Precinct planning resumes
I went to COMICS CAMP a couple weekends ago, and since then I’ve been hard into (my day job, my freelance work, and also) my two current projects: a short film called John Howard’s Knees and the animated cop show currently known as The Precinct.
While I was on comics camp (which I blogged more extensively [...]
All plans and no followthrough makes David edgy
I spent 2009 planning and scheming and writing and talking and thinking. Lots of thinking!
This was all good stuff to do, in addition to the freelance work I had. But I did very little MAKING of STUFF!
I made a zine of some of my old articles and prose writing and took it to the National [...]
Animation time again!
The MEGA pitch went really well! Unfortunately, none of the broadcasters or entertainment types Justin invited actually showed! True, the pitches were happening right in the middle of the work day, but still… not good enough, ABC and SBS. You really had something better to do?…
TEN THINGS THE REPS FROM THE ABC MIGHT HAVE BEEN [...]
Proof things are moving along
Here’s the current version of my Farnsy-themed animatic!
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I (and our growing team) just spent a few weeks working on an application to Film Victoria’s Digital Media Prototyping fund. It’s 80 pages long. You could injure someone with it if you swung it at their head. I would never do such [...]
Precinct ep. 00b: Eras of Farnham
For the upcoming Precinct animation: obviously “You’re the Voice” Farnham is familiar, but here’s sketches for some later era Farnhams. Click for a larger version.
Many of them will appear in this cartoon: basically he’ll be changing costume for every shot. Pain in the arse, as it means more character builds. But we’ll be using the [...]
Production begins on The Precinct, episode 00b: “Playing To Win”
YES! So, as I mentioned previously, I’m starting up a new Precinct short animation, the goals of which are:
to give viewers a bit more of the story we’re dealing with in the series
to reveal a bit more about Det. Ackersley’s personality
to show lots more ACTION and fast cutting
to shamelessly wallow in my John Farnham love [...]
