Hitting Target! Our Cup Runneth Over!

Yesterday we hit our target on our Indiegogo fundraising campaign. And then we exceeded it. And I'd managed somehow, after an epic week of tweeting, to fall asleep and miss the exact moment! But I was soon greeted with the news via texts and phone calls, emails and tweets that we had succeeded. It all happened so quickly I'm still not quite sure I've taken it in. For once I have struggled to find words. Except thank you. Just thank you. I've been saying that a lot today and rightly so.

The support we have had has been incredible, the tension both thrilling and a little bit scary. Crowd funding, is not totally free money, it takes work and energy that has been given by our awesome cast and crew, our team of backers and producers who've worked hard to support and spread word, and promote the campaign. And most of all our leader, Damien, who's vision for this story, and commitment to excellence, has inspired each and every one of us.

We made a commitment to our backers to deliver the film and the film experience we have promised them. Reaching goal means that we can. Exceeding our target means that we have that little bit extra to work with in terms of providing our team with the tools they need and making sure they are safe and comfortable and as anyone who makes films knows, every penny always counts and so does every person who supports us. We don't want anyone who still wants to join the experience after we reached target to feel that their contribution is in any way less important than the people who got us to goal. It all matters so much and it all helps us enormously to achieve the quality and production value we want to achieve.

And so instead of patting ourselves on the back completely (though we did grin and whoop a lot and are mightily happy!) we are continuing until the end of our funding drive to spread word of the campaign, to keep people informed, and to keep doing interesting things for anyone who still wants to get involved! More about some of those interesting things very soon.

For right now I can say I'm elated and so are the team. I haven't had much time to blog this past week or two and it's quite nice to find space for a few minutes to put in writing the fact that we have done what we set out to do. Maybe now that I've written it down it will begin to feel real.

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