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A curious (and namepull-requested) Movie Fan asks:
> What did you actually *do* in WOSAT, besides star all
> through it as a crazy special effects filmmaker???

I was originally only one of a group of talented artists
that this movie was supposed to showcase.  Bizarre events
and industrial intrigue would change everything...

But to answer your question in less than a million words:

I hold the Unofficial World Record for Most Jobs Worked to
Create a 35mm Theatrical Motion Picture.  If you haven't
seen "The Wizard of Speed and Time" (an action-adventure
-comedy-fantasy-semi-documentary about hypercreative film
makers up against the Hollywood System), it's because P.R.
and Distribution were a few of the jobs I wasn't allowed.
("Look, we're professionals, we know what we're doing.")

Though a complete listing exceeds 200 jobs, I shall lessen
probably valid accusations of egomaniacism by listing only
the most industrially-recognized occupations currently
clogging modern movie credits (eliminating many assistant
duties and titles that I consider duplicative):


         Jobs worked by Mike Jittlov to create
             "THE WIZARD OF SPEED AND TIME"

Producer
Executive Producer
Director
Story Concept Creator
Treatment Writer
Story Researcher
Screenplay Writer
Rewriter
Script Editor
Script Supervisor
Script Typist
Continuity
Director Photography
Location Photographer
Still Photographer
Camera Operator
Camera Loader
Focus Puller
Camera Repairman
Matte Photographer
Stop Motion Animator
Pixilation Animator
Kinestasis Animator
Rotoscope Animator
Cartoon Animator
Clay Animator
Graphics Animator
Time Lapse Animator
Animation Designer
Animation Researcher
Animation Inker
Animation Painter
Animation Inbetweener
Animation Checker
Animation Editor
Animation Cameraman
Superspeed Cameraman
Bike-O-Cam Operator
Video Cameraman
Negative Cutter
Negative Splicer
Negative Vaulter
Toy Wrangler
35mph Suitcase Wrangler
Location Scout
Special Effects Director
Special Effects Art Director
Special Effects Key Sculptor
Special Effects Modelmaker
Special Effects Creator
Special Effects Cameraman
Location Special Effects
Pyrotechnician
Armature Designer
Production Designer
Art Director
Set Decorator
Set Builder
Set Rebuilder
Conceptual Artist
Storyboard Artist
Lettering Artist
Graphics Artist
Poster Artist
Title Design
Art Secretary
Production Manager
Production Assistant
Production Publicist
Production Buyer
Production Loans
Production Secretary
Accountant (before ex-business partner)
Sound Recorder
Sound Mixer
Sound Assistant
Sound Effects Man
Sound Equipment Repairman
Editing Equipment Repairman
Foley Artist
Music Composer
Musician
Supervising Editor
Music Editor
Dialogue Editor
Sound Effects Editor
Special Effects Editor
ADR Editor
Video Editor
Trailer Editor
Actor, Star
Actor, Pixilation
Actor, Extra (several, actually)
Actor, Stuntman
Actor, Dog Double
Actor, Voice Overs
Actor, Singer
Backup Singer
Whistler
Dancer
Choreographer
Puppeteer
Makeup Artist
Hairstylist
Costume Designer
Costume Supervisor
Wardrobe Manager
Casting Director
Location Casting
Stunt Coordinator
Stunt Driver
Truck Driver
Transport Captain
Craft Services
Product Placement
Office Manager
Shop Manager
Machinist
Property Master
Prop Designer
Prop Maker
Electrical Designer
Carpenter
Painter
Plasterer
Laborer
Janitor
Greensman
Construction Foreman
Gaffer
Best Boy
Electrician
Key Grip
Dolly Grip
Key Schlepp

Some of these occupations were, of course, worked by other
talents during the movie's principal photography.  But when
the Production Accountant vanished with the funding, I had
to teach myself to do all the above jobs, or lose the entire
project.  After four years of backbreaking and unpaid labor,
I finally had a screening print.  Despite its abysmal film
and video distribution (a job not permitted me), with only
3 prints made for all North America, this full-length 35mm
independent feature film won outstanding media reviews, six
awards of excellence, and a higher rating on the Internet
Movie Database than most big-budget name-star studio films.

Not bad, for a first-time movie director.  (And first-time
scriptwriter, first-time feature film actor, first-time
35mm editor, etcetera times 131  ;-)

If you want to see "Wizard of Speed and Time" on TV, tell
your favorite network to contact me.  Good things happen...

____________________________________ ___._`.*.'_._ ________
 Mike Jittlov - Wizard        .   . +  * .o   o.* `.`. +.
 Hollywood, California       '   *  . ' ' |\^/|  `. * .  *
   mike@wizworld.com      (: May All Your  \V/  Good Dreams
http://www.wizworld.com   and Fine Wishes  /_\  Come True:)
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