Memento Movi - A Cinematic Progress Bar for Life
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Memento Movi - A Cinematic Progress Bar for Life
Memento Movi is a little toy app I made. The user enters date of birth and life expectancy, and chooses from a list of movies. The site then shows a frame from that movie that represents your place in your lifespan. So, for instance, a twenty-year-old who selects Star Wars will likely get a frame from Tattooine, but a sixty-year-old who selects Jaws will be on the boat.
Memento Movi is a little toy app I made. The user enters date of birth and life expectancy, and chooses from a list of movies. The site then shows a frame from that movie that represents your place in your lifespan. So, for instance, a twenty-year-old who selects Star Wars will likely get a frame from Tattooine, but a sixty-year-old who selects Jaws will be on the boat.
Role: sole creator
OK, I like this!
I tried several movies and, when the image came in, it didn't click with me....until I tried "The Blues Brothers." Then I actually laughed out loud because I know that one in enough detail that I had a moment of amusement at my memory of the scene in question -- which was then swamped by the thought, "Oh, dang, there's just a few more scenes, then the concert and the car chase and the credits! And then...I die??"
In other words, the icy hand of death on the piano keys was Ray Charles all along. (Or something.)
posted by wenestvedt at 5:56 AM on November 14
I tried several movies and, when the image came in, it didn't click with me....until I tried "The Blues Brothers." Then I actually laughed out loud because I know that one in enough detail that I had a moment of amusement at my memory of the scene in question -- which was then swamped by the thought, "Oh, dang, there's just a few more scenes, then the concert and the car chase and the credits! And then...I die??"
In other words, the icy hand of death on the piano keys was Ray Charles all along. (Or something.)
posted by wenestvedt at 5:56 AM on November 14
Hah!
This is a really fun and creative idea.
I had a hard time finding movies I know well enough to pick. (I was looking for Hair; didn't see it.) Hamilton was the only one that actually worked well for me. (The Martian and Lord of the Rings: Return of the King gave me not super iconic images; My Neighbor Totoro seemed to pull up some blank stills.)
I just really like the idea, though, and the interface is nice and straightforward and easy to use.
Very cool - thank you so much for sharing it with us!
posted by kristi at 9:45 PM on November 14
This is a really fun and creative idea.
I had a hard time finding movies I know well enough to pick. (I was looking for Hair; didn't see it.) Hamilton was the only one that actually worked well for me. (The Martian and Lord of the Rings: Return of the King gave me not super iconic images; My Neighbor Totoro seemed to pull up some blank stills.)
I just really like the idea, though, and the interface is nice and straightforward and easy to use.
Very cool - thank you so much for sharing it with us!
posted by kristi at 9:45 PM on November 14
This is fun! Thank you for making this! I am almost 66% done with Repo Man!
posted by zerobyproxy at 7:30 AM on November 15
posted by zerobyproxy at 7:30 AM on November 15
Very fun. I tried "The fifth element" and got a frame of Mila Jovovich looking hot (which could be any frame in the movie, mind), which doesn't correspond to my life at all. Tried "The Holy Grail" and got tim the enchanter blowing up a tree, which, if I'm the tree, seems right. Tried "Snatch" and got the guys holding up the hitman with their prop guns and looking worried. Which also seems right.
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