Onwards to Glory!
about 2 years ago – Fri, Jan 26, 2024 at 01:48:33 PM

Onwards to Glory! 

Greetings to our courageous friends and allies and everyone wonderful in between! Allow me to post you an update on the glorious effort to complete all of our goodies for 'The Slave and the Sorcerer' campaign. 

So, at the moment the main priority is to get our Blu-Rays produced. We did unfortunately have a two week delay. However, as of Monday morning our Blu-Ray replicators will receive a sacred USB with the magical digital goodies needed for the discs. At the moment the packaging and other goodies have been printed (they just need their darn discs!)

The VHS tapes arrived! They look gorgeous, and it's so cool to see a giant box of tapes in the storage room. We have these thick black retro cases as well. Now, we just need to get the inlays printed, and slid into the packaging which we'll aim to do this week. They'll get posted however, when the Blu-Rays are ready. Same goes for the Digital versions (everyone gets their copy at the same time. BUT... they won't have to wait very long.)

Apart from that... t-shirts, nub-nub goody bags, and a host of other stuff has arrived. 

In all honesty my friends you should be receiving your movies by the end of February and no later than March. 

On a personal note

I just want to add how immensely proud I am of our film, and the artists that have worked so hard on it. It's really everything I hoped it would be, from the music, to the grade, to the performances. It feels raw and authentic, without any meta-ness to spoil it. I'm already stoked for us to work on the sequel together but one step at a time! 

Big Hugs to you all, and do please pass the word to your friends that folks can get copies of the movie here! 

Also, do please pop me a follow on Twitter to keep up to date with this project and other films I'm working on right here! https://twitter.com/LawrieBrewster

MAJOR UPDATE & Get your name in the credits offer!
over 2 years ago – Wed, Dec 20, 2023 at 07:53:22 AM

Get your name in the credits!

Big News folks! Firstly, here is a preview link to the end credits of "The Slave and the Sorcerer" where everyone can check that they have been credited properly. 

REMEMBER this is only for pledgers who specifically pledged for our thank you bundles or producer rewards! 

This credit list shall become locked in 48 hours. The EPIC music is just one of 3 tracks provided by our friends 'Throne of Iron' and as you can hear... it's freakin' bad ass. 

Can I still get my name in the credits? 

Yes, you can. If you'd like to be added to the thank you credits, then for one time only you can purchase a credit here on our backer kit store. 

UPGRADE for Credit in the movie

Can I still be credited as a film producer? 

Absolutely. We have a range of producer credits available on our Backerkit store too. We will refund you the difference, based upon the value of your previous pledge to our campaign as well. You can get them here. 

Associate Producer

Co-Producer

Executive Producer

VHS Credit Confirmation

Please check the list below for our list of VHS specific thank you credits. We'll need folks to confirm their names or any corrections during the next 72 hours. 

Marked in bold are two backers, we need to get in touch with us with the names they'd like to be credited with! 

Michael Hickey

Joel Casser

Jack Pullman 

Jay Trefethen 

Iain Gray

Daniel Neff

Robert McIntosh

Richard Hele

Erin Pekar

Norbert Franz

Kevin J Thomas

Jeffrey J. Ellen

Ryan Chornaby

John Robinson

Sebastian Fudali

David Guiot

Bruce Todd

Ross Braid

Zachary Sandlin

Siddhartha Barnhoorn

Daniel Watkins

Erich Reichenback

Nick Miles

James Latzer

Lucas Renard

Andrea Zimei

Pete Leggio

John Fakouri

Robert Borthwick

Dylan King

Geoff Tucker

Joe Connor

Joe Gillis

Entheogen Publications

Christopher Riddle

Lars Enzweiler

Ryan 

Brett Erik Johnson

Thilo-W. Finger

Sam Barclay

W

Jon Vangdal Aamaas

Tom Mitchell

Johann Ingi Albertsson

Matthew Tyrrell

Craig Poliner

Geoff Pickering

Joseph Russo

Erin Pekar

Jason Carney

Kevin John Thomas

Gregory Hunt

Markus Rutters

Ross Braid

Zachary Sandlin

LynnMarie Panzarino

Ryan Watkins

Extras Extras Extras! 

In the meantime we've finished the movie, and we're currently wrapping up the Extras content for our packs. We've got BTS, Interviews and other goodies. I also expect to get our Seduce Thy Maiden out this month too! 

Interviews work in progress.

More Updates to Come! 

Have a great Christmas folks, and rest assured we're working our asses off so that we can get the master-disc ready, for dispatch to the manufacturers by the end of the month. I'll update again with what the ETA is for printing the discs etc, but realistically we're looking at February for dispatch! 

URGENT & UPDATED! Is your film credit right?
over 2 years ago – Thu, Dec 07, 2023 at 12:06:11 PM

This is it folks! CRUNCH TIME! I need folks expecting credits in the movie (because they pledged for a reward that offered one) to double check. We've revised and updated folks names. If there is a mistake do let me know in the next 48 hours! Because, after that it will be tooooo late!!!! 

So, please not that credits in "The Slave and the Sorcerer" are for folks, that have pledged for rewards that do explicitly describe getting a credit of type shown below! 

THANK YOU CREDIT BUNDLE

Libby

David Ghane

Johann Ingi Albertsson

Nick Miles

Samuel Falkingham

Johan Carlström

Josh Scheibe

Abby Braunsdorf

Molly Celaschi

Micky and The Cla Kay

Gareth Jones

Andrew Hasfjord

Michael Guinan

C. Robert Stevens

Hans Johansson

Jonathan Martin

Campbell Stewart

Trevor Harbeard

Vincent Franco

Tony Konopka

Greg Orsi

Tommy Grice

Todd "Quality" Jaeger

Eric TC Lee

Ken McCuen

Steven Cairnduff

Fraser Roy

Jason R Burns

Alec Monaghan

Laterius Gibson

Marc

Yannick Benninger

James Prior

Nick Miles

Kim Milward

Brannan Durham

Alexander Neumann

SPECIAL THANK YOU CREDIT BUNDLE

Kimmo Kipe Vääriskoski

Melissa Morris

Marrow

Greg Hunt

Chris Newell

Nathan L Weller

Daniel Rodjakovic

Zachary Xavier Martin

Volker Plassmann

Nick Ford

SUPER THANK YOU CREDIT BUNDLE

Jeff Storm Kagel

Arran Dickson

Zachary Sandlin

EPIC THANK YOU CREDIT BUNDLE

Linnea Pearson

Dmitri Durrer

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER

Jeffrey J. Ellen

Peter Bakewell

Jonathan McLain

Brett Erik Johnson

Rhiannon Crothers

Malachy Fergus Godfrey

Michael Pirso

Markus Rütters

Hannover Fiste

Volker Plassmann

Nick Miles

Albin Sallansonnet

// Co-Producers and Executive Producers not included for reasons of confidentiality! 

URGENT UPDATE - Check your Movie Credits!
over 2 years ago – Sat, Nov 25, 2023 at 06:18:20 AM

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Work Work Work!!! Work Goes on!
over 2 years ago – Tue, Nov 14, 2023 at 09:53:16 AM

Work Work Work!!! Work Goes on!

SOUND! 

Hello my friends! So, work continues on "The Slave and the Sorcerer", but good progress is being made. One of the most exciting things I received yesterday was the full stereo sound mix, and it seems we're getting 5.1 as well which is pretty awesome. I love the mix, and the music is totally epic as well. The main soundtrack is 80's synth, inspired by Deathstalker I and II, but in addition we've got 3 epic 80's power ballads thrown in too!

Altogether, it makes the film sound great. Also, I love the meaty impact sounds for all the fights. So, this is a movie that you'll want to watch with THUMPING BASE. 

VISUALS

We're still working our way through VFX, I'd say we're about 90% to 92% done. Basically, we've just got to composite together our backgrounds for blue-screen shots, which we've already made. Make sure the chrome keying is nice and tidy, then whack on the grade. 

ALSO... I completely regraded the movie. That, unfortunately has meant we're behind schedule a bit. But, it's worth it. You see, the film was looking too much like an SNL digital skit, (too shiny, too saturated, too clean, too bright and contrasted). With the regrade, I've been using film convert pro nitrate, to produce a super 16mm look, with added softness to create a much more authentic visual-scape that's reminiscent of the images in our retro look-book for shooting the film. I'm super pleased with the way it's looking now. 

We're also just going through the visuals looking for vfx bugs, or dodgy frames etc. It's a pain in the bum, but necessary QC process. 

CREDITS

Work on the end credits is about to start, and I'll be putting up the credits as an update so EVERYONE, and I mean EVERYONE can double check that they are credited properly. We do our best obviosuly, but it's easy to make a mistake with so many names, and the best way of ensuring no mistakes are made is by working together. So expect an end credits update in a week or two. 

WHAT'S NEXT

All our priorities at the moment are focused on getting the film completed sometime this month, and of course work on our extras is on-going, with some just beginning. Based on the time for manufacture, I'd say we're looking at a February or March distribution date. Possibly sooner, but being XMAS and all, our manufacturers for blu-rays etc will probably be delayed. 

But, the important thing is that the film is looking ultra bad-ass. Like, sick as I am with Covid right now... my spirits were raised while watching the latest print. It really captures what I hoped it would, with some great meaty action and some hilarious moments. So, of course I'm looking forward to you all seeing it. 

In my next update you can expect more info about the Extras, and the End Credits confirmation! 

CAN I DO ANYTHING TO SUPPORT YOUR WORK?

If your interested in Horror, we've got a project over here as well which we'll be working on after we've completed The Slave and the Sorcerer. http://kck.st/470TgYV