To start off, I'd like to announce that I will be committing my time to this project full-time. This started out as something that I was just going to commit my personal spare time to, as a pet project in addition to the work load I managed to build up doing freelance design and construction work in the few months I have been in Austin, TX. The overwhelming support that I have received, thanks to the attention brought to my project by Kickstarter, r/starcraft, and twitter tweets and retweets, has forced me (not begrudgingly!) to reevaluate the role this project will be playing in my life. I know that I am not able to perform at the level that worked for my Kickstarter video by myself, at least not well enough to give this project the quality of production it deserves and especially now that the scope has changed so drastically. In the coming months I will be finding an experienced editor, a director of photography (this will be happening much sooner), and a production partner, to name a few.
I'll also be opening a base of operations here in Austin, TX. One of my best friends, Andy, came down from Minneapolis last Thursday just to come check out the town and to see what has been going on with the project. Andy has an extensive background in information technologies and will be working his job full-time in addition to helping me manage the logistical side of operations (editing workflow and storage). We are already making a searchable organized database that will encapsulate all information relevant to the project story lines so that it can be easily disseminated to people jumping on and off the project as things move along. My head is already spinning thinking about the terabytes upon terabytes of footage we will be shooting. This will be a much needed addition.
Also, it might be a bit premature to state this but.... Mother Falcon will be composing the score to this film! Both parties are extremely excited about this partnership. The details are still being worked out, but I am extremely confident that we will hammer out an arrangement that both Star Nation and Mother Falcon will be very happy with. I truly believe that this band and the people around it are going to be a force to be reckoned with for many years to come.
I cannot say enough how thankful I am for the opportunities stemming from the Kickstarter video that have been so abruptly afforded to me. And that is thanks to you, my donor base. It didn't settle in how great of chance this is until some time last week, once I had the chance to settle down after attending MLG Columbus. And it is still hitting me. THERE IS SO MUCH WORK TO DO!
I am doing my best to watch my footing as I start taking the first awkward steps toward building a strong production. Soon I can start running with my eyes on the horizon. I've got some big plans, but I'll be making sure I have some great experienced people behind me first.
THANK YOU!
Keep an eye out for an MLG Columbus teaser video sometime next week.
Also, if you are thinking about donating or upping your donation to my project, please check out Turk and Christy Pipkin's project linked below first. They are doing things that seriously make a difference in people's lives, like providing access to clean drinking water and a good education.
http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/mahigahopehigh/EDIT: Link fixed plus some additional info.
http://www.nobelity.orgNobelity Project's Homepage
1000 Voices for Hope Video
The Rainwater Court
Turk Pipkin's Blog
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