I made a little more progress on the new version of scene 1 for “The Barrier” this week. I have both a truck and a car for the scene now. I added a lot of trees and played around with the terrain a bit. I posted a test animation. My first task Monday was to design… Read Article →
Posts By: James Beattie Morison
I continued to work on the revised opening scene for “The Barrier” this week. Progress has been slower than I hoped, but I enjoy most of the work, and I’ve learned quite a lot from what I’ve done so far. In the opening scene, my hero, a young transportation planner drives down a road and… Read Article →
My goal is to create a new version of the opening scene for my movie, “The Barrier”. In the current version of the opening scene it isn’t clear what happens. I completed a short test animation this week. So far I’ve concentrated on building the set, but also did a test animation. I used Blender… Read Article →
This week I tried out both Sketchup and Blender for a revised version of scene 1 of “The Barrier”. Initially I thought Sketchup was the better choice, but then changed my mind. I used Blender to do the backgrounds of the public meeting scene in “The Barrier” and had planned to use it to do… Read Article →
This week I reread some of my earliest writing attempts from 40 years ago. I hadn’t thought about them until the last few months. Although they were failures for the most part, they taught me some lessons. In Stephen King’s book “On Writing”, he says he began to write when he was very young. It… Read Article →
In many of the scenes in “The Barrier”, my hero, Arthur Macdonald comes across as a cynic, while in others he acts quite idealistic. I’ve come to think of his attitude as Cynical Idealism. I believe this must be a part of my own world view. Initially, when he works on the development review project,… Read Article →
I don’t agree that people can only succeed if they have an inborn talent. I believe that it is possible for anyone to be more successful. A recent article prompted me to give this idea more thought. “Secrets of amazing teachers: What both sides of the education reform debate get wrong about autonomy and accountability”… Read Article →
I worked on both “Felix” and “The Barrier” this week. The “Felix” rewrite progressed well, but with “The Barrier” it just seemed like I spun my wheels. I still would call it a productive week though. “Felix” Rewrite I tried my new approach with “Felix” this week. I printed off the most recent version, then… Read Article →
At the start of this year I laid out my goals for 2014. With the year more than half gone now, I thought it was time to review and revise my goals. This year hasn’t been as productive as last year. “Felix” I set the rewrite of “Felix” as my top priority for the year…. Read Article →
I am interested in writing formulas, but I know others look down on them. I believe that formulas can help writers be more creative. A while back I read an article on-line, no idea where now, about formulas. The author was very anti-formula. He talked about Michael Moorcock’s ” how to write a novel in… Read Article →
