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Friday, April 30, 2021

Post 412 - Progress Report - Ongoing Animation Tests

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 Almost halfway there - some progress GIFs.... (c) 2021 Jim Middleton, The Animating Apothecary (c) 2021 Jim Middleton, The Animating Apothe...

Open Mike Night - Outline for a Lip Synch Project

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 Open Mike Night - for eventual lip synch animation project Onstage - Reading from a phone book...finger moves down page - “AAAAAAAAAAAAAA ....
Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Post 411 - Another Day, Another Newsletter - for "Later in the Spring, 2021"

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Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Post 410 - From the Hermetic Sensora of John Gage - PANAMAMA

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  Panamama Panamama, you’re my girl Panamama, I been around this world You’re the only girl I see Panamama, you got my heart Had it thumpin’...
Wednesday, April 14, 2021

FOX on the Death of Bernie Madoff

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Bernie Madoff, second most notorious con man and Ponzi schemer, is dead at 82. FOX blames immigration at the southern US border. "I ...
Friday, April 09, 2021

FOX on the Passing of Prince Phillip

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Prince Phillip is dead at 99. FOX news is asking when the Queen plans to remarry. "Being queen is no job for a woman, especially a sin...
Wednesday, April 07, 2021

Post 409 - Afternoons with a Happy Heart

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 A variation on an earlier theme: (c) 2021 Animating Apothecary, Jim Middleton
Tuesday, April 06, 2021

Post 408 - Oh the Humanity! Stop the Flicker!

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A PSA for the Anti-Wind Weary: (cc) 2021 Jim Middleton The Animating Apothecary
Sunday, April 04, 2021

Post 407 - Happy Eggs Mean a Happy Easter!

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 (cc) 2021 The Animating Apothecary, Jim Middleton
Thursday, April 01, 2021

Post 406 - 2021 Spring - ASIFA Central Newsletter

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Post 405 - Speak Easily - 1932 - Editing Exercise - Sequences 11 and 12 blend for The Climax and We're OUTTA HERE!

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At times, portions of the final section of Speak Easily  seem to predict the climax of A Night at the Opera , with Keaton swinging from the ...

Post 404 - Speak Easily - 1932 - Editing Exercise - Sequence 10 - The First Act

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And so it begins - the show starts, Keaton reels from a sincere kiss and things start falling apart.  A face in the crowd is targeted as som...

Post 403 - Speak Easily - 1932 - Editing Exercise - Sequence 9 - Opening Night

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Speak Easily  has been building up to this point.  Unlike A Night at the Opera  three years later, the show is supposed to go on, and we...

Post 402 - Speak Easily - 1932 - Editing Exercise - Sequence 8 - Fixing the Situation

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The sequence begins with a Durante caricature with his nose protruding downward at a specific angle.  It comes at a reel change, so it is ex...

Post 401 - Speak Easily - 1932 - Editing Exercise - Sequence 7 - The Awkward Seduction

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Considering the chemistry that Thelma Todd had with the Marx Brothers in Horsefeathers , also from 1932, it is interesting to compare her sc...

Post 400 - Speak Easily - 1932 - Editing Exercise - Sequence 6 - The Rehearsal and Paying Rent

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The rehearsal is centered around Durante and Toler, and somewhere along the line, someone (possibly the film's editor) noticed that the ...
Wednesday, March 31, 2021

Post 399 - Speak Easily - 1932 - Editing Exercise - Sequence 5 - Broadway Bound and Down to Business with Thelma

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Despite Durante's brash presence, he brings the picture a splash of welcome energy with a bit of his anthem, "Can Broadway Do Witho...

Post 398 - Speak Easily - 1932 - Editing Exercise - Sequences 3 and 4 - To the Show! and The Professor Saves the Show!

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TO THE SHOW! Sequence 3 of Speak Easily is one of the smoothest of the film.  It begins with goodbyes at the station, with Keaton getting m...
Monday, March 29, 2021

Post 397 -Speak Easily - 1932 - Editing Exercise - Sequence 2 - The TRAIN

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The first sequence was a warm up for this class project to play with the 1932 Keaton film, "Speak Easily." Once the Professor has ...
Sunday, March 28, 2021

Speak Easily - 1932 - Editing Exercise - Sequence 1 - The Set Up

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There are the ruins of a good comedy in the penultimate Keaton feature for MGM, "Speak Easily."  Released in 1932, it has the typi...