Look, Ma – no hands!
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New Title, Anyone?
OK, enough is enough. It is time to crystalize this film's direction - well, re-crystalize. Hopefully we'll still put together a pair of films, cut from the same cloth - the Director's version (mine) and the subject's version (alan's). The director's cut will use reflexive techniques and Alan's biography to…
Apple Releases New Versions of Pro Apps
Apple has just released new versions of its major professional applications - Final Cut Studio 3.0 and Logic Studio 2.0. The only reactions and reviews so far are based on very little experience with the new apps - playing around for a day or two - and from reviewing Apples…
Apple of my I
Most visual artists use Apple computers if they use any, and this is particularly true of film editing. Apple's Final Cut Pro software has carved out a hefty chunk of the film editing market, although Avid's Media Composer and related products are still the gorillas. Apple is due to release…
Casual Dog, Updated
I have just finished remodeling the Casual Dog Productions, LLC editing suite. It is now much more functional - and it looks much better! We now have a Panasonic plasma monitor. After calibration, it isn't quite up to color grading - but then, the walls are optical communications blue anyway.…
New News from Osha Neumann
I am reading Osha Neumann's new book. It is a fascinating and gripping memoir of his time as a 1960s anarchist in New York City. I'll update this entry as I digest it (and when I am more awake - I worked 90 clinical hours from Sat-Fri, slept three hours…
What’s in a name?
I have been unhappy with the working title What's Inside, Professor? for quite some time now. For one thing, it is hard to write down - that dang question mark. Also, it is a bit cryptic. As the project has evolved, I have settled on an approach that uses Alan's…
Back Toot!
We are back to it! In the past two weeks, we have been plowing through captured tapes, breaking things up into individual clips and furthering the logging process. Experiments with Adobe Soundbooth's transcription feature haven't been so encouraging... It is exciting to watch this material with a fresh eye, and…
Next Up
Next up was the trip to the Bay Area at the end of April. We shot numerous interviews, along with some more verité footage of Alan in action - in his life. Hopefully, this will complete the bulk of principal production, with a few notable exceptions. Now , it is…
Wooden
I mean Woods Hole, the Cape Cod town where Alan spent much of his youth. I recently spent a long weekend there, shooting interviews and "B-Roll" material - an exceptionally productive and enjoyable visit! I was able to visit with a number of people who knew Alan well in his…