It was great to see Texas beat the Yankees last night. I have a soft spot in my heart for Texas. Did my first two grades in Dallas, picked up an accent that took the SoCal school system Speech Therapy to get rid of. Lived in Navy housing. Which is why I am enjoying Navy's dominance of Notre Dame so far this morning. Looks like they should win. Go Navy! says the Army vet. Childhood wins again.
Got sidetracked and designed the DVD box for the film. Very very limited number of these, mainly for my archives and libraries. Spendy in small quantities. I give the actors DVDs in clam shells.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Gray morning tonic
My favorite ending of any dramatic narrative in any form, any time. (I speak of the music. I HATE the way this scene is directed!)
A new idea
Woke up with an idea in my head that's compatible with my upcoming new focus on music and which also is small, compared to past projects, yet expandable as a series: to produce an art song music video. Compose the music, find an actor/classical singer, make a video with the song as background music, several minutes long. If it works, I could do others. This would hone skills for a chamber opera down the road. Very doable if I can find the right actor/singer. Will brood on this. Already have first art song in mind, from a passage by Thoreau.
Will work on director's cut today and perhaps burn DVD of the full version, which I'm not going to mess with any more.
Will work on director's cut today and perhaps burn DVD of the full version, which I'm not going to mess with any more.
Friday, October 22, 2010
Extraordinary day
Although I only got 1/3 of the vids uploaded to the review, I have a presentable full version of the feature now. A very productive day, in other words. I'll finish the review work tomorrow.
A rendering fool
Video reading downstairs in my basement office, video rendering upstairs on the netbook, I am a rendering fool today. Working downstairs on the feature, upstairs on new video for the review. And feeling good, I'd say I'm at 95% and almost free of this virus, with the usual gesture to my wooden head etc etc etc.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Going 'Back to the Future,' 25 years later - CNN.com
Going 'Back to the Future,' 25 years later - CNN.com:
"CNN: How difficult was it to get this script produced?
Gale: The script was rejected over 40 times by every major studio and by some more than once. We'd go back when they changed management. It was always one of two things. It was 'Well, this is time travel, and those movies don't make any money.' We got that a lot. We also got, 'There's a lot of sweetness to this. It's too nice, we want something raunchier like 'Porky's.' Why don't you take it to Disney?'"
Gale: The script was rejected over 40 times by every major studio and by some more than once. We'd go back when they changed management. It was always one of two things. It was 'Well, this is time travel, and those movies don't make any money.' We got that a lot. We also got, 'There's a lot of sweetness to this. It's too nice, we want something raunchier like 'Porky's.' Why don't you take it to Disney?'"
Warner Bros Closed To Pitches Until 2011? – Deadline.com
Warner Bros Closed To Pitches Until 2011? – Deadline.com:
"Agents today are�complaining to�me that Warner Bros isn't going to hire screenwriters to embark on new projects for the rest of the year. 'Warner Bros is saying it won't hear pitches or buy specs until after January 1st unless it's something close to greenlight. So writers are out of luck until�then,'"
Small satisfactions
The best thing about the Ducks today is Coach Kelly. He called Phil Knight (Mr. Nike) "the owner" of the football team during an interview. Tell it like it is!
Updating the review
The focus for Friday! I have 3 vids from Primus to get up.
Great "show and tell" class today. Great fun, great performances, great participation.
Hope to work on director's cut tomorrow, too. Definite ideas of who/what to cut.
Man, feel like lots of things about to wrap up. 2011 as a truly "new beginning," a retirement of old modes.
Great "show and tell" class today. Great fun, great performances, great participation.
Hope to work on director's cut tomorrow, too. Definite ideas of who/what to cut.
Man, feel like lots of things about to wrap up. 2011 as a truly "new beginning," a retirement of old modes.
Show and tell
Had my students design their movie posters. A great exercise for getting the mind focused on the heart of a story. Show and tell today. Some will have scribbled concepts, others professionally presented posters. I'm interested more in the concept than the art.
Rough cuts
It looks like the full version will come in at around 1:45 and a director's cut around 1:37. First estimates. Looks great on the small screen for which it's made. Won't look so good blown up at Blackbird but will be watchable.
The one and only public showing, I expect, will be at Blackbird Wineshop on Wed night, Nov 10, 7 pm. It will be online before then.
The one and only public showing, I expect, will be at Blackbird Wineshop on Wed night, Nov 10, 7 pm. It will be online before then.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
First All-Digital Science Textbook Will Be Free | Wired Science | Wired.com
First All-Digital Science Textbook Will Be Free | Wired Science | Wired.com:
"Within 2 1/2 years, the E. O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation, named after the naturalist and founder, hopes to complete a 59-chapter digital textbook about biology called Life on Earth. As each chapter is finished, the foundation plans to put it into the hands of anyone who wants it. For free."
AMPAS Names Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowship Winners – Deadline.com
AMPAS Names Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowship Winners – Deadline.com:
"This year’s winners are (listed alphabetically by author):
Destin Daniel Cretton, San Diego, Calif., “Short Term 12”
Marvin Krueger, North Hollywood, Calif., “And Handled with a Chain”
Andrew Lanham, Austin, Texas, “The Jumper of Maine”
Micah Ranum, Beverly Hills, Calif., “A Good Hunter”
Cinthea Stahl, North Hollywood, Calif., “Identifying Marks”
The winners were selected from 6,304 scripts submitted for this year’s competition."
Destin Daniel Cretton, San Diego, Calif., “Short Term 12”
Marvin Krueger, North Hollywood, Calif., “And Handled with a Chain”
Andrew Lanham, Austin, Texas, “The Jumper of Maine”
Micah Ranum, Beverly Hills, Calif., “A Good Hunter”
Cinthea Stahl, North Hollywood, Calif., “Identifying Marks”
The winners were selected from 6,304 scripts submitted for this year’s competition."
Director's cut
I definitely am making a "director's cut" of the film, eliminating at least 4 minor characters, but I'll keep both versions online so actors on the "cutting room floor" can still access their footage. I'll show the full version at Blackbird.
I think I'm close to making a final DVD. I'll know by Monday.
Reading scripts, editing, watching baseball -- all this still in my bathrobe! I may never get dressed today.
I think I'm close to making a final DVD. I'll know by Monday.
Reading scripts, editing, watching baseball -- all this still in my bathrobe! I may never get dressed today.
HuffPost TV: Howard Fineman On What Christine O'Donnell's Constitutional Ignorance Says About The Tea Party (VIDEO)
HuffPost TV: Howard Fineman On What Christine O'Donnell's Constitutional Ignorance Says About The Tea Party (VIDEO):
"What's really killing here, what's damning here, is that the tea party is run in the name of rights and freedom,' Fineman told guest host Cenk Uygur. 'And all of those rights and freedoms are enshrined in the very amendments that she seems totally ignorant of.'"
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