pjaicomo Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Can someone explain to me the reason for the punctuation in their name? Portugal. The man I am too lazy to look for myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthemjfan23 Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Can someone explain to me the reason for the punctuation in their name? i actually think this might be one of the reasons i never gave them a fair shot when i first heard about them. same thing with panic! at the disco, except they realized how stupid it was and took it out. michael, looks like you're off to a good start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavyheavylowlow Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Portugal. The Man is not the 'actual' band name. 'Portugal. The Man' was a novel by John Gourley's father that was never finished. The bands real name is 'Portugal. The Man presents The Apporaching AIRballoons' And if you check most of their CD's it says the album is performed by 'The Approaching AIRballoons'. As for the full stop after Portugal, can't say for certain, but I love it, it's nothing like the stupid gimmick of PANIC!. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyjunior Posted December 27, 2008 Author Share Posted December 27, 2008 They have lot's of explanations for the name. They figured a country as one name who represents a whole bunch of people and it had something to do with ziggie stardust, so yeah.. they make a lot up I would appreciate it if I got some feedback here or on vimeo on the preview, what to change, coloring, what you think so far.. thanks dan! here's the link again: http://vimeo.com/2620115 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthemjfan23 Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 the only thing i would say (and i'm not sure if this is only on your preview or if this is how you're making the actual movie) is that if you're going to play a full song, play the full song from start to finish. but don't have a clip be 1:00 long if you're not going to do it all. it just feels awkward watching it then. i would say about :30 is the cutoff for longest allowed time without playing the whole thing. if you're going to play the whole thing that's fine, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enjoyadrian Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 how did you record the sound for the live stuff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyjunior Posted December 27, 2008 Author Share Posted December 27, 2008 how did you record the sound for the live stuff? Just with the camera, not the soundboard. Amazingly enough a lot sounds great (at least.. I think so). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyjunior Posted January 21, 2009 Author Share Posted January 21, 2009 Ok, I'm busy uploading the SMALL "Colors" part of my doc, I'd like to have some feedback. The edited John Interview part is weird, I don't know if it really works so let me know. It'll be up in an hour! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyjunior Posted January 21, 2009 Author Share Posted January 21, 2009 Colors: http://vimeo.com/2905873 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyjunior Posted January 21, 2009 Author Share Posted January 21, 2009 so what do you guys think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhythmgtr5 Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 If you start a song, I'd prefer that I get to see all of it at once rather than broken up. Was that other camera in the frame yours during that song? The effect when John is talking is rather distracting. the content is good though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyjunior Posted January 21, 2009 Author Share Posted January 21, 2009 the thing is, that guy with the camera was someone else who was filming them for a tv thing. my buddy just didn't care and started filming, but it wasn't filmed from start to end that's why I put that interview thing inbetween with John (about Colors) and yeah i've changed the middle again, too bad I don't have vimeo plus, cuz now I have to wait another week to upload! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Yeah, those effects sort of take away from what John is talking about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyjunior Posted January 22, 2009 Author Share Posted January 22, 2009 I've changed it and I'm busy uploading! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtw88 Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 I think the Death Cab For Cutie DVD is an excellent example of a great band documentary. Lots of live footage, interviews, sound checks and the like. Personally I don't like the live footage to be full songs. I get a little ADD. It's always rad though, if it's going to be a DVD, to include full live concerts in the bonus features. I was going to suggest watching the death cab dvd and doing whatever they did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyjunior Posted January 22, 2009 Author Share Posted January 22, 2009 http://vimeo.com/2912801 proper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zac Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 I'll watch this after class tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthemjfan23 Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 If you start a song, I'd prefer that I get to see all of it at once rather than broken up. fo sho. breaking it up makes it awkward. it makes me think they fucked up at some point in the middle of the song and you just edited that part out to make them look good, but since you can't perfectly adjoin the two clips, you split them up with an interview. also, how crazy small is the room they're playing in? where the shit were they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyjunior Posted January 22, 2009 Author Share Posted January 22, 2009 If you start a song, I'd prefer that I get to see all of it at once rather than broken up. fo sho. breaking it up makes it awkward. it makes me think they fucked up at some point in the middle of the song and you just edited that part out to make them look good, but since you can't perfectly adjoin the two clips, you split them up with an interview. also, how crazy small is the room they're playing in? where the shit were they? haha, a fuckin' elevator! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonesomexloveus Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 while in theory i like the idea of breaking up the song with the interview, it seems really awkward to me. i feel like if you maybe kept the audio from the song running quietly in the background while the interview was happening, then cut back to them playing it might seem smoother? i have no idea what i'm talking about/how the editing process works, so i really have no idea if that's even feasible, lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthemjfan23 Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 actually that's a really good idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyjunior Posted January 22, 2009 Author Share Posted January 22, 2009 while in theory i like the idea of breaking up the song with the interview, it seems really awkward to me. i feel like if you maybe kept the audio from the song running quietly in the background while the interview was happening, then cut back to them playing it might seem smoother?i have no idea what i'm talking about/how the editing process works, so i really have no idea if that's even feasible, lol Good idea, yeah.. but like I said, it wasn't completely filmed as my buddy wasn't really allowed to film that since the other man that was there was filming that for something else, a tv thing. So that's why I did it like this, I can always continue the real track underneath, but that would be weird or wouldn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthemjfan23 Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 yeah, that would be weird, don't do that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgumby Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 Michael- I am a huge fan of portugal the man. i'm very interested in seeing the documentary that you put together. none of the vimeo videos work and i was wondering if you could send me the video somehow. thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djones0930 Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 nice bump haha...i totally forgot about this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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