Ben,
I would strongly encourage you to post this as an update on the
Kickstarter. Many contributors are not on this forum, and they would love
to hear an update.
Jake
On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 9:38 AM, Benjamin Saks bensaks_at_gmail.com
[Indoor_Construction] <Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>
>
> "Float was floated as a Kickstarter campaign without some of the
> experience to know what would be required. The guys who've been working on
> it have not stopped. They just realize that it's going to take longer than
> they thought, the subject gets deeper the more they get into it and that it
> costs a lot more than they expected it would. Many film projects on
> Kickstarter have had similar lives and repeat campaigns have aided in
> keeping up the work to make the film. They seem to be reluctant to ask for
> more money and have been scraping along enough to slowly add to the body of
> work they're assembling."
>
> This is the best assessment of the state of Float that has been written on
> this Forum. And yes Mike, I am still here. I have been inactive, and as is
> true for many indoor folks, time and life ebb and flow and for the past
> year or so I have been out of touch with indoor.
>
> We have been working, and continue to work, in between supporting
> ourselves with our main form of income generation (jobs)
> We are currently planning the final rounds of interviews to fill in
> "holes" in the story. These will take place this spring.
> When we started the project, I had no clue how to make a movie, and was
> naive to the amount of work involved. With over 5 years of time invested,
> not to mention more money from our own pockets than from the Kickstarter
> campaigns, Phil and I have vowed to not release the film before it is
> finished, fully.
>
> The amount of footage, interviews, and images which have been assembled,
> catalogued, and transcribed, will be a great future resource to the hobby.
>
>
> Ben Saks
> Founder
> www.kerfcase.com
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 2:16 PM, Ron Williams groncan_at_gmail.com
> [Indoor_Construction] <Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Float was floated as a Kickstarter campaign without some of the
>> experience to know what would be required. The guys who've been working on
>> it have not stopped. They just realize that it's going to take longer than
>> they thought, the subject gets deeper the more they get into it and that it
>> costs a lot more than they expected it would. Many film projects on
>> Kickstarter have had similar lives and repeat campaigns have aided in
>> keeping up the work to make the film. They seem to be reluctant to ask for
>> more money and have been scraping along enough to slowly add to the body of
>> work they're assembling.
>>
>> I have to shovel snow and call a break in my part of this indoor
>> conversation.
>>
>>
>
>
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