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 →
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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 →
I was disappointed to get another rejection of my short story “Pete’s Plan” this week. “The Barrier” is almost one-third done now. My various distractions may delay progress. “Pete’s Plan” I got another rejection for my science fiction short story “Pete’s Plan”. It took them 3 months to respond and, by the time I got… Read Article →
Progress I finished another four scenes and started on a fifth for “The Barrier” this week. They run about seven minutes, which is about what I did the week before. I rejigged several of the earlier scenes. Total run time is about 18 minutes now. There is some overlap between scenes, so it will end… Read Article →
I made more progress on my transportation movie this week. I did four scenes this week and edited them together with the two scenes I did last week. It came in at just under 10 minutes. I finished the scene I gave up on last week. It is the scene where the boss, Brandon, assigns… Read Article →
I started to develop a new video on Xtranormal this week. I would like to end up with a feature length movie, but we’ll see how it develops. I planned to cannibalize my two stories “The Gladstone Barrier” and “The Glencoe Project” for the project. I’ve only taken some of the ideas from the stories… Read Article →
I got some nice comments from people about the award Contingency won at the festival last weekend. It was all very gratifying. Some people suggested I get it into other festivals, but I can’t think of any other festivals where I could submit it. Since the film is focussed on the $100 Festival, other festivals… Read Article →