Entry #61
 
12:23 PM, Wednesday, July 19th, 2000:
 
MOVIE MINDED
PILOT EPISODE 3 - 6.10.00
"TITAN A.E."
 
YouTube link added 02.13.09
 
 
Now this was livin. Got to see the movie over 3 weeks before it came out, and on Fox's Lot in a screening room. All the press was there. It was quite cool. This lot isn't open to the public as many other lots are, so I definitely felt like the shit. The screening room will be in my house someday...WOW. How cool.
 
As we walked out, the first thing Eric and I said to each other, was that one of the tvs has to be animated. I was half joking, but said it could be done. I animated an earlier 4tvs set with The Boyles, it just took me for-fucking-ever. We couldn't escape it...one Adam had to be animated. So I'm a cartoon!!!! Just like The Jacksons! :-)
 
The filming was done the same day as pilot 2, and so were the tvs. The live TVs were pretty easy since there was one less, but the actual editing just took forever. And I do mean forever. I was bummed because the guy who did the drawings didn't have a clue about animation. Basically you need a mouth closed, and all the vowel sounds. If you want any expressions, you do a mouth closed and all the vowel sounds with the expression. Unfortunately this guy did mouth open and closed. And then a bunch of expressions. That isn't helpful whatsoever. It made the animating very difficult, but it works alright. A cute Movie Minded as well. I dug this movie. Too bad audiences were confused. It was for adults...period. Great soundtrack too.
 
JULY 2000