Anytime one gets a chance to reference Spinal Tap, one must take it. The song in this blog’s subtitle is one of the group’s funniest.<\/p>\n
So, over the past week I’ve been taking some vacation time from work. (‘Cause you know, starting movies is oh so exhausting…) Among my accomplishments was getting a clearer idea on the release possibilities for “Baron Wasteland.” Sadly, life has intervened, and the interview segments are currently on hold until probably the summer. But that’s just provided some rather interesting possibilities, and a chance to think a bit “outside the box” on what I can do to promote this series.<\/p>\n
Currently, the plan is such. With all its’ shots done, I will be spending the next week or so editing the materials for “Chapter 2” (subtitled, “Lemur See, Lemur Due”) in time so I can submit that- along with “Movement I” of “Unwinnable Hand”- to the Dragon*Con Film Festival. After that, filming will (hopefully) commence of the rest of the series, including getting the interview segments with my mother completed, allowing me to get “Chapter 1” finished in time for a hopeful August debut online (hopefully preceeding a D*C debut of “Chapter 2″…cross your fingers), and allowing me to get the remainder of the chapters done and released on a cycle that will go through the rest of the year.<\/p>\n
“Chapter 2” is, in more ways than one, perhaps the most personal of the series. You can read the history of my unusual nickname in my short story “Requiem for a Lemur: A Short Story of the Grand Lemur”<\/b> over at MySpace<\/a>, or you can just wait for “Chapter 2,” which adds another wrinkle in the mythology by its’ film-within-a-film, a documentary on lemurs the Baron wrote and directed to get the word out on these fascinating creatures. That film is entitled “Requiem for a Ringtail: From One Lemur to Another”<\/b>, and was filmed over the weekend, with editing and narration and music recorded over the past couple of days (the score<\/a> of which is now available online for listening).<\/p>\n “But Brian,” you ask, “how did you film lemurs on your limited means and resources? Aren’t they halfway around the world?” Why yes, they are. To answer your questions, I’ll let the script do the talking…<\/p>\n “BRIAN 4\tTITLE CARD<\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Endangered Project\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n BRIAN Thankfully, in the mid-80s an animal preserve on St. Catherine\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Crushed, but still determined, I decided to take matters into my 5\tTITLE CARD<\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Lemur Way\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n EXT. Yard<\/p>\n We see Brian and a few friends in the front yard of his house. They are moving plastic lemurs around as a cameraman shoots them. <\/p>\n BRIAN Linger on cut footage of the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153lemurs\u00e2\u20ac\u009d from what they shot before cutting to Brian, at his computer, with a microphone in his hand, as he records narration over footage.”<\/p>\n Thanks for reading,<\/p>\n Brian Skutle Click here<\/a> to read my second “Baron Wasteland” Production Diary. Click here<\/a> to read my latest entry in my “Unwinnable Hand” Production Diary.<\/p>\n
\nThe more I read about these regal creatures, however, the more
\nintriguing- and fitting- the nickname became. I wanted to learn
\nmore, to be one with these adorable animals. I wanted to be in
\ntouch with my inner lemur. I decided to make a documentary.<\/p>\n
\nNow, ideally, I would have like to go to the lemur\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s homeland
\nof Madagascar to film footage of these curious animals, as well
\nas to study them. (Cut to Brian tracing trek to Madagascar on
\nglobe or map.) Unfortunately, I had neither the resources nor
\nthe inclination to subject myself to that type of environment for
\nsuch an expedition.<\/p>\n
\nisland in the Georgia Barrier Islands had brought some lemurs a
\nlittle closer to home. Sadly, when I approached them, saying that I
\nwanted to learn about my ancestors the lemur for a documentary
\nI was doing, well, let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s just say they weren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t shy about their disdain
\nfor my attitude and exploitation of the lemurs.<\/p>\n
\nown hands\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n
\nIf the real world wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t give me access to the animals I
\ncame to love, well, (Cut to Brian inside, in chair.) I would
\nfind my own way to pay tribute to the delightful creature.
\nSo I rounded up all the toy lemurs I could find- and all
\nthe adults I could find willing to get their hands dirty for
\nthe cause- and went to work. (Cut to Brian and co. prepping
\nthe lemurs, and getting ready.) There were moments where I
\nreally felt like I was watching real lemurs interact.<\/p>\n
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