tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4862207778089432835.post1331655847078333125..comments2024-03-27T11:55:27.988+00:00Comments on Bessler's Wheel and the Orffyreus Code: A real Bessler documentary on the cards?John Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13274781515636883957noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4862207778089432835.post-38767659543625636712011-10-18T18:58:20.624+01:002011-10-18T18:58:20.624+01:00Err,..John getting back to the subject,it looks li...Err,..John getting back to the subject,it looks like it's going to take 25% of input force to get 75% out.I don't think this is a coincidence, since it ties in with what Bessler stipulated in order for the wheel to turn.Trevornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4862207778089432835.post-22912895382334319192011-10-14T17:48:42.585+01:002011-10-14T17:48:42.585+01:00@ JC
Well, my opinion of Farm Studio Factory has ...@ JC<br /><br />Well, my opinion of Farm Studio Factory has just shot up several notches.<br /><br />If an Italian tv channel is paying for the documentary and it costs you nothing except your time, then this is DEFINITELY something worth getting involved in. You get a free vaction, interest in the Bessler story is promoted, and, maybe, they'll even mention your English translations of Bessler's writings! Nice if you got some PAY for your time, though. I mean, afterall, narrators and consultants are usually compensated for their time and knowledge.<br /><br />Speaking of translations, I assume that this documentary would be in Italian and anything you narrated would be then be dubbed or subtitled into Italian. Maybe, it would even be possible for you to get permission to make the original English narration version you do available on DVD which you could then market on your website. That would be nice so those of us who don't live in Italy can see it.<br /><br />Let's hope this one does not turn out like the past efforts at making a documentary did. Somehow, I feel this time it will be different!technoguynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4862207778089432835.post-32070095160872850282011-10-14T06:39:20.649+01:002011-10-14T06:39:20.649+01:00This documentary was comissioned by the TV station...This documentary was comissioned by the TV station RAI Due. The FarmStudioFactory srl, is an Italian film and television production company, who make programs for several TV channels as well as competing for contracts for any company seeking new advertising. They have offered to cover all my expenses and as long as they do so and it doesn't cost me anything I shall be more than content.<br /><br />I have considered making my own film but so far I haven't - there is so much planning to be done and too many thing to go wrong which would end up costing me money I don't have. <br /><br />I don't know how you arrived at the conclusion that this was a 'vanity publishing' company, technoguy, but that expression refers to book publishing and requires the author to buy copies at inflated prices. This has nothing to do with the scam you refer to.<br /><br />The BBC, for instance, has a documentary commissioning team whose sole aim is to find companies who can offer the complete production of a program - infact here is a link to their commissioning advice page - http://www.bbc.co.uk/commissioning/briefs/tv/browse-by-genre/documentaries/<br />Farm Studio Factory is a similar set up.<br /><br />I had considered pitching an idea to the BBC at one point and I think if the Italian project does not take off I might just go for it.<br /><br />JCJohn Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13274781515636883957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4862207778089432835.post-42049849635951843692011-10-14T04:32:23.121+01:002011-10-14T04:32:23.121+01:00Actually, there has been a lot of interest in the ...Actually, there has been a lot of interest in the past years in historical movies. Look at the success of the Gladiator and Spartacus movies, and many others similar. Of course these are grand spectacles, but indeed Techno has a good idea for a low-budget approach. Good documentaries (like the ones on Discovery channel, History Channel and so forth) are always in high demand.Andrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13706263884645654930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4862207778089432835.post-47004788901276545322011-10-14T03:48:56.876+01:002011-10-14T03:48:56.876+01:00Good idea from technoguy.Good idea from technoguy.vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04478870625877776990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4862207778089432835.post-20919793938707366872011-10-14T03:03:58.408+01:002011-10-14T03:03:58.408+01:00@ JC
If one wants to go the "low / no budget...@ JC<br /><br />If one wants to go the "low / no budget" route, one can always rent a digital video camera and become a one man production crew. Travel to the towns Bessler lived in, show his unfinished windmill, interview the locals, etc. <br /><br />Then edit it all on your own computer, add some narration, public domain music (like Stanely Kubrick, just use classical music for this), and perhaps include an animation showing how the wheels may have worked. When finished burn it all onto DVD's and market them on your website.<br /><br />It will be on the crude side and the chances of any television network actually airing it will be next to zero, but at least it will be available for those that are truly interested in his story.<br /><br />But, to have an actual biographical film about the man with actors, a script, and props is going to cost some "serious" money. It would show viewers the real passion of the man for success where all others had failed, the many sacrifices he had to make, and the esctasy of his final success. Aside from the mechanics of his wheels, that, IMO, is what people would really want to see depicted.technoguynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4862207778089432835.post-65378619284933889252011-10-14T00:42:53.960+01:002011-10-14T00:42:53.960+01:00It is possible for enthusiasm to trump money in fi...It is possible for enthusiasm to trump money in filmmaking, but it's very difficult.<br /><br />I refer to the Finnish "Wreckamovie" approach, which inverts the usual rules of filmmaking.<br /><br />I've been following their latest effort "Iron Sky," now almost finished (there are some trailers on Youtube). It looks quite good, but only because of a great amount of enthusiastic, dedicated hard work.Arktosnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4862207778089432835.post-70556610242868750692011-10-13T20:35:02.454+01:002011-10-13T20:35:02.454+01:00Time to return to planet Earth.
I just ran an Eng...Time to return to planet Earth.<br /><br />I just ran an English translation of Farm Studio Factory's Italian website and found this paragraph:<br /><br />"With this philosophy we succeed to guarantee to our customers services maintaining under control the costs and therefore the price of our services."<br /><br />That's right, this is the audio / visual equivalent of a "vanity publisher". If you want them to make a Bessler documentary for you, they will be happy to do so...for a PRICE that is!<br /><br />They are probably looking, at a minimum, for hundreds of thousands of dollars to make a low budget documentary. If you want it publicized and distributed to media outlets, the price will soar even higher.<br /><br />I long for the day when there will be enough general interest in this Bessler stuff for a medium to large film studio to invest their OWN money in making a quality film that will tell Bessler's intriguing story and will use a "name" actor in the lead role.<br /><br />Somehow I don't think that will happen until AFTER his wheels have been duplicated. I wish I could be more optimistic.technoguynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4862207778089432835.post-53466557253180963442011-10-13T19:15:26.880+01:002011-10-13T19:15:26.880+01:00Welcome back! I think it's a great idea, hopef...Welcome back! I think it's a great idea, hopefully it will push though! Now, for this movie, you have to gain some weight and practice your best Churchillian-voice imitation, of course:<br /><br />(somber and resolute voice)<br /><br />"...we shall fight the countertorque on the beaches, and in the hills, and on the physics grounds... the wheel shall rotate... whenever that may be... We shall never surrender!"Andrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13706263884645654930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4862207778089432835.post-46943261537767941122011-10-13T18:37:37.681+01:002011-10-13T18:37:37.681+01:00That is exciting, John. Welcome back and good luck...That is exciting, John. Welcome back and good luck with the documentary.<br />I'm wondering why the double portraits hold so much interest for you.Dougnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4862207778089432835.post-29688971412544915722011-10-13T18:24:58.132+01:002011-10-13T18:24:58.132+01:00Well John,..You have nothing to loose and every th...Well John,..You have nothing to loose and every thing to gain!You might even be able to play the one producer against any others once it becomes public knowledge.Trevor Daunceynoreply@blogger.com