Archive for April, 2012
Post Production is the most fun these days
… Post production used to be the worst, tedious job anywhere … In the early days of film, women were film editors. Because in the studio system, editing was considered the same as sewing. And sewing was “women’s work”. During production, they had a script which told what shots to get – and it was […]
Historical Manipulations ~ Stealing the Limelight
— Edison was not what he is made to be. He couldn’t hold a candle to real genius like Tesla, so to speak. Edison was not the great inventor kids are taught. He was actually a tinkerer at best. Then why was he so regarded and hailed as a great inventor? It is because he […]
Will the last American that leaves the Moon, Please bring Our Flag home?
. Oh … right …. He already came back a long time ago. Now the Chi-coms are planning to walk over our footprints in a few years. The russians jacked up the price to ride their rocket to the space station we had the most into building. The UK Top Gear show had James May […]
Solar Farm Fantasy Reality
… Wow! A farm without manure !!! It depends on where the manure comes from. A new solar farm has cranked up just outside Memphis. ONE MEGA WATT ! It only cost $30,000,000 to build it. They hope that by the year 2020, the cost per watt will get down to $1 per watt. So […]
The LA / Hollywood Production Depression Season
. Right now – as TV shows aren’t in production this time of year … … this is known as the season of unemployment for production out there. Used to be – production folks would simply grab up work on movie production during the TV “off season”. However … According to folks I know out […]
I’m In Heaven ~ Aspect Ratios Revisited
Not even a year ago I made note of the screen size of movies – know as the ASPECT RATIO So many channels are now showing the full picture on the HD channels ! It is really like seeing a lot of my favorite movies for the first time … I was absolutely blown away […]
Moments In Time
… I’ve been working on the new audio project based on a very comical and heartful true diary of a ten year old boy from a rural town of the year 1868 … Last year when I finished the submariner movie, I really wanted to adapt this real diary from post civil war times to […]
Eat Kimbap – Not Sushi
… Again – it’s all over the news … Salmonella from sushi !!! Like in this New York Daily News article. Another outbreak of salmonella from people eating sushi. There’s a great alternative to sushi – and it goes way back further. KIMBAP! Kimbap is a Korean roll that uses … … COOKED ingredients. KIM […]
This is Not a Commercial ~ I’m Just Frustrated
… Linus had his blanket … Caffeine addicts have their coffee … Junkies have their heroin … … and I have my – Inglehoffer’s Sweet Hot Mustard :-) But I can’t find any on ANY store shelves in Nashville lately !!! Just when I needed some. None of the food stores have it here. Sure […]
Will-eez or Will-‘is ?
… Having grown up in the 60s in drag strip pits … (my crib was wrapped baby blankets on the the race car tow truck’s leather front seat – went to my first drag race at two weeks old as I am told) … … and dad ran a ’41 Willys A/gas undefeated for years […]
Ten Dollars is Ten Dollars
… Albert and Sylvia always made it to the county fair each year. There was a crop duster who made extra money giving airplane rides in his plane because it was the off season. He charged ten dollars to ride two people. Every year, Albert would say to Sylvia, “I’ve always wanted to ride in […]
Coming Alive
Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” – Howard Thurman I am encouraged by my daughter today as we prepare to have a long outing. She expressed how fascinating it is to watch the scenery […]
The Bulls, the Fleas and the Intimidated
The idea of actually doing something affects types of people differently ~ Some blast off like a bull in a china shop … Some are too intimidated by fear to even start out … Some wander with no map … Yet there are the few who are wise and treat life as a road where […]
Happy Birthday Brando
… A real classy actor – which I have grown to fully appreciate is Marlon Brando. I do remember all the goofy stories in the news about his real life situations – and I can remember that strange Academy Awards show where his award was accepted … uh … NOT accepted? Who cares about an […]
Be Not Deceived ~ Be Useful and of Good Skill
… “A night of peaceful sleep is worth more than all the king’s coins.” – Tony Rollo … “Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it.” – Thomas Jefferson … Does it not seem apparent; a common ideal all should posses would be a desire to […]