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Update #23: Light at the end of the tunnel.
Update #22: And once again, THANK YOU!
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Posted on October 25, 2010
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Update #21: You did it!
With just three hours to go, we made it past our $20,000 goal. The money from the Kickstarter campaign will immediately go into completing all of the production and moving well into editing "Sweet Old World." We will keep in touch and let you know about our progress as we move forward.
Thank you--ALL of you--for giving this film a tremendous boost. You made our day!
Photo by Michael Newman.
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Kristy Hennessee on September 13, 2010
Very happy to see you met the goal! I'm looking forward to seeing the film.
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Catherine on September 13, 2010
Congratulations! I'm really pleased for you. I enjoyed a couple of your other films and I'm looking forward to this one.
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Update #20: Band camp.
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David and Vangie watch the scene.
South Pasadena High School drum line.
Filming the band.
Jacques and Jonathan in the band. Jonathan, a senior at South Pas, leads the clarinet section.
Update #19: Phase 2
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Our second phase of production involves embedding our actors in the South Pasadena High School Marching Band as they start band camp. 
Update #18: After school hangout
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Our assistant set coordinator, Lisa Zugschwerdt, cues one of the many South Pasadena High School band members taking part in filming.
Update #17: Blocking
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Some of the crew looks on as David goes over the scene with Eric Peter-Kaiser (left) and Kyle Weishaar (right).
Update #15: Let them eat cake
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Our production designer, Lorraine Heitzman, and her assistant, Ariana Del Rio, make sure the wedding cake is picture perfect for the next scene.
Update #14: Setting the scene
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David and set coordinator, Aaron Penn, go over the placement of extras for a wedding reception scene with Fabian Jaime, one of our background actors.
Update #13: Continuity
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Script Supervisor, Michael Coulombe (center) watches the scene on the monitor.
Update #12: When Brian Met Ruth...
Blocking Brian & Ruth's awkward first encounter.
Update #11: School Days part 3
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South Pasadena High School drum-line director, Tom Float, gets his mic setup for his first scene.
Update #10: School Days part 2
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Class & crew go over the scene.
David explains the scene to Ruth's (Julia Rose) class.
Jacques and the rest of the class take their places for the top of the scene.
Update #9: School Days
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Jonathan Naritouku plays Ethan's best friend.
David gives Jonathan some last minute direction while the shot is setup.
Ardy explains his shot to Jonathan and Eric.
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Funding Successful
This project successfully raised its funding goal on September 13, 2010.
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A heartfelt thank you.
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A heartfelt thank you and an early-release DVD of Sweet Old World.
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All of the above, plus a DVD of David Zeiger’s personal documentary about his son, The Band, that is the basis for this film. The Band was broadcast on the PBS series P.O.V. in 1998, but has never before been on DVD. "A Quixotic cinematic quest by turns poignant, candid, and comic, a This is Spinal Tap of the soul." –Creative Loafing, Atlanta
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All of the above, plus a DVD set of David Zeiger’s path-breaking PBS series, Senior Year, that followed fifteen kids through their senior year at L.A.’s most diverse high school. Also never before seen on DVD. “Others have tried to document high school life, but this 13-part series succeeds where those drier efforts failed. High school is a time for experimentation, and finally, a truly experimental filmmaker (David Zeiger) is there.”–Entertainment Weekly
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A complete set of the films and series of David Zeiger on DVD, including the multi-award winning Sir! No Sir!, a film that revealed the suppressed history of the thousands of soldiers who resisted the Vietnam War. “Two Thumbs Up” from Ebert and Roeper. Manohla Dargis called it “Smart and timely” in the New York Times, and the New York Daily News wrote “This is powerful stuff, offering us not only a new look at the past, but unavoidably relevant insights into the present.”
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The complete set of DVDs, a special Thank You in the film’s credits, and a chance to be an extra in the film and have lunch with David Zeiger (on us!) if you are in the L.A. area.
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David Zeiger has produced several projects for PBS, HBO, and theatrical release, including The Band (P.O.V. 1998), Senior Year (13-part series, 2002), and This Is Where We Take Our Stand (In post-production, ITVS). Entertainment Weekly hailed Senior Year, saying, "Others have tried to document high school life, but this series succeeds where those drier efforts failed...High school is a time for experimentation, and finally, a truly experimental filmmaker is there." His feature documentary, Sir! No Sir! won numerous festival awards and ran theatrically in sixty cities in the U.S. in 2006.
