This is a resource I wrote on clapboard operation. It is not by any stretch of the imagination meant to be definitive. It is is only meant to illustrate the method of clapboard operation we prefer to use on our productions. However, if you find it useful for yours, please feel free to download and refer to it.
Click here to download “Code of the Clapboard” in PDF format.
It has been a little while since I’ve posted about the progress on The Green Machine. Things are still moving along. I just finished editing the longest scene of the movie this morning and besides a couple of sloppy edits which I’ll fix later on, it looks pretty good. It still amazes me what people who can act can do to dead words. I’ll go back to editing this evening once I get off work and try to knock out another scene.
Something connected to The Green Machine in a very roundabout way is my recent rediscovery of Dr. Syn, a series of stories written by Russell Thorndike (check Dragon’s post Thee where I’ve posted some on Thorndike and his stories). The stories loosely center (very loosely I might add) on the character of Captain Clegg, a retired pirate hiding out as a vicar named Dr. Syn. Syn and his men ride about the marshes dressed as scarecrows scaring off the King’s men (I think… to be honest I don’t know. It’s pretty hard to pay attention to a story where characters keep on talking about “rascally pirates”). It is all pretty Scooby Doo and awful to be honest. However, I really like the idea of scarecrows. Among other characters, the original Ameviathan universe was to feature two scarecrows (who knows, it one day still might). The scarecrows of the Syn-verse are pretty dark, and at least in feel suggest a very spooky vision that artists like Mark Masztal have picked up on.
I was interviewed today for a young lady’s research paper. Thought I’d share with you my responses; knowledge is power.
[Mr. Webb sic] When I looked at your profile on www.thecpgroup.org I was unsure of your connection to cerebral palsy. Do you have CP or do you work with individuals that have CP? In any case, I compiled a couple lists of questions so you can answer those which are appropriate:
I have cerebral palsy and I work with folks with a wide spectrum of disabilities, including CP. My CP is mild compared to most, I walk with two canes for balance and have limited range of motion in my hips, legs, and feet. My speech, vision, and hearing is not effected. My cognitive ability, although some may beg to differ, is unaffected.
Behold I am become Quirt Evans! Casually imperious in the saddle, Swinging mighty staves to batter down my foes, Fists clenched, quaking in rightous Quaker rage, Run amok in bar and bordello, Hurling cornsilk-haired hussies wrecklessly through the air. What smart tounged sneak-foot sheriff Would loan this outlaw new rope? Or What forward doe-eyed Friend dare slack His bad man's thirst for violence And divine spark enkindle?
What is this I hear going on about me? Needing to conceal that I had little hope Perhaps I was worried about what wouldn’t be Unsure if these feelings will ever know it’s not a joke I pen this looking from the outside in Delighted in revealing that thoughts can evolve Calm shadows cast by generations of souls within They would never have sought my help to solve Outcomes, solutions, conclusions, the end Later we will discover the epilogue’s brightness Now we must adapt and bend and avoid the trends Knowing that eternity will demonstrate her genius
