Scrypt partners new

Scrypt partners new

Bill Wisener has owned Bills Records in Dallas for 44 years. It was once considered the largest independent record store in the country.In 2015 we began filming with Bill to learn about his life, the origins of his store, his brushes with musicians, and what keeps him going at 74 years old. The short film, Bills Records, premiered at the Dallas International Film Festival in 2017. It has since screened in Chicago, Berlin, Melbourne, Marfa and won an award in LA. Since we wrapped filming, things haven’t always been smooth for Bill. At 74 years old he shows no signs of slowing down. However he’s been on his own working to keep his business going and planning for the next chapter in his life. He’s now faced with what to do with his hundreds of thousands of records.

His aim is to take all of the records and art he has collected over the years and open a non-profit space, where he can share his collection with the world, host guest speakers and events, and sell a few records to support the place. It will be a challenge that we will document.
Thank you for your interest in our film. We’d like to keep filming with Bill and document the next chapter in his life for a feature film. It would be great if you would join our team effort by supporting our project. Also feel free to share this with friends or others who may be interested.

Product discovery workshop in a nutshell

Before we dive deeper into the specifics of the way we organize discovery workshops and the benefits they bring, here’s a quick rundown of all the things you can expect. A sort of a TL;DR version of this entire text. So let’s jump in!

What is it?

A discovery workshop is one of the most important steps in the initial project definition phase. We developed and refined it by implementing it in hundreds of projects ranging from simple prototypes and MVPs, through various web and mobile applications to complex tools and giant enterprise systems for multinational companies. Product discovery workshops help us predict and overcome potential challenges that might occur during the production phase, but they also help us put all project stakeholders on the same page.

Why do we use it?

As the precise scope, needed budget and the overall production timeline of a project can be greatly affected by a variety of different variables, before we jump into production, we need to understand every aspect of the project and, to be able to deliver a solution, we need to share the right perspective with all project stakeholders. That is why we use product discovery workshops to thoroughly define business goals, purpose of the project, core functionalities and technology, as well as target audiences, user personas, their needs and journeys. After we define a rough structure of the solution, the only thing left is to define goals and indicators of success as well as how these will be measured.

What will you do?

This is also the phase where you as a client get involved and introduced to our team, our process and all of the services we offer. You are given the chance to understand and actively participate in every step of building the project by defining goals, expected user behaviour, challenges and problems that may occur. Your involvement is important because you know your business better than anyone, and that ultimately helps set up the majority of the structure and scope of the project.

What happens when it’s done?

This is also the phase where you as a client get involved and introduced to our team, our process and all of the services we offer. You are given the chance to understand and actively participate in every step of building the project by defining goals, expected user behaviour, challenges and problems that may occur. Your involvement is important because you know your business better than anyone, and that ultimately helps set up the majority of the structure and scope of the project.

What happens when it’s done?

This is also the phase where you as a client get involved and introduced to our team, our process and all of the services we offer. You are given the chance to understand and actively participate in every step of building the project by defining goals, expected user behavior, challenges and problems that may occur. Your involvement is important because you know your business better than anyone, and that ultimately helps set up the majority of the structure and scope of the project.

Director Chuck Przybyl Featured in Practice Studies

Director Chuck Przybyl Featured in Practice Studies

How we make the most visual stories.
I’m happy to share my recent feature from Practice Studies. Intentionally focusing on artists and their practice, this beautiful project has been gathering stories from Makers and Doers across the globe for years.

“If you believe in what you do, keep doing it. It’s easy to get frustrated – especially over time. But if you do good work with honesty and integrity people will notice.”
-Chuck Przybyl, Most Visual

I was so flattered to be interviewed and share some thoughts on Chicago video production. We went deeper than the shallow end and I even gave some insight into where the name Most Visual came from. Please take a second to click through and let me know what you think.
Chuck Przybyl – Practice Studies

Most Visual Represents at Lake FX

Most Visual is pleased to announce 2 of their creatives – Chuck Przybyl and Edyta Stepien – will each have a short film premiering at the Lake FX and CIMMfest programmed experimental film screening Synergies.
Chuck Przybyl produced the short “Play Ground” which uses a vintage playground in London’s Norwood neighborhood as location. Shot after a dawn rain, this short focuses on the charm of the aging rides in an elegant documentary style. The video also works as a microcosm to show London’s gritty underbelly. “Play Ground” features a playful music score by Lee Jarvis. Lee mixed the location audio into the track adding another level of documentation to this experimental video.

Edyta Stepien directed the short film “Never Coming Home” which uses a soft yet sterile natural setting as a base for layering imagery with subtle beauty. It is set to the haunting downtempo track of the same name by Michael Daly of The Michelles.

Lake FX is a film and music symposium that is hosted by the City of Chicago’s DCASE and “powered by Google”. The film portion of Lake FX is programmed by CIMMfest. Synergies is hosted by Chicago Art Department and takes place Friday April 17 at 7PM. The film program includes a diverse group of Chicago-based artists and filmmakers – including work by Christopher Andrew, Matt Egan, Steve Wood, Chris Hefner, Theodore Darst, brownshoesonly, Kim Alpert, Brett Naucke, and Emily Tolan. The night culminates with a live music performance by Modern Tapes recording artists Cellule34 and Froe Char within the video installation. The film program also features the premier of a Timelapse tale of the city by Christopher Andrew, Stoptime341.
A selection of screenprints by Chicago Art Department residents Tyler Deal / Idiot Pull, Dud Lawson, and Ryan Troy Ford will be on display.

More information is available at this link.

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Box of Sound to Screen at CIMMfest

Update:
The Box of Sound page is here.

Update:
The Box of Sound screening was a great success, packed house and a perfect pairing – playing with I Dream of Wires. Thanks to all those that came out.  This site will eventually contain a multimedia Box of Sound experience. Check back for updates.

I’m very excited to announce that Box of Sound – our short documentary will be screened at Chicago’s CIMMfest on May 2nd. It opens the for the long-awaited documentary “I Dream of Wires”. Our crew will be in attendance.

Description:
This short documentary weaves process, story and sound experimentation into a visceral cinema experience. Box of Sound – documents the process of making a cigar box into a synthesizer by Antoine Kattar: circuit bender, musician, and audio hardware engineer. The box is expertly put to use by Chicago electronic music producer Searchl1te, to create a truly unique song. Searchl1te is also shadowed as he gathers field recordings, breaking glass to create a snare and banging train cars for use as a bass drum.
The transformation of the cigar box into an analog audio instrument and the song created with it, has all been meticulously documented, in every glorious detail, by director and cinematographer Chuck Przybyl and producer Mark Salach. They went into this project with the stated goal of making the visual as interesting as the audio, or more so – when possible. Every scene in this documentary has been meticulously captured and every image distilled to its essence. It is a glimpse into the world of circuit bending and proof that anything can be used as an instrument to create music.