It's not really my
intention to just sit and whine about how long shit
takes. I think I'm just astonished. I'm astonished at
what...say a 14 hour day bulding the guest house looks
like and a 14 hour day editing T3 looks like. It's
remarkable.
14
hours is a long time. When I got up
this morning I was certain
I would not only finish this
TINY
30 second
piece,
but another piece I needed to finish
just to lock the picture and start
concentrating on the audio. Certain. Well
I was certainly wrong. And it's not
like I was slow or there were
problems with the computer - or I was
stuck creatively. I pretty much knew
exactly what I needed to do each step
of the way, it just took forever.
So yeah, you could
say things are getting kind of tense with T3. I open
on the 2nd. That's 6 days away. I can't say I'm not
even close, but man - I don't know how I'm gonna pull
this off. And then the DVD? Wow. I've never missed a
deadline so it would be the equivalent of hell
freezing over, but it is getting chilly. The probelm
is that it obviously just takes too fuckin' long for
the tiniest parts. Hell, what I have to do
tomorrow will take alllllll day as well. And there's
no way around it. It's pain-staking frame by frame
roto work that is absolutely draining...
...the show
however is incredible. This disc is going everywhere.
I'm tellin' you this is gonna be in every person's
hand I can find. There's just no weak spots, and it
friggin' mooooooooves. It's just a great ride. Packed
with so many great parts - you will all be amazed that
30 minutes of your life has just past. It makes T1
look like the goddamn opera. My generation of short
attention spanners should be lovin' it.
Which makes me
even more amazed I can sit at a computer for literally
14 straight hours and move a mouse and click a space
bar. There's zero rendering time, so you're moving
straight through. Almost 100% in photoshop just making
all those pictures, and planning the bits of
animation. Oh and searching on Google for shit.
Goddamn I am a Google God now. I can find a
picture of anything. Heh. I'll leave it at
that. It's amazing how much porn pops up in image
searches for even the most innocent of things. Must
suck havin' kids now. But for adults, the internet is
so awesome. Need a sound effect? Boom, internet. Need
a background? Boom, internet. It's just all there.
Needed a picture of a 5 person tandem bicycle. Got it.
Then needed that same 5 person tandem bicycle, but
with everyone's legs the opposite way.... Got it. It's
incredible. Hardest part obviously is how big the
pictures are. resolution is key in most of
this.
Anyway, this
little sitcom opening is a parody of "Three's a Crowd"
from the mid 80's. The short-lived Three's Company
spinoff that I was absolutely in love with as a 9
year old. I was soooooooo hot for the female
lead. I know, I was nine, but believe me -
I was hot for her. Hell even some of the plumbing
worked at that age. I had crushes on women from
the womb man.
Anyway...
last year I found it and actually -
hell I posted it didn't I? Yeah,
here
it is. Heh. I believe it is the
quintessential 80's sitcom opening. From
the theme to the visuals.
Unfortunately no
one ever saw it, but that's alright. The song was just
so perfect, and I literally had to change about 4
words to "parody" it. Good thing to, because
I had to sing over the dude. Out of context, it's
hard to fathom how it works into the show, but
uhm...it does. It's not the opening of the show
either, it's stuck in the middle. Y'all will dig
it.
As well, this
little opening was the first thing I completed in
my (gasp) new studio. I'm conflicted on whether
to call this a Guest House or a Studio. Since there's
no running water, may just have to stick with studio.
Anyway, yes - it is complete. It's been complete since
Monday, but the "moving" process took up quite a
few days. I'll get into it in the next entry, but
suffice to say - the room is amazing. Still can't
believe it's the garage.
So there ya have
it. Enjoy the video and let me know what you think. Oh
the Columbus show is official. Friday, September 24th
at the Comfort Inn Club Room. Same place it's been the
past 2 years, but this time we get the room we had the
first year. It's a cooler layout, but seating is a bit
awkward. Get there around 7:30 and you'll be fine.
Sorry I don't have flyers made yet - but I'm woefully
behind on the editing, so the flyers are
last.
