The master DVD is in the post!

Reckon the DVD duplication centre folk will have a fun weekend ahead of them then - especially when they see the out-takes!

Change of venue for Premiere

We are sorry to have to announce that the World Premiere of "The Lost Sock" has had to change venues, for reasons far beyond our control. More details will be available on Felixstowe TV soon.

But we are very pleased to be able to announce that Openwide International, the new management at the Spa Pavilion, have very kindly stepped in and have welcomed us to hold the World Premiere of "The Lost Sock" there, on the same afternoon.

Please note the new time for the screening will be 2:00pm on Sunday 9th July, at the Spa Pavilion, Felixstowe, with some cast arriving by limo from 1:30pm. The Spa Lounge bar will be open afterwards for drinks and a chat. We are sorry for the late change, and hope you will all still be able to make it, and bring along your friends. (Still plenty of time before the football!)

We've got a film!

"The Lost Sock" has now been through its final tweaking and tidying, and the music has been laid on top. Wow, what a difference that makes - and to hear it, and the dialogue, through good quality speakers (and not highly compressed for the internet).

We're now producing the master DVD to have copied, - and having a good giggle at the out-takes as we finish compiling them!

It's getting exciting!

Just in the last half an hour, our postman has delivered the proof of the "Lost Sock" DVD inlay sleeve. Wow, it's a bit swish!!

And last night, I had a special preview of the excellent opening theme tune, as well as of David's smart new cooker (!). All of the re-mastered music will be going onto the film this afternoon, and then Chris's computer will start the slow and arduous task of converting the video into a master DVD to have copied.

It's all go! Tickets are going well now for the 2:30pm public premiere - and get your orders in now (from anywhere in the world!) for your DVDs to make sure we won't run out of the £6 special offer discs.

The T-shirts have arrived! (And so have some ideas for the next project)

After slightly more hassle than you might reasonably wish to shake several sticks at, the T-shirts are here and looking excellent! Watch out for our cast & crew wearing them proudly over the coming weeks; there are also a just a couple of spares, if you'd like to get one quickly!

We've also agreed an order with the very helpful Duplication Centre down the road in Essex, to produce our DVDs. Let's just hope we can get it all together in time to send them the master disc, ready to start selling copies at the Premiere in 2 1/2 weeks! Chris has already worked hard to put together the film version, with a few minor changes and a couple of small extra bits. David's cracking on with the music (between waiting for cookers etc. to arrive at his new house!), the re-worked opening titles and brand new end credits are well on the way, and the graphics are nearly there (thanks in no small part to the very resourceful Reg Paley). Next week it should "just" be a case of some final "on-line" editing - slight adjustments to a few video clip pictures, adding the music, and adjusting / tidying up all the sound levels for some beautiful crystal clear audio (we hope!).

Remember, if you'd like to be sure of getting your DVD at the discounted price of only £6, please pre-order now; we've got to decide how many we're having made by next week!

And in the meantime, we've just received some very interesting ideas from several members of the Felixstowe Scribblers for another project in the future. Are we mad?! I haven't even had time to look at them yet, but I'm sure there'll be something there to get our teeth into...

Pre-order your DVDs now for a great discount! Also latest news on the Premiere.

By the end of June, we'll be sending off to have the DVDs of the full-length film produced. I've spoken to well over a dozen different companies, and found a couple of very professional looking small outfits to choose from who should be able to do what we need.

But we'd like to make sure we order enough, so as a special incentive we're offering the DVDs for sale for only £6 each (plus postage if applicable) - but only if you pre-order before we send off to have them made. They should be ready to collect at the Premiere on 9th July. After then, DVDs will be £8 each (again plus postage if required). So please get your orders in to me now at giles@felixstowetv.co.uk ! Thank you.

And a few more details for the Premiere... The film's now ending up a little longer than we originally thought, at about 1 hr 20 mins, so we've had to tighten up the timing for the day slightly. Some of our stars will be arriving by limo - courtesy of Flying Lady Wedding Cars - from around 12:10pm. Felixstowe TV's very own Ruth will be there to meet and interview them as they arrive, along with hopefully other media too. Doors to the main screen will open at 12:30pm, and the showing will start at 12:45pm on the dot - don't be late!! The "doors" will open again at 2:15pm for the second (public) showing, which will start at 2:30pm.

We're then hoping to meet up somewhere nearby for a drink and a chat afterwards, from about 4pm-6pm, when there'll also hopefully be a chance to see the infamous out-takes, which will be on the DVD. Watch out Perce!!!

Update...

Just a quick update on our World Premiere on Sunday 9th July. Tickets are almost all gone for the Premiere, so we shall be having two screenings of the full-length film version of "The Lost Sock", at The Palace Cinema, Felixstowe. The doors will open for the "actual" Premiere at 12:30pm, with a second showing at 2:30pm, open for the public to see. All tickets will be free, but we will be asking for a small donation (of around £2), just to cover costs, from everyone who wasn't directly involved in the making of the film. We are inviting people to wear black tie (but it's not compulsory!), and if you would like tickets, please email Felixstowe TV at the usual address a.s.a.p.!

And the latest viewing figures from Chris ... there have been over 200,000 showings of the online episodes to date - wow! (And 198,014 of those were just Bill & Bert watching themselves!!! - Only joking!!)