Askew Road

The Big Damn Movie:
Some progress has been made, but I've spent most of the past few weeks working on the problem of text. Last year, all the text was done in photoshop and then imported in, not done directly with imovie as in the first movie. I think I'll be using photoshop again. After experimenting with a couple different fonts and text styles in imovie, there is no way to avoid some major issues. Lines will be too small and there is no way in hell to make larger descriptions work. Its a shame cause working with imovie would go much faster. C'est la vie.

ScavOlympics is going to be an intense section. Lots of good pics (thanks to a photo-happy fascist) and of course, concluding with the triumph of the USS Dumbass Moo. I'm worried about there being enough pics of items, looks like judgement pics might be a bit on the slim side as compared to previous years. No matter, onward and upward, and always twirling towards freedom. Now I just have to start working on making the photoshop text. Going to try and improve on last year, always the Palevsky way. Smaller images with more centralized text and importing all at once. Hopefully it will work.

Also, figured out the end of the judgment scene. Not sure how to tie it into the intro but it works to well not to use, especially as this is the final episode in my Scav Hunt Triology.


Scav Music Video #1:
Some progress. Listening to the song alot and starting to get an idea on the various lyrics. Probably done by mid-July.


The Pretensious Project:
Half way, done some amazing work. Finished the Dawn, Fight and Moon scenes. Rewatched the footage for the transition from the Oedipus to Stargate. Some good stuff, but its pretty short. I think once its captured and in imovie it will make sense. Next is the footage of the ship and then onto Oedipus. Had a great realization for the later the other night, amazed I didn't think of it before. Projected finish date: End of August.

Hero:
Footage has been found on DVD, some one bump over. I think I'll be getting it in about 3 weeks. That leaves 12 days to make the whole thing. Will try and get it all set up before hand. The video transfer will be the hardest part in terms of time.


Music Recommendations for you dear readers. Want more info, head over to allmusic or wikepedia.
Talib Kweli: Quality
Manic Street Preachers: Send Away the Tigers
Sage Francis: Human the Death Dance
Dream Theater: Systematic Chaos