Posted by jay on April 5, 2004, at 6:01:51
In reply to Re: A movie I made!!! :-) » jay, posted by bookgurl99 on April 4, 2004, at 21:38:53
> Jay --
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> I really liked it. It was mesmerizing enough to make me listen to the music, which I normally wouldn't do. I particularly liked the row of dancing women. :D
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> I am amazed that you've broken through your pain to concentrate on creating.
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> Are you doing better? I hope you get some >relief soon.Thanks so much BG. The hardest part was thinking up the designs, and most are traced from real pictures. There are even actual pics in the Flash movie. It’s not too hard to do, with some of the amazing Flash tools they have out there. Mostly, you just insert things on a timeline, and the program runs through the images along that line. That’s the simple explanation..as there is some other stuff you have to do involving inserting angles, and many other variables. But I am glad you like it. :-) Yahh..the “Bee-Bop” girl was fun to put in.(you liked those hip moves, eh?..;-)..and since I love the song that goes with it, it helped me to explore further aspects of my dreams. I love the metaphors and imagery..like “Secret places of the heart..”..”Distant voices, signal fires”..”Dream - a walk in the wilderness”. As you and so many of us know with depression, dreams can often be very exotic, and often I wake up and go “What the hell???” So, I thought adding in a torrent of deep symbolism a small movie would allow was a great angle.
As far as the creativity and my depression, it took about half a year to do this, so it was a slow process and sometimes after working on it..I’d have to go lay down..heh. Luckily I had a good friend who helped me tons with this, as I am *no* computer-type person to begin with. My niece, who is also a photographic design artist, helped me using the programs like Photoshop and Paintshop. I could never go through so much again though...but...well, maybe...we’ll see..heh. I am now looking for better treatment with a new psychiatrist, and my family doc has taken a bold step and increased my meds beyond conventional levels until I get into another pdoc.
Thanks so much again...and I too hope you are doing well, even though I read your accounts of difficulties of being both on and off meds. I have a bit more to say on your school problems below...so I’ll write them there. Take good care,
Best,
Jay
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