I have made another Floyd documentary on Animals.
As you are all aficionados, I have created some comments - published here only - for you to consider (my director's commentary if you will!)
Enjoy guys.
Lee (rael nyc)
I found the footage of Maggie by Battersea by pure chance and it works brilliantly. I love the way she 'looks up' and sees the pig!
France 74 - Perhaps I spend too long on this?
Gini photos - look nice cleaned up.
In retrospect, I'd cut the football sequence out. I planned on having more links to football as I found a tour itinerary that mentioned football matches in it that the band planned to visit during the winter tour. I was going to have the actual scores of those games appear (as in the old fashioned 'type-writter' style text from 70s sports shows.
I am aware many photos in this early part are out of chronology. I talk about the 'overlong hair' but then don't show it until later.
Waters' hair did look ridiculous during these shows. (6.22)
4.35 The kid selling the program is a gem, I know it's from the US shows but it helps to tell my story.
The animated comic pretty well I'd say. I like the transition between Dave on the bike to him on stage.
7.10 - This mixes various version of Raving and Drooling together and I know the glitter ball wasn't used when it was played, it matches the music somehow.
10.00 The Roger in the studio photos are fudged from the Knebworth show (with the background faked)
10.50 I would liked to learn more about that bike parts knebworth photo and was surprised to see it used on other tour posters. Could have done more with this?
12.23 It was lovely to see this woman in a fur coat also the complete lack of yellow jackets, security staff and fencing. Comparing the 1977 and 2011 pig photo sessions it becomes very apparent how this aspect of our society has changed.
12.50 graphics are from the tour program / song book
13.37 - This dogs solo is a cover version, but it sounds authentic enough (to my ears) to use and has the ending I wanted.
14.31 - A little cheesy this drowning effect perhaps?
18.09 - These Scarfe drawings are from a planned Animals concert film. I wish I had mentioned this.
19.22 - The 'Sheeps Prayer' is from the original album run through a vocal isolation software. fucking incredible - I've never heard it so clear before.
20.33 - These pics are of various 70s tycoons and disgraced businessmen.
20.51 - Thatch and the animals!
22.00 - I tried to 'recreate' the inner cover photos with similar ones. Interesting to see that both Scarfe and Wright were at the battersea photo shoot.
24.38 - These are from an AI enhanced cover image I found online - amazing to see the detail in the cards etc.
25.33 - The only actual Animals era posed photos? I don't think Mason was actually at this photo shoot - he isn't on a photo with the other 3 I found.
26.11 - I was amazed how little decent cine film there was from these shows.
27.37 - The scarfe film from Shine On (1977 shows) again, perhaps I should have referenced this, as the footage is re-used in the Wall movie, many will not realise it is from 77. I wanted to illustrate how the end of animals 'becomes' the start of the wall.
28.37 - As with the comicbook cartoon, I paid an animator to make the final animation. I could have done it but it would have taken me too much time.
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