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October 20, 2009 - submitted by Rachael, United States of America Q. Dear Oracle, I just finished watching VH1's Storytellers (2005) and noticed that Will was wearing a "44" shirt. Any sequential relation to Roadie #42? The Oracle replies: There's no connection whatsoever. If you think about it, it can't be sequential given that it happened 3 years before the appearance of Roadie #42...

October 20, 2009 - submitted by Carlos, Mexico Q. Are the boys fans of snow patrol? The Oracle replies: Yes, which is why they invited to open for them at some US shows earlier this year.

I'll do the same! Good night!

Oh right, I don't have time to do it at the moment, sorry! :shrug:

Hi!! Here: http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=63241

You're welcome :nice: Which one do you want to be freed from the watermarks?

:drummer: thread was on page 2... so... bump!!

Have a look here: http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/gallery/showgallery.php/cat/963 :kiss:

Hope you're all fine! :kiss:

October 19, 2009 - submitted by Eva, Greece Q. Dear Oracle, I know you've already answered a puppets-go-to-Greece question, but can you please tell us why underneath the photos it said: we will see you? Could it possibly mean that Coldplay are planning to do a show in Greece anytime in the future? Thank you so much for all of your answers, you're the best! PS. I understand you've already answered to Dimitra so answering mine would be a bit too much for greek queries ^_^ The Oracle replies: The puppets were more saying "See you later" or "See you around". Therefore, no, there is no Greek show planned.

October 19, 2009 - submitted by Sarah, United States of America Q. Hello, Oracle, did you know about the freaky-obsessive-scary Church of Chris Martin? I don't know whether these people are not mentally stable, or they're making fun of Chris, or whatever, but it's creepy and weird. I was just wondering if Chris knows about it/what he thinks of it. The Oracle replies: It's weird because that website has been around a lot longer than the archive shows (2008). It's always used the photo of Chris that was once an NME cover looking pretty angelic, which is likely what inspired the site in the first place.

There's also this article, full of technical stuff... but I want to see the videos :bigcry: I really hope HelloCharlie will update their website and include some of the CP videos they made.

Hi Lars!!! :dance: OUCH 3:07mins hurts. A lot. What is the guy singing?? "I was ??? At numbers and figures..." And it's "Questions of science Science and progress Do not speak as loud as my heart" What she's singing makes no sense. Apparently they can't even learn those few lines they're singing. :dozey: He said that has been the best performance?? I know why I'm not watching TV anymore... But good that it brought the song in the top 5 :)

Coldplay goes interstellar Monday 19 Oct 2009 Opinions are divided on the merits of Coldplay’s musical offerings, but its latest tour showed that when it comes to providing a visual spectacle, the band is anything but dull. The four-piece was backed by a magnificent set of animations on a massive scale created by Bristol design studio Hello Charlie, which helped the band to deliver performances that filled venues as large as Wembley Stadium. Hello Charlie was approached for the project by Coldplay’s creative director and unofficial ‘fifth member’, Phil Harvey. The agency had animated a small project for the band’s performance at the Brit Awards earlier this year and has a wealth of experience creating visuals for major artists including Muse, Queen, The Who and Robbie Williams. The visuals were to provide the backdrop to five songs - Life In Technicolour (intro Violet Hill), Lovers In Japan, Speed Of Sound, Glass Of Water, and Life in Technicolour II – plus a ‘digital curtain’ to be used at various points throughout the show, such as before the encore. The movies were output onto a giant LED screen the width of a football pitch. The intro begins in space before turning to show the Earth and crash zooming down to aerial views of the continent, country, city and then stadium that the show’s being help in. This gives the idea of each show being a spectacle in its own right, rather than just part of the tour, and help the audience to feel special about being there. The cosmic theme is repeated across a number of the visuals – primarily Speed Of Sound. This takes the gig-goers on a journey through a solar system where the stars coalesce to form an eye shape that goes supernova and engulfs the screen in flames. However, other sections of the show displa completely different styles. Lovers In Japan uses a series of archive footage and animations across the screen at the back of the stage. These were varied in size and used in separate ‘windows’ for visually appealing randomization and to avoid using them at sizes where they wouldn’t look good. For the show’s closing number, Life in Technicolour II, Hello Charlie took the album artwork from Viva La Vida and treated it with sprocket and projection effects to create a vibrant, experimental effect and immersive effect. Behind the choices of these styles was a desire to tie the visuals to the individual tracks, rather than having an overarching theme. Hello Charlie was also free to develop the concepts for the visuals from scratch, as creative director Jason Mullings explains. Brief encounters “We were very fortunate as there was no rigid brief that we had to stick to,” he says, “which gave us full opportunity for creative expression. From our original proposals, there was a constant workflow as the ideas developed through a series of mood boards, visuals and meetings.” For the visuals that would open the show “we had to produce a continuous move through space, initially following a satellite on it’s journey towards earth,” says Andy Power, head of CG at Hello Charlie, “then zooming all the way in to whichever stadium Coldplay were performing at that night.” “Actual satellite imagery of each of the stadiums and their surrounding areas was used so that we could seamlessly end the animation just a few hundred feet above each venue.” Mullings and his team met with the band several times to show their progress on the visuals, get feedback and help refine the films towards something that matched the band’s grandiose vision. “Generally speaking, the ideas didn’t change too much from our original concepts,” says Mullings. “It was more a case of enhancing those concepts as we progressed.” He continues: “The greatest creative challenge had to be interpreting the songs in the right way, getting the mood and aesthetics right and having empathy with the vision of the band. We were really creating a huge digital backdrop that needed to amplify each performance without distracting from the music in any way.” The films had to look clear and crisp to both the fans in the front row and those standing over 100m away at the back of the stadium, so they were created at a resolution of 2,000x500 pixels. Hello Charlie created 3D elements in Maya and Cinema 4D, and applied VFX in After Effects. Where it was necessary, Hello Charlie edited elements using Final Cut Pro. “We used every bit of software at our disposal to create as much diversity and visual interest as possible,” says Mullings. The team passed the movies to the stage crew as a series of QuickTime movies that were played back through the onsite systems. They were kept in time with the music thanks to timecode queuing from drummer Will Champion. Mullings says that he’s most proud of “the way that everything came together as a whole and the fact that Coldplay felt that what we created did justice to their music. It was a great privilege to work with a group of artists that have such a great global appeal at a time when they are literally one of the biggest bands on the planet.” Neil Bennett Source: Digital Arts Online

Here's another one: http://www.dafont.com/christopherhand.font

Beautiful... :bigcry: Thanks Mich!!! :kiss:

It was me who uploaded the video on youtube, so I can tell you :D [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We7jCOpCads]YouTube - Sala Pachá 2005 - In My Place[/ame] a.k.a. the "Feliz Navidad Video" :lol:

You're welcome!! There was a similar thread - have a look here: click. Before I bought my camera I looked at the dpreview site, then went to several shops and asked loads of questions and tried around with the exhibits before I actually bought it. Good luck finding a good one this time! :nice:

Hi Greta, welcome to coldplaying! :nice: Your dad has a good taste in music. :)

I know... I just posted this in the Chris and Will thread, but I thought it fits in here as well :) [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhVwurPrMk4]YouTube - Coldplay - Death Will Never Conquer (Acoustic in the crowd)- Live In Melbourne (HD) Multi Angle[/ame] Chris introducing Will: "He's blessed with... incredibly scary eyes... I'm sure you've all seen our publicity photos... I don't know why the fuck you bought our records when you saw how scary our drummer looks" :lol:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhVwurPrMk4]YouTube - Coldplay - Death Will Never Conquer (Acoustic in the crowd)- Live In Melbourne (HD) Multi Angle[/ame] Chris introducing Will: "He's blessed with... incredibly scary eyes... I'm sure you've all seen our publicity photos... I don't know why the fuck you bought our records when you saw how scary our drummer looks" :lol:

Noooooooo, not the wine!! :lol: Give it to me instead! :laugh4: I have to concentrate keeping those two apart when I'm skimming as well...

Haha, no, she meant the "other" one!! FTW, not WTF :)

Hi! This is a useful German wikipedia list, but has the English meanings as well: Click! And here's the "simple English" equivalent: Click! :)

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