I keep coming across these animation shorts...I think they must be student final projects from a foreign animation school. I'm not sure where they're from but they're all rather fun and very well made.
Since we received 6-8 inches of snow I took a snow day. I try to take one ever winter just because I enjoy the snow...perhaps I'm trying to reclaim my youth. I don't know. Regardless, I spent the first half going through old scripts I had written, some short, some not so short. And the one thing I noticed is that my dialog has gotten really rusty. It used to be so natural, I could whip out 5 pages of folk talking about nothing in particular, although it was obviously much better when there was a point. I think I had a good cadence and delivery that wasn't overly expository. I'm still amused by what I wrote (I mean, some of it's only suitable for wrapping, but that's to be expected). What I do know is that I can't write like that now...I've tried. I'm sure part of it has to do with just taking too much on last year what with the docs and classes and TF...I did all of it badly and felt really sorry about letting some people down. So I haven't really concentrated on that for a few years...and like any muscle, if you don't use it, it goes to fishwrap.
I also got a lot of work done today on the script, I'm hoping to have enough of an outline so that I can get some words down after next Saturday's meeting with Dave. But I think I also need to get these people talking...so maybe we'll start early...and start watching Sports Night. Nothing gets me in the mood for good dialog like Sorkin.
From the episode: Ordinance Tactics - written by Aaron Sorkin and Paul Redford
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