We’re really close to have Abigail ready for festivals. Next week we’re going to start mailing out DVDs to everyone to help make the film possible. But before you get your DVDs, check out this quick little teaser.

Abigail Teaser

Enjoy,

Michael A. Cimpher

We recently just uploaded 128 production photos to Flickr. Abigail is close to finished as we have some small things to tidy up. After which we can start looking at our film festival strategy and mailing out DVDs to people. I will keep everyone posted as we’re almost finished with the film. If anyone has any suggestions/ideas for festivals, please send them my way at michael.cimpher@gmail.com

ABIGAIL PRODUCTION PHOTOS

Happy Holidays,

Michael A. Cimpher

Hello everyone,

We recently went through the post production house RUSHES located in Soho, London. I can easily say the experience was less than desired. I will not go into details though I will express that deadlines were not met and we were left high and dry.

I feel I should mention this to make sure other film makers don’t go down the same path.

In other news, our dubbing session at Pinewood Studios went extremely well.

Re-recorder mixer James Doyle and mix technician Adam Scrivener did an amazing job balancing out the 5.1 Dolby mix for Abigail. Click on their names and check out their other work. Super friendly guys and I hope we can work with them again in the future.

We should also be very, very close to a first screening.

I’ll keep everyone posted.

Michael A. Cimpher

Just another quick update. Over this past weekend we did some foley work in prep for our dubbing session at Pinewood studios two weeks from now. Things are coming together well and the film will be finished and ready for festivals by the end of this month! Exciting times.

Thank you again everyone,

Michael A. Cimpher

Photo by Hugo Freire Correia

Just a quick update. We have an assembly of Abigail which so far looks pretty good. The final length will be around 20 minutes. Our next step will be the sound design and a picture lock.

We are currently over budget as we didn’t expect certain expenses during production because of this we cannot finish the film. We will soon be holding another fundraiser to help pay for the grade and final export of Abigail and then off to festivals!

Thank you again for all of your support!

Also, please take a look at these amazing making of photos by Pedro Noel da Luz.

Day 1

Day 2

Thank you again,

Michael A. Cimpher

Thank you again to everyone involved. We are currently editing and extremely happy with the results of our shoot in the Algarve.

As we move forward, we will be slowly releasing pictures of the characters. The first character release is of Abigail.

Click here to see Abigail.

Thank you again,

Michael A. Cimpher

A few days ago I was sitting on a hillside in Portugal watching our characters, Abigail and the undead cowboy walk along a ridge into the sunset.

After that moment we had finished our 4 day shoot and “Abigail” was a wrap. It almost seems like the shoot didn’t happen though my bruises say otherwise.

On the morning of the first day of shooting, I woke up around 4am to the panic of “what if’s” involving Abigail. A horrible list of “What if’s” ran through my mind. Though, after our first shot of the undead cowboy coming over the hillside, everything went away. I knew that we were onto something and we had to run with it. Which I believe we did. Everyone was in top form and I hope that is communicated in the film.

Without our supporters, Subnauta, Algarve Film Commission and Zylight the film wouldn’t have happened. They believed in us even though no matter how odd the project might have sounded.

Finally, I can’t truly express how grateful I am for the passion my cast and crew put into Abigail. Everyone worked so hard through the short hours of sleep, the heat and general strains of film making.

I am so proud that I was able to work with them on this project. I couldn’t have asked for a better team.

The next step is editing and the audio design. Which we will begin Monday after a much-needed micro break.

Once that is finished (hopefully in time for Halloween) we will begin our film festival campaign…

Again, thank you everyone.

To new friends and old,

Michael A. Cimpher

.everyone, everyone, I’m excited to announce Abigail’s camera supplier and supporter SUBNAUTA. SUBNAUTA is a diving centre who currently use the RED camera for their underwater shoots and training videos. I was lucky enough to meet with the owner of the company a few weeks ago and pitch the film. They have been very, very supportive and we’re excited to be working with them. If you haven’t been to the beautiful coast of southern Portugal, then you’re missing out. Treat yourself. Take a holiday with a diving class.

check out what they have to offer.

SUBNAUTA website

We’re almost there guys!

Michael A. Cimpher

ABIGAIL FILM DONATIONS

Thank you again for your support, we’re almost there.

Michael A. Cimpher