It’s all starting to slow down, and it’s saddening and maddening and relieving all at once. The last 10 days or so, Ryan, Phil, Adrian and I have only gotten together a handful of times. Most of the work we’re doing is filler and re ... [read more]

9:14 pm

Posted in collaborators, planning · 2 Comments » ·  tags: animatic, anna, images, linking, maf, Phil, Ryan, shakespeare, storyboarding

It’s almost 6am and I’m dead. We have to stop doing this when we know we have boarding to do later in the day. Freelance work in the mornings + boarding at night + editing until the wee hours is starting to kill me. Even though it’ ... [read more]

7:14 am

Posted in planning, script · 2 Comments » ·  tags: a'gaeris, after effects, animatic, assembly, editing, film burn, flash frames, gehn, kahlis, music, premiere, storyboarding

The process of assembly is still going strong, but we’re facing some pacing problems that we’re still trying to figure out. One of the things we’ve found is that music is definitely carrying this thing - and if it’s not the rig ... [read more]

11:25 pm

Posted in communications, planning · 2 Comments » ·  tags: animatic, assembly, dreams, voice talent

An interesting night full of stolen kisses, political intrigue and Ryan dry-heaving in Adrian’s bathroom. One of those nights not easily forgotten.

It’s been almost a year now since Adrian and I started taking the first steps toward ... [read more]

11:46 pm

Posted in collaborators, communications, script · 13 Comments » ·  tags: aitrus, animatic, anna, changes, d'ni, images, McInVanderism, myst, rakeri, Ryan, storyboarding, ti'ana, veovis, wingrovism

Phil completed his best board tonight. It was of our most favorite, and primary character of the film: Veovis.

Phil got a cookie.

Adrian’s been cradling the charcoal drawing in his arms as if it was a newborn child. I think we ... [read more]

8:01 pm

Posted in collaborators, planning · 12 Comments » ·  tags: aitrus, animatic, capping ceremony, downloads, images, Phil, Ryan, storyboarding, veovis

We’ve found through this process of assembling the animatic that our original ideas and intentions don’t necessary carry over to the screen as much as we had hoped. One element, a line that Anna hears over and over again in her head throug ... [read more]

3:14 am

Posted in planning, script · 4 Comments » ·  tags: animatic, anna, Cyan, d'ni, eneah, fans, storyboarding, the book of atrus, the book of ti'ana, ti'ana

Phil had some issues with perspective tonight, but I think we got through it. As we move on hammering through boards, some multi-shot sequences have gotten more and more challenging for him. (And we’ve been making them more and more challenging ... [read more]

11:01 pm

Posted in collaborators, planning · 9 Comments » ·  tags: animatic, anna, images, Phil, rakeri, Ryan, storyboarding, the five, veovis

When I originally made the commitment to journal throughout this entire process, I never imagined that there would be days where I just wouldn’t have a chance to sit down and write - and I’ve been facing that for the last several days. It& ... [read more]

11:37 pm

Posted in collaborators, planning · 7 Comments » ·  tags: a'gaeris, alien baby, animatic, anna, bondage, gehn, glee, images, maintainers, Phil, Ryan, storyboarding, suahrnir, tasera, veovis