More festivals and other adventures ….
Festivals It was just over a year ago that we finished creating “Into the Ovoid: An Ovella” and since then I've been entering festivals. A lot of festivals, as long as the submission...
Accepted at two festivals, so far…
Into the Ovoid was accepted at Athens ANIMFEST 2016 in Athens Greece. It screened in the Experimental category in mid-April. It did not receive an award, but still... Into the Ovoid was also...
The film is done!
AT LAST! At long, long, long, long, long last. FINALLY. I wanted a film I wouldn't get tired of watching. And finally, on December 27, 2015, we completed a version of Into the Ovoid that...
Editing, tweaking, editing some more….
It's October and the film is still not done. I apologize for keeping you waiting so long for a new update. And for this unforeseen delay in finishing the film! We are much closer to done, thanks to...
Still editing…
Turns out, the version we showed at the premiere wasn't quite done enough for me. After all the effort and time, I just couldn't stop short of my vision. So we have pressed ahead putting in the...
The premiere rocked….
It was a fine, sunny day and we had a good turnout yesterday at Simmons Hall. As people entered the theater, they smelled beeswax from the candles we had burning. Beeswax is such a...
Finally back on track …
The crashed computer took the wind right out our sails. It could not be repaired. Apple agreed to replace it, but not before the broken machine was received at their warehouse. And...
Humming along, and then, a twist…
It’s been a very busy few weeks since the last update. We were on schedule for a test screening at MIT next Tuesday in advance of the premiere on the 28th. Then, a setback. Temporary but...
We’re in the final stretch
Throughout January, Abbott Imaging moved to a bigger studio one floor up. As they prepared the new space and moved their tools and equipment up there, the old studio emptied out except for...
And then the eggs land….
think when we finally show this film, people will say they've never seen anything like it, and we'll have to agree and say: "that's because it is too insanely hard to create something like...
The eggs lift off!
Last Saturday, Abbott Imaging and I built the rig for shooting the Feather clan dance. That dance is in Act 2 Scene 3 and poses a big challenge. So far most of the movement we've captured...
We’re plugging away in the studio
It's been much too long since the last update, but you all will be happy to know, it's because I've been buried in work on the film. First, I finally finished a draft of the entire storyboard,...
Light, sound, action, effects …
Writing a storyboard for a film is a new experience for me. I've written storyboards for software training videos, but that's a tame task compared to letting my imagination run wild through my...
A peek into the ovoid…
A few months have passed and happily the project is still on schedule, but perhaps only because the schedule is intentionally very generous to accommodate myriad other projects and chores I expected...
ITO Successfully Funded!!
THANK YOU does not begin to express my feelings! I'm shaking with delight that we are now at 108% funded, thanks to the majorly generous pledge from John and Ellen Essigmann. Yesterday the...
ITO article about is now online
Check out the article online! The article includes some nice pictures, like this one where I show the reporter an egg that contains no straight lines. The effect makes the otherwise fairly...
On the front page of the paper!
Over the last week we've had a steady build-up of backers. To be successful, we have a bit over a week left to raise a little less than $ 500. I'm not biting my nails yet. Are there...
It’s really happening!
This is so exciting. I've been really nervous about this launch, but we have our first Kickstarter backers pledging so generously, encouraging me this dream can come true. Tomorrow Abbott Imaging...
Color Sequence
As I was composing my kickstarter project description, I wrote: "It takes some planning to cover one color after the next, light to dark, with wax." It’s not quite true that light to dark can’t...
Straying From Tradition
The process is wax resist. The colors are determined by the dyes. The patterns are sometimes determined by the egg shape (by no means precisely symmetrical even on the z axis)....