Anachronism is interesting, but in the end a disappointment.

So this film came highly recommended by several blogs, and from the stills I was pretty excited. Then I spent 15 minutes with it and came away pretty nonplussed, and wondering what the excitement was about. It began strong and ended... Abruptly. And the mystery that was touted was pretty silly, as if mother knew what was going on all along and had to protect that knowledge from her children.

Still, the squid submarine looked pretty cool and the mechanical design was nice, although parts of it looked pretty rubbery in execution. It might have been stronger as a silent film since dialogue was at a minimum.

I sure hope my film turns out better.

Thelomeris, City of Time. Looks pretty amazing, and Mark Hamill is in it!

Aurora, the movie

Wow. Great production value, powerful acting... It's like A Steampunk Pirates of the Caribbean. You can actually watch the whole movie online, here. It's got it all... Pirates, airships, love and adventure.

"Oh, I forgot to grope her!" - James Muscarello

We had a blast rehearsing for the upcoming film shoot in two weeks. Here's a highlight from the afternoon!

An amazing animated period piece.

Serenade to Miette from Toniko Pantoja on Vimeo.

This is absolutely stunning.

EYE OF THE STORM  |  Lovett from Lovett on Vimeo.

My friend Joey sent me this and thought I'd like it. Yeah, it's gorgeous.

A Victorian Prosthetic

My friend Pam (who happens to be a dialect coach!) sent this my way, knowing how much I would like it! Ironically, this is very similar to what I had planned for Mulvey's arm in the third act, although mine was more brass and hardwood. But I like this a LOT.

One more reason I know this film of mine will work.

It's pretty wordy. But nevertheless, it's frickin' awesome. Modern camera work, contemporary scene layout and composition in a silent format. It works!

It works.

The HPLHS has a new film coming out.

It looks great- Very high production value... I can't wait to see this in October.

Someone else made a neat black and white short film.

I love the look, the visuals are stunning and it's poignantly sweet. Very inspiring

The assassination attempt...

Here's the board where Wu steps in and saves the day. Originally, this whole prologue was kind of boring. I attempted to liven it up by having everything work against the clock, trying to get launched at noon. However, that felt really contrived and when I hit upon this idea that Glowerston had been receiving death threats which would then culminate on an attempt on his life (we are led to believe, anyway) that sort of made the tension happen without forcing it.

Yay!

My good Friend Dr. Grymm passed this along to me.

It's important because of the octopus.
It's also important because it's so damned awesome.

Thanks, Dr. Grymm!