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When I was younger I thought all cities were the same size. All down-towns just a mile or two across, surrounded by endless suburbs. But man! After growing older and seeing a few more cities I realized: Seattle is tiny!

It's hard to go somewhere in Seattle and not bump into a place we filmed…

Whew! You don't composite almost a thousand shots for a film without learning a few tricks! I learned a lot of time-saving techniques over the course of the past few years, and wanted to show you guys one of the cooler (though not as universally practical) ones; how to make some clouds and environments look 3d!

I was SUPER out of it when I recorded this (I didn't realize how out of it till later in the day, when I tried to interact with actual people), but I…

To everyone who contributed to and supported our recent campaign:

On behalf of Nathan, Ian, the cast and crew, and myself, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your support of Project London. We aren’t going to let the fact that we didn’t achieve our fundraising goal slow us down. We are going to press on and finish Project London as quickly as we can.

Have no fear, all the…

Project London Blender Artist, Nathan Taylor, talks about his involvement with Project London and provides a detailed breakdown of a couple visual effects where he actually has a cameo in the movie. Very revealing. Very interesting. Very cool.

You can help us finish Project London by making a contribution and/or sharing this video and our campaign:…

What is your name?

My Drivers License says it's Bradley Alan Notman

 

How old are you and why?

According to previously mentioned Drivers License, and other nomenclature, I was born on January 20, 1962.  So, if…

After years of people asking when the trailer was gonna be released, we slipped it out kinda quietly as part of the fundraising campaign—but there's a lot of cool stuff going on in there.

Soren Laulainen…

You can go, right now, and download a ton of the best 3D models we made for Project London. You can mess around with them, and use them for stuff! Like, basically any stuff, if you give us attribution. We've just got a straightforward creative commons license on it.

These are some sweet models, worked on and made by some of the best Blender…

First up, I want to thank everyone who has made a contribution via the Sneak Peek Scene link or by sharing the link on Facebook and Twitter. You are helping us finish the movie!

We are now within two weeks (or so) of launching a fund raising campaign on Indiegogo.com. We have set a fund raising target and identified a large collection of very cool perks for contributors. On the Indiegogo.com site, you'll be able to…

It's been a while since we last updated our fan stats; February 26, 2011 to be exact.

As of this writing there are now:

72 (+16%) known news reports/blog posts featuring the movie or one or all of the Project London teaser clips

1192 (+27%) fans…

What is your name?

My mom calls me "Sonny James".  Friends call me "T Dutty".  My wife calls me "Manservant".  "Trevor L. Dutton" is written on my birth certificate.  I prefer going by "His Royal Excellence" but that's been a hard nickname to…

I spent a chunk of the day in Spiral Edit 1 last Wednesday, getting some small bits ready for release! Kyle Kramer, finished a fantastic bit of sound work, and we're just doing some experiments with grading and the like. With any luck, we'll have a "Sneak Peek Scene" available soon!

You might have noticed we've been fairly quiet the last few weeks; there's only so long we can (or should) try to keep 'buzz' going, so we're trying to save things up for starting the real…

What is your name?

Brendan J. Hogan.  Don't forget the J.  The J is important. 

How old are you and why?

19. Because I'm a liar.



What got you started in film work?

I started doing…

Last Sunday we all sat down with Half Acre Day to discuss the filming of the music video for the song they wrote for Project London, "Pythagoras Switch". It's a crazy fun song, and it looks like the music video's gonna be awesome too! Mike McCoy and Javier are directing, and it looks like they all have an awesome plan in place for their shoot this Sunday.

Sound design is making good progress. Of the 'big' things…

The image above is from the epic battle in the first act of Project London. It features animations by Ian Hubert and Nathan Taylor that are singularly epic. Also, this is the image the Wired UK featured in their recent full page article about Project London. Pretty cool.

Well, I just finished up a meeting with Ian, Nate and Wesley. We reviewed a number of…

(L to R: Nathan McCoy, executive producer; Ian Hubert, writer director; Wesley Slover, composer producer; Kyle Kramer, lead sound editor)

Thursday, I was able to snag a couple copies of the July issue of Wired UK! (You can get a copy at Bulldog News in the U-District if you're local, or at Barnes & Noble.) We felt like Steve Martin's character in the comedy movie, The Jerk" when the new phone books arrived, "Now we're legit!"

But there is a…

I listened to Jesse Stuart's idea for Jerry's (the masked character's) "voice" today. I admit, I wasn't sure about the idea at first; there are certain things you can do with a non-speaking character that you can't do as easily with a speaking character, and I didn't want to risk undermining that- but his concept is gold. Totally fantastic! It expands on the performance in a pretty fantastic way (and doesn't sound like Darth Vader! No easy feat!), without crossing the line…

By the time you read this, Project London will be even more awesome.

Last week I was fortunate enough to spend days working with Kyle Kramer, Wesley Slover, and Scott Burnett! Kyle and I spent Thursday in the studio exploring a mix of the first reel—it actually sounds like a real movie! A bunch of the music and sounds have finally come together to form something amazing.

The next day I met with Scott and Wesley; I've never been more impressed watching musicians…

So we got a big treat in our inboxes: Half Acre Day's original song for Project London, mixed by Tom Hall! The whole thing is just great. The lyrics are perfectly ambiguous/relevant, the melody is superfun, and the whole thing is as chock-full of hooks as a hungry Razortooth Trout. I don't know when you'll get to hear it yet—It may be as soon as next week, or you may have to way till the ending credits at the premiere of the movei—but whenever it is, we'll figure out something…

Great things are happening!

Tom Hall is mixing a brand new exclusive Half Acre Day song for Project London and it is just one sweet tune. More about that later.

Ian Hubert, writer and director of Project London is teaching a Blender Workshop at 911 Media Arts Center. This is an extremely cool opportunity and a real…