Showing posts with label antenna. Show all posts
Showing posts with label antenna. Show all posts
Friday, October 5, 2012
Thursday, May 3, 2012
The Antenna Diaries
So that was good. Really good. I liked the graphics a lot. Although, being a doc about an art academy, it would have to have some good art in it, right? Sure. And we are about some DIY misfits working shit out. Or something.
running time: 1:40:09, without closing credits. THE ART ACADEMY was 1:38.
I need to stop comparing.
The exterminator guy looks at us we're crazy. CMc is convinced he goes home and talks to his wife about us. But really, I think most people aren't at home when he comes for the monthly spraying, so just interacting with people at all must humor him.
Yes, I know we're behind on screening movies. Could you tell my other boss about that? My other bosses, I guess.
The new narrative is working well. Maybe we've actually got a movie. That would be nice. I'd like to have some time to do non-video related art. Or garden. Or lay on the couch and watch stupid movies all day.
So many anxiety attacks.
And then we keep finding pictures we'd forgotten about.
running time: 1:40:09, without closing credits. THE ART ACADEMY was 1:38.
I need to stop comparing.
The exterminator guy looks at us we're crazy. CMc is convinced he goes home and talks to his wife about us. But really, I think most people aren't at home when he comes for the monthly spraying, so just interacting with people at all must humor him.
Yes, I know we're behind on screening movies. Could you tell my other boss about that? My other bosses, I guess.
The new narrative is working well. Maybe we've actually got a movie. That would be nice. I'd like to have some time to do non-video related art. Or garden. Or lay on the couch and watch stupid movies all day.
So many anxiety attacks.
And then we keep finding pictures we'd forgotten about.
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| Easley McCain Recording photo: Dan Ball |
Thursday, March 22, 2012
The Antenna Diaries
Maybe it should be The Antenna Dairies.
"Dear Diary,
Today we milked that damned cow. Again."
Running time - 1:40:26
So we wait and we wait. We wait for the tax return check. We wait to hear from IFP. So much breath holding. Is that a chick movie title? "Waiting to Exhale?"
Oh yeah. Whitney Houston. How accidentally semi-topical of me.
Oh wait. The tax return is here. I should have bitched about it earlier. Now we wait til April 10th to hear about IFP. Which is seventeen whole entire days.
Back Deck Kitty needs to learn how to defend her territory. Also, that other cat has way too much hair.
Do people actually wear tennis bracelets when they play tennis?
Conference call from L.A. last Saturday, one from Beverly Hills today.
Who knew contract bridge players could be so annoying? Throngs and throngs of them. It's like working on a low rent cruise ship or maybe a hotel in the Poconos. Also, there's really no need to carbo load before a card tournament. Think about it.
I'm dreading this producer screening tonight. I fear all that will come out of it is more people to interview. 83 is certainly enough. Just let me finish this movie this fucking year. Please. Don't let me end up like Rod, with so much unfinished.
Sure, I'll move to San Francisco. Maybe I've been here too long. Spring fever makes me want to run away.
This song makes sad, but I love it.
"Dear Diary,
Today we milked that damned cow. Again."
Running time - 1:40:26
So we wait and we wait. We wait for the tax return check. We wait to hear from IFP. So much breath holding. Is that a chick movie title? "Waiting to Exhale?"
Oh yeah. Whitney Houston. How accidentally semi-topical of me.
Oh wait. The tax return is here. I should have bitched about it earlier. Now we wait til April 10th to hear about IFP. Which is seventeen whole entire days.
Back Deck Kitty needs to learn how to defend her territory. Also, that other cat has way too much hair.
Do people actually wear tennis bracelets when they play tennis?
Conference call from L.A. last Saturday, one from Beverly Hills today.
Who knew contract bridge players could be so annoying? Throngs and throngs of them. It's like working on a low rent cruise ship or maybe a hotel in the Poconos. Also, there's really no need to carbo load before a card tournament. Think about it.
I'm dreading this producer screening tonight. I fear all that will come out of it is more people to interview. 83 is certainly enough. Just let me finish this movie this fucking year. Please. Don't let me end up like Rod, with so much unfinished.
Sure, I'll move to San Francisco. Maybe I've been here too long. Spring fever makes me want to run away.
This song makes sad, but I love it.
Sunday, February 26, 2012
The Antenna Diaries
Render render render.
Tons of captions for the screening today. I think that'll make a big difference. Three and a half hours from now.
I meant to come home after work and work on levels some more but. No. Not. Those people suck the life out of me. Saturday nights are the worst.
I should have at least rendered these things last night. Yikes.
I think he'll like it. I hope he likes it. He's a good barometer, since he's been at a ton of film festivals in the last year or so and he made an award winning doc to boot. Two years ago he told me to hire someone else to edit, to get it out of my life. I hope he doesn't say that today. I need to see this baby all the way til it rears its bloody little head and screams for the people.
I need to start walking again. I get such good ideas. Also, uh. Yeah. Exercise and stuff. This winter has been very stressful. This non winter. I ordered a cool Sid Vicious (or Viscious, as the website said. Ha!) tunic yesterday. I hope I don't look like a punk rock burrito in it.
Render dammit! Almost halfway done. What did I do with my time before this movie? What were Sundays like? I don't remember. Maybe we went to see movies that other people made.
Single idea: "Who did you see the first time you went to the Antenna?"
Also, keep the tv of dead people for the locals. For regular release, just a card or scroll. Every time I think of that I get this song in my head. I forgot Marky Mark was in that movie.
Current running time: 1:44
Tons of captions for the screening today. I think that'll make a big difference. Three and a half hours from now.
I meant to come home after work and work on levels some more but. No. Not. Those people suck the life out of me. Saturday nights are the worst.
I should have at least rendered these things last night. Yikes.
I think he'll like it. I hope he likes it. He's a good barometer, since he's been at a ton of film festivals in the last year or so and he made an award winning doc to boot. Two years ago he told me to hire someone else to edit, to get it out of my life. I hope he doesn't say that today. I need to see this baby all the way til it rears its bloody little head and screams for the people.
I need to start walking again. I get such good ideas. Also, uh. Yeah. Exercise and stuff. This winter has been very stressful. This non winter. I ordered a cool Sid Vicious (or Viscious, as the website said. Ha!) tunic yesterday. I hope I don't look like a punk rock burrito in it.
Render dammit! Almost halfway done. What did I do with my time before this movie? What were Sundays like? I don't remember. Maybe we went to see movies that other people made.
Single idea: "Who did you see the first time you went to the Antenna?"
Also, keep the tv of dead people for the locals. For regular release, just a card or scroll. Every time I think of that I get this song in my head. I forgot Marky Mark was in that movie.
Monday, February 20, 2012
THe Antenna Diaries
Finished the latest (and hopefully the last) assembly cut yesterday. Running time - 1:44.
22 minutes shorter than when we screened for Craig, and 2 hours shorter than it was in July. Whew. Screening for Morgan on Sunday, which now I'm all of the sudden nervous about.
I guess we're submitting to this.
We finally cut G.G. down to an acceptable length, lots of archival. And the addition of the vhs tape itself makes all the difference in the world. "This ain't Bon Jovi. This ain't Queensryche."
22 minutes shorter than when we screened for Craig, and 2 hours shorter than it was in July. Whew. Screening for Morgan on Sunday, which now I'm all of the sudden nervous about.
I guess we're submitting to this.
We finally cut G.G. down to an acceptable length, lots of archival. And the addition of the vhs tape itself makes all the difference in the world. "This ain't Bon Jovi. This ain't Queensryche."
Saturday, February 11, 2012
The Antenna Diaries
The new assembly is going so well. At the end of Mark taking over the club, time is 1:13. Of course that leaves us 17 minutes to finish up if we're going for 90, but we could go over 90. Sure. As long as it's under 2h.
The Rebel appearance is so much better now, with him talking about the all ages shows and the cops. Raid is still too long, but I love it. I think it's even scarier. Mayhem.
Hoping to screen for MJF on the 26th, Oscar Sunday. And, then, who do we root for? We watched Midnight in Paris last night, which was a sweet and clever film, but Best Picture? No way. I do like Owen Wilson though, and Zelda Fitzgerald was played by Sex Bob-omb's drummer, so that was cool. People don't name their daughters Zelda anymore. I guess it's because of that game.
It's Saturday, but it's like any other day. Toast, coffee, yoga, movie, restaurant. It's the early Valentine's Day crowds, so 2-top after 2-top. I'd much rather be cutting, but we'll do that into the night tomorrow.
Pump Action Retards is such a great band name.
The Rebel appearance is so much better now, with him talking about the all ages shows and the cops. Raid is still too long, but I love it. I think it's even scarier. Mayhem.
Hoping to screen for MJF on the 26th, Oscar Sunday. And, then, who do we root for? We watched Midnight in Paris last night, which was a sweet and clever film, but Best Picture? No way. I do like Owen Wilson though, and Zelda Fitzgerald was played by Sex Bob-omb's drummer, so that was cool. People don't name their daughters Zelda anymore. I guess it's because of that game.
It's Saturday, but it's like any other day. Toast, coffee, yoga, movie, restaurant. It's the early Valentine's Day crowds, so 2-top after 2-top. I'd much rather be cutting, but we'll do that into the night tomorrow.
Pump Action Retards is such a great band name.
Saturday, January 28, 2012
The Antenna Diaries
Maybe that should be The Music Video Diaries. Finished the Oblivians' "Vietnam War Blues" video. Totally rockin'. Lots of transparencies. I guess that's my theme. It's like when Lisa Simpson ate Apu's spicy Indian food - "I can see through time!" I can see through time to December 17, 1994, 1588 Madison Avenue.
"They're raw, they're nasty! They're the sound of Memphis Underground!" John Thomas makes a little cameo at the beginning. Lots of cameos - Richard Martin, Kim McCarthy, Colin, Patrick Ferris, some incredibly drunk guy in a yellow tshirt that I am perpetually amused with.
Submitting that and Hickory to the Crossroads Music Video Showcase, in Jackson MS. Ugh. Lots of ghosts in that closet.
Meanwhile, back on the movie ranch: the new timeline is going swimmingly. Swimmingly going. Ladedah. Moved Calculated X to right after Rock America, which, duh. How did we not see that? Moving the Modifiers to the end of the original Act 1, so the energy is more concentrated. We can move from them right into Angerhead that way. Smooth. Bam bam bam right into hardcore, which they were more than anyone, or at least they were the most purely punk.
Some things just make so much more sense now. thanks, Craig. I always want to call him Craigula, but that's a completely different person.
If I had a whole lot of money I would like to live here , but not all the time.
I think we can get thru the original Act 2 this weekend. I hope.
It's all based on broader strokes now, on energy. This is it in a nutshell:
There was no place to play.
There was a place to play! Woo!
There was no place to play.
Here is the highly stylized graph, for those who want a visual on how the magic happens. I don't know what that brown thing is at about 1984.
"They're raw, they're nasty! They're the sound of Memphis Underground!" John Thomas makes a little cameo at the beginning. Lots of cameos - Richard Martin, Kim McCarthy, Colin, Patrick Ferris, some incredibly drunk guy in a yellow tshirt that I am perpetually amused with.
Submitting that and Hickory to the Crossroads Music Video Showcase, in Jackson MS. Ugh. Lots of ghosts in that closet.
Meanwhile, back on the movie ranch: the new timeline is going swimmingly. Swimmingly going. Ladedah. Moved Calculated X to right after Rock America, which, duh. How did we not see that? Moving the Modifiers to the end of the original Act 1, so the energy is more concentrated. We can move from them right into Angerhead that way. Smooth. Bam bam bam right into hardcore, which they were more than anyone, or at least they were the most purely punk.
Some things just make so much more sense now. thanks, Craig. I always want to call him Craigula, but that's a completely different person.
If I had a whole lot of money I would like to live here , but not all the time.
I think we can get thru the original Act 2 this weekend. I hope.
It's all based on broader strokes now, on energy. This is it in a nutshell:
There was no place to play.
There was a place to play! Woo!
There was no place to play.
Here is the highly stylized graph, for those who want a visual on how the magic happens. I don't know what that brown thing is at about 1984.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
The Antenna Diaries
Back to work. Write the treatment. Finish, etc.
Interesting discussion last night about possibly premiering at Indie Memphis anyway. Pretty convincing argument.
And then, out of the blue, this guy emerges.
Interesting discussion last night about possibly premiering at Indie Memphis anyway. Pretty convincing argument.
And then, out of the blue, this guy emerges.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
The Antenna Diaries
Current running time - 2:09:34:19 (without credits). At 20 minutes, Jimmy appears. At 30 minutes, the Modifiers appear. Not bad.
Next up for screeners - Brett, Craig, Guerrilla Monster, Hubbell, Buddy. The Craig makes me nervous.
Where has this been?
Damn that Ricky Branyan was cute. No wonder the Well was packed with girls.
Next up for screeners - Brett, Craig, Guerrilla Monster, Hubbell, Buddy. The Craig makes me nervous.
Where has this been?
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
The Antenna Diaries
Current running time 2:24:08:19
The virtual cutting room floor needs sweeping.
Cut a minute out of the Raid/hardline section, but for the whole it probably remains longer than it needs to be. It's just fascinating to me how that scene got so dark.
I love this picture by Jamie Harmon.
End of day edit: current running time 2:23:32:01
The virtual cutting room floor needs sweeping.
Cut a minute out of the Raid/hardline section, but for the whole it probably remains longer than it needs to be. It's just fascinating to me how that scene got so dark.
I love this picture by Jamie Harmon.
End of day edit: current running time 2:23:32:01
Sunday, October 23, 2011
The Antenna Diaries
I nearly typed The Antenna Diarrhea.
Had a screening of the 2:30 cut last night. This is an example of my notes:
"transitions are good.
I hate the movie.
pezz is so choppy.
I hate the movie."
etc.
ugh. I want to select all and delete.
Went to Salant's tailgate party for the Sears tower lighting. Was told that I was going to be on a panel at Indie Memphis called "Female Directors and Actors". I was, I don't know, so un about it. "How can I be on a panel when I suck so much? I can't finish this fucking movie! All of those women will be so much cooler than I am!" blah blah blah.
I didn't say any of that.
I'm lingering on the set of "Tennessee Queer".
No editing today. I'm watching other people work instead.
Had a screening of the 2:30 cut last night. This is an example of my notes:
"transitions are good.
I hate the movie.
pezz is so choppy.
I hate the movie."
etc.
ugh. I want to select all and delete.
Went to Salant's tailgate party for the Sears tower lighting. Was told that I was going to be on a panel at Indie Memphis called "Female Directors and Actors". I was, I don't know, so un about it. "How can I be on a panel when I suck so much? I can't finish this fucking movie! All of those women will be so much cooler than I am!" blah blah blah.
I didn't say any of that.
I'm lingering on the set of "Tennessee Queer".
No editing today. I'm watching other people work instead.
Saturday, October 15, 2011
The Antenna Diaries
Current running time 2:30:48.
Currently tearing up the first 2 minutes of the movie. We liked the beginning and hated the end. Now we like the end and hate the beginning.
These guys are making it back in the movie. For some reason, they had disappeared.
Currently tearing up the first 2 minutes of the movie. We liked the beginning and hated the end. Now we like the end and hate the beginning.
These guys are making it back in the movie. For some reason, they had disappeared.
Monday, October 3, 2011
The Antenna Diaries
Three screenings in 7 days. Emotional rollercoasters, each one. Yesterday was the first screening for someone not in the immediate family. I hated the movie.
But the screener fell in love with the Modifiers, so I guess we did something right. Current running time: 2:36:45.
But the screener fell in love with the Modifiers, so I guess we did something right. Current running time: 2:36:45.
Saturday, September 17, 2011
The Antenna Diaries
People seem to think they can march up and tell us what to do with this movie.
"Conventional wisdom states that you should make it 79 minutes long."
Since when did following conventional wisdom get anyone anywhere? How boring.
Since when do I follow conventional wisdom anyway? And why would I start now?
Also, fuck that woman who told my husband to let one of her fucking 19-yr-old students edit the movie down to a conventional 79 minutes. Yeah. That would be a great documentary about the Antenna.
People have been dismissing me and ignoring me for as long as I can remember and now I'm supposed to all of a sudden give a shit about what they think. Interesting.
I'm doing this my way if it kills me, which it may well do but at least I'll go down fighting. I refuse to comply.
"Conventional wisdom states that you should make it 79 minutes long."
Since when did following conventional wisdom get anyone anywhere? How boring.
Since when do I follow conventional wisdom anyway? And why would I start now?
Also, fuck that woman who told my husband to let one of her fucking 19-yr-old students edit the movie down to a conventional 79 minutes. Yeah. That would be a great documentary about the Antenna.
People have been dismissing me and ignoring me for as long as I can remember and now I'm supposed to all of a sudden give a shit about what they think. Interesting.
I'm doing this my way if it kills me, which it may well do but at least I'll go down fighting. I refuse to comply.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
The Antenna Diaries
It's just so frustrating sometimes. It seems like it's never ever going to be done.
Monday, September 5, 2011
The Antenna Diaries
'You've seen "Memphis: The Musical", now see the real Memphis music.'
or
"Dive into the chaos."
Something.
Also, I hate when people want us to make a movie like other movies. "Have you seen blahblahblah? You should do that."
Huh. That would be the easy way out, wouldn't it? Why would I want it to look like something else? I want it to look like nothing else. I want people to sit the fuck up and listen and watch and learn. I want them to have their minds fucking expanded. I want them to be disturbed and shocked and I want them to remember what the world was like before everything was so goddamned internetty and socially fucked up. And if it was this feel-goody, everybody-likes-it movie, if it didn't piss a couple people off - then I wouldn't think we'd be accurately representing the Antenna. As Harris Scheuner said, "Back then people openly showed contempt for each other." People are such pussies these days.
The Densmore/Scratch show could look better. I think it needs to be recaptured. It's kind of wiggly, but awesome all the same.
I thought we were going to be able to cut 10 minutes out over this weekend, but somehow we've added 4. Very depressing.
Current temperature 68F. Good. I'm ready for tights and boots. And I guess my third winter of the fingerless brown editing gloves. I should retire them after this movie.
Where the hell is that Blues Explosion poster? I want to hang it in the kitchen. Fuck those stupid ornate measuring spoons.
I like the hell out of not waiting tables. I need to not wait tables a lot more often. It keeps me from considering suicide.
I love this picture of the Modifiers in California, probably about 1986 (?). I wonder who those girls are, and where they are now.
or
"Dive into the chaos."
Something.
Also, I hate when people want us to make a movie like other movies. "Have you seen blahblahblah? You should do that."
Huh. That would be the easy way out, wouldn't it? Why would I want it to look like something else? I want it to look like nothing else. I want people to sit the fuck up and listen and watch and learn. I want them to have their minds fucking expanded. I want them to be disturbed and shocked and I want them to remember what the world was like before everything was so goddamned internetty and socially fucked up. And if it was this feel-goody, everybody-likes-it movie, if it didn't piss a couple people off - then I wouldn't think we'd be accurately representing the Antenna. As Harris Scheuner said, "Back then people openly showed contempt for each other." People are such pussies these days.
The Densmore/Scratch show could look better. I think it needs to be recaptured. It's kind of wiggly, but awesome all the same.
I thought we were going to be able to cut 10 minutes out over this weekend, but somehow we've added 4. Very depressing.
Current temperature 68F. Good. I'm ready for tights and boots. And I guess my third winter of the fingerless brown editing gloves. I should retire them after this movie.
Where the hell is that Blues Explosion poster? I want to hang it in the kitchen. Fuck those stupid ornate measuring spoons.
I like the hell out of not waiting tables. I need to not wait tables a lot more often. It keeps me from considering suicide.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
The Antenna Diaries
New deadline - October 31. Please let it happen, universe.
In other news, I love this picture. It makes the club look even crappier than it already was. And smokier, if that's even possible.
In other news, I love this picture. It makes the club look even crappier than it already was. And smokier, if that's even possible.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
The Antenna Diaries
And the beat goes on.
Had a Skype interview the other day with Dave Catching, who used to play with the Modifiers (and Randy Band and Cock Rock and Four Neat Guys, etc). Very cool guy - had an email conversation with him and it's possible that he was responsible for selling me quaaludes and placidyls back then. Small world. Or is that more like a circle of life thing?
The day after his interview, he found an old vhs tape that he sent us. Angerhead (the band), Modifiers, Gun Club, an experimental noise thing he did on Channel 7 (sample-y, very proto-New Intruders) AND Modifiers with John Densmore and Derf Scratch. Fucking amazing.
Also, I found pictures I had forgotten. I love this one.
Had a Skype interview the other day with Dave Catching, who used to play with the Modifiers (and Randy Band and Cock Rock and Four Neat Guys, etc). Very cool guy - had an email conversation with him and it's possible that he was responsible for selling me quaaludes and placidyls back then. Small world. Or is that more like a circle of life thing?
The day after his interview, he found an old vhs tape that he sent us. Angerhead (the band), Modifiers, Gun Club, an experimental noise thing he did on Channel 7 (sample-y, very proto-New Intruders) AND Modifiers with John Densmore and Derf Scratch. Fucking amazing.
Also, I found pictures I had forgotten. I love this one.
and this.
Friday, August 26, 2011
Antenna Diaries
Some days things roll right along and some days we curse the cameramen of the past for not adjusting their exposures. Think of the filmmakers of the future, dammit! Plus, this video looks like it was shot thru one of those rumpled glass shower doors.
I'm really glad I didn't actually sleep with that guitarist. He couldn't dance for shit, apparently. Not a good sign.
Please pan over to the keyboardist please pan over to the keyboardist please pan over to the keyboardist please pan over to the keyboardist please pan over to the keyboardist. Nope.
Note to cameraman of the past: Please do not attempt to dance while shooting.
Ooo. Nice lens flare.
And at the end of the tape, five whole entire minutes of video noise. It's like Christmas for me. I spy another New Intruders video. Another outlet for my scrappy inner psycho killer. I should put that in a profile somewhere - "likes random video noise, slightly burnt popcorn and sideshow freaks."
Fuck. Seriously, MPEG Streamclip? You're just gonna stop converting for no reason. Nice.
At this rate, it looks like we're working into the night. Maybe we can get pizza from here, on account of they deliver now, which is awesome.
Dive into the chaos.
I'm really glad I didn't actually sleep with that guitarist. He couldn't dance for shit, apparently. Not a good sign.
Please pan over to the keyboardist please pan over to the keyboardist please pan over to the keyboardist please pan over to the keyboardist please pan over to the keyboardist. Nope.
Note to cameraman of the past: Please do not attempt to dance while shooting.
Ooo. Nice lens flare.
And at the end of the tape, five whole entire minutes of video noise. It's like Christmas for me. I spy another New Intruders video. Another outlet for my scrappy inner psycho killer. I should put that in a profile somewhere - "likes random video noise, slightly burnt popcorn and sideshow freaks."
Fuck. Seriously, MPEG Streamclip? You're just gonna stop converting for no reason. Nice.
At this rate, it looks like we're working into the night. Maybe we can get pizza from here, on account of they deliver now, which is awesome.
Dive into the chaos.
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