Onward! Making the short! Basic animation for the first scene is pretty much done. That’s no big deal, I suppose. And yet, it is! The first scene is always hard, so it’s a great feeling to have it in the bag. But there are many, many more to go, and most of them are more complex than this one. So don’t get cocky, folks.

In other news, Learn Self Defense has just been released on a new DVD collection called Shorts! Volume 4. It’s a real classy collection with 3 hours of award winning films, including the Oscar nominated short, Maestro. Also, there are 2 ridiculous, superfluous commentary tracks by me, with introductions by my mom. So, uh… go buy it here!

Speaking of the Oscar shorts, we went to see them over the weekend (except the Pixar short, which wasn’t included in the show). I’m not sure about all the nominees… some really great ones were left out, by all accounts. But we did like The Danish Poet, which won the big prize. Isn’t it weird to think of filmmaking as a contest than can be won?

Get back to work, you lazy bastards!