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I made good progress this week, but “The Barrier” has hit a barrier. I am almost done the initial versions of all the scenes, but the problems with Xtranormal, I am not sure I can finish the movie. Xtranormal I used a program called Xtranormal to create the video. Saturday morning I discovered that they… Read Article →

I was a little more prolific on “The Barrier” this week. I completed five new scenes and added 9 1/2 minutes. That puts me at 71 minutes in total and I am about 72 per cent completed. The previous three weeks I averaged only about 5 1/4 minutes. I completed 43 scenes so far and… Read Article →

Progress I did four new scenes for “The Barrier” this week. That added about a minute and a half, which brings me up to just under 62 minutes in total. I expect the total will end up a bit over 100 minutes, although it will end up a bit shorted after I’ve cut it all… Read Article →

It may seem odd to talk about my goals half way through a project. While I haven’t written them down, I have had them in mind all along. I felt it was time to articulate them better. When I started to make films with the CSIF back in the early 90s, I knew I had… Read Article →

I made good progress on “The Barrier” this week. I finished one scene from last week and did three new ones. The movie is inching closer toward feature length. Productivity I added a little over 6 minutes this week, which puts me at 56 minutes total. I think I have about 44 minutes left to… Read Article →

I didn’t accomplish much on “The Barrier” this week, but I did pass the halfway mark. Although, halfway done the initial version isn’t halfway to a completed movie. I worked on one old scene and started three new ones. Old Scene The old scene was where Arthur tells Dennis about the transportation model review. This… Read Article →

I passed an important milestone this week when I passed the 45-minute mark on my transportation planning movie “The Barrier”. In the final version, I expect that will turn out a little shorter, but for now it’s nice to feel like I’m half way to my first feature length movie. Earlier in the week, I… Read Article →

I finished two scenes I had started last week, reworked two other scenes I’d done earlier, and added three new scenes. I’m at just over 37 minutes now. In the final cut, that would run a bit shorter. That puts me about 40 per cent of the way through. Characters and Story I need to… Read Article →

I didn’t do much work on news scenes for “The Barrier” this week. Instead, I diverted most of my efforts to adding computer screen images to the film. In several scenes, the characters talk about what is on their computer screen, so I needed to add those images in. How I Created the Computer Screen… Read Article →