Film Report #2: Fueling Up & Making Maps

Two things have kept me from drawing the mass of images planned for our short art film “To the Diggers”. One task is tremendously creative, almost primordial: inventing a fund raising campaign so more people can have the fun of making this film.

People Powered

That's like collecting the fuel before going on a cross country drive. In this case it will be powered by people, (but in a better way than in “The Mattrix”). You can get plugged in (oops, bad metaphor) at http://www.indiegogo.com/To-the-Diggers where we have dreamed up a whole bunch of great rewards for your help in funding this thing.  
Here is a frame from the video of me explaining things.

Click here to watch the video http://www.indiegogo.com/To-the-Diggers .

Believe me, you enjoy a film way more when you know a part of you is up there on the screen. YOU COULD BE UP THERE! But, hey, share the glory and get lots of others to pitch in.

Time's a-Wasting

We only have until this July 10th to raise $7,000! But, lots of other projects on IndieGoGo.com have raised way more than they expected to because so many people jumped into the fun.

Let's Exceed Our Goal!

We could do that . . . and start collecting the money for the next film.

Because, you know, “To the Diggers” is the second of four films we are producing as the core of a collection we hope will include similar art films from you and your friends. (Go see the first film at http://www.horizongate.org/products/comfortinghovers.asp ) We want to get these first four films and the art used to make them all done by next Spring so we can test a new way to show them: a film-gallery-café.

We Gotta SHOW the Films Too

That will be a place where you and your friends can sit, watch art films, enjoy the tangible artwork used to make them and have wonderful conversations.

So, that's the fund raising campaign. The other creative task that had to get done is mapping out the trip.

The Map

This film will be pretty complex even though it will be short. I had to put down the art materials and type out a script to make myself think through all the visuals and timing. Spinning off of a completed sound track (it was part of a podcast) is a big help because the visuals can extend the poetic images and sound effects. 

Put the Picture with the Sound

This is like an animation in that I have to know the split seconds for each visual, well, at least for the sequences. Like, what are you gonna put on the screen at 1:26.163? You know?

Anyway, I feel a lot more confident having thought it all out and I won't hardly have to pause to think up a visual the whole trip, just draw and draw and draw . . .

And folks, you are gonna love all these drawings going by. Woah.

Here is a composite of a crowd photo and a drawing that I am working on.