I haven’t done much writing, or rewriting lately, but I did read a lot. I have some thoughts about my reading. I took the title of this post from some very common advice to writers. I picked it up in Pierre Berton’s book “The Joy of Writing”. What Kind of Reading? I don’t think anyone… Read Article →
I’ve devoted most of my time recently to caring for my wife as she recovers from surgery, so I haven’t done much about my movie and writing projects. This week I have some thoughts about the return of Xtranormal and problems with Facebook. Xtranormal Rebirth I used Xtranormal to make “The Barrier” last year. It… Read Article →
This week I came across a YouTube video: The Bechdel Test for Women in Movies. The goal is to test for women presence in a movie. I applied the test to my movie “The Barrier”. What is the Bechdel test? The Bechdel test has been around for some time, but I wasn’t aware of it… Read Article →
A couple weeks ago I posted “What is “2001: A Space Odyssey” About?”(https://dynamiclethargyfilms.ca/what-is-2001-a-space-odyssey-about/). In it, I mentioned in passing that I saw some similarities between it and the works of H. P. Lovecraft. Since then I’ve delved a little deeper into that idea. Arthur C. Clarke and H. P. Lovecraft I was reluctant to make… Read Article →
I started on a new story this week. That means I didn’t work on the rewrites of my other story. My life responsibilities also took me off my projects this week. I have a bad habit. When I am stuck on a project, rather than getting down to work on it, I take a side… Read Article →
The other day I watched a documentary about “2001” on YouTube. It has been my favourite movie for a long time and the documentary prompted me to re-explore what the film means. The documentary I watched, “2001: A Space Odyssey – The Making Of A Myth”, was made in 2001 by the BBC’s Channel 4…. Read Article →
For some time now I’ve struggled with the best way to promote my movies. With millions of people all screaming for attention on the Internet, it is difficult to compete. I find it very hard to articulate my thoughts on this subject. I don’t think I can cover the full range of the issue in… Read Article →
I continued to use the STATE animation program to help me rewrite “Felix” this week. I finished a couple of scenes. I made a few changes to the scene I started on last week. In it the two astronauts explore “the target area”. Then I extracted the dialogue from the STATE file. STATE stores the… Read Article →
I noticed a similarity between a recent news story and a script I wrote years ago and had abandoned. I upgraded my computer from Windows 8 to Windows 8.1 this week, and spent the rest of the week fixing the problems that created. I didn’t get anything done on “Felix”. That left me with nothing… Read Article →
I actually got back to work on “Felix” this week. I think my idea to use the animation program STATE to help me write will work. A couple of weeks ago I installed the animation program STATE on my computer. It is a hacked version of the Xtranormal program. I was reluctant to use it… Read Article →
