nobody else will The Talent (2 to 6(?) people) - The people who actually perform the script. GersonK, Matteus. and tinaw have volunteered for this phase. Ability to record and upload your work is very helpful. The Video Editor - Squeezes the raw movie and the talent's lines into a final product. GersonK has volunteered. The Producer - Makes sure that everything happens. GersonK will do this if nobody else will

The Timeline

(All dates subject to change)

• 1/7/7 - Voting on the film closes. Who knows what hour exactly.
• 1/8/7 - Writing begins. Somebody (probably the producer) uploads the unriffed film to YouTube.
• 1/21/7 - Last day to add riffs
• 1/22/7 - After competing lines are identified (by The Script Editor, hopefully with input from the writers) voting on lines begins
• 1/29/7 - Based on voting, The Script Editor creates a shooting script. The Producer assigns lines to the Talent, based on their input.
• 2/4/7 - Talent should have sent all audio files to the Video Editor

Shortly thereafter, the Video Editor uploads the final product to a public site, and we start over.

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