Flavio

I couldn’t think of something else to post today so I figured I’d post a sequence that had to be cut for time. I wish I could have kept it in as I think it really shows Flavio’s “salesman” side and also what a pushy wiseguy he can be. But you tell me… would it ever be missed? Ahhh well, here it is anyway. You’ll need Adobe Reader to view it unless you have a Mac and it should then open just fine on it’s own.
Anyway, here’s the link.
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Here’s another of the Board panels with added poses…

The Original…

and with The Added Thumbnails…

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I’ve been going over my board adding thumbnail poses where I think there aren’t enough poses to match the dialog.

this is an original board page.
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Well, I finished my board for the most part. Now I want to go back and plus some of the acting and posing where I can. Of course I’ll have to have another pass at it after it’s recorded and then probably again when i slug the board but I’m pretty happy with the way it came out.
I got a few notes from Larry Huber our producer that really helped it sing and also switched around a bit of dialog to allow for more character.

I’ve been reading a lot about character lately in various books and one of the things that seems to coninuously come up over and over again is that each line of dialog should move the story forward and yet also show something about the character.

In testing my short against that theory, I found a few places where Mr. Frank, the chef wasn’t showing [Read more…]

Flavio is using the Italian Hand gesture of “Idea” which is just one of the many I found on this Website after researching hand gestures for the Flavio short, to get an authentic Italian acting performance.

Everyone knows about Italians and their animated use of hands when they speak. An old joke tells of the best way to stop an Italian from talking is to tie his hands together. I know it’s true for me.

I found a few really interesting articles on Italian hand gestures. Here’s an excerpt from one of the articles:

After telling the press he was an expert in hand gestures, President
George Bush senior, gave the “V-for Victory” sign as he drove in his
limousine past demonstrators in Canberra, Australia’s capital in
January 1992. In Australia, holding up two fingers to from a “v” has
the same vulgar meaning as the middle-finger gesture in the United
States. The Aussie demonstrators were enraged, and [Read more…]