I am tippy toes excited and totally scared about the official LAUNCH of out Kickstarter campaign.
Here we are 4 years later....with our film in the can......and only thing left to do is slap that awesome MUSIC- SFX and Color correction on the film and Mix it all down.
....PLEASE stop by and any pledge will help!! Its been such a HUGE journey and this BUMP is just another on the way to reaching our GOAL....... another finished FILM....AND JOURNEY COMPLETE.
Remember that speed bump I told you guys about?....
.well....its official.........We got Dumped.
What does that mean you say?
Well.....our investor who got us started 4 years ago on this film.....has cut off all contact before paying the post production{ half }of the funding he committed to....
We have no idea why this would have taken place.....especially since he was very excited that we were finished shooting ......and were ready to score the film.
He even wanted to come out and watch the scoring session with us???
So we are pretty dang confused.
This means? We no longer have funds to do the Music - the Sound FX - or the 3D print...ugggghhh
(since it was painstakingly shot in 3D, we definitely want the option of showing it in 3D).
It Sucks.....BUT - Me and Shel being some of the most Luckiest people around.....and knowing that.....every time that something like this happens it always turns out for the BETTER.... a blessing.
We are moving forward and taking the finishing of this film into our own hands.......
We totally appreciate the fact that he helped us.........his faith in us pushed us to make the best film we could....Even though we are baffled..... we hope he gets to see the film someday....
sigh...
NEXT-
so....... after talking to many of my friends and colleagues in the industry.....they across the board said- more like screamed!!
DO A KICKSTARTER PROJECT!!!!
So.... we are ......
our BIG huge advantage in the campaign is that we already have the Film DONE.
It is SHOT , EDITED and LOCKED.....and we are just needing the MUSIC- SFX - and 3D Print ....to send it out into the universe.....
That means we would be just a couple months from being able to SHARE it with all of you....Digital Download- DVD- Blu Ray......you name it??
.....We really have been putting alot of time into how we can reward anyone who would help us get to the finish of this film....and We have soooo much cool stuff.
ART work from some of my VERY favorite artists........ great Pin Up pieces just for our campaign!!
here is a sneek peek from one of my best animator buds and ULTRA talented artist Craig Harris.
I LOVE this piece sooooo much.
DVD- Blu Rays of the film - of course
Mini Dober-Flea colectable Figurines- being sculpted by our buddy Mike Fleming Jr.
these will be cast in resin for some of the rewards -
Actual Puppets-
Development - Maquettes- {Flea- Dober}- and A FEW more secret ones
you guys have never seen for Future projects in the Dogonauts Universe!!
The Actual - Mini - Space Ships-These Things are so freakin cool.
Props-this is just an example - lots of cool stuff not pictured here...
Asteroids-
Private In person Lessons - in Animation - Stop Mo or CG-
Private In person Lessons- in Molding, Foam Latex, Armatures, Painting puppets for animation
And a Custom Puppet Fabrication of your design- a full working puppet from your drawing.
START to FINISH......this could be really cool for artists not familiar with the medium but who have always wanted to give it a try.
and one last FUN one....a private Climbing trip with us as your guides
so.....
if we meet our Kickstarter Goal......We will forever be filled with gratitude and awe.....FINGERS CROSSED!!!
In film news....
in classic family film making news.....Grampa DON came over this last week to do the Voice over for our Trailers.....and some for the opening narrative of our film.
here is a sneek peek at our Audio recording facility....and Grampa DON in action.
He Totally Rocked it!!
We were so happy to have Grampa DON do another Voice Over for another film. He Did the trailer for Gerald's Last Day......and we already have him in the staring role in our next live action film.
other news....
We have been focusing all of our attention on setting up our Kickstarter page for the last 3 weeks....
Along with making the Trailers.....we have been putting together the pitch video....and all the art work organization for the page layout.
This is what my daughter looked like 4 years ago when we started this film, here she is helping out with Flea's mold.
And here, in the Trick of the Week she is 4 year later, still helping out on the film (she's contributing some art work to our Kickstarter campaign), and still bouncing, but a whole head taller!
yowzers !!! time fly's....
keep an eye out guys....
we are planning on Launching the Trailer and the Kickstarter page next Tuesday Morning....
I am on week four at the new Job and starting to relax into my chair and responsibilities.
I have sacrificed time on the film for the energy required to start and perform well at the new job. I have still been plugging away though when ever I am able to find the moment.
....the film continues to get better and better though.....FX- polish and sharpening the edit -
Its very very close to walking away-
My main focus has been the graphical interface on the computers in the film.
They have to communicate alot of information during the film.....so it was somthing we need to be simple CLEAR and not take too much time in the telling.
as of tonight I have finished all of the basic Graphics and implemented them into the edit.....the rest is just making them more purty...
here is the simple graphic from the awakening chapter....simple clear.
something to share-
film making------
I have gone through several moments of doubt in the making of the film...mainly in the last moments of the films completion....
The films ...o..k
The Film ....sucks....
The Film is ..... pretty cool....
I am ashamed....
I am so Proud....
I like the film!!.....
I don't like the film......
and where I sit now......having had a few weeks away from watching it in full.
I REALLY Like the film!!
......and I really am TOTALLY proud
to have created and told another story with shel.....and all the folks who pitched in to help.
Feeling all these emotions is probably natural in a production that has taken so long to create......and taken so much work to do.....
I remember feeling somewhat similarly when finishing Gerald. It wasn't quite as scary since the story was so simple......but.......
I remember that I thought....... man.....
......If I could just do this film again now that I have grown so much.......it would be sooo much better
...ha!!
It is the journey....right.....
all that growth comes in the making -
so....
..... We have created a piece of narrative ART and I even like it !!........That is very exciting.
Here is a shot from the intro - with some FX -
here is another shot that shows another incredible moment in in stopmotion filmaking.
Stopmotion is always problem solving....and here was a dooozy to deal with.
I started a new shot.....way too late to have started ...
and about 12 frames in my shoulder wire broke during the shot
.....after yelling at the roof for a couple minutes......I decided....I am not quitting this shot....I grabbed a bunch of sewing needles and safety pins
and forged ahead hiding the needles off screen the best i could....while trying to get the puppet to animate into the poses i needed to sell the action....
I had to make sacrifices in perfection but I pulled it off and was very proud I was not kicked out of the garage ....and halted more progress on the film.
so .....that love and hate thing about stopmotion in full effect!!
Film DRAMA -
In the QUEST to finish this film.....we have hit a BIG ole speed Bump
......I wont go into it just yet.....but it could change the finish line in a way we are not happy about.
Just another obstacle ......to overcome.....sigh.....
I start some fun classes in May and we are looking to finish the film completely by then
......then we can put the film out into the world and I can focus on my school work in the evenings.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2131064235/dogonauts-enemy-line
