When not making films for GO! Smell the Flowers, BLAM Productions also makes films like these:
The following is actual footage filmed under cover by The Lone Ranger as part of Hi Ho Books Away at my magazine, The View From Here. The idea is to leave ten hardback literary books in a public space and see how long it is before someone picks each one up.
So when is the last time you picked up a book and what was it?
Hiya Mike, Jim here – great idea to take it viral – what was the longest time before a book was picked up?
The last book I picked up was ‘Pies & Predjudice’ – a book about the North of England -well worth a read!
So you are an expert on pies now Jim?
The longest time to pick up a book was the one in the film at an hour and a half, the shortest was under a minute! We have 3 books left and then we will have a top 10 list, which we may be able to interest the Guardian Newspaper in with help from a contact we have in the literary word.
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LOL Mike and no, pies arent my thing…
This fly on the wall book on bench is a truly unique concept – one we could try with leaving bunches of flowers on a bench – someone smells – then water is released into their face…of course we wouldn’t but its a great viral idea you’re rolling out – love it!
Any chance you could pop a camera down in a field in say, Wiltshire, UK – make it a crop circle book and see what light forms you get on film – if its a quick flash it could be a group hug, perhaps?
Would you mind if we used you lego flower people from your other post below and added it to the ‘ About’ page here on the site – we’ve re-writing a bit of the content this week – we’ll cradit your design, of course.
Yep no probs on the Lego Men – and crop circles eh – aliens having a group hug? Blimey you don’t want much then!
Here’s an idea Mike:
Why don’t you use your creativity to produce a film of chakras in motion, or UFOs in flight, or god sat on a cloud, or a psychic talking with a visible spirit? Don’t tell anyone its a hoax, then we can sit back and laff at the incredible gullible theorists’ stories of why it is for real.
Many of this blog’s commentors would fall for it.
This morning, my Bible.
Yesterday, my Bible &
The Developing Mind: How Relationships and the Brain Interact to Shape Who We Are by Daniel J. Siegel &
Schultz and Peanuts, A Biography by David Michaelis.
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Sounds a good diet of books, no fiction for you Clueless?
Sci-fi and humor (Far Side, Calvin & Hobbes, Peanuts), but not reading right now.
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I am in the middle of three books thanks to Bo Snr and Gareth… heheheh
I finished the colour of Magic recommended by Bo Snr.. very good and am about to start the next in the series..
have one chapter to go in book 3 of Piers Anthony Mode Series with the last book sitting on my lounge awaiting its turn… tonight Yippee..
The Good Omen was so good…. I wish they would write a sequel …. thank you Gareth it was excellent… and might read it again as time goes on…
So I have authors and 2 book series I am reading at the present moment… heheheh..
totally brillant…
Terry Prachett great and this Piers Anthony totally weird but amazing… Xanth series to follow next week…
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The Prachett series should keep you busy there are about a zillion books in the series.
Tell me about it the disc world series is huge….
If I get bored with the series I’ll move onto something else but am looking forward to having a good go at the series
I’ll be starting the next one Saturday I think, should be finished the one I started last night by then… its only 300 odd pages…
did you see Mike FLowers version of wonderwall was voted number 5 worst cover ever … lol… thought it was funny…
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That’s kind of voyeuristic Mike! I feel a little pervy right now.
Perhaps you should put up those black rectangles to protect everyone’s identity as book snatchers?
We’re fighting crime here Funky and I’m the one who wears the black mask not the outlaws.
What I have seen from the video, my conclusion is:
Older people have more appreciation for books than the younger generations..
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That would appear to be true here
Intesresting – maybe the younger folk have far more distractions now or is it less attention span?
Googled / blogged out instead of a good book?
Hmmmm.
A case in point with an inability to spell INTERESTING.
oooops.
Not a pselling error…just mixed up fingers. I find that I do read less and watch less television because I look up information or obtain my news from the Internet.
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Careful…what do you consider old?
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Yep – I agree a real book, the smell of the paper etc, before an e- book any day.
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I’m a lover of books, so it never takes me very long before I pick up a new or old one
My latest book though was “Sermon on the Hill” by Emmet Fox….definitely a good read
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