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“The Dumb Man” Premiere Q&A
Chat took place on Jan 27, 2008
-sponsored by Machiniplex.com
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-Ricky Grove is the moderator-Tracey Elaine Sanderson is the directorof “The Dumb Man”
In attendance = artcgirrl, Johnnie Ingram, Surrealia Anatine (love that name),bllius, Ingrid Moon, zuckerman77, Damian (Darth Angelus) and the silentbiggstrek (?)Note: Tracy's comments are highlighted in pale green.
Ricky Grove says: If anyone is here for the Premiere for “The Dumb Man”, the director,Lainy Voom, will be here shortly.Ricky Grove says: We decided to continue with the Skype chat instead of a phone callbecause the last time we tried a call it was a disasterTracey Elaine Sanderson says: Hi, I’ve added Surrealia (OneJovialSim) and Artcgrrl (Tams) :)artcgrrl says: Hello. :)Ricky Grove says: And considering how rough yesterday’s Machinima meeting was, I thinkwe should just stick with chat for nowRicky Grove says: Hi artcgrrl!Ricky Grove says: Another advantage of chat is that we can easily archive it for blogs, etc.Ricky Grove says: It’s slow, so bear with us. Ingrid Moon, my other Machiniplex pal, will bewith us shortly.Ricky Grove says: and I’m hoping the elusive Jason Choi will put in an appearance!Ricky Grove says: So..has everyone seen the new version of “The Dumb Man” yet?Tracey Elaine Sanderson says: CoolJohnnie Ingram says: Yep indeedy.Tracey Elaine Sanderson says: I just tidied it up a bit, not much changeartcgrrl says: Yes.
 
Surrealia Anatine says: yepRicky Grove says: How did the flash version look/play to you at machiniplex? (I just got it uplast night) I was wondering about the quality?artcgrrl says: It looks good.Johnnie Ingram says: Works fine for me.Tracey Elaine Sanderson says: YupRicky Grove says: My first time placing the film on our site with programming. Took a bit,but it looks good to meRicky Grove says: I really like flash encoding for movies. The file size is very small, yet thequality is still high.Tracey Elaine Sanderson says: Yeah it still looks very clear for the file sizeRicky Grove says: BTW, you can download a large (120mb) version of the film right from theflash window. Its the wmv file that Trace sent me this week.artcgrrl says: Oh wow. I didn’t realize that.Johnnie Ingram says: Didn’t notice that – now
that’s
cool.Ricky Grove says: We had quite a time getting the encoding right. Right trace!Tracey Elaine Sanderson says: Hahah you can say that again, I’m not the most technicalperson everRicky Grove says: Ah, I’m getting the cart before the horse. Let me introduce Trace (LainyVoom) the director of “The Dumb Man”. (nudge...you’re on!)Tracey Elaine Sanderson says: Hello! I feel a little daft I must admit.Ricky Grove says: :)Tracey Elaine Sanderson says: :)Ricky Grove says: clap clap clapartcgrrl says: Yes applause, aplauseRicky Grove says: Well, you don’t look daft, I’ll tell you.Tracey Elaine Sanderson says: *takes little bowRicky Grove says: Thanks for letting us premiere your film on Machiniplex and for showingup for the Q&A PremiereTracey Elaine Sanderson says: Oh np, my pleasure.Ricky Grove says: Why don’t we start out by asking you what you changed in this version ofthe film?Tracey Elaine Sanderson says: It’s a little embarrasing really, I noticed a fraps.com at top ofthe screen on one shot, a mouse cursor on another, and then I just tidied up some of thetiming on other scenes.Johnnie Ingram says: lol – we’ve all been there :)Ricky Grove says: ah...of course. I honestly didn’t see any of these things at all. Curious
 
about the “timing” adjustments..where exactly?Tracey Elaine Sanderson says: I’m reminding myself not to do a last edit and upload at 2amever again. LolRicky Grove says: :DSurrealia Anatine says:
laughs
[1/27/2008 1:18:14 PM] *** Ricky Grove added zuckerman77 to this chat***bllius says: I’m curious, how didyou decide on this story for a machinimaTracey Elaine Sanderson says: I found it by accident, downloaded a few things from thetelltale site, but when I heard this it just really gripped me, I never was bored of it.Ricky Grove says: there’s a nice backgrounder on the SL “New World Notes” which featuresa short interview with Trace.Http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2008/01/lainy-voom-and.html
 
Tracey Elaine Sanderson says: SerendipityRicky Grove says: I love that word.Tracey Elaine Sanderson says: It has been happening a lot lately really. I love that wordtoo.Ricky Grove says: also, Alex Wilson, the excellent reader of the story, has mentioned howpleased he is that Trace used his work for her film.Http://www.alexwilson.com/projects/journal/the_dumb_man_as_machinima.php
 
Ricky Grove says: so, back to the “timing adjustments” for the new version. What did youdo?Tracey Elaine Sanderson says: Hmm, from what I remember, the timing of the womanoutside the window to inside I altered, the jar scene at the end, maybe some others Icannot quite recall.Ricky Grove says: And you made these adjustments because they felt like the scenes wouldhave a better pace?Tracey Elaine Sanderson says: Yeah, it was too in time with the talking I felt. Just littleniggles.Ricky Grove says: Gotcha. Well, I think this version of the film is excellent. And I’m veryglad we were able to work out the encoding issues. I hope some day to get a decentencoding tutorial up at the machiniplex site. I think we all could use one.Tracey Elaine Sanderson says: That would be beneficial to everyone, such a great idea!Ricky Grove says: Just so everyone knows what we are doing; I plan on chatting with Lainy/Trace for a little bit and then I’ll open up the chat to anyone who has a question orcomment.Ricky Grove says: Lainy, can you tell us a bit about yourself?Tracey Elaine Sanderson says: Sure...Ingrid Moon says: Here I am. How’s it going.
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