watmmopolis

Trailer

2010-10-20T13:19:00.001-07:00

Trailer, made with music from Kcinsu's part 14.

Watmmopolis unveiled

2010-10-18T12:43:00.000-07:00

On Sunday evening we had the first viewing of Watmmopolis in its entirety. This being a crowdsourced project, naturally the premiere was also geographically distributed and virtual. We used the synchtube service to make sure we were all watching it at the same time, and it worked pretty well, aside for some faffing about on my part when my connection went down : ). About 20 people watched the full 188 minutes together, which was a pretty good turn out considering the short notice. There were no paparazzi or red carpet at this premiere, but who needs those when you have a chatroom with this kind of chat?

beard defeats robot
Lang would be proud of wattumm
my mom took me to a play of this, when i was 5
mine took me to see russ abbott.dont ask.

For ideas about where this project might be headed next, see the FAQ

Clips by Kcinsu, u and Braintree

2010-10-17T20:36:00.000-07:00

The final three clips are here - done in fine style by Kcinsu, u and Braintree:

Part 14 - Music by Kcinsu

Part 15 - Music by u

Part 21 - Music by Braintree

For the rest, see here.

Its all done!

2010-09-28T08:43:00.000-07:00

The final piece of music just got sent to me, plans are now afoot for a big unveiling next month : )

Seq 15 change

2010-09-22T08:36:00.000-07:00

When I started looking after this project for Squee and Rook, various sequences had already been finished, and they handed the files over to me. Someone had already done sequence 15, but I had trouble getting hold of them to secure their agreement to post it on YouTube. Hence Sequence 15 went back into the pool of unfinished bits, and Cowboys for Christ eventually composed some music for it.

However, the original contributor for sequence 15 has now been tracked down. And so with the agreement of Cowboys for Christ I'm going to use the original instead - its by someone called 'u', and it will be unveiled soon. The Cowboys for Christ version will continue to be available here as an alternative.

Nearly there...

2010-07-15T13:44:00.001-07:00

For the record, this project was started by Squee on 31st March 2008 .... one sequence left to get done.

Another clip by Stenotic

2010-07-01T13:55:00.000-07:00

Another clip by Stenotic, this time its Part 22:

Clip by Skink

2010-05-23T13:28:00.001-07:00

A new clip by Skink, part 19.

Click here to see all the clips.

Clips by Stenotic, Lascaille and Cowboys For Christ

2010-03-20T13:33:00.000-07:00

Another three clips completed at the start of March 2010:

Part 2 - Music by Stenotic

Part 10 - Music by Lascaille

Part 15 - Music by Cowboys For Christ

See here for all the others.

Clip by DJ Handbrake

2010-01-03T16:17:00.001-08:00

The first of the new batch of clips for 2010, this is part 18 with music by DJ Handbrake:

See here for all the clips done so far.

FAQ

2010-01-01T11:12:00.000-08:00

Frequently Asked Questions

Who did the music?

The contributors are:

Seq 01: Kaen
Seq 02: Stenotic
Seq 03: Lights Set North - http://soundcloud.com/lsn
Seq 04: Modey
Seq 05: Margaret Thatcher
Seq 06: Castrensis
Seq 07: Cubus - http://www.ilovecubus.co.uk
Seq 08: Khrimson
Seq 09: Xiqhhyiecryn
Seq 10: Lascaille - http://soundcloud.com/lascaille
Seq 11: MRX
Seq 12: Soundwave
Seq 13: Braintree
Seq 14: Kcinsu - http://www.kcinsu.com
Seq 15: u
Seq 16: Adjective - http://sopor.us/
Seq 17: Amorphous Humphrey Plugg
Seq 18: DJ Handbrake
Seq 19: Skink
Seq 20: Zephyr Nova - http://www.myspace.com/zephyrnova
Seq 21: Braintree (also seq 13)
Seq 22: Stenotic (also seq 2)
Seq 23: Xenocrates - http://sharee.bandcamp.com/

Why is there a timestamp on the videos?

When the people who started this project originally split the film into 23 sequences, they put on the timestamp to help contributors match the music to the visuals.

Unfortunately, its a rather big job to slice the film up again into exactly the same sequences (down to the millisecond) to get rid of the timestamp. We might get round to it eventually though.

Will there be a DVD?

That was the original plan, but given how long its taken to get this far, it might not appear for a while. A torrent may be more practical than an actual DVD. A lot of people are asking, so we'll start looking into it ...

Clip by Xenocrates

2009-12-20T09:23:00.001-08:00

This clip with Music by Xenocrates is actually the final few minutes of the film, so ... beware of spoilers, obviously : )

Clips by Braintree and Zephyr Nova

2009-12-15T15:13:00.000-08:00

Two more awesome clips:

Part 13 - Music by Braintree

Part 20 - Music by Zephyr Nova

See here for the full list of clips completed so far.

Clips by Lights Set North, Soundwave and Adjective

2009-12-13T15:41:00.000-08:00

Three new clips from the new batch:

Part 3 - Music by Lights Set North

Part 12 - Music by Soundwave

Part 16 - Music by Adjective

Clips by Modey, Khrimson and Amorphous Humphrey Plugg

2009-12-11T14:46:00.000-08:00

For 2 months, people have been working on new clips, and here are the first three of the new batch:

Part 4 - Music by Modey

Part 8 - Music by Khrimson

Part 17 - Music by Amorphous Humphrey Plugg

Go to the Watch (clips) page for the full list of all the completed clips so far.

In progress ...

2009-10-10T15:13:00.000-07:00

We now have new people allocated to all of the unfinished clips (see here for a list of who's doing what), so there should be lots of new clips up on the site in December.

Interested in contributing?

2009-09-24T15:36:00.000-07:00

Lots of people have been asking me about finishing off the other sequences, so ...

The remaining unfinished sequences (15 of them, give or take) will be allocated to new people on Thursday 8th October

See this thread to put your name on the list or for more details...

Clip by Castrensis

2009-09-21T03:04:00.000-07:00

A new clip uploaded today; part 6 by Castrensis. Click here to see all clips so far.

Clips by Xiqhhyiecryn, MRX

2009-09-18T01:08:00.000-07:00

Two new clips uploaded today, from Xiqhhyiecryn and MRX.

Click the links to watch them separately or to watch all completed clips in sequence.

Clips by Kaen, Margaret Thatcher, Cubus

2009-09-17T08:22:00.000-07:00

Today is the first unveilling of parts of Watmmopolis, with three sequenences from watmm members Kaen, Margaret Thatcher and Cubus.

The watmm thread about the clips is here.

Watch them separately or in sequence by following the links...

Watch Watmmopolis

2009-09-16T10:15:00.000-07:00

(See About Watmmopolis)

(This YouTube playlist plays all of the completed sequences, in order)

Watch Watmmopolis (Clips)

2009-09-16T08:18:00.000-07:00

(See About Watmmopolis)

This page shows all the sequences as separate clips:

Part 1 - Music by Kaen

Part 2 - Music by Stenotic

Part 3 - Music by Lights Set North

Part 4 - Music by Modey

Part 5 - Music by Margaret Thatcher

Part 6 - Music by Castrensis

Part 7 - Music by Cubus

Part 8 - Music by Khrimson

Part 9 - Music by Xiqhhyiecryn

Part 10 - Music by Lascaille

Part 11 - Music by MRX

Part 12 - Music by Soundwave

Part 13 - Music by Braintree

Part 14 - Music by Kcinsu

Part 15 - Music by u

Part 16 - Music by Adjective

Part 17 - Music by Amorphous Humphrey Plugg

Part 18 - Music by DJ Handbrake

Part 19 - Music by Skink

Part 20 - Music by Zephyr Nova

Part 21 - Music by Braintree

Part 22 - Music by Stenotic

Part 23 - Music by Xenocrates

Sequence Index

2009-09-12T10:04:00.000-07:00

A list of the 23 sequences of the film, and who they are allocated to:

Seq 01: 5:36 - Kaen (Done)
Seq 02: 6:17 - Stenotic (Done)
Seq 03: 5:09 - Lights Set North (Done)
Seq 04: 5:51 - Modey (Done)
Seq 05: 6:40 - Margaret Thatcher (Done)
Seq 06: 2:29 - Castrensis (Done)
Seq 07: 5:57 - Cubus (Done)
Seq 08: 6:07 - Khrimson (Done)
Seq 09: 5:31 - Xiqhhyiecryn (Done)
Seq 10: 5:22 - Lascaille (Done)
Seq 11: 3:14 - MRX (Done)
Seq 12: 3:14 - Soundwave (Done)
Seq 13: 5:16 - Braintree (Done)
Seq 14: 5:09 - Kcinsu (Done)
Seq 15: 5:01 - u (Done)
Seq 16: 3:24 - Adjective (Done)
Seq 17: 6:15 - Amorphous Humphrey Plugg (Done)
Seq 18: 3:16 - DJ Handbrake (done)
Seq 19: 7:25 - Skink (Done)
Seq 20: 5:50 - Zephyr Nova (Done)
Seq 21: 3:52 - Braintree (Done)
Seq 22: 7:31 - Stenotic (Done)
Seq 23: 3:46 - Xenocrates (Done)

See also: Alternative version of Seq 15 by Cowboys for Christ

About

2009-09-12T09:52:00.000-07:00

Watmmopolis is a project by the members of the Watmm forum to create a new soundtrack to the 1927 silent film Metropolis.

The project was originally started by Watmm members Squee and Rook. This blog and accompanying youtube channel were created by Watmm member Zazen to showcase the results of the project.

The film was divided into 23 sequences, and each sequence allocated to a different musician. As of October 2010, all the sequences have been scored and uploaded to Youtube.

For furher info, see the FAQ.