tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-738814364413384768.post4794008897494383570..comments2024-03-13T23:42:25.845-07:00Comments on Animondays: Diary of a "Lost" FilmDavid B. Levyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12611160893518781463noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-738814364413384768.post-60882500780839278172011-03-21T05:39:25.376-07:002011-03-21T05:39:25.376-07:00If you'd winked at Harrison Ford a second time...If you'd winked at Harrison Ford a second time he'd have given you a kiss.Elliot Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15952897418341461593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-738814364413384768.post-72236007150889112862011-03-17T14:14:08.355-07:002011-03-17T14:14:08.355-07:00Hi Dave,
I'm an SVA alumni from 2007, graduate...Hi Dave,<br />I'm an SVA alumni from 2007, graduated from the motion graphics/graphic design department. I've recently gotten involved with a start up animation studio and I'd love to ask you some questions - I'm still a novice in the traditional animation world! Is there an email address your adoring public can reach you at? If you'd feel more comfortable emailing me first, I'm Jesse and I'm holbrooklyn[at]gmail.com.<br /><br />Thanks so much Dave!<br />JesseJesse Benjaminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10141070866267671083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-738814364413384768.post-65687311764380461972011-03-15T10:59:24.729-07:002011-03-15T10:59:24.729-07:00That's an amazing blog post in your link, Phil...That's an amazing blog post in your link, Phil. Thanks for sharing that!<br /><br />Dennis, you hit the nail on the head in describing that feeling of "it wasn't really a story I felt I really needed to tell." That is what it comes down to, isn't it? Some inspirations are fleeting and some have enough tooth to see us through, even if we regret that choice later. I sure made a couple of films that fit that category.<br /><br />Michael, great message there. I relate to that in terms of the production of my new short, Grandpa Looked Like William Powell. I had a plan in my head for the film that I kicked around for two or more years, and then a family event happened that set me in specific course for the short. Although I hadn't begun work, the planning in my mind took a sharp turn thanks to time and circumstance, and gave me the direction I needed....and a reason to make the film.David B. Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12611160893518781463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-738814364413384768.post-13209887819869779762011-03-15T08:59:13.780-07:002011-03-15T08:59:13.780-07:00The great author, John Fowles used to have a safe ...The great author, John Fowles used to have a safe where he kept manuscripts of novels. He'd write a draft of a novel and put it into his safe. He'd sart another one and put that away. After about fiv years he'd go back to the first one and read it and make changes, then put that back into the safe. From there, he'd go onto number 2.<br /><br />He said it often took about five trips through the safe for a novel to be ready for sending to an editor at his publishing house. <br /><br />Good films aren't too different.Michael Spornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02018522723674960270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-738814364413384768.post-35256481484469910332011-03-14T17:49:29.145-07:002011-03-14T17:49:29.145-07:00I have one of those. It was just supposed to be an...I have one of those. It was just supposed to be an animation test of a ballerina but it ballooned into a short film project bigger than I expected. I got as far as the 3D animatics of the whole story and animation of just the first shot and then stopped. It was fun but it wasn't really a story I felt I really needed to tell.<br /><br />Here's a link of the 7 second animation.dennis e. sebastianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13371480109330611461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-738814364413384768.post-18189379909926509372011-03-14T15:19:15.038-07:002011-03-14T15:19:15.038-07:00Dave
Yeah - I used to look back on unfinished pro...Dave<br /><br />Yeah - I used to look back on unfinished projects as failures, but I would say a couple of things about my own unfinished films.<br /><br />Firstly, maybe the idea was taken as far as it could go. They can't all be zingers.<br /><br />Secondly, you never know when the idea will resurface in a different form.<br /><br />I wrote a blog about converting ideas into artifacts and then just filing them away for a later date:<br /><br />http://animationideas.com/five-things-to-do-with-your-ideas/<br /><br />As it turns out I'm developing an animated short based on an idea I shelved three years ago.<br /><br />Thanks for the inspiration.<br />--PhilPhil Willishttp://AnimationIdeas.comnoreply@blogger.com