Viva Amiga - New Documentary Film

[desiv]

Final Tally:
457 Backers
$29,656 pledged of $25,000 goal
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Congrats Zach! Can't wait for the film!!!

desiv

[Dreedo]

$1 is out or your price range?

I believe it was $20 or $25 for a copy of the DVD. $1 isn't out, but that amount is, i live on pocket money from my parents. :P

[lifeschool]

Just an update on this:

Youtube Blog notice:
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Blog: (german)
http://www.amigascene.nl/modules/new...hp?storyid=662

Dates:
6th – Visit Revision 2012 Party (Germany) and do some shoots/interviews.
7th – Back to Holland for Dutch demo party

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Anybody going to attend any of these?

[trackah123]

Blog: (german)
http://www.amigascene.nl/modules/new...hp?storyid=662

Its a dutch blog

[TCD]

Originally Posted by trackah123

Its a dutch blog

Confirmed

[lesta_smsc]

This is great! Shame I'm in the UK and don't get to meet all these influential people! One day maybe ...

[laffer]

I'm so damn excited about this film, can't wait! This will be so cool!

[DDNI]

Anyone know whats going on with this. I contributed to the Kickstarter, but now feel duped... :

[amiman99]

Originally Posted by DDNI

Anyone know whats going on with this. I contributed to the Kickstarter, but now feel duped... :

Last update was in June 2013:
"
Hey everyone...
Just wanted to point you all to a blog update I just did. I am ecstatic about this development with the film.
http://vivaamigafilm.blogspot.com/20...o-toaster.html
Thanks again for your support. The shoot went great...had to schlep everything on a place to San Antonio...lights, camera, tripod, audio gear. But it was all worth it for this amazing opportunity.
More to come!
Z"

[Specksynder]

"They tried to kill it".

I still don't understand what's behind the Commodore failure. Was it a 'Real' failure?

[lifeschool]

Here's the latest.

Dear Kickstarter backers.

Another update. GREAT news this time.

One thing I know about retro computer enthusiasts: we are a patient bunch. So, yeah. Thanks for your usual patience. For those who are not Amiga or retro fans, I thank you as much, if not more.

This film is going to be a hit. It's not only a great story about this weird computer, it's a compelling, human story about technology. We're already getting applause for this film in rough form. It's coming out WAY better than I expected.

Did I mention the film has really great animation created by talented British artists? Sensational music from several skilled composers? That it was shot all over the United States, Holland and Germany? That too. It's all in there.

I've got a special link just for backers here. It includes a chapter as it will appear in final form. And as you can see, it really shines. All the chapters will have this level of polish when we are finished. This chapter is upbeat and flashy. It appears about 18 minutes after the film. other parts are more emotional and reflective. Like I said, the story has been edited. It's just the visual inserts now. And this chapter will get a final visual polish from experienced broadcast technicians before final release. We already have the people to do it on board.

<backers youtube link was here>

We expect to be finished with all editing in the fall of this year. This is ONE chapter, and we have about 17. They all are this strong. Just have to add all the polishing now!

I am delivering on my promise of making a really great film about the Amiga. And you guys made it happen. Thank you again for your donations.

We are killing this! Everyone is telling me to keep going. We really have a good movie here.

-Zach

Ok, so I saw the video. It opens with a karaoke version of Duran Duran's Hungry Like The Wolf (I sent them a mesage to get the real intrumental over the fake one as it makes things sound a bit cheap). The video continues with the usual Amiga stallwarts walking about how futuristic the Amiga was and how far ahead of the Macs and PC with 3D animation and sound trackers. There then follows a story about how a school teacher could not believe a demo made by a student was actually done on a home computer; whilst showing FastTracker on screen (which was a PC DOS only program - Oops!). The video continues with more 3D effects super-imposed onto an A2000 screen; with a glimpse of a dancing girl (like on the State of the Art demo) and the Juggler Demo; while the guys talk about how advanced the Amiga was. Finally it goes on to say "The Amiga demolishes" all other home PCs, and then we end with a dolly tracking shot of a row of Amigas.

In general I enjoyed the video but there was a little audio clipping in places and the karaoke backing and FastTracker images kinda took the edge off it and spoiled it a little. Having said all that, its still great to be able to see these rushes at last and that the fans get some feedback. The final movie will be much better than this demo of course and is still scheduled for October/November 2014.

In other news, I'm still liasing with the From Bedrooms to Billions crew and they are still very much on target for a Summer (July 2014) release.

The A1000 also has its 30th anniversary on July 23rd 2015.

[Higgy]

Thanks for the update. I missed this while it was live on Kickstarter.

Do you think there will be an opportunity to buy a copy in the UK?

Or maybe if there are enough interested that missed the Kickstarter we could do a group buy?

Thankfully I knew about Kickstarter and backed 'From Bedrooms to Billions'.

[Pyromania]

Great movie, can't wait till it comes out.