Sleeve wrote:

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forgot about Gregory- Electric Sound of Joy!

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 I hope I didn't mangle his last name. 

I don't know if you knew this but he used to be in a band with Mark in the mid 80's called Siegfried's Magick Box.

Well, it was a TWO cuppa tea film in the end.

I am planning my own visit to Sheffield later this year so it was nice to have a look around via this film. Particularly struck by the art around the city both officially and unoffically displayed (I do enjoy good grafitti!) 

Not going to lie, I was a little worried about the content with your comment - and intrigued of course - but it was all rather lovely. I would have edited it down or cut it into episodes, as 2 hours is a long time, but that may have detracted from its charm - besides it is yours to do as you wish - and what do I know anyway?

Nice one Sarah 

I've watched about 3/4 so far and really enjoyed it. I was a bit daunted at the start when I realised it was 2 hours long, but then it flew by. I'll think more about it when I've watched the rest.

SarahAWilson wrote:

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I've bit the bullet and sent it to all relevant parties on Twitter. Wish me luck. I'm worried shit is going to go down, so if I get a Cease and Desist notice, or some other legal trouble and have to remove the film from Youtube please know that I really appreciate everyone who managed to see the film.

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I don't think it will cause any legal trouble - not entirely sure what has happened between you and Mark in the past, but the film doesn't appear to cross any boundaries as far as I can see. However, Twitter is something else so I understand your anxiety. For the record, I am glad I watched it 

I'm resurrecting this thread because I'm actually going through some mental distress, related to this film. I'm losing sleep, I'm bursting into tears, I'm second guessing myself and questioning my judgement. It's a good thing I'm on holiday right now, because if I was at work, I'd probably be cracking up.

I uploaded the film on the 27th of July and retweeted it to all relevant parties, but since then I have had NOTHING. Not a retweet, not a like, not a comment nor even a thumbs up. I feel like a giant failure right now. I haven't heard any feedback at all, not even from Nick and he'll retweet anything even vaguely Pulp related.

Call me paranoid, but I feel like my film is being boycotted for some reason, like this general indifference to my film is beginning to feel like I'm being punished for something.

I'd even take a negative comment like "Your film is shit. You wasted, my time and your own time" ANYTHING.

Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the feedback from those who have seen the film, I even took it on board when I went back and re-edited it. 

I worked really hard on this film, and it's breaking my heart just seeing everything going to waste like this.

Eamonn wrote:

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I wouldn't take it as a personal slight, Sarah. It can be painful being creative; spending hours and hours/days of your own time on a project, and then having to try and plug the thing where you're putting yourself out there for raw judgement only to be met with a fair bit of tumbleweed.
I've done it with my own music and like you say, it's easy to feel indifference being more painful than an extreme reaction even if that happens to be negative.

But...people's lack of attention spans and the battle for their time and attention while they're glued to an interactive screen (sometimes two) for hours a day, is a bloody difficult one to fight against. A two hour film might seem daunting in that context. Have you thought of ormade any little teasers/trailers for it to elicit some attention/views that would be easier to gain and for the viewer to digest?

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 Eamonn, EHAT is on Youtube. There is a pause button. There is a Watch Later function. They don't have to watch the whole thing in one go. And what your saying about it being too long, I'm sorry but I have to ask, are you serious? Most Marvel films fall into the three hour category, look at LOTR, look at Oppenheimer. Two hours is nothing. Also it's for free. You're not paying for it. None of my films are monetized, or even my channel. 

Not that I am comparing myself to Ken Jacobs here, but the 2004 cut of "Star Spangled to Death" is 6h 42minutes long, and if SOMEONE can sit through that, they can definitely sit and "endure" 2 hours of mine!

And yes, that was directed at who you think it was.

How can you say it's niche, when it it's about one of THE most famous bands in British music history??!! A band whose last tour, may I remind you WAS SOLD OUT EVERY SINGLE NIGHT THEY WERE PLAYING!!

Did anyone say to Florian Habicht when LDaS was announced, that his film wasn't going to succeed? That nobody would see it? Because it was too niche? It won a FUCKING NME AWARD! And I didn't have the benefit of a production company or a budget behind me. It was me, on my own with a couple of cameras and a mid range editing suite, trying to do the best I could with what I had. Doesn't that actually mean something?

Nobody said to Sturdy that TAB was too niche. Hell, Nick and Richard even came to his launch party.

I can't even get a fucking retweet.