All around me are familiar faces, worn out places, worn out faces

[venta]

I'm starting to think I need a tag for promoting stuff by Benjamin Till :) Anyway, his latest project is 100 Faces, which is another short film done with a regional bit of the BBC (northeast, this time).

It's bascially portraits of a hundred people; the first is aged 1, the second is aged 2, and so on up to 100, and most are answering what was important to them in 2012. Most are speaking, some are singing (though I think I vastly prefer the spoken word parts). It's rather beautifully shot in black and white, with the score played by the English Philharmonic Orchestra, and I recommend giving it a watch:

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Mad World

[ghoti.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the earworm :)

[lanfykins.livejournal.com]

Especially as that's about the only line I actually know from the dratted thing.

[venta.livejournal.com]

One kudo for you, ma'am.

I originally wanted to use the line "I have been so many places, seen so many faces" which I thought was from Mad World, but isn't. I have no idea what I know it from, and googling only found me some unlikely candidates and someone on Yahoo!Answers asking the same question :)

[eniel]

When I grow up, I wanna be number 81.

[venta.livejournal.com]

I hesitate to chuck around words like "inspirational", but there's quite a few in the 80s and 90s I hope to grow up to be! I love that number 99 still has a really contagious, filthy laugh :)

[bateleur.livejournal.com]

Good stuff!

As well as seconding your preference for the non-sung bits, I also found the really unusual achievements of a few felt a bit out of place. The ones I enjoyed the most were the ones that felt more like everyday life, although a bit more diversity would have been nice (the zipwire one, as well as being awesome, was better than many of the others for being an actual activity).