{"id":65967,"date":"2021-06-24T00:01:59","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T07:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cartoonresearch.com\/?p=65967"},"modified":"2021-06-24T08:04:10","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T15:04:10","slug":"entrenched-in-production-and-a-few-things-to-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cartoonresearch.com\/index.php\/entrenched-in-production-and-a-few-things-to-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Entrenched In Production – and a few things to show!"},"content":{"rendered":"\"\"\n

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This last week has been progressing nicely. A bunch of \u2018special\u2019 sets just got finished, with others close. Three \u2019official\u2019 sets are in progress right now daily with most of my own time devoted to Flip The Frog<\/em>. Seeing things scanned from so many sets, including Aesop\u2019s Fables, Stop Motion Marvels, Tom and Jerry, Mid Century Modern 3<\/em>, and Vintage Education 2<\/em> in a short period of time is dizzying, a whirl of things going to different freelancers to clean up while I\u2019m concentrating on Flip<\/em> details. A few other things came back from scanning this week too, including some things from a project I won\u2019t be talking about until its all done. When I announce it I promise I\u2019ll be properly dressed for the occasion. <\/p>\n

\"\"There\u2019s never been so many things going on here at the same time. Dave and Becky have been keeping up on all the orders from Amazon<\/a> and the Thunderbean shop<\/a>, while Becca has been concentrating on getting all the new special orders dubbed and packed. She was up there until nearly 2am Tuesday night, finishing everything before heading out of town for a week. Vikki finished steadying a bunch of already cleaned up Flips, and they’re looking super spiffy. I\u2019m super happy to have the list of in progress stuff get shorter as other things can start to get worked on.<\/p>\n

It was a great surprise today when one of the scanner studios said we could come over to scan a bunch of little pieces from various prints of Flip the Frog<\/em> cartoons-all things to add back to the films that are usually missing these segments. I was worried I’d have to scan entire prints of each to get these tiny pieces of soundtrack or picture on each! <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I\u2019m pretty sure the Flip the Frogs<\/em> have more versions of the films than any others, each version missing something another has. We\u2019re finally near the end, and the big trick now is to be extra diligent in looking at each— and looking at as many prints as possible to see if there\u2019s anything I missed. Some things were cut by MGM *before* being relased, so using their master positives (or, where they are damaged at least being able to see them) eliminates some of the titles from the list to scrutinize. I think we\u2019re at the point where it\u2019s getting down to the *smallest* things to still do on the project. <\/p>\n

I was able to sit in one of the scanner studios for the first time to point out pieces to scan on various prints. Scanning the missing 23 frames of ‘the grab’ from The Circus<\/em> (1932) was especially fun. There\u2019s a scene missing from most prints where the villain tries to grab a bag from the spinster character. The usual cut has the villain walking over to her followed by a struggle for the purse. Missing from the sequence is a scene of him trying to grab it, with each attempt being mistaken as flirting by the spinster. One of the prints, unearthed by project partner, frog leg and Flip the Frog<\/em> aficionado David Gerstein, had the flirting sequence intact, and with the help of Tommy Stathes, another print was obtained and lent this past week. So, both pieces are back and will be used to make as complete of a print as possible. It\u2019s a bunch of work for 23 frames (actually a little more with the next shot) but we\u2019re happy to have it! Here\u2019s the \u2018flirting\u2019 scene, followed by the \u2018grab\u2019 and the spinster yelling \u2018help! help!\u2019 missing from nearly every print. Not edited together yet, but you can see how it should look from these two clips. Both these prints were pretty unusual, and I\u2019m so grateful for all the help finding this stuff and putting it back.<\/p>\n\"\"\n