Monthly Archives: April 2012

My animation paper arrives!

Posted on April 27, 2012 by margoburns

I am finally back at my job after four days of being sick, and I’m behind where I want to be on the film, but chest colds just knock all the energy out of me. Two cartons with my animation … Continue reading →

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The Three Stooges and my film

Posted on April 22, 2012 by margoburns

I’m not sure anyone would put the Three Stooges and the Salem witchcraft trials in the same category, but I’ve basically cast the guys who light the horse’s farts on fire as Stooges.  In an interview on NPR today with … Continue reading →

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Software options

Posted on April 21, 2012 by margoburns

As I’ve been working on my animatics, I’ve been using the software Frames 4 from Tech4Learning, the first animation software I encountered about 5 years ago, and which inspired me on this path.  Frames 5 has just been released, and … Continue reading →

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Stealing timing…

Posted on April 17, 2012 by margoburns

I am still not happy with the way the film plays out, so I am going to see what I can do with Jane’s advice to “steal the timing” from some other films. The Torrill Kove one I linked to … Continue reading →

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New version of the script

Posted on April 12, 2012 by margoburns

I have taken the original depositions from the three main characters and their wife/sister/mother, and gotten my father, a neighbor, and a co-worker to read from these texts into my iPad recorder. I edited them into a narrative of the … Continue reading →

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True Crime TV Documentary as a model

Posted on April 10, 2012 by margoburns

After some thought on the subject, I realized that I already have plenty of authentic voices for my film: the original witnesses! I am in the process of going over the depositions and cleaning up the spelling and punctuation, and … Continue reading →

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Rethinking the Narration

Posted on April 9, 2012 by margoburns

 I have watched the last version of the animatic (#4) a few times, and haven’t been happy with it, so I spent some time last night watching the following shorts that have a narrator: Two by Torill Kove: My Grandmother … Continue reading →

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Expanding before contracting?

Posted on April 5, 2012 by margoburns

After the last animatic, I was concerned with the length of the film and a lot of the historical exposition minimizing the impact of the key scene of lighting the farts on fire, and I was listening to Jane’s input … Continue reading →

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