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Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2003 9:30 am Post subject: BW3
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In-so-far as Artisan, Ed, BW3 yadda yadda yadda, it has in fact been one - prepare for an oxymoron here.... - static pile of a mess.
I say "static" in that nothing is happening.
And I say "pile of mess" because "something is happening. Or rather, some things are happening, which is a Three Fold gig...
Fold One -
In a previous post I mentioned that Ed and I hoped to be collaborating on a "project," and providing we have the proper funding, that "project" will continue to go forward.
Currently there is a wee but o' a problem with state funding....
Gov. McGreevey has proposed to cut all arts funding.
Not just a percentage of cuts, I mean a 100% cut in any and all state funding. This, in order to reduce the growing 5 billion dollar deficit.
For our budget, this will result in a loss of 220,000 dollars, that of which we're relying highly in providing the resources to get this documentary off the ground.
The fat lady has not yet sung, but she's gargling in preparation for a long accapella.
Fold Two - In talks with Artisan, it was decided to relaunch the classic version of the Blair site.
As I'd previously posted, Artisan has been in the midst of a digital "spring cleaning" if you will, which involved taking down all their motion picture websites 12 months or older. Some would return, some would not.
Now bear in mind, I'm not an Artisan employee, nor do I claim to be affiliated with them, my only affiliation with Blair is as Flash designer for the original classic site and BW2 teasers (a 3 stage event. the final BW2 involved another group that I only consulted).
However, amongst all the designs and consultations, I do deal with Artisan departments on occasion (this is seperate from any relationships with Haxan, FBM or GHP). And most recently a meeting occured. I offered to supply them with the original material that drove the site (known as an "fla") but they'd already (and of course) possessed the end user material (known as "swf"), which is less work for me (good), and considering my fees occured 3 years ago, my concern was for art's sake and not monetary. At the same time, Artisan has seen a turnover in staff, so not many people remain there as I once knew.
However, they have their server stats and we have ours, and it was painfully obvious that interest in Blair was far from over.
Having known that dot com would return to classic would make me rethink how to format dot org and dot net, which is related to Fold Three. But I knew I wouldn't launch anything new or different until dot com's dust had settled into its final format. Which it yet hasn't. There are still many bugs, and the site's literally been relaunched as it was in the first days of Blair, and that still needs to be adjusted, of which until then no changes will occur at dot net and org (i.e. the site "merge" that I posted previously). They're still all to manifest into one large presentation, but not yet, and not until I have all the material prepared. Which also is related to Fold Three. Meanwhile, Ed is hoping to launch the original "cottage made" Blair site in the near future at his casa on the net.
Fold Three -
Blair 3 versus not Blair 3 versus Burkittsville Revisited.
Burkittsville Revisited (BR), a full length on-line film, was to be launched as part of WebFest 2002, but came into a few hurdles. Primarily time. WebFest 2002 was a huge project to create and only so much could be done in so much a matter of time. If we do this again, it will require additional assistance in launching and maintaining it.
As a result of time constraints, etc, BR was pushed back by a couple of months to "premiere."
Meanwhile, at the same time - I'm in touch with Artisan for various reasons and with Ed for various reasons, I'm here reading your posts, and reviewing virtually hundreds of email that the site receives every week, if not every month.
And then it hit me...
1) There's no Blair 3.
2) BR is not yet finished.
3) There is a pattern of interest if you read all the threads and read all the email.
Those 3 are directly related, but only up to a point.
Let me be extremely clear in that BR is not, was not, and would not, ever be created to make up for a desired Blair 3.
But those 3 points are related, primarily points 1 and 3.
Then came point 4.
A phone call with Artisan.
Ideas were kicked around the kitchen. "Yes, no, maybe, good idea, bad idea, perhaps, yes, hmmm, I like it, I don't like it, that would work, that's clever, let's try it."
As a result, Burkittsville Revisited is in moratorium while an entirely new effort is assembled in its place. And this, as a result of the call, the webstats, the email, the threads, and the...
...potential.
You recall the term, "if you make it, they will come."
That... is the green light and blank canvas I was offered.
So, to the back burner went BR, and onto the front burner came new ideas, new concepts, better material, more powerful material, and most importantly - more appropriate material.
What that all is I cannot yet say. It's literally still in production. What is it? What is the "production?" What is the "result?"
Soon...
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