Posts by dan from why.movie
10-11-06
core / life master / 2006 / october / 10/11/06 (10/11/06) steadicam inventor garret brown and moving camera cinidigital – hi, – here are some notes from cinidigital conference – rex turns out to be the DP for the water photography from jaws. – before the workshop, I asked myself – what’s it (the movement)…
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core / life master / 2006 / september 9/29/06 (9/29/06) plans, mostly post and some B UNIT. picture lock, changing scene, mix picture lock, that’s what i’d like to achieve. thus the trips upstate. what we must do is decide to finish now. that means today, this weekend and next week. what’s left? ok this…
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core / life master / 2006 / september / 9/26/06 (9/26/06) plans, changing sequence, shortwave today i’d like to insert some stills into the beginning and work out christina’s changing tests, perhaps write and record some of those bbc reports
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core / life master / 2006 / september / 9/12/06 (09/12/06) progress, fudip, contracts, hvx, changing sequence hello my friend it’s me. or rather i, it is i. we are us and so forth. well let’s just play good things today. i am on the trail of something. the apocalypse song has some grain of…
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PLAN / 2006 / tasks (08-29-06) legal overload that distracted from the actual creative effort, thanks to the convoluted style of John Tormey tasks 1. dan to do 1. Artist house, Inc. corporate 1. corporate reports 2. ownership 1. paperwork from JBK 3. accounting 1. file corporate reports and pay corporate taxes 4. trademark 1.…
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see updated version below 09-04-06 08/29/06 production legal file inventory (1 original set, 2 copies – 1 at lawyer’s 1 in folder) 1 original script (10 pages including title page) 2 copyright application for script 2.1 copyright application for original script/screenplay (2 pages) 2.2 photocopy of check for copyright application (1 page) 2.3 canceled check…
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core / life master / 2006 / august / between 8/22-8/26 (08/26/06) vfx principles approaching film like theater. you don’t have to show every special effect, just suggest. exciting when it’s suggested, hinted. erotic. we don’t have to parade the spaceship in front of the audience, just give them a taste, a glimpse. was it…
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PLAN / 2006 / the beginning? (08/26/06) more story in Mona Lisa font the beginning?.rtf The near future. A significant portion of the human population mysteriously vanishes, sucked straight into heaven some say. For lack of bureaucrats, most governments and corporations subsequently collapse, leaving behind vast stockpiles of weapons – genetically modified plague, depleted uranium…
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PLAN / 2006 / notes on dog (08-24-06) notes on window scratch and transition notes on dog.rtf ward churchill cages of steel glass on window, 2 scenes music in transition faster focus on c in bed is really soft fender passport PA
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core / life master / 2006 / august / 8/22 (08/22/06) editorial objectives wrap this movie into a viable package that I am really excited about, that really illustrates what I can do. I’ve got performances, shots, locations – all the bits that make a movie, now it’s up to me to pull off a…
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