A STRANGE WEEKEND!
Life is strange sometimes. Over five years
ago I began to make my film "Endangered Species" for the book I was
planning to write, "Animation from Pencils to Pixels". In all it took
me four years to complete both of them and the results are now out
there for everyone to see. The book is selling very well (thank you
all who have bought it) but the film kind of sank from site after the
first round of festival entries. However, I wasn't too perturbed about this as it was never meant for
mainstream screening... it was entirely made to illustrate my book.
That said, I now find myself traveling to Los Angeles because of both the book and the film... two separate events on the same weekend. The book has resulted in my being invited to the Galleries "Book Look" event... essentially a get-together of animation book writers and filmmakers, where they can meet and greet and sign their books. (Info: http://www.animationbooklook.com) I saw reports of the same event last year and thought it would be fun to do, so I agreed to do it.
Quite coincidentally, the film is being shown the evening before at the Pine Street Theater, "Mockfest" event. (Info: http://www.mockfilmfest.com) The festival is dedicated to 'mockumentary' filmmakers. "Endangered Species" is an animated mockumentary film with a serious message... i.e. the demise of the 2D animation industry, or not! Anyway, I saw the Mockfest event advertised and thought it would be fun to enter. I never dreamed that my film would be accepted. It even had a bumpy ride in being so. I had entered it online and needed to send the hard-copy disk to the organizers... which I did. However, somewhere on route it disappeared into a postal black hole and so I had to rush an emergency overnight print to the organizers once I knew they had not received the first one. Anyway, all's well that ends well in the end. The film was accepted and is part of the launch night show. I don't know if it will feature in the awards but, hey, I was very excited (and bemused) that it and the book were featuring in LA on the same weekend, but for entirely different reasons.
I think there is something in the air because on the Sunday of that weekend there is a tribute event to Disney legend, Ollie Johnson. (Info: http://www.carolwood.org/Calendar) I have every intention of being there for that one too if I can. Living in the Seattle region, I am rarely down in the LA neck of the woods... so this is a perfect opportunity to kill three birds with one stone! I'm also meeting a writer on the way up to the weekend events in San Francisco on the Thursday night, so yet again there is a strange synchronicity in the air right now.
You know, sometimes the gods really do move in exceedingly mysterious ways!
Tony. :^{)}=-
That said, I now find myself traveling to Los Angeles because of both the book and the film... two separate events on the same weekend. The book has resulted in my being invited to the Galleries "Book Look" event... essentially a get-together of animation book writers and filmmakers, where they can meet and greet and sign their books. (Info: http://www.animationbooklook.com) I saw reports of the same event last year and thought it would be fun to do, so I agreed to do it.
Quite coincidentally, the film is being shown the evening before at the Pine Street Theater, "Mockfest" event. (Info: http://www.mockfilmfest.com) The festival is dedicated to 'mockumentary' filmmakers. "Endangered Species" is an animated mockumentary film with a serious message... i.e. the demise of the 2D animation industry, or not! Anyway, I saw the Mockfest event advertised and thought it would be fun to enter. I never dreamed that my film would be accepted. It even had a bumpy ride in being so. I had entered it online and needed to send the hard-copy disk to the organizers... which I did. However, somewhere on route it disappeared into a postal black hole and so I had to rush an emergency overnight print to the organizers once I knew they had not received the first one. Anyway, all's well that ends well in the end. The film was accepted and is part of the launch night show. I don't know if it will feature in the awards but, hey, I was very excited (and bemused) that it and the book were featuring in LA on the same weekend, but for entirely different reasons.
I think there is something in the air because on the Sunday of that weekend there is a tribute event to Disney legend, Ollie Johnson. (Info: http://www.carolwood.org/Calendar) I have every intention of being there for that one too if I can. Living in the Seattle region, I am rarely down in the LA neck of the woods... so this is a perfect opportunity to kill three birds with one stone! I'm also meeting a writer on the way up to the weekend events in San Francisco on the Thursday night, so yet again there is a strange synchronicity in the air right now.
You know, sometimes the gods really do move in exceedingly mysterious ways!
Tony. :^{)}=-
I'm glad they accepted it, it deserves it! Now when do the rest of us get to have a final copy?
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Hi Brett. I'm trying to set up something along the lines of a DVD with bonus material. I'll announce things when its ready to go. Thanks for your interest!
Tony. :^{)}=-
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