ANOTHER WORD FROM OUR LEADER
Luke and Zoe are leaving the project at this point so there is a handover in progress. Please bear with me while we sort out the state of play and get a clearer view of what has been produced to-date so that loose ends can be tied up and the production can move forward. The meeting with the AFC went well today. A decision will probably be made tomorrow in Melbourne by the head of Film Development as to whether or not the AFC invests in the project. You'll find the rest of this letter here:
http://thequality.com/flics/10weeks/blog/archives/002023.html#002023
THE NERDS ARE TALKING ABOUT US
Even Slashdot have picked up on our project's recent run-ins with the MEAA. Read all about it here:
http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/05/03/15/2145245.shtml?tid=155&tid=153
HOLLYWOOD'S HOPES FOR BITTORRENT
The Washington Post notes that while the Motion Picture Association of America is waging war against illegal P2P file sharing, there has been no moves against BitTorrent developers and users directly. The paper suggests optimistically that this may be the key to legal distribution in the future. BitTorrent does have its issues, particularly when it comes to distributing content for which there is a markedly smaller audience, than say Harry Potter films, but it is definitely the one to watch and what other programs will evolve from.
DICK GETS RE-ANIMATED
Richard Linklater's faithful adaptation of Philip K. Dick's novel 'A Scanner Darkly' is being brought to full paranoid life via Bob Sabiston's gloriously surreal software abilities, which, as in the team's previous 'Waking Life', utilizes hi-def filmmaking overlayed with a rich, rotoscope-inspired animation. This time out, however, Linklater is eschewing the dreamy, existentialist look of that previous film in favour of a more realistic approach. The final look of the film resembles the most sophisticated animé (a la Ghost in the Shell/Innocence) drenched in a sort of hyperrealistic, painterly scheme that rests atop the talents of bankable Hollywood bigwigs such as Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Jr and Woody Harrelson. Judging by the nature of the content, something tells me that Linklater wouldn't be opposed to someone taking on a remix of this little baby! Read the article here:
http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2005-01-21/screens_string_all.html
and see the teaser here:
http://www.apple.com/trailers/warner_independent_pictures/a_scanner_darkly.html
SCIENCE FICTION GURU QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words." - Philip K. Dick