As I am posting this scene from COVID Dystopia this morning, I discovered that the caption was missing the word, metal. I must have watched the film dozens of times with the captions but honestly there is never enough time to read them all. I get distracted by the animation.
I edited the word back in before sharing the scene here, but the Cleveland Film Festival will be screening a version of the film missing that one word. I doubt anyone will notice the mistake, but I will know it is there. If this one mistake managed to sneak its way in, there might be others. I will watch the film several more times today and only read the captions.
This is a busy month for me. I am sketching at the science Center to document their new Nature exhibits which will be opening soon. Animals are being added now that construction is close to being finished. I sketched the reef tank yesterday and there was one lone hammerhead shark circling the large tank. I learned that all the other tropical fish were in the back going through quarantine.
I am also doing a season of theater posters for the Shakes. This is my favorite assignment each year. The painting have to be done quickly and the posters often evolve quite a bit before reaching their final version. On top of all this I am packing up the studio and will be moving April Fools day. I am sad to leave the space where I was able to safely produce the hundreds daily paintings of the pandemic series. I stopped doing the pandemic series when the National Emergency was lifted, but the pandemic is far from over.
A film Festival in Dublin proudly announced on their website that there would be no masks or safety precautions of any kind at their next festival. Clearly my film would never be accepted to be shown at a festival in such a state of denial. I considered sending it anyway, just so several judged might be rudely reminded of their blindness, but then I decided to keep the $25 and submit elsewhere. COVID Dystopia is a film that Festivals love to hate.