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Free the Groom

By John Johnston | March 14, 2015 |

Now this is weird.

Given we can’t waste time I dug out a processing script I’d used before. I can’t recall where I got the original, or what changes I made, but it looks like I simplified it a lot and exported a series of frames to gifs. Stitched these …

Cutting Noir Corners

By John Johnston | February 2, 2015 |

When you have been in this game as long as I have you get a little slow. No way I can keep up with the young operatives without cutting some corners.

We were asked to keep an eye on Davey Gordon a pug without much of a chin. I looked …

Character Cutting

By John Johnston | January 26, 2015 |

So Burtus was on my case pretty fast last week, trying to get a fix on me. I guess I didn’t drop enough clues. The deal was I should reveal some history, some of my favorite places, that might have given her a clue. For the folk less agile that …

It’s Late, it’s Noir

By John Johnston | January 21, 2015 |

It’s Late, it’s Noir

I flew in from a week south of the border the other night and took the long drive home. Waiting in my messages were a couple of odd ones. Burtis, Bond and Groom making unreasonabled demands.
I was going to ignore it, not let these three …

#noir106 Supercutting

By John Johnston | January 7, 2015 |

http://johnjohnston.info/106/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/The-Big-Steal-gun-sc.mp4

Just a quick test of my supercutting. Logo added with Quicktime pro.

The Big Steal describe by Wikipedia as:

a 1949 American black-and-white film noir/comedy reteaming Out of the Past stars Robert Mitchum and Jane Greer. The film was directed by Don Siegel, based on the …