Kaltxi Stanley,
Hey, you're most welcome matey. It just feels so great and fulfilling to have 'met' you guys and go on this journey together. It's meant more to me than you know. So sending the DVD out was the least I could do. Just wish we could all meet up some day. Hope we all stay in touch.

Glad it made you fell better. Just hope it works! Try it out before you show them. Let me know if you have any problems with it.

Take care and keep well ma tsmukan,

Alan

Hey Alan just recieved my copy in the mail! At first I was like, "I didn't order anything" then opened it and it made me smile (I wasnt feeling too good) and it made me feel great... I read the letter and the DVD and such, but havent had time to watch it yet, but while I was reading the letter I thought, "Alan is such an incredible man, he went to so much trouble and effort to create this masterpiece and I am glad and thankful to be a part of such an incredible piece... truly awesome!" I want to show my friends the DVD haha thanks again for everything!

Irayo Stanley. It's a Sony PMW-EX1. It's the dog's 'do-dahs' with full HD 1920x1080 and more buttons than you can shake a stick at! My kinda thing being an engineer - loads o' buttons yeah! It took a bit of time to save up for it though, but well worth it from my point of view. I also bought a 'matt box' for it with a flag, which you can see in the picture.

Nice! What camera is it?

Great stuff Stanley. I look forward to downloading your footage. Thanks for all the work and effort you and your buddy are puttig into this.

As for the camera, it took a long time coming! Like 15 years working my way up and saving the dosh to buy it. But it is...how shall we say...ah yes..AWSOME!!!

Oh okay I got it, good thanks! Yea, I got a few scenes done with my buddy helping filming Saturday, but I still need the school scene, the very last scene, and the Everyone scenes.

And wow thats awesome! Wish I had money for filming equipment haha good job!

Sorry for not not getting back to you quickly, Stanley. I was in an all day film making competition yesterday. Our team came second - close, but not cigar!

The 'everyone' shots will be compiled together so that they look like your friends list to the right of this message (->) and timed so everyone says the line together. Sort of like a grid of people all speaking together. You can see an example in the rushes edit with the two guys from Australia and America saying their 'everyone' lines and edited so that they say them together. Hope that clarifies it for you. If not get back to me.

Kiyevame,

Alan

Well I don't understand how "Everyone" will be in the scene, will it be a quick shot of all of us? Or... how would it look is what I'm asking, what do I do when the scene says Everyone?

Kaltxi Stanley. Regarding the 'everyone' shot. I don't quite understand your question. But the intent is to 'crowd' the screen with everyone composited together in like a matrix saying that particular line. Hope that helps explain the idea. If you look at the rushes edit (YouTube - Avatar Communities' Film Rushes) with Fko Irrtok and Av Daedric hopefully you'll get the idea. All the best with your filming.

Alan

Hey Alan! For the shots that include everyone, how would those go about?