Posts by dan from why.movie
Science Fiction Musical stage production
A lone explorer gets his ship through space by improvising to pop standards recordings of the 30s-50s. We see him on stage and a viewscreen shows the progress of the ship through the vortex of unreal.
Read MoreScience Fiction Musical 80s
There’s something about this that works
Read MoreRosie shoot and ideas for opening sequence
Here are notes from around the time Ada Bee was here and perhaps slightly earlier or slightly after. [10-31-14 – Notes on dressing Rosie before the shoot] Rosie ND on portholes reference photos day time morning 9-12, 2-4, 6-8 hanging pots, cookware plants tomato build screen doors and skylight practical lights, energize electrics battery inverter…
Read MoreChristina flashbacks
When she hears “this is your uncle joe” we get a crackly kid remembered version of her past. Sure she can be in it, because she’s seen pictures taken by the commando body guard, of joe entering, of her and joe in the cabin, of her and joe on the bed, nick nacks examined, spinning…
Read MoreThe long road home
It’s October 2014. A little over 9 years ago, I wrote the first draft of the script for Daughter of God at the Palm Springs short festival. The year before, I had stopped filing tax returns as an act of defiance of the military consumption imperial complex. I know this was silly, as I was still…
Read Moreresources from NYC days recalled
raindance.org/ shootingpeople.org
Read MoreMiniatures and Models
We decided to go with hand built models for the tunnel, a380 passenger jet and perhaps the cruise ship. To that end, I’ve been thinking about forced perspective and how to integrate them to the existing footage. Here is a statement from Michael Paul Smith about the level of detail that is rather enigmatic. Also…
Read MoreWelcome to DOG
Introduction to the DOG world, all the characters, then both backstory and instant whirl wind tour through quixotic vignettes. #1, #2, #3 tunnel approach #7 Joe standing in secret installation. Signage – This Hideyhole® espionage command center is currently cloaked by the nuclear waste repository scenario, a durable, all weather glamour that provides an effective…
Read Moresurveillance pollen
The spiders or nano cameras are like tiny grains of pollen, once they drift into place they are static. What they lack in mobility they gain through sheer ubiquity. We are seeing the world through these cams, that’s why the shots are mostly static. Suggests and interesting treatment for stabilizing the hallway shot, and having…
Read MoreDefining workflow
So this is just a bit of musing. I need a more comprehensive and fluent workflow to do the compositing. A proven and methodical approach. I need to be able to break apart the roto into hair and other, then feather unique areas, apply an s_edge_blur (is that the best?) and s_refine_matte. Complicated shots where…
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