08-24-11 roto tasks

Roto tasks (once clearly defined by locking down the edit) are first priority, because by having all the roto queued up and concentrating just on that, even if it’s just Jonathan and I, we’ll get very fast. If we have one or two other dedicated roto kids, now we’re talking. It’s inportant to establish a…

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12-10-08

core / life master / 2008 / december / December 10 (12-10-08) plan, realistic evaluations, unrealistic predictions, editorial we watched two movies yesterday and still have not solved the exposition question. the house is a mess and there are no hard drives posted on craigs. we have to realize that I can not waste anymore…

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11-13-08

core / life master / 2008 / november / november 13 (11-13-08) mocha, roto, pete oconnell hey, yesterday turned out to be productive. I ran the park, biked into NYC and learned more about mocha, perhaps solved the tracking issue. some technical details need to be added to the lab manual, plus a roto strategy…

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10-22-08

core / life master / 2008 / october / october 22 (10-22-08) rotoscoping, training, fxphd, team the pinkish light of 8:15 am streaming around outside. also, I’ve been learning a lot of tricks about rotoscoping though I am not quite sure how it applies exactly. it’s wednesday today typically the day that I post my…

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10-20-08

core / life master / 2008 / october / october 20 (10-20-08) roto, training, pete oconnell, flowing with, disasters, catastrophes so these are good things and i can get more mileage out of them. plus I got the video on roto for free and didn’t have to wait until this week for it to show…

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08-04-08 or 08-08-08

core / life master / 2008 / august / today is august 8, 2008 (08-04-08) unrealistic predictions, realistic evaluations, learning curve, speed, completion, rotoscope, team already august 8th. good god. how can i move through these scenes and finish them. it’s terrible that this is taking so much time. there must be a way to…

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08-04-08

core / life master / 2008 / august / today is august 4th, 2008 (08-04-08) plan, rationale, vfx, story, flaws, festivals, unrealistic predictions, learning curve, motivation another day on the red hallway of dog, masking. i almost feel that to go to all this trouble without adding something out the window is ridiculous. but no,…

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07-16-08

core / life master / 2008 / july / 7/16 (7-16-08) plans, AE, ADR it’s time for the all out acquisition of after effects. – i’ve got to lay out the various tasks and identify the specific skills needed to accomplish them – i’ve got a foundation of experience, reviewing and sorting through it all…

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11-06-07

core / life master / 2007 / january / 1/6/07 (11/6/07) movie revisions, climbing the movie making learning curve, being prepared so here are some thoughts about the movie. the second act needs attention, many solutions to find. there’s soft focus and trim trim trim. my first effort will be to just cut the fat…

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09-10-07

core / life master / 2007 / september / 9/10/07 (9/10/07) expand experience by acting and assisting with other projects there are three movies that i make – 1) writing 2) production consisting of 2a) directing 2b) camera+lighting 2c) sound and 2d) acting and 3) post-production. For 1 and 3 i can handle that pretty…

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