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Today is Armistice Day, the centennial of the end of the first World War. My thoughts about the violent nature of our species have evidently settled into my gut, because my reaction to events today is one of sadness over our futile waste of life. World War I was particularly dehumanizing, because it was the […]
I worked on two films in August on back-to-back weekends. I recorded sound for one and was the AD for the other. The sound gig was frustrating, primarily because of the DP, with whom I’ve worked before, and with whom I was similarly frustrated the first time. He has an attitude that drives me up […]
A popular way to begin writing a story is to start by creating a character. I have read plenty about creating characters, but it has occurred to me that perhaps I should examine a variety of fictional characters I already know, and analyze them on the basis of my book knowledge about character creation. This […]
It seems to me that The Zero Stone would be easily adaptable to film. As such, I might make an attempt to write a film script about it, although it isn’t a novel that fills me with passion. It is a fairly straightforward story. Eet is a creature that would best be handled as CG […]
Somewhat on impulse, I picked up a Canon 77D. I figured this would be a good camera to have around for filmmaking, without being terribly expensive. The APS-C sized sensor is certainly more appropriate than the full-frame sensor in my 5D Mark II. The video quality is good, and the autofocus is quite good. That […]
My overnight backpacking trip in the Rockpile Mountain Wilderness Area went well. I didn’t have any equipment problems, and I didn’t forget anything important. I did add a couple of items to my list for next time, but they aren’t serious (like handy-wipes). I didn’t forget to bring my hammock, but I was unable to […]
As a kid, I grew up camping with my family. Car camping, we would call it now, in a tent. We camped mainly in our home state of Missouri, and farther north for relief from the heat, in Michigan and Wisconsin mostly. We were limited by how far we could drive, and our drives were […]
I am beginning to think I need to figure out how to screen film gigs. How do I decide whether a gig is one that I want to work on or not? I had an unpleasant experience on a film in January. The director tried to film a thirty page script in two evenings. He […]
My vacation was fraught with problems, the biggest one being the sudden and massive coolant leak in my truck. That’s fixed, but now I (probably) have a blown head gasket. I wasted days of my vacation on it, and ultimately I had to coax it home despite chronic misfiring. I will end up spending weeks […]
As a single guy in the real world, I am surrounded by couples, married and unmarried. Among my friends, I can’t name anyone who doesn’t have a significant other. It’s obviously a factor in why I’m alone. In fiction, it’s never like that. I have long been aware of this problem, the laughable improbability of […]
