April 27, 2008 - MacGuffin?

Winging by a wire and bringing the fire ... I've been spending most of my time lately getting all the stuff together we need for the new website. Even though someone other than myself is designing it and making sure it all works right. We hope to have the first version up by next month. This is certainly taking a lot more time than I anticipated. Especially since my main focus as been the rough cut I'm still working on. However, other matters beyond the edit (and website) has taken my attention away ... A little about the website itself. It will consist of five main sections: 1) Story, which will include a logline and synopsis with several photos that help represent the story, along with a director interview and a few more photos; 2) Cast, which will include bios of the eight main cast members, as well as quite number of photos of them, along with a few photos of the other cast members, and finally several photos of the cast and director "at work". 3) Production, which will include production notes about several elements of the production, key crew bios, a number of behind the scenes photos of the crew, some behind the scenes video, and a blog. 4) Media, which will include several appropriate media photos, news articles and broadcast pieces (to be updated as we get more coverage), trailers and an EPK (electronic press kit). 5) Community, which will include some appropriate photos, contact page, forum, and social network links. I don't believe we'll have every piece ready to go, but most of it will be there. I'm also quite sure we'll add some other elements as this progresses ... As far as the edit, that has been slow going, as previously mentioned. Once I'm done with this rough edit, I'll hire an editor to work with me. In fact, I'm currently looking for one. So if you're out there, contact me now. Also, I'm currently consulting with someone on the visual effects elements we need in some of our more challenging scenes. Hopefully that will help me get a grip on that so I know exactly who I need to hire. Until then, back to the grindstone ...