ROCK ACTION

So I must say that I finally got around to fulfill an idea that was bugging me for some time now - documentary movie on Russian independent music scene. That wasn't very hard to do - as I thought to myself while sitting on my ass, waiting for some big budgets and production crews to emerge from out of nowhere. Then the death of Dima "Pilot" Polishtchuk occured, and the realization that the movie lost a particular huge character made me act fast (and a thought that at his 27 years Dima had accomplished so much got me moving too). So I've found some cineaste guy with a camera, editing skills and little concern for money, talked him into it and that was it. We even got out once already to shoot a gig which was a tribute to Dima The Pilot, but that's a theme for another post (of course I created a blog about this film shoot, to keep me more focused on it and elaborate on things that will stay on the metaphorical edeiting room's floor - metaphorical because there is no floor).
In this one I wanted to lay out some other things.
First - sorry, my dear Russian friends and readers, but I chose to blog in English. For a reason. See, I kind of foresee the fate of this movie in Russia, so I'll try to target it at the Western viewers (through this blog, the net, the festival circuit and other possible connections). At worst it will appear as some exotic knick-knack which is of some interest for Western music lovers (some slight deviation of the norm, as in Iranian punk or Heavy Metal in Baghdad or whatever - I think Russian indie rock is totally up to task). So I would emphasise of course every shade of national spirit. At best - it will show us our place on the grander scheme. Pretty scary, huh?
Second - we are total novices at filming, but we know and understand the format of music documentaries (for my part, in the space of just one week I saw three films of this kind: Heavenly Pop Hits, Anvil: The Story of Anvil and Rough Cut and Ready Dubbed). Our amateurism hopefully will lead us to some interesting twists of this formats, so I'm not particularly worried about that. But we'll try to play it like the big boys - I will not be satisfied with uploading it on Youtube, I'm into making a good product and provide an interesting viewing and story.
Third - Nauka Zvuka, which means Science of Sound IS NOT the name of the film we're trying to make. The film doesn't have a name yet (although it has a working title - 'Where's My Distortion, Dude?'). Nauka Zvuka is the name of my production micro-company: I figured the name, then Googled it, and when nothing came up, thought that it would make a jolly good brand-name - investors and big shots love it when it rhymes, haven't you heard? So here it comes, catch it - Nauka Zvuka, ssuka!
Fourth - we will proceed with our shooting in relaxed mode (approximately once a week), and so will be appearing the posts here.
And fifth - as some of you may know, I play in a band myself, so if someone is wondering will my band feature in the movie, the answer is "No". The film will definitely be from some autheur's view, but I am surely not the person who would arrange all this for the sake of promoting my band and ensure it will go down in history. I'll let someone else do it instead.