Divergence…

So much time has been spent on Scary Monster Vs Lucky Frog as of late that I was starting to worry about the health of some of my other movie projects. Neglected movie ideas tend to atrophy rather quickly, and the problem is exacerbated when the movies in question are big multi-scene brutes with short attention spans and shorter tempers. Therefore, I’ve juggled my production schedule to free up more time to work on the little blighters, keep ‘em fed, exercised, toss ‘em the occasional bone. In other words, show ‘em a little love…

For starters, I’ve been reviewing the dialog tracks I recorded for the first episode of my robot series. Unfortunately, it looks like I’ve got quite a bit of re-recording to do. Some of the performances were pancake flat, while in others my voice started out fine but slowly changed over the course of the session, so instead of a spunky gravelly-voiced robot, I’m listening to a tired… me. With a head cold. Not very convincing. So, looks like I’ll need to set up the microphone again. Maybe this time I should actually listen to the tracks before I pronounce them finished…

I’ve also been futzing around with some script ideas and concept sketches for a couple of shorts featuring our friend Three-Eyed Larry. They’ll be relatively easy to put together (compared to ‘Scary Monster’, that is…). I hope to have some dialog recorded this weekend…

Lastly, I had a whole barnyard full of sketches for my dinosaur movie that I finally got loaded into the scanner. The movie has been languishing in various states of pre-production for two years now, but was suffering from a case of lets-add-a-bunch-of-stupid-crap-to-the-script-itis. Removed the obfuscated jibber-jabber, and all of a sudden a cute little movie pops out. Imagine that! Anyway, it has life again, and maybe if we’re really lucky it’ll be finished by year’s end…

I hope everyone is having a great week so far. Look for more doodles and the odd cartoon panel soon…