EG 2008
Adam Savage: My obsession with objects and the stories they tell
Adam Sevidž (Adam Savage): Moja opsesija predmetima i njihovim pričama
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Na konferenciji EG'08, Adam Sevidž priča o svojoj fascinaciji pticom dodo i kako ga je odvela na čudnu i iznenađujuću duplu avanturu. To je zabavna avantura kroz um kreativnog opsesivca.
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Adam Savage is an internationally renowned television producer, host and public speaker. Full bio
Adam Savage is an internationally renowned television producer, host and public speaker. Full bio
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About four years ago, the New Yorker published an article
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Pre oko četiri godine,
Njujorker je objavio članak
Njujorker je objavio članak
00:19
about a cache of dodo bones that was found
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o skupini kostiju dodo ptice
koja je pronađena
koja je pronađena
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in a pit on the island of Mauritius.
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u rupi na ostrvu Mauricijus.
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Now, the island of Mauritius is a small island
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Mauricijus je malo ostrvo
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off the east coast of Madagascar
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sa istočne strane Madagaskara
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in the Indian Ocean, and it is the place
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u Indijskom okeanu, a ovo je mesto
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where the dodo bird was discovered
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gde je otkrivena i izumrla ptica dodo,
00:34
and extinguished, all within about 150 years.
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sve to u okviru od 150 godina.
00:37
Everyone was very excited about this archaeological find,
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Svi su bili uzbuđeni
zbog ovog arheološkog otkrića,
zbog ovog arheološkog otkrića,
00:40
because it meant that they might finally be able
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jer je to značilo da će konačno možda moći
da sastave jedan ceo kostur dodoa.
da sastave jedan ceo kostur dodoa.
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to assemble a single dodo skeleton.
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00:44
See, while museums all over the world
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Vidite, iako muzeji širom sveta
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have dodo skeletons in their collection, nobody --
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imaju kosture dodoa u svojim postavkama -
niko, čak ni Muzej prirodne istorije
na ostrvu Mauricijus,
na ostrvu Mauricijus,
00:49
not even the actual Natural History Museum
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on the island of Mauritius -- has a skeleton that's made
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nema kostur sastavljen
od kostiju jednog dodoa.
od kostiju jednog dodoa.
00:53
from the bones of a single dodo.
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00:56
Well, this isn't exactly true.
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U stvari, to i nije baš istina.
00:58
The fact is, is that the British Museum
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Zapravo, Britanski muzej je imao
ceo primerak dodoa u svojoj kolekciji
ceo primerak dodoa u svojoj kolekciji
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had a complete specimen of a dodo in their collection
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01:02
up until the 18th century --
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sve do 18. veka -
bio je u stvari mumificiran,
bio je u stvari mumificiran,
01:04
it was actually mummified, skin and all --
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sa kožom i svim ostalim -
ali u naletu zanosa za uštedom prostora,
ali u naletu zanosa za uštedom prostora,
01:06
but in a fit of space-saving zeal,
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they actually cut off the head and they cut off the feet
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odsekli su glavu i noge
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and they burned the rest in a bonfire.
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i spalili ostatak na lomači.
01:13
If you go look at their website today,
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Ako pogledate njihov sajt danas,
nabrojali su ove uzorke,
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they'll actually list these specimens, saying,
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navodeći da je ostatak izgubljen u vatri.
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the rest was lost in a fire.
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01:20
Not quite the whole truth. Anyway.
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Nije baš cela istina. Bilo kako bilo,
naslovnica ovog članka
je bila ova fotografija,
je bila ova fotografija,
01:23
The frontispiece of this article was this photo,
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a ja sam jedan od onih
koji misle da je Tina Braun bila odlična
koji misle da je Tina Braun bila odlična
01:25
and I'm one of the people that thinks that Tina Brown
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01:27
was great for bringing photos to the New Yorker,
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za podnošenje fotografija Njujorkeru,
jer je ova fotografija
jer je ova fotografija
01:29
because this photo completely rocked my world.
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potpuno prodrmala moj svet.
01:31
I became obsessed with the object --
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Postao sam opsednut predmetima -
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not just the beautiful photograph itself,
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ne samo prelepom fotografijom,
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and the color, the shallow depth of field, the detail that's visible,
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bojom, plitkom dubinom polja,
detaljima koji su vidljivi,
detaljima koji su vidljivi,
01:38
the wire you can see on the beak there
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žicom koju možete videti ovde na kljunu
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that the conservator used to put this skeleton together --
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koju je konzervator koristio
da sastavi ovaj skelet -
da sastavi ovaj skelet -
01:43
there's an entire story here.
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tu postoji čitava priča,
01:45
And I thought to myself,
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pa sam pomislio:
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wouldn't it be great
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„Zar ne bi bilo sjajno
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if I had my own dodo skeleton?
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kada bih imao sopstveni skelet dodoa?”
01:52
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
01:55
I want to point out here at this point that
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Hteo bih da istaknem u ovom trenutku
da sam proveo život sa opsesijom
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I've spent my life obsessed
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by objects and the stories that they tell,
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predmetima i pričama koje oni pričaju,
02:03
and this was the very latest one.
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a ovo je bila najnovija.
02:05
So I began looking around for --
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Stoga sam počeo da tragam -
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to see if anyone sold a kit,
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da vidim da li je neko prodao komplet,
02:09
some kind of model that I could get,
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nekakav model koji bih mogao da nabavim
02:11
and I found lots of reference material, lots of lovely pictures.
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i našao sam mnogo materijala
vezanog za to, puno divnih slika.
vezanog za to, puno divnih slika.
02:14
No dice: no dodo skeleton for me. But the damage had been done.
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Ništa od toga; nema skeleta dodoa za mene.
Šteta je, međutim, već načinjena.
Šteta je, međutim, već načinjena.
Sačuvao sam nekoliko stotina
fotografija skeleta dodoa
fotografija skeleta dodoa
02:18
I had saved a few hundred photos of dodo skeletons
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into my "Creative Projects" folder --
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u svom folderu „Kreativni projekti” -
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it's a repository for my brain, everything that I could possibly be interested in.
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to je skladište za moj mozak,
sve ono što bi me moglo interesovati.
sve ono što bi me moglo interesovati.
02:25
Any time I have an internet connection,
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Svaki put kada imam internet vezu,
02:27
there's a sluice of stuff moving into there,
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tamo dospeva priliv stvari,
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everything from beautiful rings to cockpit photos.
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sve od prelepog prstenja
do fotografija pilotskih kabina.
do fotografija pilotskih kabina.
02:34
The key that the Marquis du Lafayette sent to George Washington
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Ključ koji je Markiz de Lafajet
poslao Džordžu Vašingtonu
poslao Džordžu Vašingtonu
02:37
to celebrate the storming of the Bastille.
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da bi proslavio pad Bastilje.
Ruski taster za nuklearno lansiranje:
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Russian nuclear launch key:
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02:40
The one on the top is the picture of the one I found on eBay;
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na vrhu je slika
onog koji sam našao na Ibeju;
onog koji sam našao na Ibeju;
02:42
the one on the bottom is the one I made for myself,
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na dnu je onaj koji sam napravio za sebe,
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because I couldn't afford the one on eBay.
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jer ne mogu da priuštim onaj na Ibeju.
02:47
Storm trooper costumes. Maps of Middle Earth --
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Kostimi Stormtrupera.
Mape Srednje zemlje -
Mape Srednje zemlje -
ovu sam lično nacrtao.
02:50
that's one I hand-drew myself. There's the dodo skeleton folder.
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Evo foldera dodo skeleta.
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This folder has 17,000 photos --
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Ovaj folder ima 17 000 slika -
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over 20 gigabytes of information --
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preko 20 gigabajta informacija -
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and it's growing constantly.
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i neprekidno raste.
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And one day, a couple of weeks later, it might have been
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Jednog dana, nekoliko nedelja kasnije,
možda godinu dana kasnije,
bio sam u umetničkoj radnji sa decom
bio sam u umetničkoj radnji sa decom
03:01
maybe a year later, I was in the art store with my kids,
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03:03
and I was buying some clay tools -- we were going to have a craft day.
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i kupovao sam neku glinu -
planirali smo dan majstorija.
planirali smo dan majstorija.
03:06
I bought some Super Sculpeys, some armature wire, some various materials.
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Kupio sam malo Super Skalpija,
žičanu armaturu, razne materijale.
žičanu armaturu, razne materijale.
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And I looked down at this Sculpey, and I thought,
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Pogledao sam Skalpija i pomislio sam,
03:11
maybe,
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možda,
03:13
yeah, maybe I could make my own dodo skull.
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da, možda bih mogao da napravim
svoju lobanju dodoa.
svoju lobanju dodoa.
03:17
I should point out at this time -- I'm not a sculptor;
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Treba da naglasim
u ovom trenutku - nisam vajar;
u ovom trenutku - nisam vajar;
03:19
I'm a hard-edged model maker.
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ja sam naoštreni stvaralac modela.
03:21
You give me a drawing, you give me a prop to replicate,
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Dajte mi crtež,
dajte mi rekvizit da kopiram,
dajte mi rekvizit da kopiram,
03:24
you give me a crane, scaffolding, parts from "Star Wars" --
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dajte mi kran, skele,
delove iz „Ratova zvezda” -
delove iz „Ratova zvezda” -
03:27
especially parts from "Star Wars" --
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naročito delove iz „Ratova zvezda” -
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I can do this stuff all day long.
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mogu takve stvari da radim po ceo dan.
03:31
It's exactly how I made my living for 15 years.
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Upravo tako sam 15 godina
zarađivao za život.
zarađivao za život.
03:33
But you give me something like this --
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Međutim, ako mi date ovako nešto -
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my friend Mike Murnane sculpted this;
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moj prijatelj Majk Murnejn je izvajao ovo;
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it's a maquette for "Star Wars, Episode Two" --
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to je maketa
za „Ratove zvezda, Epizodu 2” -
za „Ratove zvezda, Epizodu 2” -
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this is not my thing --
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ovo nije baš moj fazon -
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this is something other people do -- dragons, soft things.
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ovo je nešto što drugi ljudi rade -
zmajevi, nežne stvari.
zmajevi, nežne stvari.
03:45
However, I felt like I had looked at enough photos of dodo skulls
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Ipak, činilo mi se kao da sam video
dovoljno fotografija lobanja dodoa
dovoljno fotografija lobanja dodoa
03:49
to actually be able to
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da bih zaista umeo
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understand the topology and perhaps replicate it --
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da razumem topologiju i možda je kopiram -
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I mean, it couldn't be that difficult.
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mislim, ne može da bude toliko teško.
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So, I started looking at the best photos I could find.
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Tako sam počeo da gledam
najbolje slike koje sam mogao da nađem.
najbolje slike koje sam mogao da nađem.
03:59
I grabbed all the reference,
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Dohvatio sam sve reference
04:01
and I found this lovely piece of reference.
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i našao sam ovu divnu referencu.
04:03
This is someone selling this on eBay;
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Tu neko prodaje ovo na Ibeju;
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it was clearly a woman’s hand, hopefully a woman's hand.
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to je očigledno ženska ruka,
nadajmo se, ženska ruka.
nadajmo se, ženska ruka.
Pretpostavivši da je
otprilike veličine ruke moje žene,
otprilike veličine ruke moje žene,
04:08
Assuming it was roughly the size of my wife's hand,
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04:10
I made some measurements of her thumb, and I scaled them out to the size of the skull.
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izmerio sam njen palac i odredio razmeru
u odnosu na veličinu lobanje.
u odnosu na veličinu lobanje.
04:13
I blew it up to the actual size, and I began using that,
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Povećao sam je na stvarnu veličinu
i počeo sam to da koristim
i počeo sam to da koristim
04:16
along with all the other reference that I had, comparing it to it
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zajedno sa drugim referencama
koje sam imao,
koje sam imao,
04:18
as size reference for figuring out exactly how big the beak should be,
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upoređujući ih sa njom
kao referentnom veličinom za utvrđivanje
kao referentnom veličinom za utvrđivanje
04:21
exactly how long, etc.
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koliko kljun treba da bude veliki,
koliko tačno da bude dug itd.
koliko tačno da bude dug itd.
04:23
And over a few hours, I eventually achieved
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Nakon nekoliko sati,
na kraju sam uspeo da napravim
prilično prihvatljivu lobanju dodoa.
prilično prihvatljivu lobanju dodoa.
04:26
what was actually a pretty reasonable dodo skull. And I didn't mean to continue, I --
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Nisam planirao da nastavim -
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it's kind of like, you know, you can only clean a super messy room
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to je kao kad čistite veoma neurednu sobu
skupljajući jednu po jednu stvar;
ne možete da mislite o celini.
ne možete da mislite o celini.
04:32
by picking up one thing at a time; you can't think about the totality.
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04:35
I wasn't thinking about a dodo skeleton;
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Nisam mislio o skeletu dodoa;
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I just noticed that as I finished this skull,
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samo sam primetio da,
kad sam završio tu lobanju,
kad sam završio tu lobanju,
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the armature wire that I had been used to holding it up
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žičana armatura koju sam koristio
da je drži uspravno
da je drži uspravno
04:41
was sticking out of the back just where a spine would be.
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je virila pozadi baš gde bi bila kičma,
04:43
And one of the other things I'd been interested in and obsessed with over the years
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a jedna od drugih stvari
koje su me godinama interesovale
koje su me godinama interesovale
04:46
is spines and skeletons, having collected a couple of hundred.
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i kojima sam bio opsednut su kičme
i kosturi, prikupio sam nekoliko stotina.
i kosturi, prikupio sam nekoliko stotina.
04:49
I actually understood the mechanics
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Zapravo sam razumeo mehaniku pršljenova
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of vertebrae enough to kind of start to imitate them.
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dovoljno da počnem da ih podražavam.
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And so button by button,
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I tako, dugme po dugme,
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vertebrae by vertebrae, I built my way down.
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pršljen po pršljen,
gradio sam sve do dole
gradio sam sve do dole
04:59
And actually, by the end of the day, I had a reasonable skull,
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i stvarno sam do kraja dana
imao pristojnu lobanju,
imao pristojnu lobanju,
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a moderately good vertebrae and half of a pelvis.
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srednje dobre pršljenove i pola karlice.
05:06
And again, I kept on going, looking for more reference,
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Ponovo sam nastavio,
tragajući za još referenci,
tragajući za još referenci,
svakom referencom koju sam mogao pronaći -
crteži, prelepe fotografije.
crteži, prelepe fotografije.
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every bit of reference I could find -- drawings, beautiful photos.
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05:12
This guy -- I love this guy! He put a dodo leg bones on a scanner
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Ovaj lik - volim ovog lika!
Stavio je kosti noge dodoa na skener
Stavio je kosti noge dodoa na skener
05:15
with a ruler.
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sa lenjirom.
05:17
This is the kind of accuracy that I wanted,
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To je preciznost kakvu sam želeo
05:19
and I
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i kopirao sam svaku
do poslednje kosti i sastavio ih.
do poslednje kosti i sastavio ih.
05:21
replicated every last bone and put it in.
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05:23
And after about six weeks,
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Nakon oko šest nedelja,
05:26
I finished, painted, mounted
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završio sam, obojio, montirao
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my own dodo skeleton.
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svoj lični skelet dodoa.
Možete videti da sam čak napravio
i muzejski natpis za njega
i muzejski natpis za njega
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You can see that I even made a museum label for it
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05:36
that includes a brief history of the dodo.
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koji obuhvata kratku istoriju dodoa.
05:38
And TAP Plastics made me -- although I didn't photograph it --
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U „TAP Plastici” su mi napravili -
mada nisam to slikao -
mada nisam to slikao -
05:40
a museum vitrine.
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muzejsku vitrinu.
05:42
I don't have the room for this in my house,
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Nemam mesta za ovo u svojoj kući,
05:44
but I had to finish what I had started.
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ali morao sam da završim šta sam započeo.
05:47
And this actually represented kind of a sea change to me.
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I to je zapravo predstavljalo
more promena za mene.
more promena za mene.
Još jednom, kao što sam rekao,
05:50
Again, like I said, my life has been about
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moj život se vrteo oko fascinacije
objektima i pričama koje oni pričaju
objektima i pričama koje oni pričaju
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being fascinated by objects and the stories that they tell,
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05:54
and also making them for myself, obtaining them,
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i oko njihovog pravljenja, pribavljanja,
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appreciating them and diving into them.
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njihovog uvažavanja i uranjanja u njih.
06:00
And in this folder, "Creative Projects,"
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U tom folderu „Kreativni projekti”
postoji gomila projekata
postoji gomila projekata
06:02
there are tons of projects that I'm currently working on,
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na kojima trenutno radim,
projekata na kojima sam već radio,
projekata na kojima sam već radio,
06:05
projects that I've already worked on, things that I might want to work on some day,
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stvari na kojima bih hteo
da radim jednog dana
da radim jednog dana
06:08
and things that I may just want to find and buy and have
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i stvari koje bih možda samo hteo
da kupim i imam, gledam i dodirnem.
da kupim i imam, gledam i dodirnem.
06:11
and look at and touch.
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06:13
But now there was potentially this new category of things
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A sada je tu bila
potencijalno nova kategorija stvari
potencijalno nova kategorija stvari
06:16
that I could sculpt
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koje sam mogao da oblikujem
06:18
that was different, that I -- you know,
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koje su drugačije, koje - znate,
06:20
I have my own R2D2, but that's --
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imam svog Artu Ditua, ali to je -
iskreno, u odnosu na vajanje,
to je lako, prema mom mišljenju.
to je lako, prema mom mišljenju.
06:22
honestly, relative to sculpting, to me, that's easy.
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And so I went back and looked through my "Creative Projects" folder,
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Vratio sam se na pregledanje
svog foldera „Kreativni projekti”
svog foldera „Kreativni projekti”
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and I happened across the Maltese Falcon.
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i desilo se da sam naleteo
na Malteškog sokola.
na Malteškog sokola.
06:32
Now, this is funny for me:
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E, sad, ovo mi je smešno:
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to fall in love with an object from a Hammett novel,
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zaljubiti se u predmet
iz Hametovog romana,
iz Hametovog romana,
jer ako je istina da se svet deli
na dve vrste ljudi,
na dve vrste ljudi,
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because if it's true that the world is divided into two types of people,
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one koji vole Čendlera
i one koji vole Hameta,
i one koji vole Hameta,
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Chandler people and Hammett people, I am absolutely a Chandler person.
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ja sam apsolutno Čendlerov tip.
06:43
But in this case,
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Ipak, u ovom slučaju,
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it's not about the author, it's not about the book or the movie or the story,
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ne radi se o autoru,
ne radi se o knjizi niti filmu niti priči,
ne radi se o knjizi niti filmu niti priči,
06:49
it's about the object in and of itself.
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radi se o predmetu samom po sebi,
06:51
And in this case, this object is --
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a u ovom slučaju, ovaj predmet je -
06:54
plays on a host of levels.
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ima više nivoa.
06:57
First of all, there's the object in the world.
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Pre svega, postoji predmet u svetu.
06:59
This is the "Kniphausen Hawk."
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Ovo je Niphausenov soko.
07:01
It is a ceremonial pouring vessel
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To je ceremonijalna posuda za polivanje
07:03
made around 1700 for a Swedish Count,
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napravljena oko 1700. godine
za švedskog grofa
za švedskog grofa
07:07
and it is very likely the object from which
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i vrlo je verovatno da je to predmet
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Hammett drew his inspiration for the Maltese Falcon.
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koji je inspirisao Hameta
da napiše „Malteškog sokola”.
da napiše „Malteškog sokola”.
Zatim imamo izmišljenu pticu,
onu koju je Hamet stvorio za knjigu.
onu koju je Hamet stvorio za knjigu.
07:12
Then there is the fictional bird, the one that Hammett created for the book.
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Sačinjen od reči, to je pokretač
07:15
Built out of words, it is the engine
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07:17
that drives the plot of his book and also the movie,
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koji pokreće zaplet knjige, kao i filma
07:20
in which another object is created:
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u kome je stvoren još jedan predmet:
rekvizit koji treba da predstavlja
stvar koju Hamet stvorio od reči,
stvar koju Hamet stvorio od reči,
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a prop that has to represent the thing that Hammett created out of words,
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07:25
inspired by the Kniphausen Hawk, and this represents the falcon in the movie.
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inspirisan Niphausenovim sokolom
i ovo predstavlja sokola u filmu.
i ovo predstavlja sokola u filmu.
Onda je tu i četvrti nivo,
07:29
And then there is this fourth level, which is
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a to je potpuno novi predmet u svetu -
07:31
a whole new object in the world:
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07:33
the prop made for the movie, the representative of the thing,
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rekvizit napravljen za film,
predstavnik stvari,
predstavnik stvari,
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becomes, in its own right,
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postaje, sam za sebe,
07:38
a whole other thing,
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potpuno druga stvar,
potpuno novi predmet požude.
07:40
a whole new object of desire.
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07:42
And so now it was time to do some research.
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Sad je bio trenutak za istraživanje.
07:44
I actually had done some research
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Zapravo sam pomalo istraživao
nekoliko godina ranije -
zato je folder bio tu.
zato je folder bio tu.
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a few years before -- it's why the folder was there.
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07:48
I'd bought a replica, a really crappy replica,
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Kupio sam repliku, zaista lošu repliku
07:50
of the Maltese Falcon on eBay,
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Malteškog sokola na Ibeju
07:52
and had downloaded enough pictures to actually
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i skinuo sam dovoljno slika
07:54
have some reasonable reference.
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da bih imao neke pristojne reference.
07:56
But I discovered,
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Međutim, otkrio sam,
07:58
in researching further,
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kroz dalje istraživanje,
08:00
really wanting precise reference, that
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zaista želeći preciznu referencu,
da je jedna od originalnih olovnih ptica
08:03
one of the original lead birds
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prodata u „Kristiju” 1994. godine,
08:05
had been sold at Christie's in 1994,
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08:07
and so I contacted an antiquarian bookseller
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pa sam kontaktirao sa antikvarnicom knjiga
koja je imala
originalni Kristijev katalog,
originalni Kristijev katalog,
08:10
who had the original Christie's catalogue,
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08:12
and in it I found this magnificent picture,
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i u njemu sam pronašao
ovu veličanstvenu sliku,
ovu veličanstvenu sliku,
08:14
which included a size reference.
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koja je uključivala referencu o veličini.
08:16
I was able to scan the picture, blow it up to exactly full size.
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Mogao sam da skeniram sliku,
uvećam je na punu veličinu.
uvećam je na punu veličinu.
Pronašao sam drugu referencu.
08:20
I found other reference. Avi [Ara] Chekmayan,
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Avi Čekmajan, urednik iz Nju Džersija,
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a New Jersey editor, actually found this
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08:24
resin Maltese Falcon
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pronašao je Malteškog sokola od smole
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at a flea market in 1991,
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na buvljoj pijaci 1991. godine,
08:29
although it took him five years
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mada mu je trebalo pet godina
08:31
to authenticate this bird to
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da potvrdi autentičnost ove ptice
08:33
the auctioneers' specifications,
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u odnosu na specifikacije aukcijske kuće,
08:35
because there was a lot of controversy about it.
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jer je bilo dosta kontroverze oko toga.
08:37
It was made out of resin, which wasn't a common material for movie props
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Napravljen je od smole,
što nije bio čest materijal
što nije bio čest materijal
08:39
about the time the movie was made.
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za filmske rekvizite
u vreme kada je napravljen.
u vreme kada je napravljen.
08:41
It's funny to me that it took a while to authenticate it,
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Smešno mi je da je trebalo toliko
da se potvrdi autentičnost,
da se potvrdi autentičnost,
08:43
because I can see it compared to this thing,
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jer mogu da vidim kada se uporedi sa ovim,
mogu da vam kažem
mogu da vam kažem
08:45
and I can tell you -- it's real, it's the real thing,
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08:47
it's made from the exact same mold that this one is.
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- pravi je, prava stvar, napravljen je
u potpuno istom kalupu kao i ovaj.
u potpuno istom kalupu kao i ovaj.
08:50
In this one, because the auction was actually so controversial,
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Sa ovim, pošto je aukcija
bila tako kontroverzna,
bila tako kontroverzna,
08:53
Profiles in History, the auction house that sold this --
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profili istorije, aukcijska kuća
koja ga je prodala -
koja ga je prodala -
08:55
I think in 1995 for about 100,000 dollars --
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mislim 1995. godine
za oko 100 000 dolara -
za oko 100 000 dolara -
08:57
they actually included -- you can see here on the bottom --
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uključili su - možete videti ovde na dnu -
09:00
not just a front elevation, but also
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ne samo prednje uzdignuće,
već i sa bočne i zadnje strane
09:02
a side, rear
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09:04
and other side elevation.
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i uzdignuće sa druge strane.
09:06
So now, I had all the topology I needed
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Dakle, sada sam imao topologiju
koja mi je bila potrebna
koja mi je bila potrebna
09:09
to replicate the Maltese Falcon.
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da bih kopirao Malteškog sokola.
Šta rade sa tim, kako da započnete
tako nešto? Zaista ne znam.
tako nešto? Zaista ne znam.
09:11
What do they do, how do you start something like that? I really don't know.
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Tako sam opet, kao i sa lobanjom dodoa,
09:14
So what I did was, again, like I did with the dodo skull,
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09:16
I blew all my reference up to full size,
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uveličao sve svoje reference
na punu veličinu,
na punu veličinu,
a zatim sam počeo da sečem negative
09:19
and then I began cutting out the negatives and using
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i koristim te šablone
kao referentne oblike.
kao referentne oblike.
09:21
those templates as shape references.
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Uzeo sam Skalpija,
napravio veliku kocku od njega
napravio veliku kocku od njega
09:23
So I took Sculpey, and I built a big block of it,
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09:25
and I passed it through until, you know, I got the right profiles.
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i prolazio kroz nju
dok nisam dobio prave profile,
dok nisam dobio prave profile,
09:28
And then slowly, feather by feather, detail by detail,
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a onda polako, pero po pero,
detalj po detalj,
detalj po detalj,
09:31
I worked out and achieved --
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radio sam i uspeo -
09:33
working in front of the television and Super Sculpey --
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radeći ispred televizora
i Super Skalpija -
i Super Skalpija -
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here's me sitting next to my wife --
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ovde sedim pored svoje žene -
09:37
it's the only picture I took of the entire process.
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to je jedina slika koju sam uslikao
u celom tm procesu.
u celom tm procesu.
09:40
As I moved through, I achieved
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Dok sam napredovao, stigao sam
09:42
a very reasonable facsimile of the Maltese Falcon.
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do vrlo pristojne kopije Malteškog sokola.
09:44
But again, I am not a sculptor,
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Opet, ja nisam vajar,
09:46
and so I don't know a lot of the tricks, like,
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tako da ne znam mnogo trikova, na primer,
ne znam kako moj drug Majk dobija lepe,
uglačane površine sa svojim Skalpijem;
uglačane površine sa svojim Skalpijem;
09:49
I don't know how my friend Mike gets beautiful, shiny surfaces with his Sculpey;
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09:52
I certainly wasn't able to get it.
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ja svakako nisam mogao da ih dobijem.
09:54
So, I went down to my shop,
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Tako, otišao sam u svoju radnju,
09:56
and I molded it and I cast it in resin,
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ukalupio sam ga i izlio u smoli,
09:59
because in the resin, then, I could absolutely get the glass smooth finished.
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jer u smoli sam apsolutno mogao
da dobijem glatku završnu obradu.
da dobijem glatku završnu obradu.
10:02
Now there's a lot of ways to fill and get yourself a nice smooth finish.
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E, sad, ima mnogo načina za popunjavanje
i da se dobije fina glatka završna obrada.
i da se dobije fina glatka završna obrada.
10:05
My preference is about 70 coats of this --
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Meni se najviše dopada 70 premaza ovoga -
10:08
matte black auto primer.
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mat crni osnovni auto premaz.
10:10
I spray it on for about three or four days, it drips to hell,
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Naprskam ga oko tri ili četiri dana,
kaplje kao ludo,
kaplje kao ludo,
10:13
but it allows me a really, really nice gentle sanding surface
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ali mi daje baš,
baš finu nežnu izbrušenu površinu
baš finu nežnu izbrušenu površinu
10:16
and I can get it glass-smooth.
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i mogu da dobijem uglačanost poput stakla.
10:18
Oh, finishing up with triple-zero steel wool.
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O, završivši sa 000 čeličnom vunom.
10:20
Now, the great thing about getting it to this point was that
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A sad, ono što je bilo bitno
kad se dođe do ovog trenutka je,
kad se dođe do ovog trenutka je,
10:23
because in the movie, when they finally bring out the bird at the end,
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pošto u filmu,
kada konačno iznesu pticu na kraju
kada konačno iznesu pticu na kraju
10:25
and they place it on the table, they actually spin it.
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i stave je na sto, oni je zapravo zavrte.
10:28
So I was able to actually
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Tako da sam mogao
da zamrznem kadar da bih bio siguran.
10:30
screen-shot and freeze-frame to make sure.
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I pratim sve udare svetlosti na ovome
i brinem da, dok držim svetlo
i brinem da, dok držim svetlo
10:33
And I'm following all the light kicks on this thing and making sure that as I'm holding the light
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10:36
in the same position, I'm getting the same type of reflection on it --
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u istom položaju,
dobijam isti odraz na njemu -
dobijam isti odraz na njemu -
10:39
that's the level of detail I'm going into this thing.
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do te mere se detaljno unosim u ovo.
10:42
I ended up with this: my Maltese Falcon.
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Na kraju sam dobio ovo: moj Malteški soko.
10:45
And it's beautiful. And I can state with authority
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Prelep je. I mogu da izjavim sa pravom da,
10:47
at this point in time, when I'd finished it,
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u tom trenutku kada sam ga završio,
10:49
of all of the replicas out there -- and there is a few --
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od svih kopija koje postoje -
a ima ih nekoliko -
a ima ih nekoliko -
10:52
this is by far the most accurate
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ovo je ubedljivo najtačniji prikaz
originalnog Malteškog sokola
originalnog Malteškog sokola
10:54
representation of the original Maltese Falcon
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10:56
than anyone has sculpted. Now the original one, I should tell you,
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koji je iko ikada izvajao.
Originalnog sokola je, treba da vam kažem,
izvajao tip po imenu Fred Sekston.
izvajao tip po imenu Fred Sekston.
10:59
is sculpted by a guy named Fred Sexton.
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11:01
This is where it gets weird.
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Ovde stvari postaju čudne.
11:04
Fred Sexton was a friend of this guy, George Hodel.
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Fred Sekston je bio prijatelj
ovog tipa, Džordža Hodela.
ovog tipa, Džordža Hodela.
11:07
Terrifying guy -- agreed by many to be the killer
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Zastrašujući tip - mnogi se slažu
da je on ubica Crne Dalije.
da je on ubica Crne Dalije.
11:09
of the Black Dahlia.
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11:11
Now, James Ellroy believes
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E, sad, Džejms Elroj smatra
11:13
that Fred Sexton, the sculptor of the Maltese Falcon,
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da je Fred Sekston,
vajar Malteškog sokola,
vajar Malteškog sokola,
ubio majku Džejmsa Elroja.
11:16
killed James Elroy's mother.
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11:18
I'll go you one stranger than that: In 1974,
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Izneću vam i nešto čudnije od toga:
1974. godine,
1974. godine,
za vreme produkcije čudnog
komičnog nastavka „Malteškog sokola”,
komičnog nastavka „Malteškog sokola”,
11:21
during the production of a weird comedy sequel to "The Maltese Falcon,"
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zvanog „Crna ptica”,
sa Džordžem Sigalom u glavnoj ulozi,
sa Džordžem Sigalom u glavnoj ulozi,
11:24
called "The Black Bird," starring George Segal,
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11:26
the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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Muzeju umetnosti okruga Los Anđeles
11:28
had a plaster original of the Maltese Falcon --
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je gipsani original Malteškog sokola -
11:30
one of the original six plasters, I think, made for the movie --
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jedan od originalnih šest, čini mi se,
napravljenih za film -
napravljenih za film -
11:33
stolen out of the museum. A lot of people thought
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ukraden je iz muzeja.
Mnogi su mislili
da je to bio medijski potez zbog filma.
da je to bio medijski potez zbog filma.
11:35
it was a publicity stunt for the movie.
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11:37
John's Grill, which actually
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Džonov Roštilj, koji se vidi
nakratko u „Malteškom sokolu”,
nakratko u „Malteškom sokolu”,
11:39
is seen briefly in "The Maltese Falcon,"
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i dalje je isplativ restoran
u San Francisku,
u San Francisku,
11:41
is still a viable San Francisco eatery,
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11:43
counted amongst its regular customers Elisha Cook,
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među svojim stalnim gostima
broji Elišu Kuk,
broji Elišu Kuk,
11:45
who played Wilmer Cook in the movie,
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koji je igrao Vilmera Kuka u filmu,
11:47
and he gave them
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a on im je dao
jednog od svojih originalnih
gipsanih Malteških sokolova.
gipsanih Malteških sokolova.
11:49
one of his original plasters of the Maltese Falcon.
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Držali su ga u ormaru oko 15 godina,
11:52
And they had it in their cabinet for about 15 years,
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11:55
until it got stolen
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dok nije ukraden
11:57
in January of 2007.
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u januaru 2007. godine.
12:00
It would seem that the object of desire
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Izgleda kao da predmet požude
12:02
only comes into its own by disappearing repeatedly.
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postaje to samo ponavljanim nestajanjem.
12:05
So here I had this Falcon,
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Dakle, ovde sam imao tog sokola
i bio je divan.
i bio je divan.
12:07
and it was lovely. It looked really great,
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Izgledao je zaista sjajno,
12:09
the light worked on it really well,
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svetlost je baš bila dobra na njemu,
12:11
it was better than anything that I could achieve
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bio je bolji od bilo čega
što sam mogao postići
što sam mogao postići
12:13
or obtain out in the world.
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ili nabaviti u svetu.
12:15
But there was a problem. And the problem was that:
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Ipak, postojao je problem,
a problem je bio -
a problem je bio -
12:19
I wanted the entirety of the object,
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želeo sam celokupan predmet,
12:21
I wanted the weight behind the object.
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želeo sam i težinu koja pripada predmetu.
Bio je napravljen od smole
i suviše svetao.
i suviše svetao.
12:24
This thing was made of resin and it was too light.
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Postoji jedna grupa na internetu
koju često posećujem.
koju često posećujem.
12:26
There's this group online that I frequent.
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12:28
It's a group of prop crazies just like me
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To je grupa zaluđenika
rekvizitima poput mene
rekvizitima poput mene
nazvana Forum za replike rekvizita,
12:31
called the Replica Props Forum, and it's people who trade,
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i tu su ljudi koji trguju
filmskim rekvizitima,
filmskim rekvizitima,
12:33
make and travel in information about movie props.
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izrađuju ih i putuju
radi informacija o njima.
radi informacija o njima.
12:36
And it turned out that one of the guys there,
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Ispostavilo se da je jedan od likova tamo,
12:38
a friend of mine that I never actually met,
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moj prijatelj koga nikad nisam sreo,
ali smo se sprijateljili kroz dogovore,
bio je menadžer lokalne livnice.
bio je menadžer lokalne livnice.
12:41
but befriended through some prop deals, was the manager of a local foundry.
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12:43
He took my master Falcon pattern,
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Uzeo je kalup mog skola,
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he actually did lost wax casting
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zapravo je uradio
izlivanje izgubljenog voska
izlivanje izgubljenog voska
12:48
in bronze for me,
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u bronzi,
i ovo je bronza koju sam dobio,
12:50
and this is the bronze I got back.
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a ovo je, nakon graviranja kiselinom,
onaj koji sam imao na kraju.
onaj koji sam imao na kraju.
12:52
And this is, after some acid etching, the one that I ended up with.
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12:54
And this thing, it's deeply, deeply satisfying to me.
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To je me učinilo veoma, veoma zadovoljnim.
12:57
Here, I'm going to put it out there,
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Evo, staviću je tamo
12:59
later on tonight, and
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kasnije u toku večeri
13:03
I want you to pick it up and handle it.
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i hoću da ga uzmete i opipate.
13:07
You want to know
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Hoćete da znate koliko sam opsednut?
13:10
how obsessed I am. This project's only for me,
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Ovaj projekat je samo za mene,
13:12
and yet I went so far as to buy on eBay
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a ipak sam otišao toliko daleko
da na Ibeju kupim
da na Ibeju kupim
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a 1941 Chinese San Francisco-based newspaper,
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kineske novine iz San Franciska
iz 1941. godine
iz 1941. godine
13:18
in order so that the bird could properly be wrapped ...
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da bi ptica bila propisno zamotana...
13:22
like it is in the movie.
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kao što je u filmu.
13:24
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
13:28
Yeah, I know!
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Da, znam!
13:30
(Laughter) (Applause)
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(Smeh) (Aplauz)
13:35
There you can see, it's weighing in at 27 and a half pounds.
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Vidite, teži 12,5 kilograma.
13:38
That's half the weight of my dog, Huxley.
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To je polovina težine mog psa Hakslija.
13:42
But there's a problem.
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Međutim, tu nastaje problem.
13:45
Now, here's the most recent progression of Falcons.
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Evo najskorijeg napretka sokolova.
13:48
On the far left is a piece of crap -- a replica I bought on eBay.
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Ovo skroz levo je glupost -
kopija koju sam kupio na Ibeju.
kopija koju sam kupio na Ibeju.
13:51
There's my somewhat ruined Sculpey Falcon,
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Evo mog donekle uništenog
sokola od Skalpija,
sokola od Skalpija,
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because I had to get it back out of the mold. There's my first casting,
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jer sam morao da ga izvadim iz kalupa.
Tu je moj prvo izlivanje,
tu je moj model i tu je moja bronza.
tu je moj model i tu je moja bronza.
13:56
there's my master and there's my bronze.
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13:58
There's a thing that happens when you mold and cast things,
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Ima nešto što se dešava
kada se oblikuju i izlivaju stvari,
kada se oblikuju i izlivaju stvari,
14:01
which is that every time you throw it into silicone and cast it in resin,
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a to je da svaki put kada je ubacite
u silikon i izlijete u smoli,
u silikon i izlijete u smoli,
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you lose a little bit of volume, you lose a little bit of size.
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izgubite malo obima, gubite malo veličine,
14:06
And when I held my bronze one up against my Sculpey one,
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a kada sam postavio bronzanog
naspram onog od Skalpija,
naspram onog od Skalpija,
14:09
it was shorter by three-quarters of an inch.
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bio je kraći za dva centimetra.
14:12
Yeah, no, really, this was like aah --
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Da, ne, stvarno, aaa -
(Smeh)
14:16
why didn't I remember this?
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kako se nisam setio toga?
14:18
Why didn't I start and make it bigger?
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Zašto ga nisam na početku napravio većeg?
14:21
So what do I do? I figure I have two options.
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Pa, šta da radim?
Kapiram da imam dve opcije.
Kapiram da imam dve opcije.
14:24
One, I can fire a freaking laser at it,
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Prvu, da ispalim prokleti laser u njega,
14:27
which I have already done,
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što sam već uradio,
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to do a 3D scan -- there's a 3D scan of this Falcon.
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da bih obavio 3D skeniranje -
evo 3D slike ovog sokola.
evo 3D slike ovog sokola.
14:31
I had figured out the exact amount of shrinkage I achieved
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Izračunao sam tačan iznos smanjenja
koje sam stvorio
koje sam stvorio
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going from a wax master to a bronze master
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prelazeći sa voskanog na bronzani model
14:36
and blown this up big enough to make
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i uveličao ovo dovoljno da napravim
14:38
a 3D lithography master of this,
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3D litografski model od toga,
14:40
which I will polish, then I will send to the mold maker
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koji ću doterati,
zatim ga poslati proizvođaču kalupa,
zatim ga poslati proizvođaču kalupa,
14:43
and then I will have it done in bronze. Or:
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a onda ga uraditi u bronzi ili -
14:46
There are several people who own originals,
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ima nekoliko ljudi
koji poseduju originale
koji poseduju originale
14:48
and I have been attempting to contact them and reach them,
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i pokušavao sam da kontaktiram sa njima
i da doprem do njih,
i da doprem do njih,
14:51
hoping that they will let me spend a few minutes
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nadajući se da će mi dopustiti
da provedem nekoliko minuta
da provedem nekoliko minuta
14:54
in the presence of one of the real birds, maybe to take a picture,
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u prisustvu jedne od pravih ptica,
možda da je uslikam,
možda da je uslikam,
14:56
or even to pull out the hand-held laser scanner
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ili čak da izvadim ručni laserski skener
14:59
that I happen to own that fits inside a cereal box,
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koji slučajno posedujem
i koji staje u kutiju žitarica,
i koji staje u kutiju žitarica,
i mogao bih možda,
15:02
and could maybe, without even touching their bird, I swear,
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čak i bez dodirivanja ptice, kunem se,
da dobijem savršenu 3D sliku.
da dobijem savršenu 3D sliku.
15:04
get a perfect 3D scan. And I'm even willing to sign pages
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Čak sam spreman da potpišem
izjavu da je niko nikada neće uzimati,
izjavu da je niko nikada neće uzimati,
15:07
saying that I'll never let anyone else have it, except for me in my office, I promise.
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osim mene u mojoj kancelariji, obećavam.
15:10
I'll give them one if they want it.
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Daću im jednu ako je žele.
15:13
And then, maybe, then I'll achieve the end of this exercise.
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A tada, možda,
stići ću do kraja ove vežbe.
stići ću do kraja ove vežbe.
15:16
But really, if we're all going to be honest with ourselves,
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Ipak, u stvari, ako ćemo biti iskreni,
15:18
I have to admit that achieving the end of the exercise
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moram da priznam
da stizanje do kraja vežbe
da stizanje do kraja vežbe
nije ni nije bila poenta vežbe
na početku, zar ne?
na početku, zar ne?
15:21
was never the point of the exercise to begin with, was it.
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15:24
Thank you.
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Hvala.
(Aplauz)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Adam Savage - Maker, critical thinkerAdam Savage is an internationally renowned television producer, host and public speaker.
Why you should listen
Adam Savage's mother is a psychologist; his father was a celebrated artist, painter and filmmaker. From the youngest age they encouraged his flights of fancy. Savage has been a paperboy, a projectionist, juggler, unicycle rider, sculptor, graphic designer, scenic painter, robot builder, welder, carpenter, machinist, prop maker, toy designer, actor, writer, executive producer and director. He spent six years in theater and 10 years in commercial and film special effects working for clients such as Nike, Corning, Hershey's, and Coca-Cola, and films like Star Wars, The Matrix films, A.I., Space Cowboys, Terminator 3 and Galaxy Quest.
Savage has built everything from theater sets to miniature particle accelerators. From spaceships to animatronic arms. He's made Rube Goldberg machines, hand props and spacesuits. His online videos have generated over 230 million page views. He's written for Popular Mechanics, the Wall Street Journal and Wired Magazine, among others. His program "Mythbusters" produced 270 episodes that aired in over 100 countries for 14 years. Adam shares his builds, his love for movie props and costumes, and passion for the transformative power of making on his award winning website Tested.com. He lives in San Francisco with his wife Julia, his twin boys Thing1 and Thing2, and two amazing dogs.
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