"Fitz" Title Sequence

I have continued my practice of attempting 2,594 projects at the same time, and accomplishing none of them.

One of the projects near to my heart is "Fitz." I completed the screenplay with one of my partners, Chris Daniel, in 2005. We searched fruitlessly for animation companies to tackle the animation for us. The lowest estimate came from a Flash animation facility, which gave us a bid of around $100,000 for limited animation and little lip synch. Others estimated the costs to be in the several hundred thousand dollars. Yes, I know it's relatively cheap, but none of the companies offered what we really thought the project needed.

So we decided to do the damn thing ourselves.

Well, sort of. Our solution involved creating rougher animatics of scenes, utilizing my own brand of haphazard, slapdash Flash animation, in order to get a sense of timing and style to the movie. While I can certainly tackle graphic arts and handle character design fairly well, I DO NOT have the patience for full-fledged animation (see above). Still, I think it turned out okay.

The story involves three retards named Fitz, Stumpy, and Big Don. Yes, they are actually retarded. They live in a retard orphanage named "Churchill's Downs." The caretaker, Churchill, farms out his retards to local businesses in order to collect their paychecks, and the businesses, in turn, receive tax credits. The three retards get into a series of misadventures, desperately attempting to grasp the meanings of some of life's more disturbing oddities, such as quiefs, condoms, and retard sex. Despite all of the obstacles thrown in their way, the three (lovable, mostly) retards manage to overcome all odds and become unlikely heroes.

Suffice it to say that "Fitz" is not "Saturday matinee with the kids" material. It's a hard R-rated movie, filled to the brim with sex, foul language, and non-PC ideals.

Here is the rough cut of the title sequence to "Fitz."

Ugh ... I need a new project, or several million to finish this one.