i'll enjoy every minute making this film... up my butt

Well, it's a breakthrough day for me... kind of. I've been assigned my first shot of our new movie today... in a way. Well, actually, the shot might go through a few changes before going in to the finished movie... the beginning of production is always a little backwards. Because of time constraints, we end up chasing our own tail for a few months. Let me explain... what the frack is going on here. There's been a shuffling around in the higher up's and all the peeps here are scrambling to get the film up on reels to show the new management.... at least, what we've got so far. This doesn't effect the animation department a whole lot, but it does mean that one sequence of shots are being rushed through the primary blocking stage so it will make more sense when it's screened... but it still won't help out all the story and character potholes that are in serious need of repair, or all the other crap that's not quite working at the moment. Basically, we're putting in main poses and movement to convey the emotions of the characters for a fairly pivotal scene... that I have a feeling will end up completely changing before the film is released. And if not, well I guess we're crankin' out another whopper of a crap-classic here. With a little luck, the blocking will go smoothly and we'll be bringing these shots to spline and clean them up for use in the film at the end!... except, of course, for the fact that the characters are not finished yet and a lot of the poses and animation will probably have to be re-done after the fact. It's great to finally start up on production... up my butt!

Okay, some of my frustration might have come out in this post, but as the most wonderfully enlightened rock band Slayer so beautifully say in their song "Exile" off their critically acclaimed 2001 "God Hates us All" album;

Even though some things are better left unsaid
There's a few things I need to get off my chest
I need to vent - let me tell you why...

Movies Blasted through yesterday:
Death and the Maiden***
Blood Simple***
Inside Man****