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Update #4: SO CLOSE! seriously. we're freakin' out.
Posted on March 17, 2010
Wow.
Wow.
Wow.
We posted our 2nd video update 5 days ago and we were at just under 4K and things seemed bleak.
Within 5 days we've had this HUGE outpour of generosity and now we're actually certain we're going to be making this video!!
Which is something that is still a little hard to fathom. Honestly.
When you set out to do something like this where you sit down and figure out how to do a project on the absolute bare minimum and it still comes up as enough money to pay your rent for 6 months you think to yourself 'this is a REAL stretch to just ask people to give us money, even if they get stuff in return'.
So many MORE thank yous:
VICTORIA!
TONY BALTULIS!
DANIEL!
JANIS GRANTHAM!
GEOFF HACK!
IAN ROBERTSON!
KATE FENNELL!
CODY WICK!
SHAWN RICHTER!
JUSTIN BARRETT!
We have so much LOVE for all of you, we hope you have the same in Your Heart.
However, before we get all crazy about this, we've still got 5 days left and don't want to stop the excitement cause we have to go ALL the way or we don't get ANY of it!!!!
Yah. If you didn't know that already, that's how it works in these here pages. We have to get our full goal or we don't get a cent. And to that, as I said, our goal is the bare minimum and we'd certainly love to surpass it so maybe we can beg a little less for the wonderful equipment we need and get a few more things we really need to make this video the best it can be.
AND…Andrew has decided to drop the reward of $6000 to $5000. So now you can get an entire album recorded JUST FOR YOU for the incredibly ridiculous price of $5000! Seriously! That's an entire album for YOU! Get some friends together and get an album made. Remember, the money's not even going to Andrew while he does this for you. It's going to the video! So not only do you get an ENTIRE ALBUM JUST FOR YOU, but you get to contribute to the amazing video we're going to make!
I'm starting to storyboard and will be posting those as well as part of our updates shortly.
Look forward to celebrating properly with all of you once we get into full production mode!
Spread the word! Tell everyone you know. Every dollar counts!
WE REALLY WANT TO SURPASS OUR GOAL! Help us help YOUR HEART!
And look for something really cool coming soon for all of you who have given!
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Born in small-town Canada, Karl Richter was heavily influenced by his older brother’s interests to pursue the arts at a young age. Through secondary school into highschool he studied comics for inspiration in illustrating and story-telling, always looking to movies for inspiration. By the end of highschool he pursued design and moved to Toronto to learn about graphic arts at the Ontario College of Art and Design. Within 6 months of living in Toronto, his love of film and the possibility that making movies was real, he realized motion picture was the means to fulfill his desire to tell stories using all facets of art— from composition and colour to emotion of performance and movement.
After a few false starts, ‘The Boy and His Wolf’ was the first short film that Karl felt he had made something worth talking about. This was the beginning of his journey as a Director, which lead to the creation of ‘wendel’, a collective based moniker to take the emphasis off of Karl as the sole creative force behind any project he would write, direct, edit or produce due to the collaborative nature of motion picture.
'The Boy and His Wolf' was a Platinum REMI award winner at the 2009 International Film Festival while his second short film 'The Door' was an official selection at the 2009 SoCal Independent Film Festival.
The end of 2009 released wendel's second music video and first for Your Heart, titled 'In the Sun'.
2010 was a very transitional year for Karl and wendel as it officially became an entity unto its own, created out of the inclusion of Philip Bowser (visualFX) and Russell Greene (Producer) as well as Nicole Martens (PR + styling).
With the full 'cast' rounded out, wendel has relocated to Los Angeles to get into the industry proper, having started 2011 with Discovery channel and riding that to transition into doing continuous TV branding and motion graphics. This of course alongside all the continuous shooting for more musicians and brands including Quiznos, US Bank, Brother Printers, the NCAA, Colin Munroe, The Working Hour, TiRon and Ayomari and Lexdray.
Always keep your eyes peeled for new things from wendel.
