Nagasaki-circus hell

[Rachel Peters]

Intellectricity

"No, no. Martin Ewen can NOT end up being the most sane of the three of us."

-- Lee Zimmerman

[Rachel Peters]

You know what I love?
In just about everything that's a notch above, or at the very least, adventurous, you’ve got to take a leap of ignorance.

It always seems to take an outsider to have a concept that’s actually quite impossible to accomplish to make something great happen.

If I knew how difficult something was going to be before I ventured out to do it, I’d probably rarely try.

I don’t know what marionettes are or are not capable of doing. I storyboarded like an animator, not a puppeteer.

Lee is just wrapping his mind around my fantastical brain full of green screen.

Together… I’m happy with where this is going, which is rare for me.

Inspiring things have been happening under this roof – things that hit me deep in the gut. They make me happy to wake up and easy to fall asleep.

All because of one cynical mime’s diary and a sad chimp.

...That chimp's alright. High five.

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i must

I have to show off... I HAVE to.

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and a close up.

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Koko

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Beepbeep

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Mouse, with in-line, dangly feet.

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cheese plate

fun times, eating cheese.

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Last night I furred the poodle. ...and that's not even a euphemism! ...As if I know any.

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I just need to paint the elephant's legs to match his towel body.
His trunk is filled with marbles.
For some reason I didn't intend for the puppets to completely match my drawings because my drawings were design very flat - almost leaning on the side of cubist. But Zimmer insisted it'd be great and hilarious to build it all the same and I'm glad we went in that direction.
The elephant's face is entirely on one side of his head and his legs are in-line like the mouse's. These legs, however, are a little bit off-set, like zig-zagging -- again, Nutbar's brilliant idea. (I'm not sure anyone cares about these details but we two.)

Dried wood glue looks just like sickly eye crusties.

...I'm pretty sure that elephant wants to kill me.

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Lee calls him "Pazuzu"

A finished Elephant:

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[Mr.Taxi Trix]

You may be right about the elephant's intentions. Sleep with a tazer for awhile, if you're not already.


That poodle is seriously evil!


Where do I buy my tickets for this thing?

[Rachel Peters]

Your ticket to see the film will only cost you $10,000 and will get you a credit as "Executive Co-Producer".

I finish the puppets and props/sets from now until April, when Zimmer comes back to film with me.
Then I composite and edit until my eyeballs fall out and hopefully finish this baby sometime in the summer.

Then, if I have no grants (waiting on word for that) it's fully up to me to apply to every single film festival I can find and afford.
It's all about the festivals, baby.
...I'll be sure to make a bazillion DVD's too.

Hope I don't crap this thing up.

(oh, and somewhere in there I might have to go find Ewen in Hawaii to rerecord our voice overs... sucks being me, eh? being FORCED to go to Hawaii??)

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Our Maid:

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Duplicate Sleepy-Time Lurky:

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I have yet to finish the bed, but the matress is pretty sweet, if I do say so (and I do).

Lee was uncomfortable with the nipples I keep insisting on detailing on my characters, so I considered giving Lurk pasties (with tassels)... but then I'd have to do it to all the characters for consistency, so I opted against it.

I stabbed myself pretty badly while sewing that blanket and made a point of leaving my blood drips and shmears all over it, for effect. I also spilled some coffee on it. Now it's really a piece of me.