Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Obviously
I was battling depression, hopelessly alone and living a miserable meaningless existence, and therefore I obviously decided to produce a . What else does one do?
You may be wondering where one goes when one wants to produce a , but, obviously, that place is . I quickly gathered a cast and crew—
—well, OK, I quickly gathered a cast. By “crew” I mean , who did everything else, partly because he has decades of experience doing media production work for everything from Hollywood blockbusters to TV movies to training kids in developing countries how to make their own movies, but mostly because he was the only adult. To my production he brought sophisticated lighting equipment, a huge stack of video editing and compositing software, an excellent design sense and a professional demeanor. I brought my pajamas.
We fell in love, obviously. Here's us getting married a year later:
Aw! Later that evening, we premiered the to a packed theater, raising $1,400 for in the process. What a great day!
The movie went on to be ignored by only the finest film festivals, and then we made an that won an award. Emboldened, we designed an animated series about , which, obviously, went nowhere.
But now we’re making , so it’s cool. The first in the series is titled Inspector Hieronymus and the Case of the Mischievous Houseboy, obviously, and you can follow the development of the second installment on this here blog. Web 2.0 has a lot to answer for. Obviously.
I was battling depression, hopelessly alone and living a miserable meaningless existence, and therefore I obviously decided to produce a . What else does one do?You may be wondering where one goes when one wants to produce a , but, obviously, that place is . I quickly gathered a cast and crew—
—well, OK, I quickly gathered a cast. By “crew” I mean , who did everything else, partly because he has decades of experience doing media production work for everything from Hollywood blockbusters to TV movies to training kids in developing countries how to make their own movies, but mostly because he was the only adult. To my production he brought sophisticated lighting equipment, a huge stack of video editing and compositing software, an excellent design sense and a professional demeanor. I brought my pajamas.
We fell in love, obviously. Here's us getting married a year later:
Aw! Later that evening, we premiered the to a packed theater, raising $1,400 for in the process. What a great day!
The movie went on to be ignored by only the finest film festivals, and then we made an that won an award. Emboldened, we designed an animated series about , which, obviously, went nowhere.
But now we’re making , so it’s cool. The first in the series is titled Inspector Hieronymus and the Case of the Mischievous Houseboy, obviously, and you can follow the development of the second installment on this here blog. Web 2.0 has a lot to answer for. Obviously.
