Music Films

How each legend was found

Each film is the account of a finding, told straight, and it ends, reliably, in dancing. Nothing is streaming yet, and nothing here pretends otherwise.

When a film is released it will be linked here, and not before.

001 · Yeti

The Wiggle

Song · The Wiggle
the cold-open board: 123 beats, 303 frames

The Yeti — enormous, cream, flat-faced — facing an explorer inside a blue ice cave, a storm lantern on the snow between them, the Yeti’s shadow huge on the wall. Concept photograph.

The Wiggle

Song · The Wiggle

He stamps his foot. Tap the print.

Concept photograph. Would not hold still.

notation locked offEWS · WS · MS · CU · ECU shot size

37 frames from the cold-open board: 123 beats, 303 frames

The film is being prepared. The Yeti has asked for one more rehearsal. Watch it here when it is released.

The file

002 · Bigfoot

Sasquatch Shuffle

Song · Sasquatch Shuffle
the Deakins boards: 48 shots to 1:15, then 40 beats of the dance

Bigfoot walking towards the camera along a forest path, tall trunks either side, fog and low light behind him. Concept photograph.

Sasquatch Shuffle

Song · Sasquatch Shuffle

Concept photograph. Would not hold still.

notation locked off drift push in tracking tilt orbitEWS · WS · MS · CU · ECU shot size

68 frames from the Deakins boards: 48 shots to 1:15, then 40 beats of the dance

Release is pending the final footwork review. The review is going extremely well, which is itself under review. Watch it here when it is released.

The file

003 · Nessie

The Nessie Wiggle

Song · The Nessie Wiggle · working title

Nessie rising out of Loch Ness in a burst of spray, sun breaking through the clouds; three men cheer from a jetty, one holding a torch, a castle on the hill behind. Concept photograph.

The Nessie Wiggle

Song · The Nessie Wiggle · working title

Concept photograph. Would not hold still.

No board in this grade yet. The photograph stands in for it.

The moving record exists. The framing discussion, regrettably, also continues. Watch it here when it is released.

The file

008 · Dragon

Dance Like a Dragon

Song · Dance Like a Dragon · working title
the storyboard: 48 shots, timed

The red Welsh Dragon in flight over a freight train in a green valley, sheep in the field below. Concept photograph.

Dance Like a Dragon

Song · Dance Like a Dragon · working title

Concept photograph. Would not hold still.

notation drift tracking push in locked off handheld orbit tiltEWS · WS · MS · CU · ECU shot size

48 frames from the storyboard: 48 shots, timed

The screening copy has been sent to the tavern for comment. The tavern has many comments. Watch it here when it is released.

The file

017 · Chupacabra

No film yet

No film yet

The Chupacabra, small and green, dancing with a man in a hat in a fiesta plaza at golden hour, goats trotting past. Concept photograph.

Concept photograph. Would not hold still.

No film, so no board. The photograph is real.

No film yet. The goats have asked to be consulted on casting, which is not how it works.

The file

020 · Baku

No film yet

No film yet

The Baku, blue-grey plush, standing on a glowing cloud beside a child sitting up in bed at night, stars on the ceiling. Concept photograph.

Concept photograph. Would not hold still.

No film, so no board. The photograph is real.

No film yet. He has asked for it to be a lullaby, and for it to be short.

The file

The marks · six of thirty