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strange frame: Love & Sax
Film poster
Directed by	GB Hajim
Produced by	GB Hajim Daniel Morii
Written by	Shelley Doty GB Hajim
Starring	TBA
Music by	Shelley Doty -Shelley Doty X-tet Dawn Richardson -4 Non Blondes Roger Waters -Pink Floyd Babydaddy -Scissor Sisters
Running time	85 min. (intl. cut) 90 min. (DVD release)
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$3,300,000
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strange frame is a labor of love between two old friends musician Shelley Doty and filmmaker GB Hajim. It began in 1999 when they decided to collaborate on a project using their individual talents and their passion for science fiction especially that of John Varley and Shinichiro Watanabe.

They agreed that some of the protagonists had to be gay, bisexual, transsexual and omnisexual. All had to be of color because they believed that not too long from now everyone would be of color. Theirs would be without the standard white guy lead whose name starts with "J" (James T. Kirk, John Crichton, John Sheridan (Babylon 5), Jeffrey Sinclair, Jonathan Archer, Jack O'Neill (Stargate), John Sheppard (Stargate), J. Koenig, J. Robinson, Jean-Luc Picard, Jeremiah (series)). They also were clear that the issue of race and sex would be non-issues in the setting of the 29th century.

They began with creating a backstory and television series done in GB's unique cutout animation style.

With the backstory and pilot episode in hand, they impressed some Hollywood insiders on their pavement pounding through tinseltown, but no pre-sales agreement was secured.

In 2001, MTV made an offer, but wanted to own all copyrights to the project including ancillary rights.

The following year Shelley and GB sketched out the arc for a quadrilogy and wrote the screenplay that would become the first installment: strange frame: Love & Sax.

In the Fall of 2004, pre-production began. GB had an offer to produce the film overseas, but was committed to enriching life in his local community. GB lives in East Hawaii which is one of the most economically depressed parts of the State. He went to the local high schools and colleges to find talented youth to train for this project. From a pool of applicants, he trained 14 artists ages ranging from 13 to 23 in computer art and animation. They recorded the initial dialog at Palm Records on the island just a month before the sound engineer and owner, Charles Brotman, won a Grammy Award.

In 2005, pre-production was completed and the animation of the feature began.