I continued to match the script to the movie this week and I had some more thoughts on the where I go next with the project. Match the Script to the Movie The script I had was done before I finished the movie. I knew it wouldn’t match exactly, so before I could start to… Read Article →
I’ve procrastinated on “The Barrier”, my transportation planning movie, for a long time. This week I actually did something. I began to prepare a new version of the script that conforms to the movie as it currently stands. Once I have a baseline script, I can start to decide what changes I want to make…. Read Article →
I’ve given some more thought to the next, and hopefully final, version of “The Barrier”. From that I developed a sort of to-do list. I have a version of “The Barrier”, my transportation planner movie, posted now. (See https://dynamiclethargyfilms.ca/filmlist/the-barrier/). I am not totally happy with this version and want to do a revised version before… Read Article →
A few weeks ago I wrote about my plans for my next project. I had decided my next project would be my Agatha Christie in Egypt video. Since then I got some encouragement to do a final version of “The Barrier”. That got me to have another look at it. Two Barriers There were two… Read Article →
The number of hits I get on a post on my blog can vary quite a lot. Of course I like it when I get a large number of hits. What is it about my popular posts that makes them so popular? In addition to my own blog, I post on Blogger and FaceBook. The… Read Article →
2001: A Space Odyssey has fascinated me since I first saw it back in 1968. I didn’t understand it and I’ve tried to gain a better understanding ever since. There were times when I thought I understood it, then later realized that there was more to the film than I had thought. I want to… Read Article →
Now that my story “Tom Swiftly and His Incredible Traffic Model” is done, it is time to think about my next project. What with Christmas coming up and snow on the ground, I might not get started until the new year. I completed four projects this year: “Summer’s Too Short” https://dynamiclethargyfilms.ca/filmlist/summers-too-short/ “The 89th Key” https://dynamiclethargyfilms.ca/stories/the-89th-key/… Read Article →
My new story “Tom Swiftly and His Incredible Traffic Model” is now on-line for people to read. CAUTION: Story contains bad puns. Proceed at your own risk. https://dynamiclethargyfilms.ca/stories/tom-swiftly-and-his-incredible-traffic-model/ “Tom Swiftly and His Incredible Traffic Model” is a sample of transportation planning humour. Puns and Tom Swiftlies count as humour don’t they? The story tells the… Read Article →
There wasn’t much to report on my current project, “Tom Swiftly”, so I decided to contemplate a few more ideas I’ve bounced around recently. Lincoln Quotes While Abraham Lincoln did contribute more than his share of important quotes to posterity, many quotes you see attributed to him on the Internet are simply made up. Often… Read Article →
I completed the second draft of “Tom Swiftly and His Incredible Traffic Model”. It is an improvement, but there is a problem I haven’t decided how to deal with yet. I’m not sure if Tom Swiftlys are considered puns or not, but I would lump the two together. They are both words at play. As… Read Article →