Gearing up for Round 2

Today, I finally found a demo page for iStopMotion that actually works, after searching in vain for months. Still, if I go with the demo of the new 2.0 version, I would have to renew it every five days, compared to once a week for the old one, so that could get kind of tedious. Still, buying the version that has the noise reduction feature (something I really need) would cost $100, compared to the slightly lesser version which my parents said they'd buy for $50. On the other hand, I do have After Effects, which I'm sure has something similar to noise reduction that I could use, so maybe I don't really need all the fancy stuff on this other program anyway. I'll have to see.

As for everything else, Round 2 of filming should be beginning some time this week, probably Wednesday or Thursday. I don't have a nice little schedule like last time, because 1) I know I won't be able to keep up with it, and 2) why go to the trouble if I'm not really going to use it? Looking at the script as I go is quite easy enough, and that's really all I need. Anyway, if all goes (very) well, I hope to have the majority of the filming done by the end of the summer so I have the next school year to do all of the post-production stuff, releasing it by next summer. I highly doubt that's really going to happen; heck, that's what I was saying this time last year and I only have a little over three minutes of footage to show for it. It doesn't look like the summer English assignments are going to be nearly as difficult as last summer, seeing that my English teacher is retiring at the end of the year. No Bible-length novels about Michelangelo. I do have to read "The Scarlet Letter" and a biography of my choice, but hopefully those won't be too difficult. Yep, so right now I'm working on clearing off my filming area, which has collected various articles over the past several months. I've misplaced my paintbrush I use for dusting stuff off, so I'll have to find that as well. The next shot I have to do is the over-the-shoulder one of That Darn Smoker looking at the ID card, then the whole scene with the first flashback. This summer's all about filming, foo!