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We have talked about this for a while now, and with various delays we can now say for certain you will get an online first look of Casimir Effect in this coming week. We will be showing a teaser at Sex, Wales and Anarchy 3, and then for the next 7 days it will be available on Youtube. On the 11th of September 2010 it will be removed and replaced with the proper short teaser which will be available to send out to everywhere.
Once the Teaser is live there will be a new blog post with the link so keep your eyes peeled then tweet, retweet and let everyone know and get them to have a look, before it has gone.
What we will be showing you is unfinished footage, so there is no CG work or colour grading. So in a way this is a big thank you to everyone that has helped and hopefully it will encourage more people to donate while spreading the word.
Now the rough edit of Casimir Effect is past the midpoint we’re looking further into the future, everything from music, to the special effects. We have a bunch more meetings before we really get dug in, but we have established our post production and marketing budget goals. We are looking to raise £12,000 to cover post production and marketing. However we have a bit more time to raise these funds. This new goal has been split into two, the first £6,000 needs to be raised by the 1st October 2010 and will be mostly used for post production, the last £6,000 by 1st February 2011 which will be used for the preparation for film festivals.
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Third Budget Goal
£743 GBP / £6,000 GBP
1st November 2010
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Forth Budget Goal
£743 GBP / £12,000 GBP
1st February 2011
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Like reaching our other goals we will be auctioning off a number of items including more film props, costumes and set dressing, and all those donation that have gotten us this far. We are also putting together a selection of limited edition signed prints that will be put up for auction over the coming months. As always we will be adding more items to our store, including signed versions of our regular prints. I have a bag with some more Torchwood goodies to be signed, and a few of the audio books Gareth did.
We’re also thinking of making some costumes for cosplay if there is interest, CJS ID badges custom made with your picture and name on them. As always we’re open for new ideas and suggestions as to what you would like us to do and we will look into getting them.
Sound and Music
As mentioned before Blue Gillespie’s tracks Paradox and Time Knot are for the film. Once we have the rough edit we will be looking at getting the songs as stems (each instrument in its own track) so we can remix and rework the songs for the sound track. However before that we have ADR (Additional Dialogue Replacement) to get done, once we have the ADR sorted we can start looking at getting the first full trailer out. But before then we hope to get a second teaser out.
Once we have the ADR sorted, our sound guys Espen and Ewoud will be spending the summer collecting sound effect and building banks of sounds. To create everything that is important to the world of the film, everything from a sliding cup to the hums and crackles of the time machine. When they are off doing this we will be working on the music and reworking the songs we have to create all the character themes and incidental music, that will set the mood and tone for each sequence.
Special Effects
This is the hardest part of post production and will require a large team working many hours to get everything that is needed. Once we have a rough edit we will be going through each scene deciding what effects are needed and what we would like to do but hadn’t thought of. Then we need to prioritise them so we can create our workflow for the coming months. Also it will tell us which scenes we need to re-edit first and allow us to structure our path to the final edit.
Everything from Rotoscoping (cutting out actors from the background, and replacing markers), to rendering new elements for the time machine and the future. Everything takes time and we need to start the complex things now and leave the easy things till near the end. Of course these special effects are also where most of our post production budget will go.
Trailer
As mentioned above we will be working on a new teaser once we have a rough edit, this will give you a taster for what we have coming. Than after that and we have some of the sounds in and music ready we will do our first full trailer and look to doing a longer trailer later in the year with some of the completed effects.
Sex Wales and Anarchy 3
And finally we will be at Sex Wales and Anarchy 3 this year, hopefully we will have a few scenes close to completion for people to see. However we are also running the film side of SWA, called SWA Film, we’re turning this into a mini film festival, with a prize fund at the end of it. The details will be on the SWA3 site in the next few days and hopefully many of the filmmakers that are following us will submit something. We are still looking for our judges at the moment but we’re hoping we can get some interesting names to help out.
Anyway it proves to be an interesting day with lots of fun and creativity and some good local bands to boot.
Posted in Budget, CGI, Festivals, Fund Raising, General, Post Production, Publicity & Marketing, Sound, Sponsorship, eBay on May 17th, 2010 by Gabriel Strange | | Comments Off
The world is slowly getting back to rights after filming and Wales Comic Con 2010. Comic Con was good we met lots of people and had lots of fun nattering and talking to people about the film. A few of you got to see some of the rough edit and the first batch of stills went on sale. I think every event we do we will pick a new print so everyone has an excuse to come to our stall.
We would like to thank all those who could attend even though the Volcano caused a fair bit of disruption and stranded Gareth in Australia. I hope many of you will come back again to the next Comic Con and next time we will have a bigger party.
SFX Magazine
Our first SFX Magazine article will hit the shelves on the 5th of May; some of you lucky people got their hands on them already. If you pick it up it’s the one with Amy Pond on the front and the article should be on page 15. Let’s hope our server can take the load, I think it can but if you come here and find it a little slow please be patient.
eStore
We’re finally up to speed on the eStore orders, with the delays due to filming and delays from the distributor I’m going into the printers tomorrow to get things sorted and expedite the delivery. We have also added the film stills we were selling at Comic Con to the store, and will be looking to get a handful of them signed, so keep your eyes peeled.
Budget Goat*
As some of you know we have a Budget Goat, this started out as a twitter typo and grew into something greater. As all good things do. Also it’s the mascot of the Royal Regiment of Wales, so who can complain.
Anyway the budget goat has its own Facebook page, so you too can follow the exploits of the Budget Goat.
* Name pending if you go to the page and follow the goat you can put a name suggestion in.
It such a pity that you can’t yell ‘It’s a wrap!” and magically have a finished movie; post-production, editing and special effects is all yet to come. Then festivals, sales and hopefully distribution and even more panic.
We finally managed to escape to confines of the Coal Exchange, so all our lovely sets are now plain and magnolia again. It seemed to take forever to clear all the costumes, props and general debris from the place, but finally it is all done.
We have already started to sell off some of the props and costumes from the film, so please continue to support Casimir Effect by visiting our eBay page. We will be adding new auctions weekly, so keep your eyes peeled, as all the money goes back into the film to get through post and marketing.
We will also soon have some more exclusive prints, which are stills from the film We will select another limited edition five images of Gareth and auction 15 of each off via eBay, and have other stills available to buy through the store. The continuing fundraising will see us through post-production, so we can maintain a high standard and also help to cover some of the costs for conventions and festivals.
Casimir Effect will still be attending Wales Comic Con in Wrexham this weekend (25th April), though sadly Gareth David-Lloyd is trapped in Australia due to Volcano. To make up for it, we will be showing some very brief and very roughly edited clips from Casimir Effect, nothing to spoilery I promise! So come along and help support us and Wales Comic Con, as conventions like this will give you opportunities in the future to see Gareth and other stars and get exclusive items.
So we are still busy, busy and editing is currently underway. For a more up to date please follow Casimirfilm on Twitter. Gabriel Tweets when he should be editing, but at least he gets it done. We’re not sure how much we will have edited for Wales Comic Con, but will have a few minutes to show.
In other news, we have given a nod to the development of a Making of/Behind the scenes book for Casimir Effect. So we will keep on top of this and see where it goes hopefully we can get a high quality end product out that will give those who have been following us all along some more insight into everything we have done.
We are also looking at sales agents at the moment, so that after the festivals we can get DVD and other things released. We have also been contacted by a French film festival with regards to showing Casimir Effect.
Thanks once again for your support so far with this film, it has been amazing!
We would like to point out that there have been a number of statements on line that Casimir Effect is affiliated to the International Film School Wales or Newport Film School as it used to be known. This was true up to a point, in November 2009 it was agreed between ourselves and the university that we would leave university and take a year out to make Casimir Effect. This was with the view that we might return to complete out 3rd year of our degree should we have time and feel the need to, this is still a bridge to cross.
Anyway this statement is to correct any misconceptions that have been floating around the internet about Gabriel and Lydia. As we are taking a year out we are still technically student by any legal definition. However we are not in attendance at any higher education establishment. This also means we aren’t graduates of any specific university until our degree is completed. Casimir Effect is an independent short feature made by students during a year out, and is not affiliated with any specific university.
We have become aware of a number of incorrect statements about Casimir Effect, Gabriel and Lydia. We will endeavour to keep an eye on any publicity surrounding Casimir Effect and correct any untrue statements or claims.
Posted in Production, Publicity & Marketing on April 8th, 2010 by Gabriel Strange | | Comments Off
