I want to complete the video conversion for Contingency soon. This week I did some preparation to try again. I had worried that I had damaged the film the last time I tried to do the transfer. This week I did an inspection of the films I found some damage. Fortunately, it was only minor… Read Article →
Posts By: James Beattie Morison
Some time not too long after I moved to Calgary, I had an idea for a book I called Conan the Accountant. That must have been in 1980 or 1981. My memory had faded about what I did, because I didn’t think I had done anything but think about it. I found eleven typewritten pages… Read Article →
I finished a new version of The Sharkbiter Interview. I split the video, which runs 9:16, into 14 parts. My goal with the new version is to cut it into parts that run about one to one and a half minutes long. I read that videos longer than that are less popular. The audience retention… Read Article →
I hadn’t planned to work on my science fiction story until later, but the ideas just poured out of my head this week. The story has a (tentative) title now: Heat Wave. I’m taking a slightly different approach to how I write this time. We’ll see how that goes. Through out the week, I wrote… Read Article →
I finished the conversion of my script Bright Freedom into a story this week. It came in at a little over 17,500 words, which is supposed to be the boundary between a novelette and a novella. It runs 47 pages. I gave it a quick scan and it was clear that I have a lot… Read Article →
I started to work on my revised Sharkbiter video, but then I decided to concentrate on Bright Freedom instead. The project started as a film script a couple years ago, so I am converting the script into a novella. I got another 5,600 words done. One more session and I am done the first draft…. Read Article →
I did a little research on viral videos and came across several articles on the subject. I’ve listed these at the bottom. I am a bit sceptical about articles of this nature, but I did draw a couple of ideas I think may be useful. To try them out, I’m redoing my Orville Sharkbiter Interview… Read Article →
As part of my “keeping focused on one project at a time”, I started work on another story. That means I am “actively” involved with several projects: Bright Freedom, My Most Difficult Case, Contingency, The Sharkbiter Interview, and promotion of my films on YouTube and Vimeo. I have managed to avoid all the ideas I… Read Article →
I just posted one of my more successful films, My Next Film on YouTube. You can watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAPOadsMxW0 or on my site at: https://dynamiclethargyfilms.ca/filmlist/my-next-film/ In the film, Patrick Aull talks about his last film. It debuted at the 10th annual $100 Film Festival in Calgary 2001 November 17, where it received an Honourable… Read Article →
The Fenian raids played an important role in the creation of Canada, but now, 146 years later, how many people in Canada have even heard of them? I vaguely remember one brief mention of them in my history classes. After I became aware of the raids, I felt that there was a story that I’d… Read Article →
