Year: 2009

The Box

Once upon a time, a man named Richard Matheson wrote a short story called “Button, Button,” and it was good. Sixteen years later, that story was rewritten for the small screen as an episode of the Twilight Zone, and it

Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

Someone (I can’t find who) requested a dark version of “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy”. I couldn’t find the originals, but I did redo it this week, and made 3 versions. There is still the version I did in

What, me Twitter?

Yes, your Movie Critic Next Door has given in to a trend. I’m now on Twitter, as MovieCriticND. So head on over and watch me struggle to keep myself within 140 characters. It’s amusing.

The MCND has not disappeared!

I’m trying to figure out this Twitter thing everyone keeps tweeting on. And yes, me trying to complete a thought in a mere 140 characters is difficult. Just those first two sentences would put me over by twelve letters. But!

Impact.

This is a new style of working for me. It is almost a “mini-album”. This comes in at about 15 minutes total for 6 pieces. If you are putting together a short film and use one of these, it is

Easier to use Graph Paper Maker

If the inverting absolute size into “Lines per inch” notation was driving you batty, I have a new generator which works in a different way! Try it here.