We're deeeeeeeeeeep into editing The Quantum Terror right now, with 22 minuets and 55 seconds of the movie completed in it's rough form. That means no color grading, sound mix, or VFX yet, but there is a watchable movie, there. We're really excited about that. Things are shaping up rather well and while I'm keeping my nose to the grindstone, I wanted to come up for air and let you all know that I haven't forgotten about you.
While you wait, check out this great new interview from MorbidlyBeautiful.com with Quantum Terror star Paula Solinger, as part of their Deadly Beauty: Scream Queens & Rising Talents series. CLICK HERE to read it. We're very proud of her.
I also wanted to take you behind the scenes of another aspect of our film, which is production design. The Pipe Lion smoke shop, in Kyle, TX was a major contributor to our film, opting to go for our product placement pledge reward. We came to their store and shot a scene, but at the time they were without signage for their store, so we made them a new one.
I like to think that we go above and beyond for our contributors, whenever possible. Look for this sign in the movie.
Well, I hate to post and run, but it's time to finish up this film, so it's back to work for me.
As usual, we've been super busy in our bid for the finish line, on this film. This past Saturday we shot with actors Paula Solinger and wrapped Jordan Micheal Brinkman. I'll be publishing some photographs from that day soon. I'm excited to say that August 20th will represent our final day of filming for The Quantum Terror. From there, we will go onto 2nd unit photography (miniatures, puppets, inserts) VFX, editing, and sound. More on that, later.
For now, I'd like you to enjoy this episode of Zombie Life TV, where I
was invited on to take about The Quantum Terror and show off some of our
practical effects.
And if you're somewhere, where it's easier to listen, you can also get it on Sound Cloud.
More updates coming soon. Right now, we've got to deal with some tentacles.
Ican't tell you what an amazing journey it's been, leading up to this point and now we have our first teaser trailer for The Quantum Terror! Watch it right now, and share it with your friends, because you've been on this journey with us, too.
Like all first trailers, it gives you a vague idea of what's coming, but isn't as polished as the finish film will be. There's still a lot of work for us ahead, but we're feeling good about the direction it's going in. At this point, like I said before you watched it, what we really need is for you, our friends, fans, and supporters, to share it everywhere you can. We'll be restructuring out Indiegogo very soon, so that we can raise some finishing funds, but our efforts are meaningless if we don't have an audience.
This week I was also a guest on Zombie Life TV on Channel Austin, which broadcasted live, nation wide. I'll post a link to the show when it becomes available on their You Tube channel. We also have these great animated gifs for you to post around, which you can right click, hit "view image" and then copy and paste the link to on your own social media pages. To post on Twitter, right click and hit Save Image As to download it, and then repost from whatever folder you save it to.
Also, if you'd like to download the trailer to your own device or share it on Instagram, you can download it and the Instagram friendly version from Dropbox.com by CLICKING HERE.
Also, for our viewing pleasure, here are a few photos of moments from the set, that you may enjoy.
Paula and Kristin doing some green screen work.
Tunnel set and green screen...
She's giving you the eye.
Curry Parker, owner of The Pipe Lion (and family) helps out onset.
Just a note: The last three photos were taken by Paul Dubiel, who is directing a documentary about the making of The Quantum Terror. More on that, later.
I'm sure there's much more I could tell you, as of now. We've all been working on this project, non stop. However, I must be getting back to work. More updates coming very soon, and they will once again become more frequent. Thank you to all of our supporters for hanging in there. If you're following us on our Facebook Page, you know that we've also been doing live broadcasts from the set, which I hope you're enjoying.
Well, we're nearing the end of the principle photography phase of things, anyway. Boy has it been a ride, so far, and we of course want to say thank you, once again, to all who have supported us. It's been since mid April since our last update, so I thought we were past due for another one.
So, what have we been doing during all of this time? Filming of course, and taking a weekend trip up to Dallas for the Texas Frightmare Weekend, horror convention. That was a blast. We got to meet a lot of great horror fans who were either delighted to receive one of our new postcards, letting them know that The Quantum Terror is coming, or (to our great surprise and our own delight) had already heard of our film, and told us how great they thought it looked. True story.
Quantum Terror star Jordan Micheal Brinkman chills out with friends at Texas Frightmare!
Another treat was going to see one of the stars of Aliens and Harbinger Down, Lance Henriksen, speak. What a fun guy.
Lance "Bishop" / "Captain Graff" Henriksen
But before all of that we were hard at work shooting the movie, in what had to be some of the most intense days of work, so far. Kristin Cochell, Paula Marcenaro Solinger, Matt Blackwell,
Jordan Michael Brinkman, and Val Mayerik have all been phenomenal in their performances, and we're very much looking forward to working with Dimitrius Pulido, who is waiting in the wings while the weather takes its time, getting back to the sunny days that we need for our shots to match.
A few notes:
1: Not long ago, I said there would be a new trailer for The Quantum Terror. It's still in the works, but we've had to push it back a little, because we felt that it needed some effects shots, including some of Heather Lowe's genius miniature work, to really drive home the quality of this film.
2: We'd like congratulate our supporting star Paula on the release of another movie which she stars in, Blood Sombrero. You can order it VOD or get the DVD at Walmart, right now.
3: If you're interested in my thoughts on writing a script, you may enjoy my breakdown of James Cameron's Aliens.
4: I've been working on a little side project with studioADI's own Alec Gillis and Harbinger Down star Camille Balsamo. It's a behind the scenes ebook called Harbinger Down: A Pictorial Journey Through The Production Of A Practical Effects Film... or maybe just "The Making of Harbinger Down" will do?
If you haven't seen Harbinger Down yet, I highly recommend that you do. It was made for under a million dollars, funded through both Kickstarter and privet investors, and was a major factor in making me decide to go forward with producing The Quantum Terror. I consider it a shining example of how wonderful practical effects and the spirit of low budget, independent film making, can be. It's available on DVD and Netflix streaming.
Here's the trailer...
...and a really cool behind the scenes video...
When the ebook is released for sale, my share of the proceeds will go to finishing funds for The Quantum Terror. I'll let you know when it becomes available for purchase on the studioADI Store.
And that's it! I'll be back with more news of our final shoots, upcoming interviews, and more thoughts on what creates a good movie. Have a question? Want to see a blog post address a related subject that interests you? Drop me a line at thequantumterror@gmail.com
A moment behind the scenes with The Quantum Terror. Figured we better post this before the Star Wars trailer drops and all else is completely overshadowed. #QuantumTerrod #BTS #StarWars #practicaleffects
Posted by The Quantum Terror on Sunday, October 18, 2015
Yes, it's happening! This Sunday we got back on set for our third day
of shooting. Things went really well, largely due to our collection of
great talent, combined with a lot of storyboards that were drawn out,
ahead of time.
Here are some photos from the day, that we rather like.
As you can see, we're having a great time.
A quick update from today's The Quantum Terror film shoot. The cast and crew are working really hard, as Christopher Moonlight will show you.
Posted by The Quantum Terror on Sunday, October 18, 2015
Recently we gave a set tour to the Zombie Life Podcast show, who interviewed us extensively while they were there. We're really pleased with how it turned out. Give it a listen...
We're moving along, but we still need your help. Please share this stuff as we post it, and let people know that the Indiegogo is STILL OPEN
and can receive pledges. We have about 7 more days of shooting to do,
and every little bit helps. We've still got great pledge rewards
available, from coffee mugs to screen used FX pieces. If anyone is
interested in becoming an investor, please email me at
thequantumterror@gmail.com to learn more.
