In some of our live streaming broadcasts during the shooting, someone had the brilliant idea (maybe it was me) of putting a webcam on my head to broadcast from there.
The director's view
After some hours editing, finding things like this makes you smile :P
Yes, this week we bring you a double share of crowdfunding.
Do you remember Footagevault? It's very nice website that have helped us a lot. They supply with shot-stock, and, almost one year ago, they contact us to offer us all their material. We have already used some of their images for our second teaser trailer, and we'll be using more in the film. We will never be able to thank them enough for their help! So the least we can do is telling you that they now have a project in IndieGoGo to edit DVDs of the documentary First Orbit. We have already told you about this documentary in our social networks, but we remind you that it is a one-hour film that recreates what Yuri Gagarin saw that first historic flight using images taken from Space. There are ten days left to end, and there is still a lot to raise, so we encourage you to go to their project right now.
The second share of crowdfunding is CC World. It is a project by the Barcelona Creative Commons Film Festival guys, BccN for their friends. The project promotes the Creative Commons film festivals by means of copying the original festival, the aforementioned BccN. In fact, a few days ago, one of these copies took place in Madrid, the CC MAD. The festival has been terrific, with the screening of An Island, among others (a film we have probably also told you about). They are so nice that they screened our trailer before the films. Keep in mind that the CC World project is not only looking for economical contributions, but many other types of contribution such as translation, web design, organization of the copy festival, etc. Do not hesitate in keeping an eye on it; there are many ways of helping.
We, by the way, are also still dealing with crowdfunding. Even though the film is already shot, there is still a lot to be done. So, remember, if your grandma is not a producer yet, what are you waiting for to turn her into one?!
The Cosmonaut got more than 450 mentions in Twitter in the following hour after the trailer was released. It was one of the trending topics of the moment.More than 1,300 people talked about us that same evening.We reached 30,000 viewings of the trailer during the first week.We got more than 600 new followers in Facebook and Twitter. The day after the release, we reached 5,000 followers in each of these social networks.We got 262 retweets for our trailer. In just one night.Fun fact: We launched the trailer the 4th of November; the very same date Laika's arrival to space was announced.We got more than 100 new producersWe got more than 50 new investors.
As you already know (and if you don't, we'll tell you), we are in The Cosmonaut's final stage, namely, we are in the editing stage of the post-production process. We have even sent a first pre-edition to Sundance festival, and we are also preparing some other versions for Berlin's and SXSW.
As any self-respected science-fiction movie, we want the special and visual effects to be really meticulous and elaborated.
Not really long ago, our post-production coordinator had to leave the project due to some other personal projects. That's why we are looking for a post-production studio who wants to work with us, and carry out the coordination work of the special effects, as well as carrying the weight of making them.
If you are a studio, or you know any studio that might be interested, send us an e-mail to: hola @elcosmonauta.es. Send us a reel of your work or any link to any website where we can see some reference works of the studio.
Thank you very much to all of you :)
So this post intends to tell you about what we need just in case you can help us to economize on resources :)
- To build the interior of the spacecraft in a silent and big place (about 50 square metres) where we can shoot later. We would need it to start building it from right now until the 12 of December. This is what we need most!
- Art material (woods, metals, buttons, whatever) to build the interior control panel.
- An engine or big device to vibrate and simulate the spacecraft take-off.
- Professional lighting.
- A body-mount or snorricam like this.
- We need to find places in Galicia with lush woods, with rivers, cliffs, etc., that can be similar to Russia (for instance, there shouldn't be eucalyptus; yes, I know it's difficult in Galicia). We will welcome any proposal! (you can see more descriptions and references in the task de wreckaMovie)
- Camping equipment for 4 people (tents, sleeping bags).
- Roof rack with 'trunk' for (old) Seat Ibiza (property of Carola`s brother, that is going to be full of material).
What? End-of-the-shooting dinner.After saying all this... we will solve any doubt in FACEBOOK, not in the e-mail, but we reveal here some of the answers::
Who? Whoever. Producers, investors and fans of the movie.
Where? We don't know yet. We'll tell you depending on how many of us we are. We book it.
When? Friday, 16th December. It's Friday. There are no long weekends neither family dinners.
How do I sign up? Sending an e-mail to hola@elcosmonauta.es. There is no need of telling us anything, just tell us if you come alone or with someone else, just to take them into account. We don't care either if you are coming to the after-drinks, in that case, don't send us an e-mail, and just come. We just need to count the people coming for dinner, for booking purposes.
Dress code? Do we really have to explain you that? Come on, go and grab your cosmonaut t-shirt or embroider your patch.
Come on, come on... we are ready. Take your places. Let's see... you, the one on the font
row, get down, we can't see the ones behind you. Come on, come on, let's go.
Let me take a look....hmmm, you, the one on the back to the left, stick out a little, you're
not in!. Let's see....Ok, very well. Now everyone smile: One, two....
Click!
Once and again, Nicolás is travelling to give and receive knowledge.
First of all, he has arrived in Montreal today, where he is going to assist to several masterclasses included in the Festival du nouveau cinéma that will take place in this city. It sounds good, doesn't it?
Next week, the gathering will be in San Sebastian, in the Alter Transmedia Workshop. This is a three-day workshop of theory and practice together with transmedia projects' advisors and directors. Nicolás will appear on Friday to talk about the creation of a community around a transmedia project.
We hope to see you in any of those two places :)
