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Still looking for that perfect gift for your weird friend or relative? Today I’m launching the Mad Dog Movies Emporium, a video store powered by Amazon.com. Anyone can recommend something popular like Harry Potter or Star Wars, so I’m instead singling out movies made by people I know. I’ll also be highlighting niche interests like […]
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Film Journal / Trailers & Upcoming Films / Work October 30, 2009
READ MOREI just watched American Grindhouse, the all-inclusive documentary about the history of exploitation films in America. It’s a great doc, shining a light on the entire spectrum of fringe movies, from the earliest days of cinema to today. My interest in the subject matter led me to become an “internet friend” of director Elijah Drenner […]
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It’s been an embarrassingly long time since I updated this blog. Why is that? Am I spreading myself too thin? Perhaps I need to pull some of my many projects into one place. (Perhaps I’ve already been doing that on Facebook?) Perhaps I need to rethink my blogs, podcast, and website and make them all […]
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Community / Skeletal Remains / Subterranea / Virgin Fang October 25, 2009
READ MOREMeanwhile, in Rochester, two of my films will be playing as part of The Little Theatre’s 25 Hour Horror Feast. The event starts Halloween Eve with a zombie walk, followed by a marathon of horror movies that continues through Halloween. A special horror-themed edition of Rochester’s Emerging Filmmakers Series will play that Saturday afternoon at […]
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I’m pleased to announce that The Other Gods will be playing Halloween weekend in Argentina! The Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre film festival will feature the short as part of its “Lovecraftiana” program. In the last few years, I’ve heard from Lovecraft fans from all over, including Australia and Spain, but until now the film has […]
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Animate This! / Community / NOTLD:R / Subterranea July 28, 2009
READ MORENow that I’ve completed three scenes for the Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated project, I thought it might be cool to show my cartoon shots next to the original movie footage. You’ll see where I applied faithful rotoscoping and where I deviated from the original acting. The following video clips show the animation, then […]
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I nearly blew it on this one. After what I THOUGHT was the final render, I noticed I had animated everything at double speed. So 13 seconds of footage was zipping by in 6 seconds. So… I went back to the keyframes and had to double the space between them. And then add in some […]
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Here’s a continuation of my latest scene. Helen Cooper turns around and leaves the basement. Next, I’ll add the Judy character, who takes her place watching the sick child. Once I’m satisfied with the movements, I’ll go back in and add the grayscale coloration to the characters. Traditionally, I do that before the animation, but […]
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I’m trying to crank out a short segment this weekend. This shot has Helen Cooper leaving the basement, with Judy taking her place to watch over young Karen. I started off tracing the background and foreground elements, but to change things up, I’m using my “cartoon” style on the characters. Does it save time? Well, […]
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It was a marathon session tonight. Just me and my Ustream channel and a few friendly observers. Lo and behold, I’ve finished the scene. The leering, lurching Bill Hinzman zombie attacks Barbara, she screams, and Johnny leaps to the rescue. It’s only 14 seconds, but I think I put in more hours on this section […]
