Meir Rosenberg

Meir Learns

Five songs, the earlier full cuts, and the takes each film was cut from. The words sit in the picture. Play a song, then read what it is holding.

Greena 5 · 4:03

Four Colors

The verse walks through the world as four colors: green leaves, brown sand, black clouds, white snow. The chorus is a walk through the vineyard. It comes to rest on אין עוד מלבדו. There is nothing besides Him.

Earlier cuts

V4 · 4:03. The first real-footage cut.
V4.1 · 4:03. Real footage, timed to the lyric. The picture bounces on the beat.
V4.2 · 4:03. Real footage, bright, and still.

Takes

Camera roll 1 · 5:39. His camera, October 5.
Camera roll 2 · 6:09. His camera, October 5.
Camera clip 8 · 1:41. July 25.
Camera clip 4 · 2:22. July 25.
Camera clip 5 · 2:30. July 25.
Camera clip 6 · 1:36. July 25.
Camera clip 2 · 0:27. July 25.
Close, section 1 · 0:38. Performance take.
Medium, section 1 · 0:38. Performance take.
Close, section 2 · 0:35. Performance take.
Medium, section 2 · 0:35. Performance take.
Close, section 3 · 0:24. Performance take.
Medium, section 3 · 0:24. Performance take.
Close, section 4 · 0:58. Performance take.
Medium, section 4 · 0:58. Performance take.
Close, section 5 · 0:58. Performance take.
Medium, section 5 · 0:58. Performance take.
End, section 6 · 0:16. Performance take.
Chorus, vineyard · 0:15. Performance take.
Vineyard walk · 0:08. Eight seconds.
Eight-second trial · 0:08. A short trial of another picture.
Eight-second trial, singing · 0:08. A short trial of another picture.

3:20

Shabbos שבת

The week is spent longing for Shabbos. The holiness is already there, hidden under the ordinary days. The song asks to hold that light, and to carry it back into the week.

Earlier cuts

V1 · 3:39. The first full cut.
V2 · 3:39. Full cut.
V3 · 3:39. Full cut.
V4 · 3:39. Full cut.
V5 · 3:39. Full cut.
V6 · 3:39. Full cut.
V7 · 3:39. Full cut.
V8 · 3:39. Full cut.
V9 singing · 3:39. The singing cut.
V9 alive · 3:39. The animated cut.
V9 close-up · 3:39. The close-up cut.
V9 v6 · 3:39. The sixth full cut.
R1 · 3:20. The chosen photo, a kippah, and the lyrics.
R2 · 3:20. The same photo, with one readability fix.
R3 · 3:20. The photo as it is, wide.
R6 · 3:20. Lyric fixes. The sung word grows.
R7 · 3:20. The line at 0:36 is fixed.
R8 · 3:20. Word growth on the R7 picture.
R9 · 3:20. The lyric line fades. Thirteen Sfas Emes pieces.
R10 · 3:20. Sfas Emes on a parchment card.
R11 · 3:20. The parchment card, closer.
R12 · 3:20. The card set like the picture.
R13 · 3:20. A torn parchment sheet.
V9 assembly · 3:39. The first full assembly of this pass.
V9 assembly 2 · 3:39. The second full assembly, before the singing cut.

Takes

Camera roll 1 · 0:54. His camera, October 21.
Camera roll 2 · 1:37. His camera, October 21.
Camera roll 3 · 2:14. His camera, October 21.
Camera roll 4 · 0:30. His camera, October 21.
Camera roll 5 · 1:31. His camera, October 21.
Earlier camera clip · 0:31. October 8.
Shot A2 · 0:15. A shot from this pass.
Shot A3 · 0:15. A shot from this pass.
Shot A5 · 0:05. A shot from this pass.
Shot B1 · 0:27. A shot from this pass.
Shot B2 · 0:20. A shot from this pass.
Shot K1 · 0:11. A shot from this pass.
Shot K2 · 0:10. A shot from this pass.
Shot K3 · 0:10. A shot from this pass.
Shot K4 · 0:10. A shot from this pass.
Shot M2 · 0:08. A shot from this pass.
Shot M3 · 0:05. A shot from this pass.
Shot M4 · 0:04. A shot from this pass.
Shot M5 · 0:06. A shot from this pass.
Shot P1 · 0:09. A shot from this pass.
Shot P2 · 0:18. A shot from this pass.
Shot P3 · 0:20. A shot from this pass.
Shot T1 · 0:10. A shot from this pass.

2:18

High and Low

The song swings from high to low. The chorus stays on one line: even when he is low, You are with him. And being high without You is really being low.

Earlier cuts

V4 · 2:18. Full cut, before the singing pass.
V5 · 2:18. The singing cut.

Takes

Medium, block A · 0:59. A take from the current cut.
Close-up, block A · 0:59. A take from the current cut.
Wide, block A · 0:59. A take from the current cut.
Medium, block B · 0:13. A take from the current cut.
Close-up, block B · 0:13. A take from the current cut.
Medium, block C · 0:14. A take from the current cut.
Close-up, block C · 0:14. A take from the current cut.
Wide, block C · 0:14. A take from the current cut.
Shot 5 · 0:10. A take from the current cut.
Shot 5, close-up · 0:10. A take from the current cut.
V4, shot 3, take 1 · 0:09. A shot from the earlier cut.
V4, shot 1 · 0:08. A shot from the earlier cut.
V4, shot 2 · 0:09. A shot from the earlier cut.
V4, shot 3 · 0:09. A shot from the earlier cut.
V4, shot 4 · 0:06. A shot from the earlier cut.
V4, shot 5 · 0:11. A shot from the earlier cut.
V4, shot 6 · 0:09. A shot from the earlier cut.
V4, shot 7 · 0:09. A shot from the earlier cut.
V4, shot 8 · 0:09. A shot from the earlier cut.
V4, shot 9 · 0:11. A shot from the earlier cut.
V4, shot 10 · 0:08. A shot from the earlier cut.
V4, shot 11 · 0:09. A shot from the earlier cut.
V4, shot 12 · 0:09. A shot from the earlier cut.
V4, shot 13 · 0:11. A shot from the earlier cut.
V4, shot 14 · 0:11. A shot from the earlier cut.
V4, shot 15 · 0:10. A shot from the earlier cut.
V4, shot 16 · 0:11. A shot from the earlier cut.
V5, shot 2 · 0:08. Singing take.
V5, shot 2, in the cut · 0:08. The take in the singing cut.
V5, shot 5 · 0:10. Singing take.
V5, shot 5, in the cut · 0:10. The take in the singing cut.
V5, shot 10 · 0:08. Singing take.
V5, shot 10, in the cut · 0:08. The take in the singing cut.
Singing trial · 0:08. A short trial.
Singing trial 2 · 0:08. A short trial.
Singing test · 0:08. A short trial.
Prototype · 0:10. An early picture.
Visual test · 0:10. An early picture.
Anime prototype · 0:10. An early picture.
Instruments · 0:10. An early picture.

2:19

Leftover Umbrellas

A chant over the band. The line he sings is, I know you are here. The picture cuts between close, medium, and the wide shot, and the instruments keep the beat.

Takes

Medium, block A · 0:40. A take from this song.
Close-up, block A · 0:40. A take from this song.
Wide, block A · 0:40. A take from this song.
Medium, block B · 0:33. A take from this song.
Close-up, block B · 0:33. A take from this song.
Wide, block B · 0:33. A take from this song.
Medium, block C · 1:00. A take from this song.
Close-up, block C · 1:00. A take from this song.
Wide, block C · 1:00. A take from this song.
Close-up trial · 0:15. A short trial.
Lip-sync trial · 0:15. A short trial.

2:37

Bittul ביטול

The song sets aside one's own thoughts, plans, and certainty, speaks to Hashem, and then longs to return. Bittul here is not disappearing. It is letting go of a separate will, so a person can hear what he does not yet know.

The Sfas Emes beside this song. The Hebrew is the source. The English there is a working reading.

Earlier cuts

V1 · 2:37. Earlier full cut.
V2 · 2:37. Earlier full cut.
V3 · 2:37. Earlier full cut.
Art draft 1 · 2:37. Painted cut, before the first full release.
Art draft 2 · 2:37. Painted cut, before the first full release.
Full draft · 2:37. The first full pass.

Takes

Shot 1 · 0:07. The take in the film.
Shot 2 · 0:10. A shot from the film.
Shot 4 · 0:10. A shot from the film.
Shot 5 · 0:10. A shot from the film.
Shot 6 · 0:10. The take in the film.
Shot 7 · 0:10. The take in the film.
Shot 8 · 0:12. The take in the film.
Shot 9 · 0:11. The take in the film.
Shot 10 · 0:09. A shot from the film.
Shot 11 · 0:09. A shot from the film.
Shot 12, first half · 0:12. A shot from the film.
Shot 12, second half · 0:13. A shot from the film.
Shot 13, first half · 0:12. A shot from the film.
Shot 13 · 0:12. The take in the film.
Shot 6, take 1 · 0:10. Another take.
Shot 7, take 1 · 0:10. Another take.
Shot 8, take 1 · 0:12. Another take.
Shot 9, take 1 · 0:11. Another take.
Shot 13, take 1 · 0:12. Another take.
Look, dawn ridge · 0:10. A look at the moving picture, before the full set.
Look, field path · 0:10. A look at the moving picture, before the full set.
Look, golden ridge · 0:10. A look at the moving picture, before the full set.