We did it! You did it! We made out Kickstarter goal of $10K for our Tokyo shoot. We have 26 hours to go and we would like to raise $10, 900.00 to cover the fee to Kickstarter. As I am sitting in the airport waiting for my flight, we have 133 Backers and $10,342.00. This was my first Kickstarter campaign http://kck.st/J2q1qy and I have some strong feelings about crowd funding: It is a lot of work! It takes a team! It takes time! The reason we kickstarted "Black Sun" was because we needed to be in Tokyo for the May 20/21 eclipse and needed to raise the funds quickly. Success!
Our film crew consists of four people: me, Kelvin, Andrea, and Jackie. Kelvin Z. Phillips is my co-director - really important since I will be doing interviews for part of the time. Andrea Macias and Jackie Kuenstler are both students at UT Austin and work for The Daily Texan http://www.dailytexanonline.com/. They will be camera, sound, and general crew for our Tokyo production.
We are excited to get to Tokyo and begin scouting locations for the next several days of shooting. The annular eclipse, which is Monday morning in Tokyo, will be our most time-sensitve event. Up until then we will be getting to know our star: Dr. Alphonse Sterling. Also, we will learn about the Japanese Space Exploration Agency (JAXA) and the Hinode Satellite. Hinode observes the Sun in several wavelengths of light.
In addition to blogging here, I will be tweeting @astroholbrook, and posting updates to our kickstarter page.
Bon Voyage!
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