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Thursday, November 29, 2007
Nonsense Escalates, Obsessed Man Points No Fingers :: Keith :: 5

Well, it didn’t take long for the Pinocchio nonsense to begin escalating.  I enjoyed putting together the opening credits for the Pinocchio project that my mind just started snowballing (or maybe it’s a meltdown, hard to tell).  I started thinking of scenes and story lines and ways to visually bring this all together.

First thing I did was hunt down some free scriptwriting software to help with the writing.  If I’m going to being doing voices for several characters, I needed a clear and easy way to read and record.  What I came up with was Celtx, which looks like it’ll handle the job just fine.

Scrineblog ImageThe second thing that I noticed right away was that I was out of space before I even begin filming.  The Pinocchio office set took up the whole corner of my desk, and with the other sets I had in mind, it seemed like I would be constantly taking down and putting up the sets, not to mention what to do with them when they weren’t being used.  Then there was the problem of continuity.  All that moving around would make it almost impossible to keep things in the same place, for instance.  So the only logical solution (and here I’m thinking maybe brain meltdown again) was to clear out all the book shelves on the back wall to make room for a semi-permanent table of some sort, which would be big enough for at least four permanent sets, which would be enough to serve as the main backdrops for the filming.  The office, the courtroom, an outdoor scene of some sort, and some other place that the characters would visit on a regular basis.  So last night I started clearing out the books and will finish that up this morning.

Scrineblog ImageScrineblog ImageAnd then there was the problem with characters.  Barbie dolls pose somewhat of a problem for a director whose co-stars are roughly 5” tall (6” in their actor’s guild profiles).  Plus, I don’t know how many of you know this, because I found out the hard way, but Barbie feet aren’t flat.  Apparently they aren’t supposed to stand up on their own but require the help of tiny plastic high heels, which I can guarantee you aren’t going to be found in the bargain bin down at Goodwill.

But where there’s a will, there’s a way.  Or maybe in this case it should be “where there’s an obsession, there’s a way,” because after thinking about it for a few days, I finally remembered those little, posable wooden figures down at the art shop.  They seemed perfect, so I hopped in the car and headed down there.  Thirty minutes later I was popping the first Barbie head onto the new frame.  Perfect.  The characters were now roughly the same height, were very posable, and easily stood on their own, leaving me now only with the task of finding little 4” outfits for the characters, which I’m hoping won’t be too hard.  I’m sure I’m going to have to do some fabricating on my own, which I’m prepared to do to.  Realism, you know.  Can’t forget realism.

If anyone has an interest in contributing any doll heads or doll clothing, little characters, toy props, or anything they might think would be nice to see in the Pinocchio show, I would be more than happy to have the help.  If interested, let me know and I’ll give you an address to mail things to.


Sunday, November 25, 2007
Pinocchio Intro Nearly Complete :: Keith :: 1

The Pinocchio, Attorney at Law intro is nearly complete.

Two different sizes for your viewing pleasure.

320 x 240 Quicktime (4.5 mb)

640 x 480 Quicktime (14.2 mb)


Saturday, November 24, 2007
Work Continues :: Keith :: 0

For those of you anxiously awaiting the debut of Pinocchio, Attorney at Law, rest assured that work continues, but unfortunately at a much slower pace than I initially planned.  Turns out I don’t know what I’m doing exactly, so figuring out how to make these toys do what I want them to do is taking a bit of trial and error.  I’m experimenting with a couple different things to see what works best for me, somewhat produces the results I see in my head, and most importantly, won’t burn up all my free time.

So far I’ve invested about $15 for some foam board for backdrops, another $5 on a couple of dolls down at Goodwill, and $10 at Walmart for two gooseneck desk lamps to help with lighting.  I have a movie program on my computer that would do everything I’m imagining, but I’ve never used it (although I’ve tried a couple of times) and the learning curve is just too time consuming for me right now.  So I’ll probably end up sticking with iMovie for the moment, which don’t get me wrong, allows for plenty of creativity.  The major drawback so far is the limitation of being able to work with only one layer of video at a time, which completely rules out one idea I wanted to try.

I always end up making these sorts of things much more difficult than they need to be.


Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Happy Thanksgiving Oddity :: Keith :: 0

Happy Thanksgiving Oddity, everyone.  And for any Canadians in the audience, who in a stroke of genius celebrate the holiday in October, Happy Belated Thanksgiving.

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Thursday, June 07, 2007
Friendship, It’s Going Around :: Keith :: 2

[I have a feeling this little thing is making the Internet rounds, but I’m always behind the times and just caught a glimpse of it.]

Are you tired of those sissy “friendship” poems that always sound good, but never actually come close to reality? Well, here is a series of promises that actually speak of true friendship. You will see no cutesy little smiley faces on this card--just the stone cold truth of our great friendship.

1. When you are sad—I will help you get drunk and plot revenge against the hateful bastard who made you sad.

2. When you are blue—I will try to dislodge whatever is choking you.

3. When you smile—I will know you finally got laid.

4. When you are scared—I will rag on you about it every chance I get.

5. When you are worried—I will tell you horrible stories about how much worse it could be until you quit whining.

6. When you are confused—I will use little words.

7. When you are sick—Stay the hell away from me until you are well again. I don’t want whatever you have.

8. When you fall—I will point and laugh at your clumsy ass.

9. This is my oath.... I pledge it to the end. “ Why?” you may ask; “because you are my friend”.

Friendship is like peeing in your pants, everyone can see it, but only you can feel the true warmth.

Send this to ten of your closest friends, then get depressed because you can only think of four.


Wednesday, February 07, 2007
Important Dan Fogelberg Research :: Keith :: 1

I’m happy to report that my important Dan Fogelberg research is going well.  Much is being discovered, just as I suspected it would.

Total lyrics: 22,981

samples of Fogelborg the Robot singing Dan Fogelberg

1. Longer Than and 2. a Fogelborg favorite

Dan Fogelberg Tag Clouds, 50 & 300 word versions

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