Melonpool Film

The ramblings of a cartoonist slowly descending into madness as he attempts to make a puppet movie.

Saturday, April 08, 2006

Mayberry interviews Billy West

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In what could be Mayberry's closest brush with stardom yet, the intrepid puppet interviews voice actor Billy West (Futurama, Ren and Stimpy, etc.). They discuss fame, fortune, puppetry and the 2006 San Diego Comic-Con.

Thursday, April 06, 2006

There's an Alien in my Room!

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Yesterday, I was supposed to go to Legoland with Danielle McCutcheon and her son Nicholas. Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately), the weather didn't cooperate and we were rained in.

Now, back when Danielle, her husband Dan and I were in high school, we made tons of Star Trek movies (among other video masterpieces) and recently, Nick has become a big fan of the Muppets and my little Melonpool test videos. What to do... what to do...

And, as luck would have it, I had both the Mayberry puppet and my video camera in my car, so we hatched upon a plan to make a little puppet movie. Be sure to stick around for the bloopers!

Monday, April 03, 2006

Wall o' Script!

I did a lot of work on the script this weekend. I'm writing it as three Acts -- each of which can stand on their own as a separate "episode." If I can film it all as one film I will, but more than likely, the first act will be filmed and possibly parts of the third, and we'll do the second and rest of the third depending on the response to the first part.

I'm really jazzed about this project... and I think you will be as well! I was going to post some of my notes, but was afraid they might reveal too much about the story. Hope you'll be satisfied with a blurry photo instead. ;)