Greetings,

This particular piece is not associated with Veil Maker strictly speaking, but rather is a product of the Society of snic.  It is the variegated result of a five-day video inquest into the distillate kernel of self-fulfillment. The film is seventeen minutes long in duration and several dog years in digestion. It follows the voluptuous Felicity through a series of encounters which are (since/best) described as inquiries, tribulations, and investigations. Architecture becomes archetype in this character drama and the reins of the wings are drawn taut until they are no longer drawn. The tonal drone further serves to set the sidewalk aright in snician self-discovery.  We have been distributing this masterwork of the human mind exclusively on DVD up to this point. We now present it to you here by the generous provision of the xvid codec, rip and bandwidth courtesy Mr. Philip A. Marshall of Veil Maker infamy.









http://veilmaker.net/misc/snic_-_lucus_ … ucendo.avi

If you have trouble viewing this video in Windows Media Player, install the defiler codec pack.

Please use this thread for discussion, analysis and criticism. Keep requests for sympathy to a minimum.

Directed By
Blake Murdoch            CJ Murdoch                   
Graham Nichol           Nathanael Law                   
Leslie Predy               Sara Dakus

Starring
Felicity............................. Herself
Suelita............................. Blake Murdoch
Taphe.............................. Louis Bezuidenhout
Orestes............................ Hannes Bezuidenhout
Annapurna........................ Leslie Predy
Hubert Cumberdale.............. Hubert Cumberdale


Music By
CJ Murdoch                                   
Blake Murdoch       
Pouselle-Telva

Special Thanks
University of Alberta Bookstore           
Philip A. Marshall               
Viet Dong


a society of snic production (2005)
bookofsnic.com

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all hail the genius of the human mind!

Is the whole Sos grabbing this in clandestine secrecy without commenting?  Talk to me baby!

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Done.

what is there more to say? we all know the greatness of this film!

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Well, there's at least 45 downloads so far...  I'm surprised it's doing so well actually.  My traffic is through the roof.  haha

this film will infect the internet

I heard so much about it!

I must see it!

I'll finish this post when it's watched.

AArgh!

I'll have to requisition a copy from Hannes' ugly mug.

EDIT: Forgot to mention that I'll have to get it from Hannes because it didn't work.

you will need something that can play xvids.  phil can recommend you a good windows player, i'll just say VLC!!!!!

I thought I was just missing a codec. Problem is I don't know where to obtain the codec I'm missing.

I tried windows media player, real player, and even winamp(which I have already gotten many codecs for, hell it plays flash videos).

I fear I may have to resort to quicktime.

none of those players come with xvid built in as far as i know.  you need a codec, one of the megapacks from this site will do it in a pinch in the absence of phil's explicit instruction as to what he used:

http://www.codecguide.com/

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VLC has all the codecs you need built in.

I'd recommend Media Player Classic.  To use MPC or windows media player (or winamp), install the defiler codec pack which has all the codecs you'll ever need.  Don't try to install codecs individually (ie, ignore CJ as usual).

I'm editing the first post with more explicit instructions for more explicit viewing.

flip wrote:

(ie, ignore CJ as usual).

you'll notice i recommended vlc and a codec pack, just like... you did.

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ctothej wrote:

flip wrote:

(ie, ignore CJ as usual).

you'll notice i recommended vlc and a codec pack, just like... you did.

vlc does not need external codecs.  i also didn't recommend it, as I don't like it.
k-lite = shitty codec pack.

i know that vlc doesnt need codecs.  i use it. 
i actually used to use defiler back in the day but i couldn't remember the name since my switch.  but it's not like there's a huge difference to most users between packs, defiler is just a bit more modest.

so there i win.

but then again, i did say to wait for you to pop by the thread to share your expertise.  so i lose.

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ctothej wrote:

i actually used to use defiler back in the day but i couldn't remember the name since my switch.  but it's not like there's a huge difference to most users between packs, defiler is just a bit more modest.

the last time i installed k-lite, it didn't have half the stuff i needed.  maybe it's gotten better, but the defiler pack has always had everything i needed.  it was also updated last week, so you know that everything is up to date

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flip wrote:

I'm editing the first post with more explicit instructions for more explicit viewing.

That's decadently explicit.

Well, I managed to get it working.

Is that a dead duck fetus... marionette?!

The parts where there's flys or the wasp are particularily interesting.

Must try to decipher, must try!

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Hey guys (especially CJ):

Can someone provide detailed instructions on how to run this video on a Mac?  I know of someone who wants to watch it, but they can't figure out how to play it on their Mac.  I'm MacTarded, so I need your help.

They need to download VLC. Then it will play back insta-ley.

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

hey, what happened to getting this screened at metro?

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I contacted the fellow at the Metro, and he said they do screen local films, but only so often. I mailed him a dvd copy of the film before Christmas, but he said all film submissions must be reviewed and if it was chosen, it wouldn't be screened before February. I'll have to follow up, since it IS February.

unicornpower wrote:

... since it IS February.

exactly!

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Why don't you tie a mattress to your back?

Hello Leslie,

Yes, we received the DVD and we've watched it, but we'd rather not
screen it. We considered it for our Prairie Tales tour of Alberta-made
films and videos, but the jury decided not to select it. I'm sorry, but
I don't think the film would hold up well to public scrutiny - if local
critics were given the chance to review lucas a non lucendo, I feel that
they would either dismiss it or crucify it.

Would you like us to send the disc back to you at the return address
listed on 154 Street?

Joel

Metro Cinema Society
622, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Square
Edmonton AB Canada T5J 2V5
P: 780-425-9212
F: 780-428-3509

well, at least they were honest.