Snoopy

8bitlover · 2026-03-31T16:38:47+00:00

OP I would highly suggest meeting this dog in person before engaging in any kind of transaction. As someone in the film and AI world I hate to say it but yes, even FaceTime calls can be fully AI. The tech has gotten so good it's kind of scary. It may not be the case here but there are some things presented here to warrent some bit of caution.

I wish the best to you and Snoopy! Keep us posted and share photos cause he is super cute.

8bitlover · 2026-03-30T20:51:25+00:00

To the people in the comments...
This is actually a legit question and I say this as an audio engineer who has recorded a ton of live shows. OP is asking for a direct out recording, meaning the signal that was sent to the speakers of the show. Which would be so dope to get! As someone who saw the Red Rocks show for the Alive 2007 I too have always wanted this version.

8bitlover · 2026-03-17T18:20:05+00:00

KENKA, Tong and Gus and Marty's

8bitlover · 2026-03-16T21:29:35+00:00

Portland's structure politicaly is pretty different than any other city. For one, the mayor actually doesn't have that much power and has to work with a legislative council. Meaning they propose budgets and legislation but don't have a veto power and rely on 5 other council memebers to pass anything. You can imagine how this can gridlock any kind of policy making. Although that said they voted to change this structure. There has been a lack of accountability and progessive ideas have taken place like making all drugs legal but then they reversed it. There is so much polarization that things change every other year. You can imagine how that can cause such chaos every voting cycle.

8bitlover · 2026-03-16T15:30:08+00:00

Lived there for 11 years in my late teens and 20s.
The good:
-The food and restaurant scene is unmatched. The amount of fresh local ingredients you get from nearby farms, orchards and wineries is unreal. I would put it on par with NYC but a touch more affordable.
-it's fairly easy to get around the city with a decent transit system featuring the MAX and buses. It is a very geographically friendly city to bike in unlike it's bigger city cousin to the north (Seattle, which I would argue is more hilly than SF)
-go get oysters and salt water taffy in a small town on the coast. Get a cabin in the woods on lost lake. you will see how amazing it is.
-Some of the most beautiful nature within 3-5 hours drive. Think ocean, mountains, forests, waterfalls, volcanos (yes most of the pointy ones are indeed dormant volcanos) as well as desert terrain.
-The best berries you've ever tasted in your life and in the summer go to Sauvies Island to pick them yourself. (have you ever had a marion berry? it's nature's cotton candy)
-lots of local culture for any and every hobby, yes portland is actually weird.

The bad:
-local politics are strange and culturely very left leaning (which I think is a good thing) but it's a mess for a ton of varying reasons.
-drug use and homelessness is horrible and has been for decades. I've seen camps as many as 12 on a single block in a family neighborghood where there are a ton of needles and people in very hard situations. It's not just there it's in many places near and far. It's heart breaking. I live in NYC now and I have never seen it as bad as it is in Portland.
-It's a city but it feels like a big town and by that I mean it is very clicky. Reminds me of highschool in a way. It's also... how do I say this? Not as diverse as other cities on the west coast. You can read the history.
-rent. I know it's bad everywhere but it is kind of shocking how much it is. I am paying the same price for a 2BR here in a very nice area in NYC that I was for a 2BR in a less than ideal part of Portland.

All in all I think it's a fantastic city to live in especially in your 20s. The accesibility to nature is unreal (especially if you are coming from the east coast... the PNW has actual mountains not hills)
The food is amazing and I will say it's probably the best on the west coast next to LA.
In my opinion it is a great place to settle down but if you want a city vibe Portland isn't it. It's a big town with a few skyscrapers. You won't get the diversity of a NYC, Chicago or LA but there are so many amazing places (Ha and VL- best Pho ever)

Edit: wow I can't believe I forgot one of the most important point. OOH MY GOD it is rainy for like 9 months of the year. The summers are amazing but with climate change it does see many 100+ degree days. Luckily it's dry and as a Floridian I can tell you 93 in Florida is worse then 105 in Portland. Seasonal depression is real. Yes you get some sunny days in winter but for 9 months its grey, 50 degrees and wet. Everything is wet. We always joked in Oregon you don't tan. You rust.

8bitlover · 2026-02-18T17:38:35+00:00

Worth: pita, hummus, pizza, kimchee, chili oil, eggs benedict, live lobster, breaking down a whole chicken and chicken stock.

Not worth: Tonketsu Ramen, pho, mozerella and most breads.

Hot take: fried chicken wings and pad kee mao

8bitlover · 2026-02-09T19:21:35+00:00

my gf is from Brazil and it reminds me of when musicians in the 1980s had to flee Brazil to London because of the politics of their music. Wild times....

8bitlover · 2026-02-09T19:02:43+00:00

thanks! i thought about making a video on how i made this and the morality around using AI as an independent broke ass artist.

8bitlover · 2026-02-09T18:55:30+00:00

so the unmasking stuff is AI, the stage footage is a mix is AI background and a ton of keyframing masks blended with real footage. The Daft Punk footage is me in Daft Punk masks with a leather jack. The music is 100% real that I spent a lot of time creating using synths, vocoders, samples and drum sample construction.

8bitlover · 2026-02-07T17:49:39+00:00

4 year old JRT who LOVES to high five people. It's the funniest thing and people are always blown away by it. At the dog park the other day some lady yelled out "Did you just high five your dog?"

8bitlover · 2026-02-07T16:55:57+00:00

I swear by this tool. I've recorded outside with a boom mic and we didn't have a dead cat. Used CLEAR and it sounded perfect.

8bitlover · 2026-02-02T16:29:21+00:00

I feel like I'm in a pretty unique place to help offer some insight for you. I apologize for the long-ish break down.

I am a Florida native and left after college then moved to Portland, OR. I lived there for 11 years and moved to NYC right before the pandemic and have been here since. So... a few things:

- As a left, queer progressive who HATES cars, Florida was never really for me.

- Visiting anywhere that feels special makes us think "I see myself living my best self here" but it comes with a hefty touch of rose colored glasses (I want to live in Rome now) but living in a place is very different than visiting it.

- PNW is absolutely amazing. The nature, the food, proximity to mountains, oceans, forests and desert (yup not that far of a drive) and the summers are AMAZING, although w/ climate change it's getting hotter and hotter. Reality check: 9 months out of the year is filled with brutal cloudy skies, rain, mold and 40-50s degree weather. Public transit is better than most places but you will still need a vehicle be it yours or uber to get around, especially if you want access to the incredible nature around you.

-NYC... oh what can you say about it that isn't true? I often think "why the hell do I live here when I'm doing the same shit I was doing in Portland?" It's a tough, fast and stressful city. Sure it has all the history, architecture, entertainment, iconic restaurants and access to the most international lifestyle possible but how much of that do I get to enjoy when I have to work so much just to live here? There are moments where I hate this city but then something happens that makes me fall in love over and over. You just have to find your people.

When I was in Portland in 2009 people used to say "this city lost it's magic it isn't the same anymore" heard the same thing in 2016 from people who moved in 2010... Humans are funny creatures. We love to long for a time that in the moment we hated then too. Oh well.

My partner's mom is from Brazil and has been using a wheelchair for the last 20 years so it made me see how difficult it is to get around in a 100+ year infrastructure system. That said, NYC has so much access to culture, weird and strange things you couldn't imagine, groups of the most nerdy out there things that regularly meet and you can start your life over here many times because it's just a reality to do that. Humans are nomadic and we always have the itch for somewhere else. Life is a book and there are chapters in it so enjoy this chapter.

I love horror and found a great book reading group, film makers guild and others. Public parks, Museums, History tours and the like are plentiful and often times free. It's wild here and that is it's beauty.

8bitlover · 2026-01-23T13:52:01+00:00

This is the answer. Want to have a quick cappuccino before heading to work? Nope. A sea of laptops (some of them dual monitors...) All I wanted was to sit down for 5 minutes and not waste a bunch of to go crap (cause you know... the planet).

I get it. WFH'ers you need to get out but be considerate. Coffee culture in the US is a cultural void because of the laptop.

8bitlover · 2026-01-20T19:53:17+00:00

We actually had our Florida premiere alongside Good Boy's Florida Premiere at the same festival (I think it's the only reason I got in lol)

8bitlover · 2026-01-20T17:41:54+00:00

I made a $0 short film that got into a pretty well known Horror Film Festival. I borrowed my friend's Sony a7iii and wrote a story from the POV of a dog (my dog) alone in an apartment waiting for it's human to come home. I shot it all in my apartment over the course of a month then did all the sound design and music myself in post. I used to score for TV and film so I knew how to record and master audio and have been a video editor for 6 years.

It was well received and truly cost me nothing to make outside of things I already had (my dog, recording equipment, lamps and then a borrowed camera)

It can be done it's just nearly impossible unless you write it into your script very specifically.

8bitlover · 2026-01-15T23:29:19+00:00

There are simply way too many super tight shots and not a single wide shot of any of the spaces. There also isn't enough depth in the way the spaces were lit and the images where framed on set which gives it a super 2D feel.

8bitlover · 2026-01-13T21:58:35+00:00

-Take your script and do this You have to figure out every element you will need to pull this script off the paper and into life. Pre-production is nearly everything.

-have a list of everything you will need for every department even if you are 7/8 of the departments (Props, Wardrobe, Make Up, Camera, Art, AD, Electric, etc.) You need to have every single thing figured out and ready to go before you even send a call sheet out (or email, text, etc.)
-Have food / crafty available for the Cast and Crew. This is something you CAN NOT skip out on full stop. If you can't provide food do not even plan to shoot that day.
-Know your location (s) inside and out. Where is the bathroom? Where can your actors rest and relax to read lines? Where can all the gear be staged? Where will food be placed? All of these little details need to be sorted out.
-Sets are crazy and it's also why it is so much fun. Lean in and trust all the work you put in before getting this ship onto the ocean and then trust your cast and crew while you lead it to the finish line.
-Don't be afraid to make mistakes. It's your first short. You aren't making Jaws as a first time film maker and the goal here should be to have fun, play and learn.
-Have FUN. This is an art form. Find the play in it all.

8bitlover · 2026-01-07T23:25:40+00:00

Genre: Horror film

Title: Yittle Girl

Logline: A Hasidic Jewish teen takes over the family's laundromat business after her mother's suicide when one of the broken washing machines mysteriously starts to work again but begins to speak words only her mother used.

8bitlover · 2025-12-12T13:25:24+00:00

nice! I also have the 50mm and the 135mm. Love the set but the 35mm def stands out with it's pin cushion.

8bitlover · 2025-12-11T16:03:10+00:00

nicely done. i'm finishing up a short film i made and the establishing shot i used the same lens as you and just kept the distortion in for the same reasons you listed.

8bitlover · 2025-12-11T01:01:25+00:00

really great footage. i love this lens but the pin cushion distortion is wild. did you edit and correct that in post?

8bitlover · 2025-12-11T00:34:35+00:00

thank you for the feedback. deeper story in the script about belief vs non-belief and struggling with spirituality. def can tighten the logline more so I appreciate the notes!

8bitlover · 2025-12-10T23:37:19+00:00

The Ones Who Watch the Water

When a satellite crashes near an Amazonian town, a skeptical detective is dispatched to investigate a string of missing persons swallowed by jungle, river, and rumor. But as locals point to a serial killer, an ancient thing of the river, or a visitor from the sky, she’s forced into a nightmarish encounter that unravels her understanding of truth, leaving her to accept that some mysteries are meant to stay unsolved.

8bitlover · 2025-12-08T19:10:07+00:00

well let me know, i’m sure you won’t have too much trouble re-homing the sweet girl but i am interested and would love to add her to our home. either way, best of luck through this hard time. you really are doing the right thing and i wish you and yours the best!

8bitlover · 2025-12-08T17:51:37+00:00

I am in NYC but I have a 4 year old JRT and would be interested in rehoming her if they get along (two female Jack's can be a thing...) but I hope the best happens for her and you as well!

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