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A new year, with much to do!
Hello everyone! Welcome to 2012. 2011 was certainly exciting, rich, and unpredictable. Christine and I have high hopes with solid foundations that 2012 can only be equal, if not better, and are very much looking forward to whatever and where ever will come.
So what have we been up to? In December, I finished my final semester of classes at UVU, and Christine nearly the same. It was busy, with us both working and taking heavy university loads, but we managed to get quite a bit done. Between our return to the US in August and December, we had photos from Half Day Around shown in half a dozen galleries and events around Utah. We had a gallery party to show locals what we had been up to, were featured by multiple news papers, and spoke at a university international event after being interviewed on film for a highlight of active students. We also released our first trailer, targeted towards university students who would also have read about us.
In terms of the film itself, we have been working primarily on transcribing and translating the endless video footage captured on our adventure. We have been fortunate to have the help of many Russian/English speaking volunteers to help in this area. While it is taking some time, doing so will streamline the editing process and ease subtitle work.
And all the while we have been working on sending out post cards to keep in contact. So far we have sent out over 100 of them, and still have more to go! (We have gotten word from a few of you whose postcards were lost in the mail. Please let us know if this happens, as we will want to send another.)
Also, if your address has changed from the one given to us in the backer survey, and you still have awards to receive please send us a message with your current location and a note if you think it will change again. This will help us greatly.
For those of you wondering about the film, which I would guess is most of you: My hope is that I will have a close to final version out by June. This will then be test-screened with various film-enthusiasts and university connections to help us further improve the edit. Anyone of you who want to participate in initial screenings, in person or via the web, send us an email. We would love to have your help in this. For everyone else, we will release trailers and teasers periodically as well.
For those of you wondering about choosing your prints: We are working on a website where you will be able to view and choose the photo you would like. This way you will be able to see many of our photos that never appeared on the blog, and choose whichever ones you connect with most.
I believe that is all for now. As always, thank you, thank you, thank you again and again.
Tree and Christine
Wow, we made it!
All Christine and I can really do is say thank you. We are very excited to keep this project momentum going and it this has just been made possible by all of your combined efforts helping us along. We are very aware that this is a project of volunteers, and wouldn't have it any other way. It is encouraging to have 89 individuals, families, and groups telling us in no uncertain terms that what we are working on is worth something.
A few updates for those of you who haven't yet heard:
Utah Valley University has decided to feature the project. Monday, we were in the paper and also I spent a few hours being filmed and interviewed (a strange inverted feeling, I might add) for what will become a short feature shown all over campus on students with interesting extra-curricular lives. In addition, the university has been made available for pre-screenings of early film cuts, as well as potentially the eventual premiere. I would like to thank John McClure and Madelyn Tucker for their invaluable assistance in spreading the word of our project to the students of UVU and making these opportunities available.
Our first long term gallery will be starting in October and running through November. Those of you in Utah who purchased prints from us will be able to see a few of the many photographs we will have to choose from.
We are working on putting up a website for all of your who ordered prints to choose them from as well. More details on that will be posted as they materialize.
Anyhow, that is all for now. Again, thank you very much for your support. We are looking forward to sending out orders!
Tree Gore
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$1 or more will receive Special Thanks, backed by our sincere gratitude and love, on the website and in the film and gallery credits.
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$5 will receive: (1) an AWESOME Personalized Limited-Edition Postcard of a picture we have taken, of course, and a hand-written message JUST FOR YOU from us somewhere along the trip. Trust us, these are cool and every picture has a great story to go with it; (2) a Special Thanks, backed by our sincere gratitude and love, on the website and in the film credits **(Note - kickstarter does not give us any information about backers until the project ends, so in order for us to send postcards while we are still in Russia, we will need you to message us a receiving address of some sort)**
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$10 will receive: (1) THREE awesome Personalized Limited-Edition Postcards, each a picture we have taken, of course, and a hand-written message JUST FOR YOU from us somewhere along the trip. Trust us, these are cool and every picture has a great story to go with it; (2) Special Thanks, backed by our sincere gratitude and love, on the website and in the film credits
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$20 will receive: (1) an HD Digital Download copy of the film; (2) an AWESOME Personalized Postcard with hand-written message as previously described; (3) a Special Thanks, backed by our sincere gratitude and love, on the website and in the film credits
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$35 will receive: (1) a Special Edition DVD; (2) a 5x7 (unmatted) Signed Souvenir Print; (3) an HD Digital Download copy of the film; (4) an AWESOME Personalized Postcard with hand-written message as previously described; (5) a Special Thanks, backed by our sincere gratitude and love, on the website and in the film credits
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$75 will receive: (1) an 8x10 (matted) Signed Fine Art Print from the trip; (2) a Special Edition DVD; (3) an HD Digital Download copy of the film; (4) an AWESOME Personalized Postcard with hand-written message as previously described; (5) a Special Thanks, backed by our sincere gratitude and love, on the website and in the film credits ****please check shipping notice at bottom of description for this level of donation
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$100 will receive: (1) an 11x14 (matted) Signed Fine Art Print from the trip; (2) a Special Edition DVD; (3) an HD Digital Download copy of the film; (4) an AWESOME Personalized Postcard with hand-written message as previously described; (5) a Special Thanks, backed by our sincere gratitude and love, on the website and in the film credits ****please check shipping notice at bottom of description for this level of donation
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$150 will receive: (1) a large 16x20 (matted) Signed Fine Art Print from the trip; (2) a Special Edition DVD; (3) an HD Digital Download copy of the film; (4) an AWESOME Personalized Postcard with hand-written message as previously described; (5) a Special Thanks, backed by our sincere gratitude and love, on the website and in the film credits ****please check shipping notice at bottom of description for this level of donation
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$250 will receive: (1) a large, signed Coffee Table Book filled with photos and great stories from the trip. Many of them will not have been on the blog nor be in the movie. So this book will be your exclusive chance at short anecdotes about life and travel in Russia, 5 line thoughts, raw journal entries, and stories all paired with great photographs. If you enjoy our blog, you will love this book. (2) a Special Edition DVD; (3) an HD Digital Download copy of the film; (4) an AWESOME Personalized Postcard with hand-written message as previously described; (5) a Special Thanks, backed by our sincere gratitude and love, on the website and in the film credits ****please check shipping notice at bottom of description for this level of donation
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Well... along with these physical gifts, we will both be so grateful. A giant hug is certainly available if wanted. Also you would receive (1) VIP tickets to the premiere; (2) a Special Producer Thanks on the website, in the film, and at the premiere along with our deepest gratitude. Truly; (3) a large, signed Coffee Table Book filled with photos and great stories from the trip. Many of them will not have been on the blog nor be in the movie. So this book will be your exclusive chance at short anecdotes about life and travel in Russia, 5 line thoughts, raw journal entries, and stories all paired with great photographs. If you enjoy our blog, you will love this book; (4) a large 16x20 (matted) Signed Fine Art Print from the trip (5) a Special Edition DVD; (6) an HD Digital Download copy of the film; (7) an AWESOME Personalized Postcard with hand-written message as previously described; ****please check shipping notice at bottom of description for this level of donation
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(1) Undying gratitude for understanding, and supporting our passion in this project. (2) Also, a personal screening next time one or both of us is in your area, with extra comments and stories if wanted. We will even bring snacks! (3) And of course VIP tickets to the premiere; (4) a Special Producer Thanks on the website, in the film, and at the premiere along with our deepest gratitude. Truly; (5) a large 16x20 (matted) Signed Fine Art Print from the trip; (6) a large, signed Coffee Table Book of photos and stories from the trip as previously described; (7) a Special Edition DVD; (8) an HD Digital Download copy of the film; (9) an AWESOME Personalized Postcard with hand-written message as previously described; ****please check shipping notice at bottom of description for this level of donation
