Posts by dan from why.movie
Movie making
08-06-08 DOG Planning 5 it’s that we restructure the consensual reality, we shape the very fabric of space time. why do we make movies? to try on another’s skin? hell no, we want to resonate with alternate versions of ourselves. what i mean by this is that it’s not pretending to be someone else, it’s…
Read MoreUncle Joe rationale
From 08-06-08 DOG Planning 5 2.1.4 quick to uncle joe, what am i letting out. he’s a dangerous character, finding some sort of rehabilitation. a criminal, a savage and ruthless killer, a twisted samari, a pushbutton murderer. that is in me (dan kelly) somewhere. remember his whole deal, there’s an occluded person there, deliberately occluded,…
Read Morerelief box labels riffing
From 08-06-08 DOG Planning 5 3.2.2.1.1.1.2.1.4.1.3 boxes are a metaphor, the architecture of transience 3.2.2.1.1.1.2.1.4.1.4 they are labeled like the props in ragel gumms world, symbolizing the various trappings of domesticity – living room, library, bathroom, bicycle… [04-27-14] Not just refugee supplies, toolkits for restarting civilization and ecosystems. Biodiversity Kit, Grasslands Zone 5 with Megafauna.…
Read MoreHands reaching up from the depths
A quick test for Marek, zombie hands under water, uploaded on Apr 17, 2014 About 2 hours to make, including photography and compositing. The first few versions just show a basic layer composite, nothing fancy. Could work if the hand is “under” the ice. The last two use a simple luma matte without much tweaking…
Read MoreProtocols defined
How the project is organized and maintained, including this document. Establish and maintain a definitive DOG reference to aggregate related content, enhancing access, specifically to do prop design [04-25-14]. Ultimately, this both facilitates completion and ends the obsessive, repetitious writing that results from not being able to find legacy content. locate legacy content, post with…
Read MoreCredits
Written and Directed Dan Kelly Starring Steve Zilliax Shri Fugi Spilt Carmen Althaus Eiji Sumi Philip Silverstein Ada Bee Loeding Matthews Shortwave broadcast Claire Hallereaux Arabelle Clitandre Shri Fugi Spilt Locations Maho Sone Gary Matthews Special Thanks Penn railroad Turnpike Philippa Kaye (Empire State Building) Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Stephen Kelly (blue toilet) Allison…
Read Morefrom outreach and distribution
Enter asian film festivals and send Eshan and Richa as reps. Same goes for Japan (maho) western canada (steve) Europe (Carmen) etc. complete credits remind us who can help. Generate a how to help DOG get out there document, social media, regional groups, localize for everyone who helped. eshan and blushing bride to dogthemovie interns…
Read MoreDOG is done
midi electric guitar and honda 650 xl when dog is done
Read MoreScience Fiction Musical cross pollination
Science Fiction Musical cross pollination ••• 09-28-13 imagine the universe as two flies fucking. not one fly, but u need two flies to represent the entire universe, and they’ve got to be fucking. ok so see that in ur mind two flies. those flies are the universe and everything in it, ok. but WHERE are…
Read MoreAlexander's speech at the end of the world
[Process Log 02/09/14] We started this epic war for revenge and it has brought us to the edge of the world. The world we know, the gods we know. I want to see this edge for myself, the priests of amon have declared me the son of god, and perhaps this is why we’ve been…
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