Here we have Ben playing his Shamisen. Why does he have one? I don't know. But it came in handy to record the foley tracks for the opening of this video.
I think these lovely ladies need to step aside and let Ben usher in "The New Wave of the Shamisen".
So this will be the last Lyric Variant™ of The Day posting. I thought I would just come out and give them all to you. The following is taken from an email sent by Shamisen Ben as per my request.
To: Shamisen Ben
From: mrvix
hey how you doin? So i have been keeping a blog to keep track of this post production madness. mrvix.posterous.com . I have heard this song so much that i found at one point , lyrics i believe you coined, "i can smell your brain" slip into my head during the chorus of the BG song. I remember you had some really brilliant variations on that line and i was wondering if you could email them to me. I feel the need to do some random posts with variations of these lyrics and most likely pulling a still image from behind the scenes stuff or actual shot footage. I know this has nothing to do with the edit but somehow it makes me feel better knowing i have the distraction of something to help with the maddening lyrics stuck in my head.
I will say this though, "can you feel my pain?"
From: Shamisen Ben
To: mrvix
By the way.. I am not being rude about the song.. just trying to brighten up your day.
'I can smell your brain.x2
It's makin' me mad'
I can feel your brain.
I can peel your brain.
I can clean you drain.
I can smell your drain.
I can see your stains.
I can't entertain.
I am quite insane.
I can oil your chain.
I can fly a plane.
I am very vain.
I am Michael Caine.
("You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off.. etc..etc...")
I can steal cocaine.
I can drive a train.
I wish you'd just refrain!
No, please! NOT AGAIN!
I've just cut a vein.
These lyrics are so lame....( I mean mine.)
Vote for John McCain.
I've finished...Yey!.. Champagne!
Just for you:
"It's very inhumane.
You really should complain,
It's makin' you mad, man.
It's really quite mundane,
listening to the same..
fuckin' song, man!"
Don't bear it any longer X4
It's time to stand up X2
Time to Stand up and .......er.. I dunno... watch a movie, go to the shops, maybe have a stretch. Ooh! I know! Have a little chat with mum.. yeah; that sounds nice.......... Hello mum, How are you? ......really ....Oh; okay... righ...right... I call you back later then.... have a nice time.. bye bye
END ITEM
So it's time for some back in action action, well actually more like semi-action? While the two potential RED events still keep evolving, here is another non RED quicky. I volunteered to help my friend Director Patrice Poujol with stylizing the opening to his current film "The Other End of the Gun" starring Kate Sullivan. The film should be in the metaphorical can very shortly. I am working in tandem with Ben Robison known for his work on "The Bitch" and sound design on the first RED production "Blind Generation".
The idea here was to treat the existing footage and give it a darker and more mysterious feel through use of textures and visual accents. I have included a few screen grabs from the sequence which is still a work in progress. Once this is done I will be handing it over to Michelle Lau for the final end title resolve which is being done in Maya, which as much as I would like it to be, is not my bag.
