"Viva Amiga" - The Documentary Film

A project in Philadelphia, PA by Zach Weddington
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Journey back to 1985 to explore a future of personal computing that never quite came to pass. A film about the legendary Amiga system.
Backers: 457
Average Pledge Per Backer: $65

Funded: $29,656 of $25,000
Dates: Apr 25th -> Jul 20th (86 days)
Project By: Zach Weddington
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Latest News

Blog entry

January 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Father of the Amiga: Jay Miner  Major progress today. Some mysteries solved and more animation and b-roll work. God bless Jay Miner And just for the backers:. Mysteries = obtaining proper rights and clearances to vintage Amiga footage. I think we... (Read More)

Happy New Year from Viva Amiga

January 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey all Happy New Year. Good news.... Just wanted to let everyone know I met my goal of having a "story lock"completed by end of 2013 as promised. I went over by a week into 2014. Not bad! As I type this, I am backing up the film so far to a server.... (Read More)

Lotta updates coming soon

November 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey all I know it's been slow on the updates tip. Just wanted to say hello to everyone and let you know that the reason for that is that there simply isnt much interesting to show. I don't want to show "rough cuts" of the chapters so far, because... (Read More)

NewTek and the Video Toaster

July 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
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/2013/07/newtek-and-video-toaster.html Thanks again for your support. The shoot went... (Read More)

Updatey Update

June 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Super exciting news!   Like most of the amazing things that happen in life, this one happened on the way to get tacos. (Seriously, it’s science.) Zach received a phone call from Tim Jenison of NewTek! One of the amazing supporters of the Viva... (Read More)

Hola Amigans!

April 27th - via: kickstarter.com
 I'd like to take a minute to introduce myself as the newest member of Team Viva Amiga. My name is Randi and I'll be working to provide regular updates on the progress of the film. I plan to start posting on a regular basis to free up some time for... (Read More)

Working hard for you all....

March 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Just a little behind the scenes.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atXc-mcuXvs&feature=youtu.be  (Read More)

Footage test

March 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone Now that the story is taken care of, we can focus on getting "B-roll". Artful and cool footage that we will use to illustrate the story, along with archival stuff and the animations I am making.  My old boss, Dave Stiles, who works in... (Read More)

Finalized Chapter in the works

February 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey All Still working here. Feeling damned good about the film. Finally all of the damned sorting and sifting is over, and I am creating actual chapters that flow and are watchable. Feels so good to see all my hard work coming together.  The goal is... (Read More)

Happy New Year from Viva Amiga

January 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey all Hope you had a nice holiday. I managed to get a lot of content editing done. Almost all of the 40+ interviews have been edited down now! I am just working on the last 3, and they are in German and Dutch, so they are being translated, so I can... (Read More)

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