Sunday, July 18, 2010
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
"Mad City Chickens" Returning to Madison for Screening
~ Friday July 9th Madison, Wisconsin - Public Screening presented by the Madison Waldorf School and Troy Community Gardens (as part of the Olbrich Gardens garden tour) - 8:00pm Troy Gardens, 500 block of Troy Drive.
Troy Gardens. Image via uwsp.edu.
Monday, July 5, 2010
Tobermory: A Sample of Saki
While Tobermory is not one of the stories that we are adapting into film, it is a sample of Saki's biting wit and superb use of the English language. Below is a short audio snippet from the story.
Video posted by AudiobooksMP3
Saturday, July 3, 2010
The Quotable Saki
Saki's biting wit is evident in his creative use of the English language.
Video posted by CreativeQuotations
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Friday, June 25, 2010
Two Sceenings of Mad City Chickens Tonight!
Mad City Chickens screens in two cities tonight:
~ Cambridge, New York, Public Screening sponsored by Hubbard Hall Projects - 7:00pm Hubbard Hall, Beacon Feed Studio, 25 East Main Street (about an hour NE of Albany).
~ Lockport, Illinois - Public Screening sponsored by Lockport CLUCK - 7:00pm Central Square Building, 222 E. 9th Street, 3rd Floor (about 40 minutes SW of downtown Chicago).
~ Cambridge, New York, Public Screening sponsored by Hubbard Hall Projects - 7:00pm Hubbard Hall, Beacon Feed Studio, 25 East Main Street (about an hour NE of Albany).
~ Lockport, Illinois - Public Screening sponsored by Lockport CLUCK - 7:00pm Central Square Building, 222 E. 9th Street, 3rd Floor (about 40 minutes SW of downtown Chicago).
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Saki No Saint
Saki (pseudonym for Hector Hugh Munro, 1870-1916) is well known for his macabre short stories with eccentric characters. His dark biting humor most assuredly stems from his childhood years where he was brought up in England by stern aunts who "frequently used the birch and whip."
V.S. Pritchett is quoted as saying, "Saki writes like an enemy. Society has bored him to the point of murder. Out laughter is only a note or two short of a scream of fear." Saki said himself said that his stories are "true enough to be interesting and not true enough to be tiresome."
In regard to material suitable for filmic storytelling, there is a wealth. Perusing the catalog of his writings, we found a few gems where the balance between wit and edge is such a perfect synergism and where cynicism is kept in check. It is from these jewels that we are creating the story for our next feature.
V.S. Pritchett is quoted as saying, "Saki writes like an enemy. Society has bored him to the point of murder. Out laughter is only a note or two short of a scream of fear." Saki said himself said that his stories are "true enough to be interesting and not true enough to be tiresome."In regard to material suitable for filmic storytelling, there is a wealth. Perusing the catalog of his writings, we found a few gems where the balance between wit and edge is such a perfect synergism and where cynicism is kept in check. It is from these jewels that we are creating the story for our next feature.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
The Multi-Plane Camera
The Multiplane Camera enabled the early Disney studio to create the realism needed for feature-length animations.
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