Author Archives: Dan from dogthemovie.com
Dusty closet
That’s where The Daughter of God has been since I packed it up over a year ago, after a wide eyed comparison of what was required and what I had available. Back in October 2008, I seemed to face a … Continue reading
Where’s Faisal?
Dern that boy, I thought I told him to mind the store. Well, here’s a taste. Your humble Director is way up in Northern Michigan yanking miracles out of his butt, a half dozen a day practically. Mostly concerning the … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, Daughter of God, people, real life
Tagged DOG, michigan, northern michigan, poplar, portents, wood smoke
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Glorious 8 Fold Protocol of Creation
Brooklyn, New York “Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.” Groucho Marx This is a long update. There aren’t any pictures. There are only a few funny parts. It’s primarily targeted at those of you who imagine … Continue reading
Posted in budget, Daughter of God, hardware, people, real life, software, Some Almonds are Harder to Skin than Others, story, technique, time, workflow
Tagged Add new tag, Almonds, DOG, Fruit flies, G8FP, Groucho Marx, Kathleen, Morrie Warshawski, SATA, sprouted, Venus T5, VFX
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The Venus T5 and the currrent state of emergency
Brooklyn, New York I distracted myself this week by doing some cloning. I’ve been a chef de la saveur électronique for lo these last 25 years, generating a great feast of tasty data. With the exception of a stack of … Continue reading
Posted in budget, Daughter of God, hardware, people, real life, workflow
Tagged Ann Loeding, clone, cloning, data, Daughter of God, G-Tech, Pontiac, Venus T5, zombie geeks
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Launch of Almonds releases blocked energy
Brooklyn, New York It’s been about 6 weeks since my last update. It might be more appropriate to begin, “Bless me father for I have sinned, it’s been about 6 weeks since my last update”. That’s how the Catholic sacrament … Continue reading
Posted in Daughter of God, people, real life, Some Almonds are Harder to Skin than Others, story, time
Tagged 4 Arguments, abandoned highway, Almonds, apocalypse, Big Beaver, Catholic, Detroit Michigan, Exit 69, Faisal Azam, film festival, frozen lakes, Grizzly Man, hibernation, Honda Odyssey, HVX-200, I75, Jerry Mander, Kai Schwarz, liquidating, michigan, mystic commando, outhouse, snow, toxic consumer culture, Werner Herzog
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Killing babies or the holographic DOG
Brooklyn, New York Are we there yet? This week I’m liquidating gear for cash. I’ve got about 12 terrabytes of projects stored on 500 gb and 1000 gb hard drives. The idea is to buy new drives with credit cards, … Continue reading
Posted in budget, Daughter of God, people, story, time
Tagged credit cards, edit, exposition, film festival, holographic approach, HVX-200, killing babies, liquidating, moore's law, Trainspotting
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What’s the plan? Guess!
Brooklyn, New York When last we tangled with the narrative of self proclaimed film maker Dan Kelly, he had reached a terrible realization. Based on the most recent completion estimate, the project DOG is far from wrapping up, au contraire. … Continue reading
Posted in budget, Daughter of God, people, real life, time
Tagged cash advance, cheap, collaborators, continuity from hell, credit cards, Daughter of God, fast, festival worthy, fundraising, good, mastercard, miracle, mis-matched shots, resources, talent, Trevor Macdermid, visa, we there yet, wild light, wild sound
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Revised completion estimate and the release of the Book of DOG
Brooklyn, New York Today is the day of reckoning, where I reckon just how much trouble I am really in. 2008 is coming to an end and Dan Kelly is committed to fully engage all control surfaces until the mission … Continue reading
Posted in budget, Daughter of God, people, real life, software, story, time, workflow
Tagged After Effects, airship, back story, boxes, Daughter of God, design reference, fanatical monk, handle in post, mocha, motion graphics, paradox, premise, props, recruit artists, reflection, rotoscope, slowing down time, visual elements, we there yet
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Are we there yet? Roto upgrade, tracking, abandoned highway and the Obamas
Brooklyn, New York Hey there! Three weeks just flew by, phew. Since we last communed, I spent a week trying to accelerate my rotoscoping execution with the help of Pete O’Connell. His method is to track the elements and then … Continue reading
Posted in Daughter of God, people, real life, software, story, technique, workflow
Tagged 3D model, abandoned highway, After Effects, cars, cruise ship, EMP, highway, Honda Odyssey, Jonathan Kelly, making nets appear, Obama, Pete O'Connell, point tracker, reflection, rotoscope, tree, we there yet
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Password protected update is made available to a few more members of the tribe
Brooklyn, New York Greetings friends, It’s been 3 months since I started these updates, and I’m ready to expand the audience a bit. For those of you who are connecting to the updates for the first time – welcome! Please … Continue reading
Posted in budget, Daughter of God, people, real life, software, story, technique, time, workflow
Tagged Advanced Rotoscoping Techniques, Alan Watts, happening scene, holy boners, marketing scheme, mining, monoblog, mortal machine, Pete O'Connell, revenue stream, rotoscope, supra genius, toxic consumer culture, transcendental meme
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Bricks, a cruise ship and the San Juan River in Utah
Brooklyn, New York It’s been a little over a month since my last update. After returning from Wyoming and setting up at the Artist house on Crystal Lake, I cranked out a solid week of roto work, focusing on – … Continue reading
Posted in Daughter of God, hardware, people, real life, software, story
Tagged 3D model, After Effects, alien invasions, Arizona, Artist house, atomic war, bleached bones, bricks, climate crisis, cranky, Crescent City, cruise ship, Crystal Lake, Daughter of God, Dirk Schwarz, divine retribution, earthquakes, Fremont Lake, Jeff Gibbs, Kai Schwarz, Kingston New York, Lake Michigan, Mike Kelly, militarized plagues, mothership, Pinedale, rotoscope, Sarah Kelly, Sleeping Bear Dunes, Swim Across America, toxic consumer culture, Wyoming
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Maintaining tribal integrity takes time
Beulah, Michigan Speaking of Crowley, today is the seventh anniversary of our camping trip to North Manitou. So much for that day or two… the last six (!) days were all about friends and family. I seem prone to underestimate … Continue reading
Posted in Daughter of God, people, real life
Tagged Dave Crowley, family, Flagstaff, friends, North Manitou, seclusion, tribe
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Climbing into the forest fire after the cowboy wedding in Wyoming
Beulah, Michigan It’s been about a month since I last touched After Effects. The week following the 8/15 update went into packing and making the Brooklyn apartment fit for sub letters. I then drove 15 hours to northern Michigan, dropped … Continue reading
Posted in Daughter of God, people, real life, software
Tagged After Effects, ascend, Betsie River, Brooklyn, bushwhack, Darcie, Dave Crowley, descend, forest fire, Jackson Hole, Jonathan Kelly, mountain, Snake Lake, sublet, Wyoming
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In transit
Ohare International Airport, Chicago, Illinois The last week was dedicated to subletting the Brooklyn apartment and making the pilgrimage to Michigan. That all went down without a hitch and now I’m on my way to Pinedale Wyoming, for the wedding … Continue reading
Posted in Daughter of God, people, real life
Tagged airport, Chicago, Darcie, Dave Crowley, michigan
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297 hours on the motion graphic to do list
Brooklyn, New York Hello friends, Mid August and time for an inventory of the motion graphics tasks, though with surprises around every corner there’s really no way to compile a comprehensive list. At least I can document what’s obvious, estimate … Continue reading
Posted in budget, Daughter of God, people, real life, software, workflow
Tagged 0% APR, After Effects, Automatic Duck, Brad Robinson, color correction, continuity, DV Rebel Guide, Final Cut Pro, friends, holy boners, learning curve, lighting, mistakes, motion graphics, order of operations, river trip, rotoscope, shooting, Stu, VFX, wedding, workflow
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More fascinating esoterica about rotoscoping, the DV Rebel methodology
Brooklyn, New York I’m operating mostly from intuition. I know which controls to futz with and generally I achieve what’s needed, but at this point I don’t know enough yet to make a comprehensive plan. There’s still a mighty learning … Continue reading
Posted in Daughter of God, hardware, real life, software, technique, workflow
Tagged End of Eternity, fxphd.com, intuition, Isaac Asimov, key frame, learning curve, mask, MNC, over-expose, rotoscope
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Goodbye Final Cut Pro and hello After Effects, tuning new gear for color accuracy
Brooklyn, New York I’ve started translating DOG from FCP to AE. I’ve found a free script to do this, which saved me from having to spend $500 bucks on Automatic Duck. Much as I would like to own AD, I’ll … Continue reading
Posted in Daughter of God, hardware, software, workflow
Tagged After Effects, apocalypse, Automatic Duck, color correction, Color Temperature Orange, cruise ship, CTO, empire state building, Final Cut Pro, ND, neutral density filter, order of operations, over-expose, rotoscope, rotoscoping, slowing down time
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Color correction and a frothy soup
Brooklyn, New York It’s actually 7/23 today, but I want to make a entry for 7/22, so here it is. I got up and jumped into re-calibrating the Matrox MXO so I could count on the color. As a bonus, … Continue reading
Posted in Daughter of God, hardware, software, technique, workflow
Tagged 3D model, After Effects, DV Rebel Guide, DVCPRO HD, Final Cut Pro, foley, HVX-200, Jonathan Kelly, JVC field monitor, NTSC, offline, online, picture lock, sound lock, VFX
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Introduction to the updates July 22, 2008
Brooklyn, New York Many of you know I’ve been working on a short movie for the past couple of years – DOG or Daughter of God. Many of you are part of this project. Director’s friend: “So, how’s the movie?” … Continue reading
Posted in Daughter of God
Tagged camping, Daughter of God, family, friends, gear, shut up, workflow
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The rotoscoping adventure begins, what is rotoscoping anyway?
Brooklyn, New York Ok so this week I’m diving into rotoscoping. That means isolating moving things from the background so that they can be independently manipulated. It’s the red hallway effort, that is changing the lights in the hall between … Continue reading