day 63

Library, returned movies, borrowed two books (silent film and fairy tales and film).
bought 2 cylinders
bought cloth for expressionist film
bought glass bowl for oil and ink
bought cellophane and other props.
Talked to Mike Rollo, offered me a pink phone. I promised to return it with mp3 attached.

Day 62

Got plexiglass circle cut
wood class

Day 61, March 1

Strobe light arrived, tried it out a bit.
Kens arrived as well.
Met with An, talked about her animation.

Feb 29

Loosing track. I don't know what I did. Read some "Experimental Filmmaking" while William in piano. Pr
began digitizing tapes into the laptop (firewire deck to my computer wouldn't work)

Feb 28

Finished revising expressionist storyboard. Need some narration script.
Wrote out props and costumes list
Struggled with DV deck, can't patch it into my computer

Feb 27

Back to work expanding upon the expressionist film storyboards
In contact with Kaitlyn regarding Ken clothing

day 57

IMDB site, took out free membership for 30 days. Started updating myself. 

day 56

Caligari meeting with Joey T from Curtain Razors
Ordered Ken dolls
Bought second phone, $35, from antique store on Albert st
other online shopping

day 55

Received Canada Council grant letter. Now fully funded.

Feb 23

Coffee with An, Saqib, Sandra and Ravi. Full morning.
Read from Experimental Filmmaking

day 53

found bolts for bottom of phone
scanned more photos (bees mostly)
began editing words by Orson Welles
finished chapter one of Experimental Filmmaking: Break the Machine
finished 200 word bio and sent it to Stephen Broomer

day 52

Shot 2 rolls of super-8 in cemetery, reconstructing "A Grave Film". 

day 51

not much today. Read two pages of experimental film book.
Worked on video with William's eye. 

day 50 - Feb 19

wrote a few ideas for expressionist film expansion
took most of day off, sore back. This is That show

day 49

Read some Break the Machine book
Caligari meeting with German Club
Many Caligari messages on email
Number of grad program emails

day 48

Began reading Break the Machine book.
Woodworking class.

day 44-47

Winnipeg trip, brought note pads with good intentions, did no work.

day 43

Finished Sturges book
Typed notes
2 hour with Lifelong Learning Centre on Sullivan's Travels
Went to talk at university of "Post Secrets"

day 42

Caligari and Filmpool meeting
typing notes on Sullivan's travels
Tanya's lab, shot stills from super-8 films with microscope

Day 41

Scanning photos
woodworking class
preparing notes for LLC lecture

day 40

Stones Throw to meet students but none came.
Read more on Sturges, book and web
Outlined some Canister projects

day 39

finished scanning all the stereoscopic negatives (at least all that I've found).
read bunch of Preston Sturges book in prep for Friday talk. Started writing intro.
Midsummer Night's Dream: looking for typed script, need to get laptop
went to university, got Sturges collection, did travel paperwork, found software
Helped William and Rowan with their lego video

day 38

Scanning more stereoscopic negatives
Lint writing completed first draft, all hand written on prior script
Read couple pages of Sturges book

Day 37

More quick progress on Lint
Scanned two rolls of 2014 stereoscopic negatives
Read a bit of Sturges book
Had meeting with Christine, Elizabeth and Steve Reilly regarding vitrines. 

Day 36

Wrote some Lint, progressing qucker.
Went to movie: Hail Caesar
Scanned some negatives from 1991

day 35

Sent in Annual Information form today (late).
Nosferatu at the RPL

day 34

Caligari meeting with Schule
Frankenstein writing
Lint writing
Wood class

day 33

Coffee session, an hour with Jingyi.
Lint script, wrote lots. 

Day 32 (Feb 1)

Brought 1956 tv to Roland and determined that there was coaxial cable problem. Broken vertical hold knob can be turned by an eraser at end of pencil. Got it working.
Studio visit with Elizabeth, Chrystine, and Ken. All in hallway. Phone, Tv, stereoscopic images, Canister stuff including doll, operation, and helmet. Lots of puppets.

Met with Caligari Board, fun meeting. 

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.