Tyler Gibb – Writer, Director, Editor, Filmmaker

That’s the jet. Have I mentioned the jet? I’ve made it no secret that Minushi‘s third act is going to be ridiculously epic but what I may have neglected to point out was that only recently (as always, relatively speaking) I returned to the original storyboard for this finale and shall we say, aggrandized it a little. Among those improvements was the jet. A POV shot of a fighter jet weaving its way through a stand of giants. Why? For you. If you’re still here, still reading, still waiting; you deserve it!

So on the “business” side of things, things are strange. I find myself entering uncharted waters in the search for distribution for Minushi but fortunately I’ve met some new allies along the way which is always great. But my focus right now is wrapping up production. It has to be, because if the project doesn’t get finished up, then all the rest falls apart, right? So no news forthcoming on distribution except this: Minushi will be released online in its full 19 chapter glory. It may take a while. It may be well after you’ve bought the Minushi DVD, watched Minushi on your favourite science fiction channel, gotten the free Minushi action figures in your Happy Meal but it will happen eventually. Just wanted you to know that.

I’m going to go collapse now. I’ve been working for 12 hours straight and haven’t eaten much. The most recent chapter of Minushi to be put in the can had somewhere in the vicinity of 200 individual sound effects packed into 5 minutes. Usually I can bang through an episode’s sound fx in a day – this one’s taken me three.

All I hear are lasers.

06-SE-05

When you’ve put three years of your life into a project and you can finally just about see the finish line certain things start to occur to you. For one thing you wonder what the hell you’re going to do with the next three years. But then you’d only half planned the previous three, so hey, it’ll probably work itself out on its own; so that’s no big deal. The other thing that does come up quite a bit is that it occurs to you more and more that all this time and work you’ve devoted yourself to can fit onto one tiny, flammable hard drive that is really just about the most delicate thing you own. And when you really let that sink in your body swells with a kind of sheer terror that quickly develops a very paternal instinct for a little bundle of silicon wonder and all it’s little backup-copy siblings.

But then you realize you’re just tired after putting in another long day of tracing and animating and just really want to get some sleep. The end is close gang… Relatively speaking. But close.

06-AU-24

Just a quick note to let you all hear the same broken record you’ve been hearing for months: Things are still coming along.

I’ve been in touch with some distributors and other pertinent industry folks who have all been great to speak to. Despite this I still don’t know where Minushi’s release is heading but I do know that my wrapping up production is the most important step at this point.

So with that in mind; off I go!

06-JL-11

Phew! I’m beat. I don’t know why, but the closer i get to finishing production on Minushi the more ridiculous detail i find myself putting into it… Maybe on a subconscious level i’m trying to put off completing this project. Mind you, it would have to be a really, really subconscious level because, seriously, i’m really anxious to be done with it!

Anyway, i’ve been really wanting to get something new out to all of you still eager enough to be reading this (and i love you, you’re fantastic) and so very soon i will have something to show you. Not a new episode mind you, but by the end of this week i’m hoping i can get some new footage out to you.

Word on the distribution front is slow in coming but i’m happy to say there is action on that front and i hope it won’t be too long before i can stand before you with some good news about Minushi in its feature length form.

06-JN-21

The months are just flying by aren’t they? Used to be a new chapter of Minushi was released every month now i’m lucky to put out a screen shot. But that said, things haven’t slowed down on the production end of things and the movie is still set to be completed by the end of the summer. In the meantime, i do hope to get a new trailer out which will certainly have some new footage in it but that may be a while yet. I don’t like to write cheques i can’t cash… But eventually! Eventually. So in lieu of that, here’s an image that i’m pretty happy with that i thought i’d share. I don’t mean to tease but the effect is even nicer on a large screen with the clouds drifting slowly by…