What a small world. What an even smaller town.

You gotta love South Bend. I was talking to Phil tonight while he and Jeremy were hard at work on their respective boards and we suddenly realized we’d met before.

There is a lot of t ... [read more]

6:17 pm

Posted in collaborators, life, planning · 1 Comment » ·  tags: childhood, McKinley, Phil, Whitlocks

The team is working out, but there are some tensions mounting. Even after just one week of the five of us getting together, it’s clear that the high demands of this process are going to stress our nerves regardless of how well our personalities  ... [read more]

11:24 pm

Posted in collaborators, planning · 16 Comments » ·  tags: animatic, images, jadaris, Jeremy, Phil, rakeri, Ryan, storyboarding, suahrnir, veovis

Patrick and Adrian-

Hello again.

Thanks for all the information. Very helpful.

Have you considered filming the film in HD? It’s less expensive and easier on the FX side of things. Keeps all the files 8bit. Filming, then scann ... [read more]

7:02 pm

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Hmmm…. Worked on an assembly of the animatic last night with the boards that we have done… It’s not going so well. Patrick and I were both pretty frustrated and a bit scared by the end of the evening. I don’t know… I&# ... [read more]

12:42 pm

Posted in planning, script · 3 Comments » ·  tags: american, animatic, british, evil trailer, veovis

Against my better judgment, I went back to the system after Adrian left. While we’re trying to do everything together, I am the guy with a bit better gut thing for editing and I was curious if in these wee hours, without distraction and with no  ... [read more]

9:14 am

Posted in planning, script · 3 Comments » ·  tags: animatic, editing, storyboarding, ti'ana

It’s a familiar feeling coming back to this chair. The video router switch is on, and the raids are going. The nurturing whirring sound of the fans and their blinking blue lights are once again present. Premiere is up and Adrian’s is sit ... [read more]

11:42 pm

Posted in collaborators, communications, life · 2 Comments » ·  tags: aimh, animatic, editing, storyboarding, ti'ana

Hi Louis:

Thank you very much for deciding to help out with our project. We’re really looking forward to working with you.

We need to get an idea of what your services are going to entail. In our last e-mail we probably should hav ... [read more]

12:54 am

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Well, we got together tonight with Phil and Jeremy for the first time in an official capacity. The night was planned to be somewhat of a meet and greet, and that’s pretty much what it turned into. Translation - not a lot of work got done. But, ... [read more]

11:36 pm

Posted in collaborators, planning · 5 Comments » ·  tags: animatic, images, Jeremy, Phil, Ryan, stephen dorff

I’m exhausted. It’s been a long day. After dealing with a day containing like one of the highest records for mold in October in history, Adrian came over and we spent about 7 hours preparing draft boards for Phil and Jeremy to use for ref ... [read more]

5:27 am

Posted in collaborators, planning · 8 Comments » ·  tags: animatic, images, Jeremy, Phil, storyboarding