About this project
FULL HD TRAILER HERE: http://vimeo.com/4871495
The sounds of an ice cream truck moving down a city street are unmistakable. The electronic melody of a nursery rhyme alone is enough to shock us back into childhood. Ice cream vendors seem to operate on the outside edges of our cities and memory. We buy our treat and they disappear into a brown haze.
We Scream: Voices From The Ice Cream Underground is a documentary short that takes a look into the subculture of ice cream truck owners and paleteros (cart vendors) in Los Angeles. What kind of hours do they keep? What kind of a living do they make? What are their occupational hazards?
My name is Chris Schlarb. I am a composer and musician living in Long Beach, California. I have long wondered about what happens after the ice cream truck disappears from our sight and the sound of its music fades from our ears. We Scream is an idea that I have wanted to pursue for over half a decade.
A few years ago I released an album called Twilight & Ghost Stories on Asthmatic Kitty Records. Conceptually, I will be approaching the score and soundtrack to We Scream in much the same way: combing written pieces of music with dialogue and environmental sounds.
Most recently I collaborated with Swedish game designer Nifflas on Night Game for the Nintendo Wii. I composed over 45 minutes of original music for Night Game which was nominated for the Independent Game Festival’s Grand Prize.
I will compose the film's music myself and plan for a running length of 20-30 minutes. Shooting will take place in and around Long Beach, San Pedro and Los Angeles this summer with a two person crew that includes myself and my wife Adriana. We hope to raise enough money to pay for the equipment needed, our time spent and post production help (typography, graphics, color correction). Of course, the more money we raise, the more time and care we can put into the film.
Once We Scream is finished we plan on releasing the film online for all to see. Backers will receive regular updates, early edits of the film and special bonuses depending on pledge level.
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This project successfully raised its funding goal on July 1, 2009.
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High quality HD download of the film and soundtrack.
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Limited Edition DVD. A beautifully packaged, short run DVD featuring the film with bonus footage and music.
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Your name will be included in the "thank you" credits at the end of the film. You also receive the Limited Edition DVD.
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Invitation to the film premiere and ice cream party (in Los Angeles). You also receive "thank you" credit and the limited edition DVD.
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Executive Producer Credit. All Hollywood big shots start out funding documentary shorts about ice cream! You also receive all aforementioned goodies.
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Chris Schlarb is a musician, composer and producer based in Long Beach, California. His debut solo album, Twilight & Ghost Stories, was critically hailed as both, “40 minutes of avant-garde bliss” by the New York Observer and as “a monumental achievement” by FFWD Weekly. His follow up album, Interoceans, with experimental jazz duo I Heart Lung, was chosen by National Public Radio as one of the Top 5 Jazz albums of the year for 2008. In 2009, Chris scored NightSky for the Nintendo Wii. BoingBoing described the soundtrack as “What Game Music Can Be”.
