Archive for November 2004

Nov 28

King Henry IV

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 …  [read more]

Posted at 9:14 pm by Patrick in collaborators, planning · 2 Comments » · tags: , , , , , , , ,
Nov 23

Serendipity

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 …  [read more]

Posted at 7:14 am by Patrick in planning, script · 2 Comments » · tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,
Nov 21

Adrian’s All Over It

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 …  [read more]

Posted at 11:25 pm by Patrick in communications, planning · 2 Comments » · tags: , , ,
Nov 18

The Senator’s Son

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 an adaptation …  [read more]

Posted at 11:46 pm by Patrick in collaborators, communications, script · 14 Comments » · tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Nov 14

Veovis has Broken Free

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 …  [read more]

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Nov 14

Anna, What do you see?

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 …  [read more]

Posted at 3:14 am by Patrick in planning, script · 4 Comments » · tags: , , , , , , , , ,
Nov 11

Perspective

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 …  [read more]

Posted at 11:01 pm by Patrick in collaborators, planning · 9 Comments » · tags: , , , , , , , ,
Nov 09

Slacking and Not

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 …  [read more]

Posted at 11:37 pm by Patrick in collaborators, planning · 9 Comments » · tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,