Tiny Film Re-recs (3):

• Long Distance Relationship animation REmix by thehidingmushroom - Short, funny and enjoyable. A shoo-in for the Tiny Films project, based on the quality and the fact it is on one of the tiny stories already published in the 'first' tiny stories book.


• super (tinyvideo) by InkedCanvas 


• hungry (tiny film) by InkedCanvas - both Tiny Films are beautiful remixes by InkedCanvas. The resources she used were fitting and cut together so well. 

Albums (2):

• WELCOME KIT by filmpunk - filmpunk collected albums such as gweninterrupted's meticulous works and other insanely valuable resources to help new hitrecorders ease into the site. It is also a wonderful resource for anyone who needs inspiration. Makes me wish I stumbled upon this when I first signed up!


• Animals (video) by jvv - jvv did an amazing job collecting different animal resources and creating different subfolders for them for ease of use (e.g.mammals, birds, reptiles, sea life, insects). A fantastic resource if you are planning to make an animal-themed remix, or the next 'I've got no cats' MV.

Audio records (2):

• Beat 1111 (stomp n clap REmix) by Robo_J - A great remix that can be used as a track for video mixes. It's fast, upbeat, and exciting. I also love how the claps and stomps were incorporated into this. It gives a very jungle vibe! 


• Doris Schmackelfugger, the song by monkeychow - Part of his ongoing collab 'Baron von Monkenchowzer', this song is equal parts funny, cheeky and ridiculous. It reminds me a lot of the fake history concept and I would love to see this song and his collab developed further.

Image records (1): 

• The Murderous Trio by Lea Daniel - Lea created a creeptastic potrait of Joe's 3 personas from the Halloween Hitrecord show. I love how these characters have inspired so many creative and interesting records, but this is one of my faves.

Text records (1) :

• Neglect by nerissa - A rebellion by punctuation in all shapes and forms in the literary world? Why not? Absolutely love the concept. I can picture it as a small tiny animated film, even illustrations. Nerissa has posted a lot of amazing 'scribblings'  but this is one of my favourites. 

DISCLAIMER: The following text is of sensitive nature. Read with caution.

Monday, February 13, 2012.

 “Is it recording… right. Hello dear, my name is Dr. Archer. Do you know where you are?”

“Crofter's Lodge, Bristol.”

“Well done. Can you tell me what your name is?”

“Celia. Cece.”

“Are you certain it’s not Holly? Holly Hallbrook.”

“No, that’s her name, not mine.”

“Right. Tell me about her then. Are you and Holly friends?”

“No, but we tolerate each other. As long as I have my nights, she can have her days.”

“When’s the last time you slept?”

“I don’t sleep.”

Thursday, March 15, 2012.

 “All right, Cece. Can you tell me what happened on the night--”

“The night Liam raped me? Sure, do you have enough tape?”

“Just give me the breakdown, okay?”

“The breakdown… I switched, went to my favorite place, and met Liam. It was obvious what he wanted. He wanted to rape some poor woman and take away her pride, like someone from his past got his. I enjoyed the look on his face when he realized I wasn’t that woman.”

“Then what happened?”

“He raped me. He took off my undies, dug his nails in my thighs, and started thrusting. I never heard his pants unzipping. Maybe he was wearing slacks. No matter… then he said her name, which was strange. I didn’t know he knew her. Maybe they’d met on one of her recitals. It excited me that he did.”

“And then what?”

“You’re too rushed... taking the pleasure out of it -- don’t disagree, I can see you want to.”

“I’m not disagreeing. Continue, please.”

“Where was I… ah yes, the best part. It was when he came that I saw what I had wanted all along. It was the briefest moment of clarity. It was beautiful. Sadly, I didn’t reach mine. I never do…”

Tuesday, April 17, 2012.

“Are you sexually frustrated, Cece?”

“You are joking. I am being serious and you are just a silly child--”

“Who are you talking to right now?”

“I am talking to you, you piece of shit.”

“Who are you talking to in your mind, Cece?”

“We don’t talk about him. Or what he did to us. We only want to experience it again.”

“Do you mean Holly and you? Does Holly want to experience this again?”

“Who cares what she wants? I run this parade. It’s what I want that matters. She’s too much of a coward to face her desires, so I take care of that for her. If she didn’t want it, I would not exist. There’s your answer.”

“You are rationalizing, Cece. Can you tell me what Holly wants to say right now?”

“She has nothing to say. She’s pathetic… she wants to cry. But we’re all cried out.”

“That’s good, Cece. Tell me how it feels. Tell me how Liam made you feel.”

“Alive. We felt alive. No… I felt alive. Holly wasn’t there. She’s never there.”

“So you did it against Holly’s will, is that right?”

“Yes… no… I don’t know. You’re confusing me! STOP IT!”

“Now, Cece, relax. Just do your exercise…”

“STOP SAYING MY NAME!!! STOP IT! I HATE YOU, YOU PIECE OF SHIT!”

“Cece, relax! Holly? Holly, are you there? Security-!”

I've really loved all the contributions to the Dialogue Tales collab, but two recent ones really stood out to me because they both dealt with territory that hasn't been explored in the collab much: the darkness of humanity.

Don't get me wrong, light-hearted is just fine and that is, after all, how the collab started! But trying to convey emotions or even insanity via dialogue is incredibly tricky, and exactly why I think we should give it a go!

The tales in question are:

Transcripts of a Broken Mind by lynmidnight

The Truth About the Death of My Mother (a conversation) by gweninterrupted

Grief is always tricky to put across in dialogue because people don't just launch into monologues about they are feeling -- they tend to talk around the subject. Insanity is a real challange because the narrator, or narrators, become unreliable.

hitRECord has amazing writers, so I know we can do this!

<3