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Lumberjacked takes a big step forward.

Award winning film maker Michael Clark talks about crowd funding a film project.

Hello Hartlandians,

  Sorry it's been awhile since my last blog but we have been extremely busy here at Scallywag Entertainment launching Lumberjacked.

 If you don't know whatLumberjacked it is let me give a quick refresher.

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 What we are working on is an all new form of entertainment. We are making a 30 -40 minutes feature horror film that is also a choose your own adventure style platform. So picture this. Old Jacques Laracruix ( the eyeless crazed lumberjack) Is chasing you and your friends through the dark woods... You stop to see a light off in the distance, could be a house, not sure because it's too far away to tell. Off the right you see the car that you drove up in.... You turn and Jacques is closing in on you fast....... The frame freezes and two choices appear on your touch screen... Head to your wheels? or check out the light? What do you do? 
The Movie will follow a structured storyline but you will get to make the choices. With over a dozen different choice screens, 4 separate endings and timed battles that will test your reaction skills, will you make it to the credits alive?

 All this will be playable on your iPhone, iPad and iTouch platforms ( we are also currently working on Androids and PC / MAC versions. So you see this is a form of entertainment media.

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 We have everything in place to start production, crew, camera, star, make up, locations, script... We just need that one final ingredient. Funds! 

 We have a few interested investors but this time around we wanted to try a new avenue called group funding. This where we offer up incentives to the public to help raise the capital needed to make this project. The number site for doing this called Kickstarter.com. They have paved the way for other similar sites but they are the top of the heap. 

 For the past 2 months we have been hard at work filming a video, putting together rewards and writing our pitch package. We wanted to put our best foot forward and make a well put together campaign. This campaign is now "live" as they call it and open for business. We have 40 days to raise the capital needed, but if we fall short none of the money is awarded to us.  Click here to see our campaign and see how this crowd funding works.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/309623543/lumberjacked-an-interactive-live-action-movie-game

 So that's where we are now and if you like what you see please throw a few bucks in the kitty and get yourself some great rewards. Also feel free to share this link and if all goes well we will be filming this summer right here in Hartland.

 

  Until next time.

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