:: Dano's Production Journal ::

:: 8/27/2004 ::

Why is Neil Gaiman so friggin awesome? Cuz he's doing a movie with Dave McKean and Jim Henson films - Mirrormask. Check out the stills.

And three delicious words: Hatch Chili Sausage.
:: Dano 6:14 PM [+] ::
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Me: Know of any good reasons to drop everything and move to New York City?
Kevin: The best reason to come to NYC is to get killed during the Republican convention. If you're not interested in that, there's no real reason to come.
:: Dano 3:46 PM [+] ::
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A Film Not by Ken Burns
Prepare to bust a gut!

:: Dano 11:12 AM [+] ::
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A revised version of the AFF trailer is up HERE. Now with preloading!

So what's it going to be? Austin? New York? L.A.? Atlanta? Who wants some of this?

You've got one week. Finders keepers.
:: Dano 3:13 AM [+] ::
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Would you let your daughter date this sea monster?


"A Wiggity-Wet-Willie-Style! Unh!"

Version 2.0 is almost ready... Can you handle the new hotness?
:: Dano 5:01 PM [+] ::
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"Hey, Smith! Down in front!"

Render errors would be a lot funnier if they didn't waste hours of rendering time. Sigh...
But coming soon: Wet Willie Style Dance Party version 2.0

:: Dano 10:59 AM [+] ::
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Dano Johnson, helping friends waste company time since 2002.

And for f***'s sake, people, don't drive drunk.

:: Dano 11:20 PM [+] ::
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Oh, and by the way, we won (as did our friends Don and Cameron)! See you at the Austin Film Festival!

:: Dano 2:39 PM [+] ::
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There are never any weird feature films being made in Austin anymore. Oh wait, here's one! Actually the last scene in the trailer features Fossil and Squeeks from Puppet Show, but I guess they didn't make the trailer.
:: Dano 11:28 PM [+] ::
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Freaks and Geeks DVD box set week continues... 7 more glorious episodes to go...

But in other news, perhaps you haven't heard that version 1 of the AFF 2004 trailer is done (version 2 will have some animation and editing cleaned up). You can see it in Quicktime/Sorenson 'glory' HERE.

In other AFF news, we haven't won yet, but we're all winners inside. Why? Because First Sundays Film Festival wants to play it, so tomorrow I'm starting a directors cut (version 2.1?). Will there be more robot dancing? More Will Smith one-liners? More Scarlett? Too much Scarlett? Find out soon, playing only at First Sundays or www.danojohnson.com.
:: Dano 7:35 PM [+] ::
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I declare today "Freaks and Geeks" DVD Day... until the water company turns the water back on and I can take a shower. Dammit.

Bill IS the genius...
:: Dano 2:21 PM [+] ::
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I'm leaving for Illinois Wednesday and will return sometime early next week.
:: Dano 5:26 PM [+] ::
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Okay, I'm pretty proud of this little beauty. It's a little creepy... just a little.
4 more seconds to animate. Hot damn.
:: Dano 2:37 PM [+] ::
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5 seconds of montage shots to go in the next 12 hours or so.
:: Dano 7:52 AM [+] ::
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My very first animated sea monster. Not very marlin-ish, but it's... scary-ish...

About 9 seconds to go...
:: Dano 8:07 PM [+] ::
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"Dude, this beach sucks."

12 more seconds to go in 2 days.
:: Dano 9:53 AM [+] ::
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"Yo old man, get the hell out my sea
There's only room for one man in the boat, and that's me.
I can catch a fish and be back before three
Steal your girlfriend, in time for tea. Ha-ha
Hook, line & sinker, I reel 'em in.
I never quit, so I'm guaranteed to win.
Big Will make fishin' look good
Worm's in the water, so it's understood. Uh.

Swim with the big fish, baby.
Wet Willie Style, row with me
Wet Willie, I'm the King of the Sea."

Lyrics and music by DROSS

:: Dano 9:19 PM [+] ::
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"Oooh! Pretty fire! Will Smith like fire!"

"Fire! Hooray!"

"Where white man go?"
:: Dano 12:23 AM [+] ::
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:: Dano 2:38 AM [+] ::
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So I should have more stills in a few hours. In other news...

Jake hit on it today. My animated Nathan Lane is actually an animated Beau Bridges. Go figure.

The new Helio Sequence album, "Love and Distance" rocks.
:: Dano 12:22 AM [+] ::
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For the record: worst day ever. On the plus side, I could listen to Michael Bridgett improvise Will Smith dialogue all day. "Girl, you all grow'd up like Tyra Banks!"

3.5 days left, 13 shots. Insert expletive.
:: Dano 8:20 PM [+] ::
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Another no-pictures post!

So I think my first music video in a while will be for DROSS' hit single, "Wet Willie Style". We just recorded the vocals and tomorrow the lovely Danu Uribe will add her knee-weakening soul-singing. It IS the new HOTNESS. Did I mention how awesome Mike Daross is?

So, my timeline for the trailer just went from 7 days to 4 or 5. More on that as it develops.

For those of you who missed, "White Blood Cell Saves Christmas" in New York City Tuesday night (which is probably everyone who reads this), you missed host extraordinaire Kevin Maher's Billy Crystal inspired movie-medley in which he sang "White Blood Cell Saves Christmas Tonight" to the tune of Cory Hart's "I Wear My Sunglasses at Night." And I quote:

"I just wanted to let you know that it was a real treat to show "WBC Saves Xmas" again.  Got a great response.  I was wondering if it wouldn't play as well, since we didn't have a holiday-spirit in the air.  (rather, we're on high alert!)  But it played like gangbusters.  and all the more kudos, since you didn't have your friends in the house to laugh and applaud at all the right spots.   When the naughty kid gets zapped -- that is priceless, really killed."

I don't take the term gangbusters lightly. That's a swell compliment, Kevin. Thanks, First Sundays.

That's all for now.



:: Dano 12:37 AM [+] ::
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Whoa! I guess Bruce Springsteen doesn't like Bush! Man, this would be an AWESOME show. Maybe I should fly to Saint Paul for my birthday.
:: Dano 2:54 AM [+] ::
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Holy Crap! This shot is going in the demo reel! This is probably the coolest shot, like, EVER!
:: Dano 2:47 AM [+] ::
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The halfway mark is reached. 14 of 28 shots done with 8 days to go. Maybe I can do two more tonight? Gosh, Lane was a challenge. He still kinda looks like I traced a photo and then dropped a silly jabbering mouth on him... which is precisely what I did, but, hey, it's not like I'm a Don Smith, ya know? Jeez... I'm not even a Commander Mark...

I missed the Polyphonic Spree and a party for this >:(
:: Dano 9:38 PM [+] ::
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"Thisssh martini is shometin' elsssseee..."

Okay, this is a little better likeness than 8 hours ago. Sigh... I really need to get through 3 shots today. Damn my sense of perfection...
:: Dano 12:35 PM [+] ::
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Nathan Lane! Why is your face so weird?
:: Dano 10:43 PM [+] ::
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:: Dano 4:03 PM [+] ::
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There's just something amusing about modeling a fabulous pink yacht for Nathan Lane while listening to the soundtrack for "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan."
:: Dano 11:39 PM [+] ::
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I think this is one of the more amusing things I've created on my desktop in a while.

Wow, still 16 shots left to do in 10 days...
:: Dano 6:42 PM [+] ::
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