Beautiful Noise (film)

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Beautiful Noise
A digital vector-drawn image of various effects pedals. Blue block text above reads "Beautiful Noise".
Official film poster
Directed byEric Green
Written byEric Green
Produced by
  • Eric Green
  • Sarah Ogletree
Starring
Edited bySarah Ogletree
Music byBrad Laner
Production
company
HypFilms
Release date
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$84,740[1]

Beautiful Noise is a 2014 American music

shoegazing and other alternative rock
genres. Beautiful Noise features extracts from over 50 interviews with bands and artists, as well as archival footage and music videos.

Green commenced production on Beautiful Noise in early 2005 with producer and editor Sarah Ogletree; production was largely completed by 2008 although the project stagnated due to various financial and legal issues. In response, Green began a successful crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter in hopes of securing final financial investment for the film's release. The campaign was supported by several of the bands featured in Beautiful Noise through social media.

Beautiful Noise was announced for release in May 2014 and premiered at the

Washington
on May 31, 2014.

Overview

Beautiful Noise documents the underground music movement in the United Kingdom in the late 1980s and early 1990s, focusing in particular on the Scottish

shoegazing artists Ride, Slowdive, Chapterhouse, and Lush. Beautiful Noise features extracts from over 50 interviews with members of various bands, as well as "special appearances" from The Flaming Lips' vocalist–guitarist Wayne Coyne, Nine Inch Nails' frontman Trent Reznor, Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins and Robert Smith of The Cure.[2]

In addition to interviews, Beautiful Noise includes never-before-seen footage, television appearances, music videos and tour projections of the film's featured bands. The film also "highlights new bands influenced by [shoegazing]",[2] such as A Place to Bury Strangers, Wild Nothing and M83.[3]

Production

Beautiful Noise was written and directed by Eric Green, produced and edited by Sarah Ogletree and presented by their studio company HypFilms.

rap" but no similar documentaries about bands he was a "longtime fan" of. Pre-production of Beautiful Noise began in early 2005 and by March, Green and Ogletree had commenced production on the film. Green's interviews with the film's featured cast "spanned over several years".[5]

In 2007, an email was

Pitchfork Media reported on the film and "inspired a wider of level of interest" from the public.[7] As a result, Green and Ogletree began a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise finances to cover licensing of the music featured in the film, as well as clearances and distribution.[8] Green hoped to raise $75,000  on Kickstarter and the campaign was supported by various artists raising awareness via social media. The project was successfully funded on December 16, 2012 and a further $9,740 was pledged after a total of 1,511 users contributed.[1]

During early stages of production, from 2005 to 2007, Ogletree edited various versions of Beautiful Noise from rough scripts provided by Green. Multiple edits of the film featured archival footage with "personally custom designed art" which was the result of collaborations with artist Angus Cameron. Medicine founder Brad Laner also contributed a musical score to the film.[5] Following public awareness of the film after the 2007 email leak, John Nugent and Timothy O'Donnell contributed further artwork to the film, presented alongside Cameron's additions. A final edit of Beautiful Noise was completed by Ogletree after Green's successful campaign on Kickstarter.[9]

Release

Beautiful Noise was originally set for release in 2008. Green and Ogletree attempted to find a distributor, however, several factors—including the expense of music clearance and licensing, the

Washington on May 31 and the international premiere was held at the Sheffield DocFest in Sheffield, England on June 8.[10][11]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Beautiful Noise – Music Documentary by Eric Green". Kickstarter. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
  2. ^ a b Green 2014, p. 2.
  3. ^ Green 2014, p. 8.
  4. ^ Green 2014, p. 1.
  5. ^ a b Green 2014, p. 3.
  6. ^ Rogers, Judge (July 27, 2007). "Jude Rogers talks to the pioneers of nu-gazing | Music". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
  7. ^ Green 2014, p. 3–4.
  8. ^ a b Green 2014, p. 4.
  9. ^ Green 2014, p. 5.
  10. Pitchfork Media
    . Retrieved May 22, 2014.
  11. ^ Coleman, Miriam (May 10, 2014). "Shoegaze Documentary Beautiful Noise Premieres This Spring – video". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media. Retrieved May 22, 2014.

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