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Update #6: …still going. STRONG!
Posted on March 19, 2010
Like that ever-annoying (but so less annoying) pink bunny we're still going and we are so appreciative. It's really incredible and yet again, our hopes are being superseded daily!
We have MORE thanks to:
JUSTIN AITCHESON!
WIL LEUNG!
ZORO!
zoro?
Your name is amazing enough to say it twice.
SO. If you look to the right you'll see we're past our goal and that is soooo good.
However, if you've been following us these last 7 days you'll know we want to get to at least 8K or more.
And we have every reason to believe it's possible.
For those of you new to the backing updates I'll throw you a bone:
Making a video or any kind of film as you know takes a lot to produce. A LOT.
Things are cheaper to make these days with new fangled cameras and such but that doesn't mean the stuff is good just because it's easier to make.
Not to say something HAS to cost a lot of money for it to be good. BUT. For the video we wish to make, we have to get particular equipment and that equipment costs a lot to rent and use properly. There are things we just can't do for free. We're going to be cutting corners wherever we can while ensuring the quality of this piece doesn't suffer. It's something we pride ourselves on.
Making stuff that doesn't suck.
We'd really like to cover some things like gas and good food for our crew members that are often willing to work for free for projects they believe in. The idea being that they come for free but they don't have to go out of pocket to help and are treated well.
The more funds raised, the less we have to beg, borrow and steal from all our friends and industry resources which, more than anything, makes the whole process that much better for everyone.
So if you can keep helping us by telling everyone you know and getting them to find out what we're doing, that'd be fantastic.
Besides, they get stuff back! Free stuff! Music and stuff!
3 MORE DAYS!!!
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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.
