Long Time, No Pow

Tyler here with a quick update on where things stand with Whiz!Bam!Pow! – it doesn’t stand. Things are jumping up and down like… umm… things that jump up and down a lot.

The Feature

Right now, Paul’s doing revisions to the feature film. We’ve worked out a great system for revising (as we get used to no longer living next door). Throughout January, I revised the first half of the script, then handed it off to Paul for revisions of the second half of the script. In the next couple weeks,  we’ll start going through both of our halves and revising piece by piece until we get a version that is a combination of both versions (do the setups pay off, and vice versa?), then rinse, wash, repeat until we get what will stand as the “final draft” (which of course, will change throughout production and post).  This way, we don’t necessarily have “draft one, draft two,” but rather a live document that is constantly being revised as we get both of our voices in there.

The Comic

Art dude Blair Campbell is drawing the shit out of the comic as we speak. We’ve managed to revise and cut from 32 pages down to 24. While some pages went, they’re not gone. They will instead be used as online-exclusives. Want to know the origin of the Sentinel? You won’t find it in the comic. You’ll have to find it somewhere else after the comic’s released.

Oh, until we find a better, more immersive way to do digital comics that fits within the story of Whiz!Bam!Pow!, Whiz!Bam!Pow! Comics #7 will be PRINT-ONLY.  Besides, I don’t think they had iPods or iPads in 1938.

IndieGoGo supporters, by now you should’ve received an email from me talking about changes to incentives and other cool things. Those cool things are being conceived and figured out.

I wish I could give a steadfast release date on the comic book, but I can’t. Our best guess? Early summer. This process takes time, and I’m not going to rush out a subpar product just to hit a deadline. We’re committed to delivering the absolute best entertainment we can give you. You’ve been with us since the early days (can’t believe it’ll be a year in July since I revealed the title of the project!), and we’re going to deliver quality.

Oh – and we’ve seen the layouts of the comic. They’re awesome.

The Trailer

While we will deliver quality, we also recognize the need to deliver content, and at the same time peel back the layers of the WBP Onion of Awesome. I’m throwing most of my effort into a trailer that will cement the tone of the feature film, the project as a whole, and introduce you to two of the “real life” characters who will be populating the WBP world. And like any worthwhile project, I’m picking up some new skills along the way.

Radio

Working on it. Can’t talk much more about it as there are no specifics to share with you at the moment.

The App

The App, as it was originally conceived, is dead. Prior to the campaign, we wanted to hire someone specifically to design the app for us. Out of the whole IndieGoGo experience, that we were unable to raise the funds to produce the app was the biggest disappointment. Mobile is the future (present) of storytelling, and to have to cut it out was heartbreaking.

So I’m not cutting it out. I’m building it myself. Adding to new skills learned, I’m working on figuring out just how to develop apps, learning the programming basics, all of that fun stuff.

Whatever is released out of my own learning and developing will be a very beta, 1.0 version. It’s my hope that down the road I can bring someone on to make this as awesome as Paul and I conceived it, while at the same time having a better understanding of the work that goes into their development.

The Short

Dead as a doornail. For now. Besides, it works better after the feature (or concurrent). There are a lot more shorts coming out of the feature also, so it was only one piece of the Whiz!Bam!Pow! cinematic world.

And that’s that.

Thanks so much for your patience and support. The trailer is coming soon, and we can’t wait to share it with you.

T

Whiz!Bam!2011!

A quick little post-move update. Want to share a few things about the future of this project, and what’s happening now:

• The short film and the app are – for right now – dead. They’re great pieces, and the app will be revived as part of Volume Two. The short may show up around then as well.

• The comic book scripts (yep, scripts – there’s two features in the comic) are in the hands of art dude Blair Campbell, and he’s drawing the shit out of them.

• We’re currently working on the radio scripts. It may be one of the three, two of the three, or three of the three episodes that are released. My drive from Cleveland to Boston last week gave me plenty of time to do some intensive radio show listening and really learn some cool things that will make these radio shows fun as hell.

• We’ve initiated the “Fuck It” option, which means we’re moving full steam ahead with the feature film and putting the pieces together to make it happen. The feature is the heart and soul of this project, my baby, and I can’t wait to get it made this year. No milling about.

• I’m sending out emails to each and every IndieGoGo supporter next week. It will discuss more in depth what’s happening with the project, and what your money will be used to fund.

There are plenty of surprises coming up in the next few months, so stay tuned.

Tyler

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