Deciding the fate of TDS

Well, school starts on Monday, which means that any production will be going a much slower rate than it has this summer. And this summer has gone way slower than I anticipated. So I really don't know what to do. I probably need at least two months for scoring, which leaves just about two months for filming. At the rate I'm going, the chances of finishing the whole thing by the December deadline seem pretty scant. I think what I might do - or probably will do - is not try to rush to finish by the deadline, like what ultimately happened with my THAC 3 entry (on a much smaller scale). My only hope for the whole thing is that another contest will come up in the coming years that is similar to or better than the MoB contest that I can still enter That Darn Smoker into. There has been mention of such a contest a few times, maybe one without such overly strict guidelines regarding copyrighted material. That has really been an issue with me and other people intending to enter the contest. I still can't figure how 27 people are planning on entering the contest, some of which haven't even started filming or anything. They just must not have as big ambitions as me. That always seems to be the problem - I come with these ideas that would be really cool if I ever finished them, but it gets to be too hefty of a task and I don't finish.

As far as filming, I haven't gotten anything done since the last update. It's mostly due to my dejection over school starting and unwillingness to film stuff because of that. I haven't given up completely, mind you, and I will finish this project, even if it isn't for the MoB Contest. Again, I'm hoping that another contest comes up that I can still enter it in.