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on February 8
Jay Stern
Posted project update #25We have an edit!
Post CommentDear supporters of "The Adventures of Paul and Marian":I am thrilled to announce that I have completed the first edit of the film! It's not a final edit by any means, but we now have a complete assembly of the movie with the scenes working pretty much the way I intended them to. I'll be going over the film with my key collaborators over the next few weeks and will most likely bring in another editor to help tighten the movie and make it extra polished once we've figured out what we need to do next.Once the editing is done, we can move on to the green screen effects, sound, and music, which we'll also need to raise money to do, but more on that later.
There is still a huge amount of work to go -- I suspect it will take at least the rest of 2012 to finish the film -- but having this edit is a major step forward. It's becoming a real movie. It's hard to believe that this time last year it was only just words on a page.
I'll be in touch over the next few months as things develop. I can't wait to share the final project with all of you.
Thanks, as always, for your support. We really couldn't have done this without you!
Yours in independent film,
Jay Stern
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on December 26
Jay Stern
Posted project update #24"The Adventures of Paul and Marian" year end report
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on October 31, 2011
Jay Stern
backed a project
Peter Blanchette & The Happy Valley Guitar Orchestra by Jesse Epstein
A documentary adventure about success, collaboration, and surviving while doing what you love.
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102% funded $15,371 pledged
- 178 backers
- Funded Nov 18, 2011
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on October 17, 2011
Jay Stern
backed a project
Andrew 12-Sided Dice Clay: a web-series by Kevin
Meet the bad-boy stand-up comic with raunchy rants about Star Trek, LOTR, Dr. Who, Krull and Batman. Obscene. Obscure. Observational.
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105% funded $7,387 pledged
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on October 12, 2011
Jay Stern
Posted project update #23We've Been Awarded a Jerome Foundation Grant!
Dear supporters,
I am thrilled to announce that I have received a $10,000 grant from the Jerome Foundation that will go towards our post production costs. This is a big deal for us, especially given the high caliber of projects we're sharing the award with. You can see the whole list here, in the press release that was just posted on the Jerome Foundation's website. We are thrilled and honored to receive this grant and will spend the money on one of the most important parts of this project -- the green screen effects.
In other news, I passed the halfway mark in the rough edit today! Bit by bit, the movie is coming together.
Thank you all for your continued support. I'll be in touch with more news as it develops.
Jay
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on October 9, 2011
Jay Stern
commented on a project updateNever took off? So far you've raised $25,000 of non-tax-deductible donations on Kickstarter which is a huge amount for this platform. Don't discard our support, or consider it a failure.
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on September 27, 2011
Jay Stern
backed a project
Shakespeare's Sister Company's "Sunday on the Rocks" by Kris Lundberg
It's time to play the music! It's time to light the lights! The SSC would love to recognize supporters of the NY theater.
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142% funded $1,425 pledged
- 17 backers
- Funded Sep 30, 2011
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on September 16, 2011
Jay Stern
Posted project update #22Editing is Underway
Post CommentDear Kickstarter Backers,
Apologies for being out of touch for a little bit; I was hired to direct The Bardy Bunch, a wild play -- a musical no less -- at the New York International Fringe Festival. Auditions and rehearsals started immediately following the wrap of our shoot so I've been working non-stop since you last heard from me. I was able to bring a few members of the Adventures of Paul and Marian team along, so it felt like I was able to keep the movie party going a bit longer. The play was a super amount of fun, and there's some interest in continuing our run somehow in NYC and elsewhere, so there will hopefully be a longer life for this really wonderful play.
But enough about my play; I'm sure you're all wondering what is up with the movie! Once the play closed in late August I finally had time to start editing, and I'm happy to announce that I've cut nearly 30 minutes of the film. It's still a rough cut of course, but if editing continues to progress at the current pace, I should have a workable cut of the entire movie by the end of the year.
I'm attaching a rough composite shot of the character of Marian as she looks out with expectation at the start of her adventure. That's how I feel now, as I observe this movie coming into place (although I'm not nearly as nervous as Marian, who is facing the big scary world all alone). It's been really wonderful to go back to this footage after a break and to see the entire movie sitting there waiting to be sculpted into shape.
I'll keep you informed as things progress, and I'll be in touch quite soon with some exciting news that I can't yet announce publicly.
Thank you all for your continued support!
Jay
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on August 27, 2011
Jay Stern
backed a project
The Search for the Lost da Vinci by Dave Yoder
Since 2008 Dave Yoder has been involved in the high-tech search for da Vinci's lost painting "The Battle of Anghiari."
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on August 20, 2011
Jay Stern
backed a project
A Night of New, Contemporary, American Plays by Lissette Espaillat
A night of new, contemporary plays. Running Sept. 14-17th at the Arclight Theatre, steps from Lincoln Center in New York City.
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116% funded $8,137 pledged
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Jay Stern
New York, NY
Jay has directed a whole of bunch of short films and real live theater. His first feature "The Changeling,” based on the 1622 play about desire and murder, opened in 2007, and his second feature, "Spirit Cabinet," about a seance gone wr... view more
Congratulations on the grant! That's fantastic!
Wow! All of those projects look great!
Awesome news, Jay. Thanks for the update!