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Posted 18 Mar 2010

Hot Damn! Another Great Resource…

We just wanted to bring to your attention a lovely little blog by NYU screenwriting professor Mr. D.B. Gilles. It’s our bible. Every time we hit a wall it’s straight to “Screenwriter’s Rehab,” where we begin sifting through useful little tips that get us up and running again. And the best part is every tip is bite-sized! (Why is it… Continue »
Posted 12 Mar 2010

Back From Boston – With Updates

There’s nothing like Boston clam chowder, but it’s also nice to be home. Revisions on the screenplay are continuing. We’re all very excited about Luca’s nomination at the Tribeca film festival, and we’re working as hard as we can to put out material and prepare for the rapidly approaching summer. Good God. I’m sheepish to admit that we still don’t have… Continue »
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Posted 14 Feb 2010

Preparing for Rewrites

I’m just returning to the screenplay after over a month. We’re starting completely from scratch – but it’s worth it. Already the script is shaping up into something much better than it previously was. Tomorrow we’re meeting as a group for several hours (for the first time in a while) to work through the entire plot all over again. Film… Continue »
Posted 08 Feb 2010

3D Flythrough

I made this a while ago – and was going to save this until Previz – Part 2, but I decided the hell with it. Enjoy. Just a quick little flythrough through the 3D house. 3D House Flythrough Continue »
Posted 03 Feb 2010

Our Tools

Some people have been asking about what we use to do our previsualization. To model, we use Google’s free program SketchUp (and a fancy little plugin to export .obj files). To animate and dress our 3D sets, we use DAZ 3D’s Carrara 3D Express. The full version is a little more expensive and designed for serious 3D artists. Continue »