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Over 4 Million hits and growing strong! August 10, 2008

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The Show - Where God Went Wrong, Click Here

We’re well over 4 million hits for Where God Went Wrong! Join the adventure through the afterlife, and maybe even find a perfect cup of tea… just click on the WGWW ‘Episodes’ links under ‘Categories’ or… follow the salmon ….

2006 Baby Races January 18, 2007

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Click the pic for returning champions and an upstart win!

More Space Wallpaper January 20, 2007

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We’ve updated the Space Wallpaper for this week. This time, a great shot of the moon from Apollo 11 and the first footprint on the moon. Just click on Space Wallpaper Tab.

US Launches All Out Vegemite Assault October 23, 2006

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When will it end! *sniffle* The US has banned Vegemite, even to the point of searching Australians for jars of the spread when they enter the country. Get the full story….

Vegemite Shrine - Give Us Your Rituals! October 23, 2006

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All hail the unsung glories of the Vegemite! We need to free our opressed brethern and sisteren in the United States - free them to worship the Vegemite as their conscience dictates.We look to our brothers and sisters Down Under to lead the way. Please show us how to honour the Great Vegemite. Show us the secret sacred rituals that are held safe in the lower nethers of the world, kept for posterity. The time is now!

The Stages in Having a Cup of Tea June 25, 2006

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To further educate the public in the fine art of tea making and drinking, we thought it prudent to publish, here, for the first time in history, the stages in making and drinking a cup of tea. Pay close attention. There will be a test….

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Sasquatch Sitings June 25, 2006

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So I was doing yoga on the beach at Stanley Park yesterday, (August 21, BTW - Pay no attention to the time stamps on this site, we are, after all, called Brilliant Idiot…)

And I’m paying for parking and this is what is posted on the machine where you get your parking slips… (I’ve cut in a close up of the sign…) (more…)

Rule Number 15! June 25, 2006

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We are all special in our own way. And now you can see just how special you are…

Click on this link for a site that will show you, on a gut feeling level, just how many people there are in the world and where you fit. :)

http://www.royalsapien.com/pop1/

They’ve got one pixel for every person on earth, (6.5 billion of us), and the very first pixel is highlighted - that’s you.

OMG! God’s worst mistake yet! June 25, 2006

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We’ve been storyboarding to animate Episode One… Here are some of Laura’s sketches of the characters.

“You’re not looking so good yourself right now.”

Rubberband Machine Gun June 25, 2006

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RubberBandMachineGun.jpg link This beauty is a fully funcitonal machine gun with TWELVE rotating barrels and a live action trigger. Loads 12 bands per barrel for a whopping 144 rubber bands that shoot off as fast as you can turn the handle! No kid in math class should be without one!Plus, more stories like this on CurvedMind.com

Who needs rhetorical questions? June 25, 2006

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Gleaned from our favourite source of wisdom and knowledge: Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader.

Medically speaking, the correct order of intellignece is: moron, imbecile, idiot April 5, 2006

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You might be familiar with those emails and posts from IT departments, detailing the eye rolling calls they get from moronic customers. Or maybe those customers are just idiots. Let’s give them some benefit here, because the phone line runs both ways. Let’s just say,we, as customers, have our own problems to deal with …

One of the kids saved up and bought XBox Live. He couldn’t get it to register his account. So we called up their help department. After a head banger of a conversation, I think calling it XBox ‘Live’ is a bit of a misnomer:
XBox Live: Hello, XBox Live help, can I have your name please?

Me: You mean my name, my sons’ name, cause it’s his XBox, or my husband’s name on the credit card we used to try to register?

XBox Live: Can I have your name please?

Me: Which name do you need?

XBox Live: Can I have your name please? (more…)

Do It Yourself Laser Eye Surgery! April 5, 2006

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Check it out at lasikathome.com

” LASIK@Home is the same patented surgical procedure performed at eye clinics around the world, but without the unnecessary equipment and staff. Find out more on the How It Works page.”

Just ask Dr. Amir Khadim, M.D., Ph.D.

LOL What I love about this, is that Dr. Khadim is wearing glasses!

Is this do it yourself laser eye surgery site for real?? The consensus on digs.com is that it’s not. But some people there are saying that they’ve had it done. Go figure.

I can see it now… “I’ll be right there, honey, just gotta do a bit of eye surgery before we go to the movie!….. Wait… don’t bump my -! Oh geeze!”

Blog for WGWW Episode 15 March 25, 2006

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Here’s the link. This has recently been moved from the original WGWW show site to this blog site.

Back to Real Life January 28, 2006

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The Christmas break is over, and that means project develops are slowed down while real life takes over. I’ve got a book I’m supposed to finish by the spring, (The Secrets of Our Success: Leading People in British Columbia Talk About Their Journeys to the Top), and somewhere in there I’m raising kids.

For Idiots on the Ball, I’ve been in touch with a camera and sound crew. Doug Beard and his production crew have worked on shows like the X-Files and Crash Test Mommies. I’m targeting them as the production crew, waiting for pricing. We’ve spent some time establishing the camera and sound needs for our location set. (more…)

Round the Kitchen Table January 2, 2006

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First group read-through of the drafted script. Laura, Michael, Alex & I sat around the kitchen table and did a run-through of the script. Naturallly, they couldn’t contain themselves from tossing out ideas all over the place. The read-through becomes a way to spark creativity, and, later, I see what can be incorporated into the script. I taped it, hoping to share parts of the process with you. However, my pocket recorder doesn’t produce high quality sound. Will have to see if I can clean it up and put some of it up on the site.

First Draft Done December 31, 2005

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First Draft of script is done. I like the ending. We’re doing good! Took about 2 sessions of about 2 hours each to draft. Needs polishing, though. Will soon be sitting down with the family /cast for a first read. This read will be recorded so I can catch any interesting ideas that fly by. Then it’ll be back to the computer to update the script.

The Last Melon… December 28, 2005

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The last 5 minutes of the script are important and so I’ve been taking time before writing them. In this part of the story, all the other elements have to come together.
This makes the humour more intense and gives the audience a sense of satisfaction with the story. So I’ve been sitting with that To help gear up my creativity, we’ve been watching a lot of Seinfeld over Christmas. I think I’ve OD on it now, if that is at all possible, Jerry. ;)

Last night, R and I found ourselves sitting, undisturbed, in the living room by the tree lights and our idle chat about Seinfeld turned into a story development session. We started imagining what stories hadn’t been done on that show so far. We came up with some germs and then thought about how each of the Seinfeld Characters
would react to those scenarios. This then helped gear up our brains and give me ideas for what to do with our characters.

Again, once you have well defined characters, all you need is the germ of an idea and then the characters ‘write the story’. You know exactly how each character will react to any situation, how they move, what they would say. As I said before, it’s easier once a series is in motion, because the actors have brought the characters to life and, again, the story practically writes itself. But our show is new,
so that makes it a little harder.

The method we used last night, though, is good for new shows. Once I know what, say, George Castanza would do, I start to find those elements of George in our characters.
Then the haracters ‘talking in my head’ about what they would do in that situation. They aren’t George, though, so the material starts to take new shapes.

I’ve also started researching production staff and emailing them. This will begin the dialogue that will help us crew the pilot and will help me start costing the project out. A good starting resource for this is reelwest.com

The hardest thing has been to find out what standard rates are these days. Virtually no information on it. You’d think nobody in this industry gets paid.

Looking Inside a Brilliantly Idiotic Mind December 25, 2005

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Have we said “All Hail Rick?” Well, “All Hail Rick.” Without him, we would not have a voice. Without him, we could bounce around being as brilliant or as idiotic as we like, and nobody would know any differently. (But maybe that would be a good thing.)

Rick’s humour is central to sparking our madness. He’s the technological wizzardy behind much of what we do.

PS December 23, 2005

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So I did all thrree.

A two hour blitz at the computer produced half a show, 26 pages of script. This is a good start. What we’ll be doing from here is - 1) finishing the script (LOL) and then 2) sitting down together and reading it through. I’ll be taping that read through and taking notes in hopes that we’ll come up with ways to bump it up a notch, really milk the material. The read through wil also give me an idea of what ideas go over and which do not. If they kids get juicedabout it, then I know we’re on track.