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Update #6: CHICAGO FEAR FEST WORLD PREMIERE!
Guys and Gals,
I am very proud to report that because of your donations, we were able to submit to festivals like the one above, which happened to select Fear Eats The Seoul for their festival!!
This is all from you guys!! And I THANK YOU!! Keep up to date on things to follow, hopefully with a little luck, some more festivals as well.
http://njcalder.tumblr.com/ Check out my blog, promise to start updating more regularly as I am finally switching over to an iPhone WITH INTERNET. Expect to hear a lot more from me.
For better or for worse. :)
Also I have sent out the first batch of 10 DVDs to contributors. Portraits are coming, please be patient as they take time and with the festival, suddenly time has been cut short. But I promise they will be demented.
Please keep sending me your addresses for DVD and TY note shipments.
The screenplay will be emailed to everyone who donated once every other reward has been delivered and I have gained access to everyone's email.
GRAB A CAMERA AND MAKE SOMETHING!^^
NJ
Update #5: Long Delayed Video Update + Reward Information
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Update #4: WE MADE IT!! :)
APOLOGIES FOR THE LATE CELEBRATORY UPDATE:
There are so many things running through my head right now.
There are always so many reasons for people to give up, or for people to become negative. Making films is a journey. It lasts years sometimes, and a family is born each time with the people who jumped onboard and made sure it was brought to life.
The story of how this film came to be sometimes seems to overshadow the actual film's story. I am okay with this, because it has been just as difficult and arduous for me to breathe life into this film as it has been for the protagonist to survive a Demon Apocalypse. And in many ways I feel like the film is a direct reflection of my life at that time and how I overcame impossible circumstance... with a little help from my friends :)
Unfortunately, my internet is currently unable to handle video uploads. I will be reaching out to you guys with a face and some video this weekend at the latest! But for now this will have to do:
Thank you for believing in me and in the project. I can only hope that it inspires some of you to jump into your own and kickstart your own dreams.
Moments like this remind me that I am incapable of empathizing with defeat. If you reach out into the Universe, it will present you with the gifts that you already have within.
I leave you with five of my favorite behind-the-scenes pictures from the set of Fear Eats The Seoul shot during the second half of 2010.
And now we spread the fear :)
Update #3: Curtain Close
We're 9 hours away from closing our kickstarter and we have just raised over $1,000 dollars more than what we initially requested! This is astounding.
We have also finally been given an official IMDB page for our film:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2235513/combined
The extra funding we have received will be used to open an IMDBPro account, giving us control over our page i.e. adding images, posters, etc.
We will also continue to look into submitting to even more festivals. Please send us any local festivals that we may skip over as well!
Please look out for a video update after Curtain Close :)
Happy Rare Leap Year Day!
niCk
Update #2: Happy Valentine's Day! <3
It is with great pleasure that I announce the 100 % Funding of our Goal, 15 days before our deadline!!!!
It is truly an amazing feeling. We have worked so hard to get the film finished and to have so many people, both old and news friends, come together and back the project with so many hard earned dollars, is nothing short of a miracle.
I am extremely humbled.
Having said all, there are still 15 days left until the project closes, and any number of things could happen before then to hinder reaching our goal, i.e. if anyone should need to withdraw for any reason. Therefore I encourage everyone to reach out to a single friend and ask them to consider backing as well. In any amount.
Our funding goal of 2,000 USD has been a starting point to moving into festivals. Recently, we have spent nearly a thousand already to submit to 30 festivals. Your donations will recoup this cost plus the cost for the next 15-20 festivals. With more donations, we can submit to more festivals. So every little extra bit counts.
And on that note, I would like to thank you all so much again. THANK YOU!
Happy Valentine's Day. This is better than chocolate, I assure you.
I leave with you now, a gift. A piece of Score from the film. It is a piece of music towards the end of the film, and it belongs to my favorite single moment in the film. It is pure magic and I understood in that moment what the power of collaboration can accomplish.
We are also a collaboration, so enjoy.
niCk
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Nick Calder was born and raised in NYC. In 2008, he graduated from the School of Visual Arts with a degree in Screenwriting. Wanting to explore the world and gain some life experiences, he moved to his mother's homeland of South Korea where he taught ESL. After a year of teaching, he began writing a short film about zombies. This would ultimately become his first feature-length genre debut about Demons: "Fear Eats The Seoul."
