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Snip snip here…

04/29 Wow! In assembling the definitive essentials, I am finding more bits of fat to trim away… incredible! Beyond essentials, if we do flashbacks perhaps Uncle Joe could be making Christina tea when she comes in with the PKD book. … Continue reading

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Progress on Gerry’s cabin

Gerry’s cabin or Act 2 is very close to it’s final iteration. The length was cut from 9:00 minutes to 8:15, 45 seconds. We lost some lag and tuned the performance by splitting several two shots. My first foray into … Continue reading

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Roller coaster

Before diving back into editorial, some consideration to energy levels and pacing. Below is a very rough graph of what ought to be going on in Version 1.0 2012. The emotional palette ranges from quirky/comic to downright uncomfortable. The peaks … Continue reading

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DOG resurrection

She’s back! Daughter of God is in the house. 3:30 minutes The first objective was to post a micro version of the story (~3:00 minutes) by Wednesday 8/10.  Between Sunday 8/7 and Wednesday 8/10 I was able to dedicate 11 … Continue reading

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DOG post-production meeting

After updating the archive’s catalog the last couple of days, (40 terrabytes worth), I was finally ready to crack the DOG project this morning. Upon reviewing the major sequences, I had a series of epiphanies. Inventory Cataloging the possibilities will … Continue reading

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Faisal’s world

Faisal dropped off his edit of DOG. In the spring of 2009 he had offered to bring out the “David Lynch ambiance” while simultaneously loping off “atrocious performance”. He felt that DOG depicted a quirky, off kilter world that was … Continue reading

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Coherent plan – objectives (DOG)

2.0 Objectives 2.1 Objectives common to both projects… 2.2 Objectives of DOG 2.2.1 a daring and decisive edit why – I don’t need to emulate the same movie that’s already been made over and over. I give myself permission to … Continue reading

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Desire and Faisal in the house

Beulah, Michigan In December of last year I heard from Kai, captain of the 26′ Sloop Desire. He was planning to set her up for future adventures starting with a shakedown cruise in the Hawaiian Islands, and did I want … Continue reading

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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

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