The August Club
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The August Club - A story of friendship, monsters and council estates.
Backers: 143
Average Pledge Per Backer: £34
Funded: £4,862 of £1,000
Dates: Jul 12th -> Aug 11th (30 days)
Project By: Daniel Richardson
Backers: 143
Average Pledge Per Backer: £34
Funded: £4,862 of £1,000
Dates: Jul 12th -> Aug 11th (30 days)
Project By: Daniel Richardson
£4,862
current pledge level
Last Updated: August 11 @ 15:30 -0400 GMT
486%
of goal
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Latest News
Getting ready to shoot... 
August 10th - via: kickstarter.com
You ever play Tetris in a car? We did today: What you're looking at there is what felt like about a million different pieces of equipment all somehow packed into the back of this tiny wee bit of transport. Here's it all unpacked. It's a lot: Please... (Read More)
Prop Preview: The Crucial Crosses
August 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Production Values are important:Here was the first cross prop we used. You can briefly see it in the title sequence in our pitch video: Now effectively speaking there's nothing wrong with that cross. Quick ten quid purchase online and boom, you have... (Read More)
What's in a scene?
August 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Plan lots.I can't remember who said it but I once had a friend tell me that every minute spent in pre-production saves an hour in production. I used to think those figures were ridiculously exaggerated but the more I make movies the more I'm certain... (Read More)
Masks and Moulds, Make Monstrous Men.
August 6th - via: kickstarter.com
So here's a little look at what goes into our props:Every prop is unique and the processes for creating them is different everytime, so let's use the mask as an example as this is an important item in The August Club and one we've had to make... (Read More)
We've confirmed our first cinema!
August 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Cinema Shivers:Sorry for not updating the Kickstarter blog in a while. Ironically I haven't had the time because I've been working so much on the very thing I'm Kickstarting, but guess what? We're officially going to the movies!!! One of our first... (Read More)
Costumed Creeps (Also we're totally a featured project!)
July 31st - via: kickstarter.com
So today I received this: Wow! I seriously can't believe we've received such an honour. To now not only have the support of all the backers but to also be in some capacity officially recognised by Kickstarter warms my heart! What better way to... (Read More)
Coffin update! We've painted this thing and it looks amazing.
July 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Here's a quick bit of coolness for you today: Yep. That's our coffin. This is the one we'll be shooting with (and the one you could have yourself if you enter our highest reward tier along with all the other goodies!)We're still going to decorate... (Read More)
Sinister Storyboards.
July 28th - via: kickstarter.com
We work with some extreme talentOne of our concept artists, Duncan Kay, is at it again knocking out amazing pieces. This time he's been storyboarding some key moments for us to reference when we make the film and we wanted to share one of them with... (Read More)
How cool is this looking already!?
July 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Our Make-Up Artist is so talented.We're still a while away from shooting any of the scenes with Count Varias but look at how great he's coming together already: Brilliant isn't it? And he's only going to get better.It's really great to see our... (Read More)
Coffin update!
July 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Remember this guy: This is him now: Feel old yet?So here's the finished coffin. We're gonna add a little bit of decoration to it for the final shoot but we don't want to reveal that just yet., but holy hell though, how cool is that? We got a full... (Read More)
Of Makeup and Men - how we're making monsters!
July 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Want to see something cool?Here's how we're making our makeup: S'up. So what you see there is the current progress of the brilliant Mark Danbury. Remember if you read the Kickstarter campaign you'll have saw that image of the lovely David with all... (Read More)
Storyboarding!
July 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Want to see something cool?Here's the latest efforts from the fantastic Corey Garvin who is helping us plot out some key scenes. We don't want to give loads away so we're just going to show you a single frame for now. Have a look: Oooo.... (Read More)
New Postcard art!!!
July 20th - via: kickstarter.com
We've been super busy today with huge crew meetings but we do still have something to show you. The fantastic Rachel Smith got our other postcard designs through. Check them out: We're looking forward to getting these into your hands. They look... (Read More)
3rd stretch goal reached! We're going to the big screen!
July 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Boom! That's the sound of us breaking £3000 on Kickstarter! Thanks to you guys The August Club will now be doing a UK Tour early next year! We'll keep you posted with details of screening times and places once the film is complete but with this... (Read More)
Postcard art!
July 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Postcard art is here!Our wonderful illustrator and concept artist Rachel Smith just sent me one of the designs for the postcard reward. Here's the Noah postcard: This is just one of the amazing designs. There'll also be a Jack and Crimson Man... (Read More)
When Vampires want to scare each other, they tell Count Varias stories.
July 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello backers!We continue to be hard at work on this beast and everyday seems to give us something new and exciting to show you! You've already had a sneak peek at some of the concept art our make up artists will be using as a basis for constructing... (Read More)
Beware the Count
July 16th - via: kickstarter.com
We have something to show you.So we're still hard at work making this thing a reality thanks to your help and we want we just wanted to share with you something cool: Our villain - Count Varias Here's the concept art our incredibly talented Duncan... (Read More)
We told you there'd be a coffin.
July 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Remember how the top tier reward was a coffin? Well we weren't kidding. Our propmaker has been extremely hard at work these past couple of weeks and has managed to make, shape and construct our base. Check out the progress so far: First the wood... (Read More)
2nd stretch goal reached! Comics are on the way!
July 14th - via: kickstarter.com
THANK YOU AGAIN!It feels like only yesterday I was saying thank you to all of you for helping us reach our goal (mostly because it was), but now I'm going to have to thank you all over again!This morning we beat the second stretch goal, which means... (Read More)
THANK YOU!!!!!
July 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!From the bottom of our heart everyone here working on The August Club would like to say thank you so much for what you did for us. Because of you we were able to smash our goal in just over 2 hours!Now comes the... (Read More)
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