6 years ago....
from Laurent Hasson
written at 2010.05.08_18.00.58 in New York City, USA

Anna was murdered on Saturday May 8th 2004, around 6:15am. That's 6 years ago to the day. Time Flies.
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Adobe Creative Suite CS5
from Laurent Hasson
written at 2010.04.12_20.26.24 in New York City, USA

It was announced today, or maybe last Friday, and looks like a lot of cool things. There are certainly a few features in After Effects CS5 i would want to use right away to continue making Time flies. I certainly have the updated hardware now, and looking ... (continued)

 
No time...
from Laurent Hasson
written at 2010.04.01_00.54.18 in New York City, USA

Time flies, really... I have been so swamped with work that i have not touched the film since i released the new teaser last September. It's frustrating, but that's life. It's really hard to accomplish something of that size when you have only a small part... (continued)

 
No time...
from Laurent Hasson
written at 2010.04.01_00.54.18 in New York City, USA

Time flies, really... I have been so swamped with work that i have not touched the film since i released the new teaser last September. It's frustrating, but that's life. It's really hard to accomplish something of that size when you have only a small part... (continued)

 
I released the new teaser
from Laurent Hasson
written at 2009.09.29_23.31.40 in New York City, USA

This is the new "first 4mn" Time Flies teaser. It's HD. It's 3D. It's Widescreen. It's dynamic and animated and cool!!! Nothing compared to the old version i had done almost 2 years ago. It's day and night! I hope you enjoy it.

You can download the ... (continued)

 
Tuesday Sept 29th. Mark the date!
from Laurent Hasson
written at 2009.09.26_21.04.07 in New York City, USA

 I have completed the first 4mn30s of Time Flies V2.0. It rocks. I will post it here on Tuesday, and follow up with a number of other sites. A that rate, i might be done for Halloween 2010, 3 years after i originally thought it would be done, and 7 ye... (continued)

 
Making progress
from Laurent Hasson
written at 2009.09.07_02.53.34 in New York City, USA

 I spent a few hours last weekend, and a few hours this weekend, in an uninterrupted block. I went through several After Effects tutorials and broke through several roadblocks i had been suffering from before. For example, i understand how to make tit... (continued)

 
Discovering something about oneself
from Laurent Hasson
written at 2009.08.05_00.54.48 in New York City, USA

Don't you love it when you discover something about your own self? I haven't been working on the film for many months now, actually since last December. I have been planning the development of Time Flies based on wrong assumptions, that i could complete th... (continued)

 
Character Strengths and Endurance
from Laurent Hasson
written at 2009.08.05_10.56.53 in New York City, USA

I am always interested in psychology and the human mind, and Kathryn Britton, an ex colleague of mine from IBM who left to create her own company Theano Coaching, sends regular newsletters about things that interest her. One recent post grabbed my atte... (continued)

 
Discovering something about oneself
from Laurent Hasson
written at 2009.08.05_00.54.48 in New York City, USA

Don't you love it when you discover something about your own self? I haven't been working on the film for many months now, actually since last December. I have been planning the development of Time Flies based on wrong assumptions, that i could complete th... (continued)

 
Rebecca Lovett's new play
from Laurent Hasson
written at 2009.03.31_15.45.36 in New York City, USA

A word from Rebecca Lovett, who portrayed Isabel, Anna's mother, in Time Flies.

 Hello all.  I'm halfway through the run of my latest play, "Belles," and would love for you to come check it out!  Not only is it a fun ... (continued)

 
Revival Kensuke
from Laurent Hasson
written at 2009.03.29_10.18.38 in New York City, USA

Although Time Flies is still in a holding pattern until i get some free time to really focus on finishing this damned animation, we got some news to share from the extended Time Flies family.

The French group Revival Kensuke ((continued)

 
Weird and fascinating art
from Laurent Hasson
written at 2008.11.28_00.18.59 in New York City, USA

If you follow my reviews on my movie site RatingMovies.com (http://www.ratingmovies.com), you know i love the macabre, the bizarre. You have read me extoll the virtues of films such as Aftermath, Scarlet Letter, Sympathy For Lady Vengeance,... (continued)

 
Animation Test
from Laurent Hasson
written at 2008.10.26_16.33.43 in New York City, USA

To illustrate what i was talking about in my latest entry, i posted a new tidbit of the animation tests i have been doing over the past month as i learn the tools. I think you'll agree that there is a lot of promise here to reach a much more polished a... (continued)

 
Animation
from Laurent Hasson
written at 2008.10.26_01.09.34 in New York City, USA

For the past month, i have spent a couple of hours here and there to learn Adobe After Effects CS3. After 10h or so of reading through online tutorials, and playing a little bit with the tool, i am starting to gain some confidence that i actually can do th... (continued)

 
Hooray! The show can now go on
from Laurent Hasson
written at 2008.09.22_22.29.56 in New York City, USA

It is with great sadness that i have to announce that Nick DaSilva is dropping from the project. He has not been able to recover from the delays we suffered last year (summer 2008) and since then, was not able to make time for Time Flies and complete the ... (continued)

 
Still on hold
from Laurent Hasson
written at 2008.07.26_21.38.23 in New York City, USA

Hello all,

I am completely bewildered by the events currently happening around this project. As you know, i have been having lots of problems with Nick DaSilva since last September. The relationship has been on and off since January, but nothing con... (continued)

 
Interruption of service
from Laurent Hasson
written at 2008.02.26_21.18.29 in New York City, USA

Hello all,

I am moving to a new Hosting company for this web site. The transition will occur over the next week or 2 and i hope the site won't be down for more than a couple of days at most. If  you come back to this site and it's down, make su... (continued)

 
Best friends again
from Laurent Hasson
written at 2008.01.28_10.27.56 in New York City, USA

In my last post, i related to you the troubles the project had been suffering from mainly because of an ill-specified contract, and also, a breakdown in communication. Hopefully, this is all behind us now as Nick and i finally connected back over the phone... (continued)

 
Human relationships are difficult
from Laurent Hasson
written at 2008.01.18_23.05.20 in New York City, USA

Time Flies is currently on hold for perhaps silly reasons. The relationship between Nick Da Silva and myself has deteriorated quite badly, with no hope in sight. Maybe he's a jerk, maybe i am a jerk. In my regular job, i always focus on relationships and c... (continued)

 
Time Flies news, and site updates
from Laurent Hasson
written at 2007.11.30_22.40.45 in New York City, USA

Last night, i attended a nice networking event organized by Small Pond Entertainment (you can find their MySpace page here). It was really nice and i got to meet some fun people. I also spread the word about Time Flies. I am expecting to be doing more ... (continued)

 
Still alive!
from Laurent Hasson
written at 2007.11.25_05.15.53 in New York City, USA

Hello all,

It's been a long time since i spent time on the site at all... As you all know, i worked quite hard in September and October to get two cuts of the film. First, i did a more expansive work cut clocking at 75mn. Then, for  my animator... (continued)

 
Editing is hard
from Laurent Hasson
written at 2007.10.04_09.33.44 in New York City, USA

I continue to be amazed at how miscommunication is the root of all sorts of evil. After recording all the actors in July and starting to do my first edit at the same time, i was surprised at how long it all was. I clocked in at 102mn. Working with the anim... (continued)

 
Sound engineering
from Laurent Hasson
written at 2007.08.21_17.02.18 in New York City, USA

I have been working feverishly on putting together the soundtrack for the show. I have about 1h done so far, with 4 scenes left. One fascinating thing that has happened to me is how it makes me realize how important, and diverse, sound design is. The clo... (continued)

 
So busy!
from Laurent Hasson
written at 2007.07.20_13.32.35 in New York City, USA

I have been so busy with my regular work and in evenings, doing recording sessions and starting to put together scenes. I hardly have had time to add blog entries to the site. I also never announced the cast fully. So here it is folks, in alphabetical orde... (continued)

 
Casting is almost done
from Laurent Hasson
written at 2007.06.23_23.24.01 in New York City, USA

Woh... It's been busy in here for the last month. Work has been very demanding and obviously, my top priority. But i managed to make my decision on a few roles, and already held a few call backs, with a couple more left. So, right now, we have Anna, Takash... (continued)

 
Drawing voices
from Rafael Ventura
written at 2007.05.28_11.07.49 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Hello there!

It's strange... drawing Time Flies make me realize something i never has thought before. I draw with voices in my head!

But it's not like phantom voices or second personalities voices or something... it's the character voices. I ... (continued)

 
The auditions are over
from Laurent Hasson
written at 2007.05.21_00.46.20 in New York City, USA

To paraphrase the now famous Mastercard commercial... 5 weeks of auditions, 120 people, 265 samples: $100, the cost of the iPod adapter i used and the binaural microphones. Having completed my first casting, priceless.

I can't thank enough all the ... (continued)

 
More audition statistics
from Laurent Hasson
written at 2007.05.15_23.17.00 in New York City, USA

Here are updated statistics about the auditions as of tonight.

Interviewed104

Karyn Stockton: 32

Radio DJs: <... (continued)

 
Exactly 3 years ago, Anna's body was finally discovered
from Laurent Hasson
written at 2007.05.14_19.59.20 in New York City, USA

A week after Anna was killed, the building's Super finally suspects something awry and enters the apartment to check the strong pungent smell and increase in cockroaches in the building, which seem to be coming from Anna's apartment. As soon as he opens th... (continued)

 
Exactly 3 years ago, Anna was killed
from Laurent Hasson
written at 2007.05.08_06.47.28 in New York City, USA

Three years ago, exactly, at 6:15am, Anna was violently and gruesomely killed in her apartment. Takashi, who had been getting more and more jealous for a couple of months, decided to end it once and for all, permanently. After ruminating most of the night,... (continued)

 
Being a young woman in the city
from Laurent Hasson
written at 2007.05.07_22.44.09 in New York City, USA

I understand what goes through a young woman's head when she is coming here for an audition: "Oh my God! It's a private apartment. What if this guy i don't know is going to jump me?". So i have had a few actresses cancel their appointment for fear of secur... (continued)

 
Exactly 3 years ago, Anna broke off with Takashi
from Laurent Hasson
written at 2007.05.05_10.38.23 in New York City, USA

On Wednesday May 5th 2004, Takashi barged into Anna's apartment and was very agitated. A few days before, he had seen Anna with another guy and finally decided to confront her about it. Takashi had been unhappy for a few months, as Anna seemingly stopped c... (continued)

 
Audition Statistics
from Laurent Hasson
written at 2007.05.05_01.19.57 in New York City, USA

Any one interested in some statistics? Here are the numbers about how many people i have seen so far, how many auditioned for which characters (some people auditioned for more than one), how many didn't show up, how many are scheduled to see me soon etc...... (continued)

 
The funniest application
from Laurent Hasson
written at 2007.04.26_15.37.02 in New York City, USA

I had a great laugh this morning when i received an email from a woman who wanted to audition for the role of Karyn. She added at the end of her email that if Karyn were already cast, she'd be willing to take a non-speaking role...

So, everybody, i ... (continued)

 
Where have the bees gone
from Laurent Hasson
written at 2007.04.25_13.17.43 in New York City, USA

Mind boggling article at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18274416/ about how bees across the world are disappearing in droves. No, it's not a spoof, or something from the X-Files. It's apparently really happening, and threatens the core of our healthy food... (continued)