day 31

Re-scanned all of Caligari 3D negatives and edited them into stereo cards. Printed 40 of them at Walmart. Misprint at first as you need to zoom out on each one manually. They printed them a second time for free.
Put telephone together, just taped the wires on.
Bought connecter for tv, connected it to dvd player. Got sound but no picture.

day 30

At Cathedral Fest art and food thing, bought very old tv for $40 for Canister
Did some woodworking.
Spent most of day struggling with scanner. At 1 am finally found out how to let it show the preview which then allows you to select areas to scan manually. 

day 29

finished 25 short films re-edit but am missing some pieces. Haven't put it together as one film yet.
read a bit
finished shooting stereoscopic film, got two rolls developed

day 28

Editing on super 8 (25 short)
Read a bit, slowing down though
page of lint

day 27

Lots of progress on 25 short films
two pages of Lint written
10 pages of "Cinema of Preston Sturges"
wood class
Caligari meeting with Fada Dance (Heather Cameron and Fran Gilboy)

Day 26

Read some
Edited some 25 short films HD
Met with Rania
Wrote couple pages of Lint
Tried to find bolts to reassemble phone, unsuccessful.

day 25

Started reading Preston Sturges book
Rigged dial up phone to play sound from mp3 player
some Lint script editing
started editing 25 short films. Found green film is missing

Day 24

Finished "Amateur Filmmaking" book
Set up new GoAnimate account. All unpaid accounts now have watermark all the time. Made one video based on something I made as a film student.

day 23

All day Caligari shoot in studio.
Shot 1.5 rolls of 35mm of stereoscopic images and 40 feet of black and white super 8
Read just a few pages of Amateur filmmaking

Day 22

Eye doctor today
Book gear for tomorrow's Caligari shoot and took some material to office.
Sent article to An
Read half an article (10 pages) in Amateur Filmmaking

Day 21

Read partial chapter of Amateur Filmmaking
Solid writing towards Lint

day 20

Wood class
Read chapter of Amateur Filmmaking
Solid writing towards Lint script
Bit of sound (Dread) editing
Figured out how to do "adult coloring book" style in photoshop:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ShTZmS0T_Q

Day 19

Grad student meeting in morning. Rania's daughter is sick. An came with one question about composition. Ravi came for first time, 90 minute discussion.
Bought wood.
Caligari meeting with Curtain Razors
Read chapter of Amateur Filmmaking
Lint rewrite continues 

day 18

Read from Amateur Filmmaking
Began reviewing material in old, disconnected external hard drives
Solid progress in Life is like lint script
created video "Eye March" with my eye while William plays bit of Star Wars Imperial March at his lesson, at 25 percent speed.

day 17

Read chapter of Amateur Filmmaking
Some editing on Dread audio
More office cleaning, threw stuff out. Got camera shelf.

Day 16

Read short chapter of Amateur Filmmaking
Cleared desk of orphan dvds with data, copied many more files into computer including some cards I made to promote Guy Maddin in Regina
Bought an old phone: $30

day 15

Looked for Ken dolls and phones at east end Sally-An and antique store behind Chinese Bakery. At antique story, told they would look for some.
Backed up more images, sounds, and videos from cds.
Printed off fresh copy of "Life is like Lint" screenplay and began re-write.
Read chapter of Amateur Filmmaking

day 14

Read chapter of Amateur Filmmaking
Edited more Dread audio
Lots of cleaning in office, finished backing up student videos from recent classes.

day 13

Started course in Woodworking with Brian Gladwell.
Lots of Dread audio editing
Made "Out with the old" video and posted to YouTube.
Read article from "Amateur Filmmaking"
Purged most of the stack of papers from last two years of classes and reformated sd cards with files from those classes (after making sure they were backed up).
Met with Caligari group and RSO and Helen.

day 12

New 4 Tb drive for main media purchased and cloned and installed.
Some Dread audio editing
Found bright, single bulb led lights, look at using them for small projectors.
Shot super-8, William in bed, finished the roll.
Read chapter of Amateur Filmmaking.
Met with An at cafe.
Talked with Dianne at University.

Day 11

Shot some super-8 of William for Mr. Saul taking Christmas lights down.
Read chapter of Amateur Filmmaking
Met with city regarding Caligari details.
Some Dread audio editing

day 10

Sunday.
Read chapter from Amateur Filmmaking
Shot super-8 of William looking through stereoscopic viewer. 

day 9

Saturday
Read article from "Amateur Filmmaking"
Went to "Hateful Eight" with Kevin. Sound was off. They paused the movie to fix it and gave us passes.
Some audio editing (one hour) on Dread.
Shot super-8 of William with Brian Gladwell at Heather Cline's party.

I should read this on alternative photographic process:  http://www.petermrhar.com/alternative%20photography/books/Alternative%20Photographic%20Tools%20-%20PREVIEW.pdf

day 8

Shot super-8 (Mr. Saul, same roll) William in school ground with strange new structure.
Met with Caligari Project, one hour with Robin at NDH, one hour with Tim and Nicole at MAG.
Read chapter of Amateur Filmmaking
small amount of Dread audio editing

day 7

Altered the Urban Myth video (changed when she is waving to before the airplane).
Edited more Dread audio
Caligari Screening at the RPL
Shot super-8 of William putting brain in jar and writing notes (basement)
Read article from Amateur Filmmaking

day 6

Read chapter from Amateur Filmmaking
Worked on editing Dread audio
Found ridiculous piece of audio and turned it into Urban Myth Fail
Shot William at piano on super-8
Sent out university announcement for German Expressionism films at RPL, starting tomorrow.

day 5

Met with An at coffee shop, 1 hour. She is reading about the difference in body language/expressions between cultures.
Doctor's appointments for me and William
Did pancake video with William
Shot super-8 making pancakes
Sent notes about amateur film books to Dianne and Rae.
Began editing audio files of Dread.
Read chapter from "Amateur Filmmaking"

day 4

Read essay from Amateur Filmmaking.
Caught up on annotation notes for previous books.
Posted Canister chapter 1 video and updated link to it on website.
Shot super-8 of William in front of his school (walking away) for Mr. Saul
Read the 3D issue of Photoed (#45).
Read 2BR02B, story by Kurt Vonnegut
Had conversation with Dianne.
Delivered animation artwork from basement to Christine (mostly from "My Idea", "Parable", "Dr. Watermellon", and "Angst"). 

day 3

Did crude set up of Canister and toy factory video, part one. Experimented with time mapping (which is easier than I'd thought it would be). Working on script for it at midnight.
Read from Amateur Filmmaking book. It is good.
Got photo magazine: special 3D issue.
Shot more Mr. Saul super-8, William in front of Christmas tree.
More cleaning on office. 

day 2, January 2

Shot more super-8: William in bed not wanting to be woken.
He pushes at the lens (this should be avoided, it hurts the eye), but reminds me to find similar shots of him putting lens cap on from earlier films.
Read essay from Amateur Filmmaking book.
Sorted files in basement and found 4 inch stack of artwork and notes from animated films from 80s, primarily "My Idea", "Parable", and "Dr. Watermellon". Also found scripts from numerous unmade projects from 80s. I wanted to transcribe one of them into a "GoAnimate" piece but my subscription is said to have expired and the program is no longer free. I looked into another couple programs but they didn't seem suitable.

day 1, January 1, 2016

I shot some super-8 of William eating and not wanting to to filmed for a new Mr. Saul.
I made a video of my fish.
I read the first article in Amateur Filmmaking book.
We played a game and watched new Sherlock.