Monday, July 16, 2012

The Thank You So Much Blog

35 Days

53 Backers

$5,366.50

107% Funded


When the dust settled last night at 11pm, that is what all the posts, all the pestering, all the likes, all the shares and all the donations amounted to.

Success

While it may have been a plot hatched from our evil brains, you guys carried it out. YOU guys are the ones that said "we would like to see what you can do and we'll put our money where your mouth is."

YOU got us the funding we needed.

YOU helped The Make Believe Picture Company get on the path to showing the world a different kind of entertainment. 

YOU did it.

And we thank you from the bottom of our hearts ... well heart and Central Oil Containment Center, because as you all know, Eric is a cyborg from the future.

So what now?

Glad you asked... we should receive our funding from Kickstarter in the next two to four weeks, so we will be looking to film our three episode arc of In Development in August.

90% of our cast has already been locked down, so we will finish securing the remaining actors in the next week or so. We really couldn't have asked for better and more talented actors. Honestly. I'm not saying that because I have to, I'm saying it because you're gonna love them and it's true.

We've got an massively talented Director of Photography. This guy does magnificent work and is gonna make Mike Bay Productions, look like a billion brand-spanking new Ben Bernanke bucks.

And on the post-production side, we have an editor that  ... words can't describe how talented the guy is. His work looks so amazing, better than so much of the professional stuff out there it's just ridiculous. 

So between making final arrangements with our locations, getting a finalized shooting schedule and making sure all of the technical aspects of the project come together, the Make Believe team will be hard at work making sure every penny spent will make it to the screen and that we are putting out the best possible product that your money can buy ;-)


But until then ...

You've helped out two struggling filmmakers in Los Angeles and made a huge contribution into bringing their dreams to reality. 

To tell stories that people can relate to and connect with, just like we did and still do to this day. 

To turn the world into our backyard so we can all continue playing Make Believe together. But be home before dark, we don't want to piss off your mom.

To help us change Hollywood one story at a time.

We could not have made In Development without your help; your drive to get our message out there, your generous donations and of course, liking the video and sharing the project.

Thank you guys so much for all the support!

This is where the fun starts.