Aarrgghh!!: Film http://www.numtopia.com/terry/blog/ The Internet Home of Terrence Ryan. en Copyright 2009 Thu, 22 Dec 2005 22:10:44 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=4.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Searching For Santa In my rush to get the movie posted, I forgot to thank the stars of the film. Scott, Janice, Ryan and Joe had to put up with me as a demanding director so they deserve more than thanks, but that's all I got for 'em.

If you haven't seen it, check it out.

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Searching For Santa

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Rendering takes awhile cause my workstation is two years old, and I applied a lot of video tweaks to the movie:

Now comes the awful period that will last until a month after I show this thing at the Christmas party. What I thought was funny has now, after repeated viewing, ceased to entertain me. Doubt creeps in. Will other people find it funny? Will people be offended? Worst, will other people think it's lame?

Okay, it's probably done. Onward to tedious sound design!

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"You Better Watch Out" has finally been put out on the web, and I'll join Dan and Becky in trying to spread the meme. Check it out, it's really worth it.

And while you're at Google Video, feel free to search for Citizen Wumpus...

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I can't find it on TiVo. So you all have to stay up and watch it.

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Stay up and watch it... or just TiVo it.

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So watch it.

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Addtionally this guy lifted one of my articles, which is kinda cool cause he kept my credit in it.

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I'm writng for filmfodder.com, and getting paid for it.

Here's my first article: Ferrell Starts Production on NASCAR Film.

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Google Video Search: CitizenWumpus

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  • Formatted with letterbox. (Saves space on the download too.)
  • Compressed the vocals.
  • Tweaked a couple of volume levels.
  • Added a film look coloration.
  • Color corrected one scene.

Enjoy: Proposition 27 - Video.

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See the screening, 7:15pm Tuesday April 11th, at International House in West Philadelphia

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