We’re not for now, about £170 to go before the end of the year. And what an amazing year it has been, going through some of the past blog posts. It seems we have been on a fun and sometimes scary rollercoaster ride. To get to the point it has been fantastic and we couldn’t have done it without the help and support of the fanbase. We have seen the filming through, had clips and previews. Yet this is just a small part of the journey, we’re about half way there now. The edit is locked, the music is underway, and the sound is getting there and the CGI is being planned. Yet without you we couldn’t even be here without you, so a big thank you goes out to everyone who has helped, and always remember you are supporting independent film and creativity.

Yes there is still a journey left, once we have the post production underway, we need to start really digging into what festivals we can and need to enter. As we start looking around we will be looking out to fans to help research and promote at local festivals. We’re also hoping many of you can come to a festival, as we will keep a guest list for all those who have helped so you will get to see the film at a festival. Then as we have done each festival we can find independent cinemas for screenings, before we make Casimir Effect available for general release.

So in the New Year, we still have a fair amount to auction off, there is the soundtrack and the making of book. Also if we can get our head around any legal ramifications we may do pre orders on a limited run of the DVD, to be released after each countries premiere.

So for now let’s get that last £170 in the pot and move into the new year with big ambitions and the passion to carry them off.

This is just a quick post, slightly delayed due to a bad case of flu and runny-nose-itis. We have hit our end of November totals, it was a close one this month. So lets hope with the new merch on the store and a new batch of auctions this month we can hit the December totals and go into the New Year as happy bunnies.

I’m also working on a few Matte Paintings for Casimir Effect and I’m planning on putting together a post on how this all goes together to create the reality needed to tell the story. It’s quite a complex task, though not massively time consuming but you have to know where you want to go and how your going to go about it. I’m also doing a spot of Rotoscoping now this eats up days at a time.

Just keep swimming, at least that’s what Dori the Bluefish tells us. It seems there is so much to do and never enough time. I have to work on the sound, getting foley this weekend, and work getting the SFX plan sorted this week. Then I have to work on a plan to meet the targets for the end of December.

At the moment were close the end of November totals, I hope some of the eBay auctions get bids, and that we can get some apparel orders in for the new designs. With Chicago TARDIS this weekend Jenn has made badges and will be nipping around asking for people to donate a few dollars or some change. So if you see Jenn coming your way brandishing some groovy badges, she will probably give you one and ask nicely with a winning smile if you can spare some change. There are two exclusive designs for Chicago TARDIS once they are gone we won’t be doing any more.

Here’s where the fundraising is at for this month.

Atrium Students and their Projects

I have the first video from the students at the Atrium in Cardiff, this one is from the title sequence project. Once I get the files from the others I’ll upload them, I’m also persuading them to do a mini doc showing their design and development progress.

Anyway here is the first title sequence.

More from the Set

I have uploaded day eight of the behind the scenes stills, this was out last day filming at the Coal Exchange.

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Well that’s that, the edit is now locked and we’re starting to put together everything that is needed for the effects, sound and music. This edit is somewhat different to the original ideas, like all things film everything can change at any point. We have played around with the timeline changing some elements to flash backs/forwards. This makes for a more intriguing film and offers better pace overall.

I’ll be starting on the sound next week and Clarky on the music the week after. We should be seeing the first tests from the Atrium students this week and they will be getting their grades. After that we will be setting to getting all the CG elements and matt paintings made.

We’re making our way to the month end totals and I think this next week will be a good one as we should be launching the new embroidered t-shirt designs. I’m hoping to get a call from the printers tomorrow to pick up the last of the screen printed designs so I can get them posted this weekend.

The new design is the Casimir Effect logo design is first, I’ll be getting that on to the store this weekend. I’m also looking at getting some new stuff on to the Casimir Effect Café Press store and Alice’s Leather Survival gear on eBay.

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Production Stills Day 7

Now for this week’s installment of the film’s production stills, this is the first day of the second week of filming, and the second to last day of filming in the Coal Exchange.

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The final order of the screen printed gear is simmering nicely I’m hoping to pick it up next week and get all the outstanding orders out to everyone. This means I can start looking at new embroidery designs, I have just reconfirmed I can do much lower minimum orders with these so I can get orders out on a weekly bases rather than having to wait for 10 orders to come in. This is great news as I don’t have to worry about the printers making delays and I can even watch the t-shirts being stitched.

Also I can start looking at other items to embroider, as long as it is soft material it can have a design stitched to it. This means Bear T-Shirts for those who want them; however such items would be a little more expensive as I would have to find a source for the items.  I’m also looking into messenger bags and patches.

The New Designs

Here are the three designs I’m looking at, all three will be released eventually however I want to stagger the release of the designs.  However which do we release first? So this is where you guys come in, I’m putting a pole together (see below) to see what people want first. As were still aiming to hit our funding totals please vote on the design you want the most and would like to buy in the next month or so. That way it helps us and you can get some Christmas presents on time.

Anyway the three designs are the Casimir Effect Logo, the CJS logo and the Cravendish Hawking 2044 university logo (Bob’s graduation year).

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N.B.: For your order to get to you before Christmas get them in as early as you can. A rough guide order for the UK will need to be placed before 19th of December and the rest of the world before the 14th of December, this allows stitching time, and give me a chance to run to the post office.