January 2008
Working Methods.
I’m gonna change it up for my Channel 101 pilot in February. I overshoot just about everything I make. Way overshoot. Seger Family Adventurers had something like 4 tapes. 25 minutes of intro footage became 8 seconds. This time, I am going to start with an animatic. A rough timing of every shot, with music cues already in place. I’ll build it in Final Cut, and just try to head out and...
WatchThe Cornana (via Danny Jelinek’s Vimeo)
“I’m not great with kids. I used to try goofing around with them the way I...”
– Dan Harmon, keeping Myspace alive for this dude.
Multiple Choice
Q: How would you like to use your small window of free time today?
A) Singing a lease on a new apartment.
B) Grocery Shopping. C) Attending Meat Week Stop #3
D) Hunting for a new lover.
E) Watching some of THE WIRE.
F) Going with Paul to see a Comedy Show.
G) Opening the care packages your mother sent you three days ago.
Dear friends & family who live in cold areas,
Why do you do it?
There are homes for rent in Florida. Or Texas. Or California. I’m sure they need people to write plays, or fight fires, or teach high school science, or sell real estate, or bartend below the 35th latitude.
Why live somewhere where the air is made up of pain? I just don’t get it. I’m worried about you. No one ever died of exposure building sandcastles on...
WatchThe Seger Family Adventurers.Rejected Channel 101 Pilot!
“It’s great that Paul Thomas Anderson and the Coen brothers are up against...”
– Rorschach, Channel101 Forums
Dammit, he’s right, now I have to watch too.
“The medium is not the message. Those who issue blanket condemnations of any form...”
– Eric Zorn
“One film, Ernest the Pirate was in post-production at the time of Varney’s...”
– Ernest P. Worrell, Wikipedia
“I picked the right business. If I was an accountant there is no way I would be...”
– Tom Kauffman, one of the co-conspirators on my new Channel 101 pilot.
jTunes - Jonah Matranga Digital Downloads →
People who know me, know I’m a big fan of Jonah Matranga and what he’s all about. He just set-up his own digital download music store, complete with sliding scale prices and exclusive downloads. Jonah’s been doing Radiohead’s sliding-scale since at least 2003 when I first met him. Browse around. I just bought his Beyonce cover and Barack Obama song.
“My other favorite thing lately is playing...
“Cannibal Motto: Bros before hos, never been sicker.”
– Amir Blumenfeld. Haha.
My dad just emailed me the Will Ferrell landlord video.
Watch“Fine, Thank You” by Human-Dog. This sounds about right.
“Congratulations! Your registration request for the domain name(s) below was...”
– GoDaddy
“never apologize for a pizza party”
– Dan, on the fact that we’ve had pizza parties in our apartment all week.
