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I moved forward a little on “The Barrier” this week. I also made some changes to my website, and cancelled my Bukisa account. A Movie I Want to See A while back, I wrote a blog post about my goals for “The Barrier” (https://dynamiclethargyfilms.ca/my-goals-for-the-barrier/). This morning I thought about it some more and realized that… Read Article →

I made some very good progress  on “The Barrier” this week. I completed the backgrounds for the “open house” scene and composited them into the scene. Now I can get onto the next phase. I gave up on trying to convert the orientation parameters in Xtranormal into their equivalent in Blender. I came up with… Read Article →

All week I tried to find a way to convert the camera specifications in Xtranormal into Blender, so I can create the background images I need. I made some progress. I had success with the focal length. Xtranormal’s specification is some kind of inverse of the specification that Blender uses. By trial and error I… Read Article →

My computer crashed again this week. My wife bought me a new one and I got back to work on “The Barrier”. The camera orientation conversion from Xtranormal to Blender still has me stymied. New Computer Our computer finally packed it in this week. We got a new one Tuesday and I started to reinstall… Read Article →

I need to create a background for a few of my scenes, because the ones available didn’t fit. I output them with green scenes, so I could drop in background images. This week I started to work on how to create the background images. My original idea was to create flat images and then distort… Read Article →

I made good progress on “The Barrier” this week. I compiled all my scenes into a complete film. It came in at 86 minutes. My goal was feature length, so I’d say I’ve accomplished that. After I did the edit, I watched the entire movie, with only a short break in the middle. I was… Read Article →

I added three new scenes this week. One isn’t very long, just a few lines. It is mainly a line I want to add, but I haven’t found a way to tie it into the story. I’ve left it out for now. I got all of the video files output from Xtranormal, so I have… Read Article →

I thought I was on a roll with the project, and then my computer crashed. It took me most of the week to get it mostly operational. I managed to make a little progress on “The Barrier”. Computer Issues Monday, my computer had a freak-out. I spent all day Tuesday trying to fix it. In… Read Article →

Work on “The Barrier” went well this week. I completed initial versions of all of the planned scenes done. There is still quite a bit of work to do. I finished seven scenes this week, with a 9:51 run time. I ended up with 90:35 run time for all the scenes. Once I edit the… Read Article →