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On May 11, 2006, in a Warpbot email titled "Boards of Canada Trailer", Warp unveiled a new Boards of Canada microsite at http://www.warprecords.com/666. | On May 11, 2006, in a Warpbot email titled "Boards of Canada Trailer", Warp unveiled a new Boards of Canada microsite at http://www.warprecords.com/666. | ||
| − | + | http://www.warprecords.com/666/jpg/hexagons.jpg | |
| − | + | Above: the content of the announcement email | |
| − | + | The site asks the used to select "hi" or "lo" bandwidth options. Upon choosing, the site plays a video composed of multiple spliced video segments with music from a number of BoC interlude tracks from various releases (not all of them official). | |
| − | + | After the video finishes, the Trans Canada Highway cover appears, then scrolls horizontal leaving only the text portion showing. Additional text appears promoting the [[Trans Canada Highway]] release and giving credits for the video. An interlude from the new EP, "[[Heard from Telegraph Lines]]", is played in the background. | |
| + | == Video == | ||
===00:00 - 00:05=== | ===00:00 - 00:05=== | ||
| − | *Music: | + | *Music: generic TV news logo sound from the beginning of "[[Red Moss]]" |
| − | *Video: Animated version of the | + | *Video: Animated version of the BoC "Trees" promo sticker logo; each part of the logo appears synchronized with a different note. |
===00:05 - 00:09=== | ===00:05 - 00:09=== | ||
*Music: None | *Music: None | ||
| − | *Video: | + | *Video: Seagull flying |
===00:09 - 00:29=== | ===00:09 - 00:29=== | ||
*Music: "[[The Smallest Weird Number]]" | *Music: "[[The Smallest Weird Number]]" | ||
| − | *Video: | + | *Video: caterpillar, praying mantis from the [[Telecom Italia ad]] |
===00:30 - 01:10=== | ===00:30 - 01:10=== | ||
| − | *Music: "[[A | + | *Music: "[[A is to B as B is to C]]" |
*Video: | *Video: | ||
| − | ** | + | ** counting section: a brightly colored kaleidoscopic background with numbers schronized |
| − | ** "Bears" section: a dark, more menacing kaledoscopic view. A time sequence counter flashes quickly between "TCR 00:06:06:00" and "KILL 00:06:06:06" | + | ** "Bears" section: a dark, more menacing kaledoscopic view. A time sequence counter flashes quickly between "TCR 00:06:06:00" and "KILL 00:06:06:06" |
| − | ** | + | ** Squechy noisy section after "Bears": underwater view of the water's surface, mirror horizontally about the center axis. |
** "I'll be gone about a week": a group of men in business attire seated around a large round table; one facing us appears to be saying the sample phrase. | ** "I'll be gone about a week": a group of men in business attire seated around a large round table; one facing us appears to be saying the sample phrase. | ||
===01:10 - 01:32=== | ===01:10 - 01:32=== | ||
| − | *Music: "[[P | + | *Music: "[[P.C.]]" ("[[A is to B as B is to C]]" continues in the background) |
| − | *Video: | + | *Video: scrambled pornographic clip |
===01:32 - 01:38=== | ===01:32 - 01:38=== | ||
*Music: None | *Music: None | ||
*Video: Fade to black, followed by a few seconds of snow, then black again. | *Video: Fade to black, followed by a few seconds of snow, then black again. | ||
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== Visual elements == | == Visual elements == | ||
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The standard time code reads "TCR HH:MM:SS:FF", where HH is hours, MM is minutes, SS is seconds and FF is frames. "TCR" stands for "Time Counter Reading". | The standard time code reads "TCR HH:MM:SS:FF", where HH is hours, MM is minutes, SS is seconds and FF is frames. "TCR" stands for "Time Counter Reading". | ||
| − | Before | + | Before BoC logo: |
* TCR 00:06:19:15 - TCR 00:16:19:23 | * TCR 00:06:19:15 - TCR 00:16:19:23 | ||
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=== Numbers === | === Numbers === | ||
| − | Aside from the sychronized numbers displayed in time with the "counting" segment of "[[A | + | Aside from the sychronized numbers displayed in time with the "counting" segment of "[[A is to B as B is to C]]" and the time codes, a number of other numbers also appear repeatedly, in brief flashes. |
* 12817 (with an 8 superimposed on the final digit) | * 12817 (with an 8 superimposed on the final digit) | ||
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== Authorship == | == Authorship == | ||
| − | The page itself was created by | + | The page itself was created by remote location, a one-man graphics design firm run by Adam Rodgers. |
According to his page, the video short was directed by [[Melissa Olson]]. | According to his page, the video short was directed by [[Melissa Olson]]. | ||