LET'S DO THIS!

Let's make 2013 absolutely amazing!

REDD GREEN

Striving to get as much of this movie done as humanly possible. Ya know, before the year wraps up. I'm fully aware we'll still need to get some shooting done in January, but I'm using New Years as a deadline to get this as close to done as humanly possible.

Alot of editing, learning the ins and outs of Vegas Pro 12 as well as the amazingness of Hitfilm 2 Ultimate. Also been doing alot of shooting in front of our portable green screen.

More talk about that as well as where we are at production wise in the following video.

We're in the last 24 days of our INDIEGOGO CAMPAIGN.  We're approaching $500 and we've got a ways to go. I'm confident we can at least get close to our goal.  I really need to keep up with the updates and video updates which is what I plan on doing this week.

I've been working with the new FX software Hitfilm 2 Ultimate. It's a pretty amazing software that now allows the use of 3d Models.  I downloaded a 3D model of a car and attempted to do an effect of a car exploding and flipping over. The physics are all wrong and it was a very rushed job, mainly because I was excited to get it rendered to see what it would look like. All in all I think it looks alright for an hour job. I definitely see the strong potential of this software and can't wait to test it's limits.

So here's my plan for this week. I have a reel for a client that I need to upload which I'm actually doing now. Also this week I need to upload a Hitfilm 2 tutorial since a few people have asked. I'd like to edit at least 2 to 3 more video updates for our IndieGoGo as well as for our Kickstarter peoples and just for our REDD audience in general. 

Really need to push this IndieGoGo. Gotta get some of this money in. The more we get the faster we can get REDD finished. So please, if you can, spread the word and or pledge to us.  You'll get rewards for pledging like these amazing Limited Edition Postcards.

We Love You Dian!

On behalf of the cast and crew of REDD we give our condolences to our lead actress April Crum and her family. Her mother Dian Crum has passed away after a long battle with cancer. Dian was sweet and wonderful and extremely supportive of April and this little movie we've been working on. She didn't hesitate to lend a hand behind and sometimes in front of the camera. She was an amazing and lovely person and she will be greatly missed.

Please send your condolences here: http://www.resthavenfuneral.com/Obituaries/obituaries-detail.cfm?method=2&id=1996

Honestly. This is rather heartbreaking. There have been many ups and downs in making this movie. At the start of this production I had lost a friend in a car wreck and then later my brother Robert passed away. It's hard not to think of the people you've lost in your own life when someone else passes away. My heart is with April, her sister Crystal, and their Dad, Bill Crum, as well as all of the immediate family. It's an awful time right now that only adds to my own pain from my own loss.

But somehow you have to find the strength to move forward. You have to. I promised my brother I would finish this movie and now I do so with Dian in mind as well.

So we will indeed finish this.

Who is REDD?

Who is REDD? Take a quick look at what a REDD Agent is and peek into the personality of REDD herself.

Please support our IndieGoGo. This movie is nearly finished and we need your help to get this movie out to the masses. http://www.indiegogo.com/reddmovie

Also, special thanks to Theo Hearst and Michael Baumeister for being our newest pledgers to receive their Associate Producer credit. And remember, this is a flexible funding campaign, meaning whatever you pay for you are guaranteed to get. If you pledge to get a T-shirt package, you will be getting that T-shirt package regardless of whether we reach our goal. So feel free to pledge to get some of our nifty perks.

REDD PROD. UPDATE / VFX Breakdowns November 2012

Coming Down The Line

We're in the middle of finishing up the rest of shooting. Inching along. I swear this thing is so close to getting done. Of course we are behind thanks to the usual delays (scheduling and weather) so shooting is going to go into November. We're editing as we go. Scoring and VFX work has been coming along nicely as well.

Check out some pics from the set.

KICKSTARTER Update #15

Cross posted from Kickstarter

What's been going on!?

A few of you requested an update so an updating I shall go.

First off still dealing with casting schedules for those last few scenes. Some of this is due to some of our cast and crew settling in with that first month of returning to college. Another part of it is some of our cast is getting quite popular and in demand, I'm happy to say. But we'll be knocking out those scenes this month and into October.

Of course this delays us. This means you lovely Kickstarter folks will get to see this movie in November.

The good news is the first full hour of this movie is pretty much complete. Still some sound mixing to do and we have to re-record some dialogue, but all in all this movie is looking pretty bad ass.

Could there quite possibly be a sneak peak at a scene or two. You bet your ass?

BUT WHEN PATRICK?!

I respond with a cryptic "soon".

It'll be a surprise but there are a couple of different scenes I can't wait to show you.

Heck I can't wait for you guys to see the full movie in it's entirety.

More soon.

Until then, check out some freeze frames from the movie.

Redd (April Crum) points to the sky indicating that she does indeed have her own space ship.

Rick (Eve Butler) looks over the "particle generator" an object of great importance to this particular plot.

Jennifer Russoli is OFFICER CARTER. Here she argues with Ron Rice who plays DARYL. Some heated words are exchanged in regards to the Grimm Corporation trying to "take over" the U.S. Military.

Brooke Hammrick plays ANNIE. One of the inhabitants of Magic Valley trying to make sense of all the strangeness happening around her home town.

SMITH (Chris Plouffe) looks over the particle generator hoping to that fixing it will help them fight the oncoming evil.

Redd holding the long cannon and being entirely too happy about it.

More soon.