The celebration this morning was balloons, streamers, and lemon bars :) The script for Episode 3, "Grandmother's House," is complete as is the mini pro-soldier PSA that ends the episode. Now for prop securing and then off to shoot!
Every episode of "Ghost Sniffers" costs only $1500 to shoot -- which is pretty darn amazing for transportation, the majority of the props, costumes, makeup, food and drink, shooting permits and location fees, plus stock footage and the bit of licensed music we usually do wind up paying for. The KickStarter campaign raised enough for *two* episodes. KickStarter (through Amazon.com) collects all the pledges and then processes them for 14 days before turning the funds over to us (we haven't been paid yet but have been told that everything is working smoothly and is moving right along). With the KickStarter campaign we raised enough to finish Episode 2, shoot and finish Episode 3, and start on Episode 4 -- isn't that amazing? Before KickStarter we had raised enough to shoot and finish Episode 1, shoot and finish the Type 1 Diabetes public service announcement, revise Episode 1 into its final form, and shoot Episode 2. Whew!
It's a lot of balls to keep juggling and keep up in the air, but we're really proud to have met our goal -- that we get better with every episode.
Episode 3 will show our serious side (without abandoning humor) and allow "Ghost Sniffers" to show a depth of drama we've never been able to before.
Jennifer
Every episode of "Ghost Sniffers" costs only $1500 to shoot -- which is pretty darn amazing for transportation, the majority of the props, costumes, makeup, food and drink, shooting permits and location fees, plus stock footage and the bit of licensed music we usually do wind up paying for. The KickStarter campaign raised enough for *two* episodes. KickStarter (through Amazon.com) collects all the pledges and then processes them for 14 days before turning the funds over to us (we haven't been paid yet but have been told that everything is working smoothly and is moving right along). With the KickStarter campaign we raised enough to finish Episode 2, shoot and finish Episode 3, and start on Episode 4 -- isn't that amazing? Before KickStarter we had raised enough to shoot and finish Episode 1, shoot and finish the Type 1 Diabetes public service announcement, revise Episode 1 into its final form, and shoot Episode 2. Whew!
It's a lot of balls to keep juggling and keep up in the air, but we're really proud to have met our goal -- that we get better with every episode.
Episode 3 will show our serious side (without abandoning humor) and allow "Ghost Sniffers" to show a depth of drama we've never been able to before.
Jennifer
