I never thought that a simple script decision could be so difficult, both
mentally and emotionally. Those of you who know me well probably know how
much I am pouring myself into this animation script I am writing. I wrote
the final climax and epilogue to the story today. No, that doesn't mean that
the first draft is already done, I am writing the script somewhat out of
order, I can make sure it all fits together later. I had to make a key
decision in writing the climax/epilogue. I chose to make the ending a very
bittersweet ending rather than a clean, happy ending. I almost started to
cry when I finished typing it. The idea to change the ending back to the way
I originally outlined it has crossed my mind more than once, but I know I
won't. The story just doesn't feel right with the clean, happy ending. I
know I am breaking with convention there, or rather I am returning to an
earlier convention (ie: Old Yeller, Charlotte's Web (strong similarities in
the ending there), Watership Down, etc), but, as I've said before, I'm doing
this for myself, convention be damned.
On the music topic, I am not a composer, I may be able to become an amateur
one in 2-4 years, but I doubt it (especially with all the other things that I
have to do). I've realized that reality already. As consequence, I have
looked into a couple Fractal Music Generators. One of them was limited and
resulted in music that sounded like chaotic trash, the other, however, is
very easy to control, with a number of variable options for better control
over the final product, which comes out quite nicely with the right
combinations. I love it (though my computer said the install did something
to my winsock.dll, but my computer fixed that right away, and I ran an
updated virus scan on it before install, so there's little fear there). If I
can get some good music with that, it will save me from composing entirely,
and if not, it can at least give me a starting structure to work with to make
my composing job much easier.
Writing this script has been interesting. I'm really seeing things from a
new perspective. A perspective I thought I had already explored to it's full
extent (or at least the extent that I thought I was capable), but something
new struck me today... I was thinking about the observation that dolphins
seem very curious about, and very interested in humans. The question was
"Why?" Of course it could just be natural curiosity, dolphins are curious
creatures, but another notion occurred to me... What do we look like to
dolphins? The closest comparison I could come up with is space aliens (a la
the classic "grays" depiction). We come from a realm they can only spend
brief periods of time in. We travel in strange crafts (UFOs-Unidentified
Floating Objects) above their realm. Some dolphins are captured, poked,
prodded, then released for research reasons, much like the alien abduction
stories that some people claim to have experienced. We are the dolphins'
space aliens... I know *I* would be curious if I saw a UFO or an alien. I
don't know if that is how dolphins really see humans, and I know if they do
see us that way, I know it probably isn't the whole of it, but it's an
interesting thought.
Michael Harney
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Who thought he saw a UFO flying above his house one night, but realized it
was just a stealth bomber flying overhead upon closer examination (Sure,
seeing a stealth bomber fly over your house is unusual and cool, but not
unheard of in my situation considering that I live pretty close to White
Sands and Fort Bliss).
