A great post by April Arrglington who is one of our funders. What Makes A Fan
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Team Props
Having spent the best part of last week, thanking our funders, we managed to get ‘Thank You / Xmas Cards’ out to almost everyone… Some said they arrived a bit early!
“Cheers for this year’s first Xmas card #november”
The postal service delivered our 2nd class cards in under 24 hours! This came Pink Try mp3 download as a surprise, but it’s nice to know they’re getting through before the Xmas rush, and people love them.
Image courtesy of April
Image courtesy of Krystyn
After a couple of meetings, phone chats and Skype conference calls, we’ve finally nailed down our timeline – it’s a tight fit, but we’re happy all the touch-points and facets will encourage interaction on many levels. Call box so far away.
While focusing on building the story, we’re also mindful of making it accessible – an immersive universe with no interaction is a waste of effort, so each element is set-up to evoke several actions.
Clockwork Watch is an independent project, we have limited resources and will need to beg, steal and borrow all the way through, but we have high hopes that strategic partnerships will elevate this project to a wider audience.
Reaching Out
The Season of Goodwill is almost with us, and our funders are spread across the globe, which is why we’re already sending out a little thank you early.
Hope this gets to the peeps in New Zealand before D-Day.
From us to you...
Congratulations – You Funded Us!
The preamble to this post is stored on our FaceBook page, which is where we coordinated our crowdsourcing efforts.
The general gist is we raised $10k (ten thousand dollars) through crowdfunding! Phew….
So what’s this all about? Clockwork Watch is a “transmedia” steampunk story starting in a limited run of two graphic novels. The Clockwork Watch world will visit festivals over the Summer of 2012, where you’ll be able to interact with elements of the narrative within a touring theatrical piece. This will be followed by a theatrical spectacular to be given a month’s residency at a London theatre. Each element builds on the graphic novel story, and contains hidden extras for the curious follower. The process feeds into a feature film which sees the story through to its unexpected conclusion… But as with all things transmedia – there’s always more than meets the eye.
So, we start with The Arrival – the first chapter in a year long story. All funders that have donated above $40 are being incorporated into the artwork of either The Arrival or Breakaway as characters in the story. They become characters in their first comic, but that is not where the fun ends. All contributors to this adventure will hopefully become active participants in Clockwork Watch.
On behalf of the team working behind the scenes to make this happen – Corey Brotherson, Alison Norrington, Sam Howey Nunn, Jennie Gyllblad, David Varela, and Yomi Ayeni – as well as the many supporters – THANK YOU!
We have funding!
We Made The Target