I am dot StrangE

well i hope you finish in 2011 [sarcasm] cause the...

2009-11-12T07:39:08.032-08:00

well i hope you finish in 2011 [sarcasm] cause the world is going to end in 2012![/sarcasm]
yeah thats all I really had to say...lol

So far, the interwebS still too great for the syst...

2009-11-10T08:59:31.815-08:00

So far, the interwebS still too great for the system. So many people are still blowing the Wood, and some are like trying to decide "which side to work in".

There' s no fees in Europe for festivals, it's har...

2009-11-09T12:31:09.127-08:00

There' s no fees in Europe for festivals, it's hard enough just to make them, and that's propably the reason why "normal" people don't send films to USA. If your film is accepted in some festivals they pay you hotel, meals and if is small one even thr flight. The rule is, the bigger the festival the less they pay (ex Annecy/France). In the smallest you have more time to talk and see some conferences.

Yeah, and if you're smart and sign up for google a...

2009-11-09T10:23:19.259-08:00

Yeah, and if you're smart and sign up for google adsense, being featured on youtube pays _you_ instead of you having to pay some crap film festival to have your film rejected.

@bllius Well I'm just going on recent history... ...

2009-11-09T06:10:11.823-08:00

@bllius

Well I'm just going on recent history... the three people I've seen who have completed animated features on theY own and posted the whole thang on youtube we're all featured by youtube....Wats, Archon Defender, and Sita Sings the Blues.

How are you supposed to do this part? For every mo...

2009-11-09T04:45:38.801-08:00

How are you supposed to do this part? For every movie you release?

"NO FILM FESTIVAL can match the exposure you can get for being feature on youtube for just one day... "

Yeah I gotta totally agree with you on this one. ...

2009-11-09T01:26:45.293-08:00

Yeah I gotta totally agree with you on this one. Film festivals are a huge money hole, except Skyfest (cuz they gave me an award... and actually accepted my film where all the other ones I've sent to haven't but still took my money...)

So... I had my own film festival: I rented a theater myself and partied it up with all my friends and cool ppl. (and ended up breaking even at the end too ;)

MDot! rockin! love this post.

2009-11-08T22:43:52.800-08:00

MDot! rockin! love this post.

Wow, I never realized how much they suck you dry. ...

2009-11-08T21:20:54.448-08:00

Wow, I never realized how much they suck you dry. Pah, independent? I'd say it's elitist still.

I would pee my pants if I got to see HSM on a big screen. Unfortunately I have no film festials in my future really. There's got to be a cheap way to get a megaHD version out there... bluRay perhaps? Send me a copy and I'd assure you it shall be played on the biggest screen i can find.

don't even bother with the admission fee. Do you ...

2009-11-08T18:37:23.739-08:00

don't even bother with the admission fee. Do you really need to pay them what it probably costs you to eat for a month to tell if your movie is legit? Peep the youtube channel suckaszzzzzz.

Better to go buy 100 lottery tickets for all the good it'll do for you.

LOLz, I haven't even gotten anywhere there yet. Bu...

2009-11-08T09:21:01.074-08:00

LOLz, I haven't even gotten anywhere there yet. But, I have the same conflicts that you guys have.

I can't wait for MdotStrange to finish his movie and get out that book of his. I am totally eager to learn and get somewhere!

I have similar issues when I'm trying to "write" my ideas down, or do like picture promts or short stories or whatever. Though this stronghold is becoming less & less apparent thank goodness.

I guess this is nothing surprising, but like all this stuff in my head are too ambiguous, abstract, not concrete, and all over the place, and I can get my ideas together. It's a total mess. And I probably think of so many ideas at once. Plus it seems like with almost every project I plan to make, it's like a whole flippin universe, man! Know what I'm saying?

But we'll get there, and it's gonna pay off..

I know how you feel bro, i get that with my own st...

2009-11-07T18:12:51.966-08:00

I know how you feel bro, i get that with my own stories and comics. Im too scared often, hesitating if im any good. ESPECIALLY with dailouge.

You've overcome it. I haven't.

I have made progress with the comic though, but ive been hit with some hard criticisms, especially about some language and character clothing.

I never have any idea of what I'm working on. O_o

2009-11-06T19:34:57.243-08:00

I never have any idea of what I'm working on. O_o

That's a good point imaginario. Over this summer I...

2009-11-04T09:00:49.110-08:00

That's a good point imaginario. Over this summer I had 3 different projects I was working on..I only managed to get one done though.

Other important thing that a loooot of people (lik...

2009-11-04T05:47:16.574-08:00

Other important thing that a loooot of people (like myself) forget is - work ONLY on a project at the time.
You loose energy and focus, leave the multithread for computers...

You know what's funny is I've realized that myself...

2009-11-03T21:33:17.883-08:00

You know what's funny is I've realized that myself lately. I try to make videos for my youtube and I have friends I make videos with too but both have been failing lately. So I was thinking a lot about that lately. Then I had to do yet another report for school(Which usually means another long hard to think up mess of a report to make)
Then someone told me that the reason it was probably so annoying for me is because I just grab some paper and go..and that I should outline my reports first..so I decided to try that and so I found myself spending more time pre-thinking my report rather then just writing it to get it out of the way and it ended up being like 100 times easier because of it!..Then I start hearing ppl say stuff about knowing what you want before you make a game/movie/song..and it hit me. All those old fan games I had seen as a kid that looked so cool that were never finished..I bet the reason they weren't was because the creators didn't know what they wanted. They just started making it and got a few good graphic artists..maybe a good programmer..and they might have made a cool small demo..but in the end they were never completed.

So ya I know probably 80% of this post won't apply to anyone reading it but basically I'm learning that if I want to get anywhere with my project then I have to know what I want. As long as I know what I want then all that's left is to do it! I won't waste time trying to think it up and make it at the same time if I have the thinking done before hand.

Seeing your post is yet more confirmation to me :) ..although it is starting to sound completely obvious to me.

Good luck on your computer storage problems btw.

dude u gotta put all this pure win youve learned i...

2009-11-03T19:31:17.900-08:00

dude u gotta put all this pure win youve learned into yer book especially all the pre pro stuff for the ppl like me who wanna make films but are unfamiliar with how to do all that

watchin u bust out features is very inspiring too

Hi mdotstrange, I'm a 3D beginner and am enjoying...

2009-11-03T01:53:26.407-08:00

Hi mdotstrange,

I'm a 3D beginner and am enjoying your tutorials on Youtube. However just one quick question, since your video clips are longer than the usual 10min limit for most users, so you have a special account with Youtube? And I assume there is extra payment involved. I'd very much appreciate if you could direct me as to who I can contact at Youtube, so I can find out more info on this. (I've been trying all I can to reach them, but received no reply so far).

Thanks stacks.

Vincent (vpchao@gmail.com)

I love "imperfections". I look forward to seeing h...

2009-10-30T18:34:32.873-07:00

I love "imperfections".
I look forward to seeing how you expressed these elements in HSM

Procrastination is a dear foe. I call for a face p...

2009-10-30T10:25:23.559-07:00

Procrastination is a dear foe. I call for a face punching of procrastination NAO!

Wait though if your taking the time to read this then you'd better have your quota out of the way! If not then like gir said: GET BACK TO WORK!haha

Shut it! Get back to work!

2009-10-30T09:29:03.255-07:00

Shut it! Get back to work!

mdot: have you seen this technique: http://www.vi...

2009-10-28T21:03:04.312-07:00

mdot: have you seen this technique: http://www.vimeo.com/5660045

You know I actually just thought that was a nice p...

2009-10-28T19:18:15.954-07:00

You know I actually just thought that was a nice photo and didn't even notice errors until you pointed them out.

Kinda like a while back I was making a video and I saved an unfinished version with crappy quality just so that I could see it all together (My view port in the editing software wasn't playing in real time) and then later when I finished the video with the uber hd quality and all that I looked at the two and strangely enough I liked the look of the lower quality one better. Almost gave a bit of a film like quality to it..Not amazing looking but just nicer to me. Sadly I was making this video with a group and they wanted it perfect looking so I was like oh wells :(

But now I know! :D

20 minutes in a month is so intense... Have you be...

2009-10-27T08:42:34.261-07:00

20 minutes in a month is so intense... Have you been training in 100x gravity?
I need to know how I can do this. Where can I find out more about motion clips in C4D?

20 minutes in a month??? man you are n't human. Ma...

2009-10-26T14:06:18.402-07:00

20 minutes in a month??? man you are n't human. Master Mdot is a machine...