Okay, I’ve dug through my notes and found my initial rant regarding the Middle East vs. New Mexico issue.  What follows is a stream of consciousness and has not been edited.  It not only addresses our reasons for maintaining the setting from th ... [read more]

5:41 pm

Posted in communications, planning, script · 57 Comments » ·  tags: , anna, Anna's father's death, middle east

Last night, my new place saw its first, but definitely not its last official Myst script development meeting.

The lights were low, the futon was comfortable, and Adrian stretched out on it while consuming Mountain Dew after Mountain Dew.  Meanw ... [read more]

2:12 am

Posted in script · 122 Comments » ·  tags: aitrus, anna, atrus, canon, d'ni, danielle, furniture, gehn, jill, laptops, mountain dew, myst, ti'ana

So, I got an e-mail from Adrian late last night with a small attachment. He asked me to prep it, rip it and send it out to share. So, of course, I had to sit on it for at least a couple of hours as to feel that I was the gatekeeper.

Anyway, so ... [read more]

7:58 pm

Posted in planning, script · 26 Comments » ·  tags: anna, downloads, eneah, script, ti'ana

‘Cause it’s one of the largest challenges that we imagine we’ll have to face in the coming months, and a conversation broke out about it again tonight right after Adrian and I shared a quick smoke outside of our local Home Depot. Abou ... [read more]

10:30 pm

Posted in collaborators, life, planning, script · 54 Comments » ·  tags: a'gaeris, anna, cast, culver's, myst, ti'ana, veovis

It’s 4 am and I just burnt the first demonstrative DVD for the concept animatic trailer for Myst: The Book of Ti’ana. I’m freaking out. After months- no- years of dreaming about doing this, it’s finally done. Something tangib ... [read more]

4:27 am

Posted in collaborators, communications, planning, script · 191 Comments » ·  tags: aitrus, animatic, anna, atrus, concept, Cyan, dvd, myst, project passage, spec, storyboarding, the book of ti'ana, theatrical, trailer, veovis, video, videos

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

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 · 14 Comments » ·  tags: aitrus, animatic, anna, changes, d'ni, images, McInVanderism, myst, rakeri, Ryan, storyboarding, ti'ana, veovis, wingrovism

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