‘The Owl’ nearing completion
Myself and Peter Gurbiel’s new film ‘The Owl’ is nearly done. It deals with some really heavy material, but I’m so proud of the way we’ve executed our narrative. For a short film, it’s kind of long at 22 minutes – but that’s deliberate. The film has a very particular filmic pace, something that Editor Lawrie Silvestrin played closed attention to. The film has amazing performances. This was one of the first times I was able to really focus on performance, whilst Pete did an incredible job putting the production together. We should be screening the film sometime this year, and we’re really looking forward to seeing what people think of it.
By the way, it should be noted that Pete’s new company HOMETOWN PICTURES is no live. As is our Official Facebook page for the film. Photo by Arun Thongjaj (http://www.schmickphotography.com/)
Barrow picks up $32,000 Production Funding
Well, Happy New Year everyone.
2012 was an incredible year, exhausting and difficult – but incredible. One of the bigger things to happen at the end of it was myself and Producer/Writer Peter Gurbiel picking up $32,000 Production Funding from the Film and Television Institute’s Link Initiative. We’d worked really hard to put together a beautiful film in ‘The Owl’ and we wanted to follow it up with something as cool.
‘Barrow’ is a thriller than explores time and trauma. It’s primarily about a young forensic entomologist recounting the night her Father murdered her Mother. But, let’s just say there is a lot more to it than that. Unlike ‘The Owl’ (which was primarily all of Pete’s writing) I co-wrote ‘Barrow’ which makes me happy I had a hand in it’s script. It’s got a really amazing story hook, which I really look forward to exploring.
That means over 2012, my new little company raised over $50,000 in Production budget and we produced (or greenlit) three short form works. Not bad for our first year. This year, it’s all about Post Production and Development. Oh, and shooting ‘Barrow’.
Let’s get cracking, shall we?
Fallout: Lanius raises over $19,000
Fallout: Lanius has finally finished it’s crowd funding. To say it has been one of the biggest undertakings of my very short career is a massive understatement. We all poured ourselves into the campaign, because we understood we had the opportunity to make something cinematic and beautiful in the Fallout Universe. We aimed to raise $10,000 and we raised over $19,000. People having that kind of faith in us is really incredible.
At the same time as our campaign we were shooting bits and pieces for the film. I would say that I have never been so overjoyed and exhausted as I was last week. The thing is, Fallout: Lanius isn’t some kind of career thing for me. It’s a work of pure passion. I’m happy that people are excited about it, but in the end what I need to do is produce a great film first – no matter what. I’m so proud of what we’ve accomplished – especially so as we’re a little indie company from Perth, Western Australia.
At the same time this was all happening, we released a very rough teaser of our film- it did over 80,000 views in less than a week.
It’s been a huge learning curve wading into the YouTube community (no pun intended). 2012 has been a ridiculous year in terms of personal projects, and I feel that I’ve done everything I could to produce the best possible work of my career. I am so excited to push on with Fallout: Lanius – and I can’t wait for you all to see it!
Fallout: Lanius raises $5000
We’ve raised over $5000 for Fallout: Lanius! But, we’ve still got a long way to go! We really need your help spreading the word and getting people excited about our project.
Over the weekend we had our first fight rehearsal and we’ve been madly getting our costumes together. There are a tremendous amount of things happening and I can’t wait to show you guys what we’ve created!
We will be revealing a very special thank you soon – so be sure to keep up the great support you’ve shown us so far!
For the most up to date news, be sure to like Fallout: Lanius on Facebook.
Win a Set Visit or Exclusive Skype Session!
WIN A DAY ON SET or EXCLUSIVE SKYPE SESSION!
We are offering the chance to win a VIP Set Visit for Western Australian Fans and an Exclusive Skype Session for International Fans with the Cast and Crew.
All you have to do is SHARE our Facebook Page and Indiegogo Campaign page with as many people as possible as well as getting as many of your friends and family to pledge and support Fallout: Lanius. We can track who has helped raise the most money – the two fans that raise the most WIN!
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First Fallout: Lanius Props revealed!
We’ve just revealed the first props for Fallout: Lanius. These huge swords are the primary Hero Prop for Legate Lanius himself. They are both constructed from fibre glass and foam, and are so big they had to reinforced with steel rods!
We think they have turned our really well and that the Team that created them, Velvet Worm, has done an amazing job! For more updates on props and the amazing rewards we are offering for our Funding campaign – be sure to hit our Official Facebook Page!
