Pick a Future — revision 34290

'''SolSeed: Pick a Future''' is a six-minute music video created by [[Ben]], then abandoned because we couldn't get proper permission to use the music track, "Down to Earth" by Peter Gabriel, which played over the credits of the movie WALL-E. We also wanted to play the last verse of "After the Gold Rush" by Neil Young during the credits. == Script == <table border="1"> <tr> <td>'''Visuals'''</td> <td>'''Text'''</td> <td>'''Voice'''</td> </tr> <tr> <td nowrap valign="top"> Fade in Earth from space Dissolve to ruined Earth from WALL-E Axiom-class ships fly toward and past us Dissolve to cover of Parable of the Sower Dissolve to Earth as a tree with spaceship-seeds Pull back to show roots are rays from the Sun Dissolve to galaxy pullback Flash to galaxy with scattered green flares Zoom in on a green flare Flash to sunrise from space Iris to animated SolSeed symbol and logo Dissolve to yin-yang of Earth and ruined Earth with main title Silhouette with feet tied down by vines Pan up to show silhouette reaching for stars Blur-dissolve to skyscrapers at “night” Pan to reveal darkness is smoke from a factory Pan-dissolve into wilderness, zoom in toward hikers on forest floor and fade in first three floating lines of text Dissolve to sillhouette in cubicle farm Iris to skyscrapers, pan up to a jet flying, text fades Pan down as next three floating lines of text appear Pan down to a green, walkable community Slide in yin-yang: coal plant vs. solar & wind Radial wipe to yin-yang: smoggy city vs. electric cars then glacier after vs. before melting, then river with vs. without pollution, then brown fields vs. green ones with lots of trees, then pesticide sprayer vs. organic farm w/ birds, then slums vs. eco-village, then shopping mall vs. people talking at Seed 2009 Overlay timeline moving backward, clock-wipe to medieval farm with workers, blur-dissolve to workers in cubicles, pan to people shopping in a grocery store Zoom on a TV: ad with “All New!” in big letters, change channel to Obama ad, then to a news report Dissolve to books: Live More, Spend Less, on a library website, cursor clicks Cancel Pull back to silhouette with lots of papers on desk Zoom back in to SolSeed website, scrolling down Zoom on Brandon holding Seed 2009 sign at lodge Slide in yin-yang: meeting vs. people writing on floor Blur-dissolve to yin-yang: agenda page vs. agenda wall Dissolve to Seed 2009 breakfast, zoom on snowy view Willamette River with RCC participants on bridge Iris to SolSeed Society logo with Earth-tree, pull back to show other URLs, links extend out to them, pull back to Internet overlaid on Earth from space, Internet fades out Overlay timeline moving backward, zoom into ocean Prehistoric fish swimming around the base of a tree Pan up the trunk, see ancient lizards on shoreline, mammals on one branch, winged dinosaurs on another, silhouette at end of first branch looking at a bird taking flight from the other Flash through toxic waste, clearcuts, smokestacks Pullback from Earth with timeline moving forward Earth grows red, then fades to WALL-E's trashed Earth Spaceships fly away, then everything stops and runs backward as timeline returns to the present Crossfade to low-orbit photo, then people hiking with a grand mountain vista, then people sitting by a beautiful river, hold to emphasize the relaxedness of the scene Bird singing in a tree People planting trees Person blowing seeds from a dandelion Follow one of these as it gradually settles to the ground Crossfade to Brandon, Shelley, and baby Sequoia White-flash dissolve to: PowerPoint slide on a screen Concepts starting in one stack flip over to form an inverted stack White-flash dissolve to: Fancy car idling and spewing exhaust, yin-yang wipe to bike with "One Less Car" flag Huge lawn w/ sprinklers running & distant mountains, yin-yang wipe to water project in Africa SUV at a fast food place, yin-yang wipe to urban food gardens in East Portland Aerial view of suburbia, yin-yang wipe to SolSeed eco-village being built Pan up to show Portland skyline above ecovillage, oval iris to world with network spreading from Portland to other eco-villages and intentional societies Zoom into Damanhur and Temple of Humankind Flash to future city built inside and around huge trees, wipe to a spaceport, where a seed-shaped spaceship is lifting off using antigravity Yin-yang to "Conquest of Space" poster in sepia tone, yin-yang to "Mother Earth Wants YOU" hologram with image of Gaia with Earth as her pregnant belly Dissolve to little ship docking with asteroid above Earth Asteroid is a giant "life-ship" that goes to Mars, then releases more seed-shaped vessels that descend Cut to a seed landing on the surface, burrowing down Cross-section view, tunnels spreading out like roots Greenhouse, then lichen on rocks, then life takes over Pull back past Sol to life-ship arriving at another star, docking at alien space station above inhabited gas giant where we get permission to terraform its dead moon Pull back to galaxy already dotted with green flares, with starship icons spreading out to "plant" new ones Fade out to green-white </td> <td nowrap valign="top"> "Earthseed, book 1" on cover replaced with SolSeed logo Living Worlds Productions presents... An animated collage by Ben Sibelman SolSeed: Pick a Future Part One: To Be Worthy of the Stars Life is Precious Change is Eternal Chaos is Inevitable Empathy is Transcendent Wisdom is Effective Self-Love is Motive Human Needs 1: Air 2: Water 3: Food 4: Shelter 5: Family and Community Part Two: Joining the Community FEAR, Spending Needed to Save Economy DEADLINES (on page tacked to wall) SolSeed: A Community of Life Do you want to join? Either way, you're invited to our next gathering! Water.org, LocalHarvest.org, EcoVillage.org, Plantetary.org Part Three: Back to Our Roots Big red "?" next to Earth Part Four: Redefining Our Priorities Econ. Growth, Innovation, Gov't, Consumers/ Human Resources, Natural Resources Life, People/Communities, Governance, Technology, Economy Air Water Food Shelter Family and Community Church of the Upward Spiral, Spiriata Spirituality Riverbank Neighbors, Eco-Village at Ithaca, Damanhur Harmony with Nature Purpose, SILVER SEED (on side of ship) subtitle: "to help bring life to new worlds!" Part Five: Spreading the Seed Settlement Rights (with alien text on document) </td> <td nowrap valign="top"> Music starts. My narration: “There are two ways we could emigrate from Earth. A few of us could flee as refugees, from a home that we accidentally set on fire. Or, many of us could go out across the stars as gardeners, serving our Mother Earth by planting and growing new living worlds. But first, we would need to come back down to Earth, put out the fires, and reconnect with the living world that gave us birth.” Lyrics start: Did you think that your feet had been bound By what gravity brings to the ground? Did you feel you were tricked By the future you picked? Well, come on down. All these rules don't apply When you're high in the sky So come on down, Come on down. We're coming down to the ground There's no better place to go We've got snow up on the mountains We've got rivers down below. We're coming down to the ground We hear the birds sing in the trees And the land will be looked after We send our seeds on the breeze. Did you think you'd escaped from routine By changing the script and the scene? Despite all you've made of it, you're always afraid of a change. You got a lot on your chest Well, you can come as my guest So come on down, come on down. We're coming down to the ground There's no better place to go We've got snow up on the mountains We've got rivers down below. We're coming down to the ground We hear the birds sing in the trees And the land will be looked after We send our seeds on the breeze. Like the fish in the ocean, We felt at home in the sea. We learned to live off the good land, We learned to climb up a tree. Then we got up on two legs, But we wanted to fly. When we messed up our homeland, We set sail for the sky. We're coming down to the ground There's no better place to go We've got snow up on the mountains We've got rivers down below. We're coming down to the ground We hear the birds sing in the trees And the land will be looked after We send our seeds on the breeze. We're coming down - coming down to Earth Like babies at birth - coming down to Earth Redefine your priorities These are extraordinary qualities (Down...Down to Earth) We're coming down to the ground There's no better place to go We've got snow up on the mountains We've got rivers down below. We're coming down to the ground We hear the birds sing in the trees And the land will be looked after We send our seeds on the breeze. We're coming down to the ground There's no better place to go We've got snow up on the mountains We've got rivers down below. We're coming down to the ground We hear the birds sing in the trees And the land will be looked after We send our seeds on the breeze. Redefine your priorities These are extraordinary qualities To find on Earth. Coming down Coming down Coming down Coming down Coming down Coming down Coming down Coming down! </td> </tr> </table>