David Otteni
Filmmaker, Freelance writer, Composer, Web designer,
Actor, Computer Graphics Technician 1990 - present
Art Director: Indigenous Fiction 1989-2001
Graphic Artist 1980-1990
Performance Musician 1982-1984
Awards in screen & playwriting
from Pacific Northwest Writers Conference 1987 & 1989
Cameraman Cable TV studio 1974-1976

Craig Schultz Artist, Musician/Composer, 3D modeler,
Database Developer, Computer Graphics Technician 1990 - present

About TV Dinners
Well, it's been quite a while. I'm trying to remember what was going through our heads
when the idea of doing Tales of the TV Dinner first materialized. I can't remember.
It's been too long. I think, perhaps we were looking to pay tribute to some of our favorite
conventions of TV fantasy, and Rod Serling in particular. At least that was the jumping
off point. I must confess, it skewed off in various directions beyond that.

We had little to work with. A single Bell & Howell Super 8mm camera and a few rolls of film.
The whole thing was filmed at Craig's house. The slick camera work was mostly the result
of his steady hand. The film was shot over the course of a year and a dubbed soundtrack
was added to the final print. It debuted in 1982 at the Everett Community College Playhouse,
and was received well.

After that....well...I showed it to my Grandmother once.

Then it slept. for twenty years. There was really nothing we could do with it. The final print had,
some production problems that would have cost a fortune to correct, using convential film lab
services. As we entered the age of home computers, we knew the time would come when we'd be
able to digitize the orignal print and fix it up, but processor speed and finance kept it just out of
reach for a good while.

Now, the the time has come.


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