The edit system is working again! I’ve output uncompressed AVI files for Barry Gregg and will be meeting him at Starbucks in Edmonds (Washington, USA) in a couple hours to hand him a 2TB hard drive with the movie, Spiral’s Blackmagic Design Ultrascope, and our best wishes for a efficient and fun color correction. Yeah! Big step.

Getting that edit system repaired (again) was frustrating and time consuming. Right now, the system is working on screening disks (dialogue only and full mix versions) so Kyle Kramer, lead sound editor and Wes Slover, soundtrack composer, can evaluate where we are with the soundtrack. I’m very much looking forward to the screening.

More news soon!

Best regards,

Phil

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I am so looking forward to seeing Project London with all the music in place! That’s what’s on deck. And also a chance to evaluate all the dialogue and sound design work done to date.

BTW, this isn’t the first time our edit system crashed. Thankfully through all of the crashes, we haven’t lost data!

Sincerely,

Phil McCoy, Executive Producer
on behalf of Ian Hubert (left), Writer Director, and Nathan McCoy (far right), also Executive Producer and Phil McCoy (middle).

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We had a lot of fun making the trailer and we hope you enjoy it. Wesley Slover, Project London Soundtrack Composer contributed the track, London Undergroundfrom the movie. It’s really cool to hear it in this trailer.

Visit the book page on the official movie site to learn more about Project Manhattan.

Did you see the Dick’s Drive-in logo on the Joint Command tower? Dick’s is a great place for burgers in Seattle. We love ‘em.

We had a lot of fun making the trailer and we hope you enjoy it. Wesley Slover, Project London Soundtrack Composer contributed the track, London Undergroundfrom the movie. It’s really cool to hear it in this trailer.

Visit the book page on the official movie siteto learn more about Project Manhattan.

Did you see the Dick’s Drive-inlogo on the Joint Command tower? Dick’s is a great place for burgers in Seattle. We love ‘em.

Sincerely,

Phil McCoy, Executive Producer
on behalf of Ian Hubert (left), Writer Director, and Nathan McCoy (far right), also Executive Producer and Phil McCoy (middle).

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Speaking of wrapping up, we are preparing for a screening in order to take stock of what is left to do. You already know that we’re focused on the soundtrack and color correction. Kyle Kramer, Lead Sound Editor has prepared mixes for all ten reels of the movie, it’s now in my ball court to get a Blu-ray burned for the screening. At the same time, I will be preparing to hand the movie back to Barry Gregg, which was already in his hands once, as DP during production. Barry has volunteered to complete the color correction on the movie and for this and so much more, we are supremely grateful.

While describing what it’s been like to get everything finished to one of my friends, he smiled and asked me if I had heard of the 90/10 rule. I have heard of the 80/20 (Pareto) rule, that states, roughly 80% of an outcome often come from just 20% of the related causes. “That’s well and good,” he said and went on to explain the 90/10 rule, “the last 10% of a challenging job often takes the same amount of energy as it took to get the project 90% done.” The truth of that statement exploded in my brain. That’s why I am so grateful for everyone on the team who continues to press forward with us to the finish line. We can see the light at the end of the tunnel and we’re gonna get there!

More exciting news soon!

Sincerely,

Phil McCoy, Executive Producer
on behalf of Ian Hubert (left), Writer Director, and Nathan McCoy (far right), also Executive Producer and Phil McCoy (middle).

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It’s hard to go somewhere in Seattle and not bump into a place we filmed at. I was looking at one of the first shots in the movie, and was amused by how many of our other filming locations were visible in that one shot. Just- whew! Holy cow. Seattle seems smaller every day.

Ian

Ian Hubert | Writer Director

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I was SUPER out of it when I recorded this (I didn’t realize how out of it till later in the day, when I tried to interact with actual people), but I think that lends it a certain something (lack of coherent thought). Naw, I kid. Check it out.

Read this after you watch the video:

So, I didn’t push this technique nearly as far as I could have. I stuck basically with using the image itself as the displacement map—but if you have an actual depth map? Whew! The options are limitless (hyperbole alert!)! If you have a still render of a ship in flight, and also the depth map, you can displace the ship render so that it looks 3d! Meaning you can do a 2.5d compositing deal and actually have a bit of perspective shift on the layers! It’s amazing how little perspective shift it takes to suddenly make something look 3d, and our brains are totally hardwired to be super-sensitive to those changes, meaning even if folks can’t put their finger on why, the shot will still feel a lot more realistic. I didn’t get into this in the tutorial really, because all of the really cool shots I’ve done that for are in the finale of the film (which is still a secret, actually!). But maybe I’ll put together another little something sometime.

Hope this helps someone!

Ian

Ian Hubert | Writer Director

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On behalf of Nathan, Ian, the cast and crew, and myself, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your support of Project London. We aren’t going to let the fact that we didn’t achieve our fundraising goal slow us down. We are going to press on and finish Project London as quickly as we can.

Have no fear, all the perks will be honored. Have no fear, we will find a way to finish the sound track and the color correction. People have come forward, and are coming forward with ideas and solutions to help us reach our goal.

You can count on us to continue to provide updates from www.projectlondonmovie.com and Facebook. We expect to provide you with some very good news in just a few weeks. Thank you so much for your faith and belief in our project, and your willingness to help us across the finish line. We look forward to sharing that great moment with you in the near future.

Sincerely,

Phil McCoy, Executive Producer
on behalf of Ian Hubert (left), Writer Director, and Nathan McCoy (far right), also Executive Producer and Phil McCoy (middle).

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We’re sharing this bit of the song with you now in hopes that it will inspire you to help us finish the movie. We have two major hurdles to overcome—color correction and sound design and mixing. Our IndieGoGo.com campaign is almost over and we haven’t hit our goal by a long shot. That said, we are undaunted. We will press on and we sure hope you will help us with a donation and/or sharing links to the campaign everywhere on Facebook and Twitter.

Point people here to check out the campaign: http://www.indiegogo.com/Project-London

Thank you!

And for those of you who stumble upon this post, Project London is an independently produced, science-fiction, action-adventure, effects movie. Made by Volunteers! Almost no Budget! Blender open-source 3D Software used to create animated elements! 774 Visual Effects!

Who is Anton Urban? Why is he introducing the premiere of Half Acre Day’s new song? These are valid questions that deserve answers. Anton has supported Project London from the beginning, when it was just a teensy little germ of an idea. He’s been a sounding board for ideas, he plays a bit part (that still may be cut), and he helped us with the connective story tissue between Project Manhattan (the prequel novella) and the movie. Also very significant, Anton introduced us to Half Acre Day. So it’s only appropriate that he introduces the premiere of Pythagoras Switch.

Cheers,

Phil McCoy, Executive Producer
on behalf of Ian Hubert (left), Writer Director, and Nathan McCoy (far right), also Executive Producer and Phil McCoy (middle).

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You can help us finish Project London by making a contribution and/or sharing this video and our campaign: http://igg.me/p/44521?a=265711&i=shlk

Thank you!

Project London is an independently produced, science-fiction, action-adventure, effects movie. Made by Volunteers! Almost no Budget! Blender open-source 3D Software used to create animated elements! 774 Visual Effects!

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