Several of you have mentioned you would still like to contribute to Clone Training Center. We have set up a PayPal account specifically for season one of Clone Training Center.
We will still have expenses for this show, even though we will be volunteering our time, and we wont be flying in the crew we wanted. We will still need to purchase LEGO® bricks, pay for recording time in a nice studio, and pay some of the other professionals involved (i.e. a composer to make an original score for the series).
We will not be sacrificing any of the story, and since we are doing things on our own terms (rather than having to stick to a budget) we have actually added a few scenes that we feel will make the story much stronger, and more entertaining to watch. So, overall, the first season will be longer than originally planned.
If you're still interested in being a part of Clone Training Center, please click the "Donate" button or the link below! All donors will be listed in the credits of the final episode of season one!
Thank you all again for your support! We've been overwhelmed with the amount of positive feedback that the fans have given us. You guys are truly awesome!
--Jordan Johnson & Josh Watson
Donation Link:
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=U9MNHJW4FFEME
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Clone Training Center is not dead!!
We would like to give a huge thanks to everyone who supported this project!
Even though we were not successfully funded, we will still be making Clone Training Center! We will be adjusting our timeline and pushing back our release date, since we will have to work on this on a volunteer basis, and since we wont be flying in the crew we wanted.
We will post updates to our Facebook page as well as this blog! So keep checking back! Because we will certainly update you guys as often as possible.
We will also post occasional videos to the Fancy Pants channel on YouTube (where the show will be released), so be sure to check that out and subscribe to be notified when updates are released, and when the show itself comes out!
Just so you know, we hope to release a short teaser trailer in the not too distant future, so be sure to subscribe to see it when it comes out!
Again, thank you all so much for your incredible support!
Sincerely,
Jordan Johnson & Josh Watson
Even though we were not successfully funded, we will still be making Clone Training Center! We will be adjusting our timeline and pushing back our release date, since we will have to work on this on a volunteer basis, and since we wont be flying in the crew we wanted.
We will post updates to our Facebook page as well as this blog! So keep checking back! Because we will certainly update you guys as often as possible.
We will also post occasional videos to the Fancy Pants channel on YouTube (where the show will be released), so be sure to check that out and subscribe to be notified when updates are released, and when the show itself comes out!
Just so you know, we hope to release a short teaser trailer in the not too distant future, so be sure to subscribe to see it when it comes out!
Again, thank you all so much for your incredible support!
Sincerely,
Jordan Johnson & Josh Watson
Monday, March 24, 2014
Kickstarter - The First Week
As we come the close of the first week of our Kickstarter campaign, we are very pleased with the way things are going! Currently, our generous supporters have helped us raise $3,469, and we have been backed by 74 people, meaning we are about 10% of the way there!
Now, you may be thinking that since we are a fourth the way through our campaign, being 10% funded isn't that great. However, many campaigns get as much as 50% of their funds in the last week, and sometimes even in the last few days. Because of Kickstarters all-or-nothing policy, when it gets closer to the deadline, people who want to see the project succeed become more willing to contribute. Not only that, but everyone knows that basically everyone procrastinates, so a lot people who plan to contribute, won't get around to it until the deadline is right on top of us.
So all in all, we are extremely pleased with the numbers from this first week!
We want to give another very big thanks to all those who have backed this project thus far! Especially the several generous people who have given over $100. You guys are awesome!
Lastly, we'd like to ask everyone to please take a moment and share our Kickstater on Facebook, Twitter, or whatever other social media you use. Our project has already been shared over 450 times on Facebook alone! This really makes a difference, and even if you can't contribute funds to this project, you can really be a part of it by helping spread the word!
Many people have emailed want to help in any way they can to make this project come to life. Really, the biggest thing you can do (other than contributing of course) is spread the word as much as possible. Share it, Tweet it, talk about it, post it on your own blogs, in forums, and wherever else you do things on the Internet! Together, we can make this exciting new series happen!
Again, thank you so much for the support you guys have given us. We have gotten an overwhelming amount of positive feedback and a huge number of people who are excited to help this show come to life! Thank you!
Now, you may be thinking that since we are a fourth the way through our campaign, being 10% funded isn't that great. However, many campaigns get as much as 50% of their funds in the last week, and sometimes even in the last few days. Because of Kickstarters all-or-nothing policy, when it gets closer to the deadline, people who want to see the project succeed become more willing to contribute. Not only that, but everyone knows that basically everyone procrastinates, so a lot people who plan to contribute, won't get around to it until the deadline is right on top of us.
So all in all, we are extremely pleased with the numbers from this first week!
We want to give another very big thanks to all those who have backed this project thus far! Especially the several generous people who have given over $100. You guys are awesome!
Lastly, we'd like to ask everyone to please take a moment and share our Kickstater on Facebook, Twitter, or whatever other social media you use. Our project has already been shared over 450 times on Facebook alone! This really makes a difference, and even if you can't contribute funds to this project, you can really be a part of it by helping spread the word!
Many people have emailed want to help in any way they can to make this project come to life. Really, the biggest thing you can do (other than contributing of course) is spread the word as much as possible. Share it, Tweet it, talk about it, post it on your own blogs, in forums, and wherever else you do things on the Internet! Together, we can make this exciting new series happen!
Again, thank you so much for the support you guys have given us. We have gotten an overwhelming amount of positive feedback and a huge number of people who are excited to help this show come to life! Thank you!
Saturday, March 22, 2014
Kickstarter "Staff Picks"
Today, we discovered that our project has made it onto the official "Staff Picks" list on Kickstarter, meaning that a staff member hand picked our project to be featured alongside the best projects on their website.
This is a big step for Clone Training Center and will certainly help our project reach it's funding goal!
How does a project become a Staff Pick?
According to Kickstarter's FAQ's, "When something sticks out as particularly compelling, whether it’s a really fun video, creative and well-priced rewards, a great story, or an exciting idea (ideally all of the above!), we make the project a Staff Pick."
Already, we have seen donations come from people who have discovered our project from the Staff Picks list. Hopefully, that trend will continue, and we will reach our funding goal!
Thanks so much to all those who have supported this project so far! We cannot do this without your help!
This is a big step for Clone Training Center and will certainly help our project reach it's funding goal!
How does a project become a Staff Pick?
According to Kickstarter's FAQ's, "When something sticks out as particularly compelling, whether it’s a really fun video, creative and well-priced rewards, a great story, or an exciting idea (ideally all of the above!), we make the project a Staff Pick."
Already, we have seen donations come from people who have discovered our project from the Staff Picks list. Hopefully, that trend will continue, and we will reach our funding goal!
Thanks so much to all those who have supported this project so far! We cannot do this without your help!
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Day 1 - Kickstarter
Yesterday, we launched our Kickstarter campaign to raise the funds necessary to make Clone Training Center a reality. We were very excited and a little nervous since this first day would be the moment of truth, and would show whether or not people would actually contribute to our project. We were blown away.
In the first hour we got over $100 dollars in contributions and in the first 24 hours we got $1,406.53, including our first donation of more than $500. We also got over 160 shares on Facebook and a healthy amount of attention of Twitter (@CTCSeason1)
So, first off, we would just like to say "Thank You". Thank you very, very much to everyone how has contributed thus far, and thank you so much to everyone who has shared our project. Social media is a powerful tool and is a huge help to projects like ours, so if you really want to make a difference and help this project become a reality, please share our project with everyone and anyone! -- Especially any wealthy relatives ;)
Again, thank you to everyone who has helped us so far. Without your support, this project would not happen.
A very special thanks goes out to ForrestFire101 for Tweeting our project as well as sharing it on Facebook. Please check out his YouTube channel; he makes some awesome BrickFilms!
In the first hour we got over $100 dollars in contributions and in the first 24 hours we got $1,406.53, including our first donation of more than $500. We also got over 160 shares on Facebook and a healthy amount of attention of Twitter (@CTCSeason1)
So, first off, we would just like to say "Thank You". Thank you very, very much to everyone how has contributed thus far, and thank you so much to everyone who has shared our project. Social media is a powerful tool and is a huge help to projects like ours, so if you really want to make a difference and help this project become a reality, please share our project with everyone and anyone! -- Especially any wealthy relatives ;)
Again, thank you to everyone who has helped us so far. Without your support, this project would not happen.
A very special thanks goes out to ForrestFire101 for Tweeting our project as well as sharing it on Facebook. Please check out his YouTube channel; he makes some awesome BrickFilms!
Copyright and Clone Training Center
Since we launched our Kickstarter, a few people have raised questions about the possible copyright issues involved with our project. Since LEGO® and Star Wars™ are obviously copyrighted, these are valid concerns. However, we have checked and double checked many times with many different professionals, and we are completely within our legal bounds to make a show of this type, and here's why.
According to www.copyright.gov, "Copyright, a form of intellectual property law, protects original works of authorship including literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works, such as poetry, novels, movies, songs, computer software, and architecture." When something is copyrighted, you cannot reproduce, distribute or sell it without the permission of the owner. However, copyright does not protect working products such as a car, or a suitcase. These are protected by patent law. According to the Wikipedia entry on patents, "a patent provides the right to exclude others from making, using, selling, offering for sale, or importing the patented invention". However, you can show a patented object in a film. Obviously, a movie can show a car or a suitcase without permission from the patent owner. In the same way, we can show a brick or figure made by LEGO®.
As for LucasFilm™ and Star Wars™, we are not actually using anything owned by LucasFilm™. All of the names, characters, places, and events we use in Clone Training Center are original, and therefore, not owned by LucasFilm™. They do own the rights to the Star Wars™ films and everything associated with them, but this is an original story and never once references anything from the films by name.
Lastly, we have been very careful to make clear that our show is not sponsored or endorsed by LEGO® Group of companies, or LucasFilm™. On their website LEGO® says, "A disclaimer should be used when the LEGO trademark appears on a Web page. An appropriate disclaimer would be 'LEGO®is a trademark of the LEGO Group of companies which does not sponsor, authorize or endorse this site'". As you can see at the bottom of this post, we put a similar disclaimer on everything we do, in compliance with their guidelines.
UPDATE: We are also currently working with an attorney to do one last round of checks through everything to make sure we haven't missed anything.
If you have any further questions about our show, feel free to contact us at CloneTrainingCenter@gmail.com
LEGO® and Star Wars™ are the properties of LEGO® Group of companies and LucasFilm™ respectively. Neither endorses or sponsors this blog, the show mentioned in this post or any of its creators or affiliates.
According to www.copyright.gov, "Copyright, a form of intellectual property law, protects original works of authorship including literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works, such as poetry, novels, movies, songs, computer software, and architecture." When something is copyrighted, you cannot reproduce, distribute or sell it without the permission of the owner. However, copyright does not protect working products such as a car, or a suitcase. These are protected by patent law. According to the Wikipedia entry on patents, "a patent provides the right to exclude others from making, using, selling, offering for sale, or importing the patented invention". However, you can show a patented object in a film. Obviously, a movie can show a car or a suitcase without permission from the patent owner. In the same way, we can show a brick or figure made by LEGO®.
As for LucasFilm™ and Star Wars™, we are not actually using anything owned by LucasFilm™. All of the names, characters, places, and events we use in Clone Training Center are original, and therefore, not owned by LucasFilm™. They do own the rights to the Star Wars™ films and everything associated with them, but this is an original story and never once references anything from the films by name.
Lastly, we have been very careful to make clear that our show is not sponsored or endorsed by LEGO® Group of companies, or LucasFilm™. On their website LEGO® says, "A disclaimer should be used when the LEGO trademark appears on a Web page. An appropriate disclaimer would be 'LEGO®is a trademark of the LEGO Group of companies which does not sponsor, authorize or endorse this site'". As you can see at the bottom of this post, we put a similar disclaimer on everything we do, in compliance with their guidelines.
UPDATE: We are also currently working with an attorney to do one last round of checks through everything to make sure we haven't missed anything.
If you have any further questions about our show, feel free to contact us at CloneTrainingCenter@gmail.com
LEGO® and Star Wars™ are the properties of LEGO® Group of companies and LucasFilm™ respectively. Neither endorses or sponsors this blog, the show mentioned in this post or any of its creators or affiliates.
Friday, March 14, 2014
Posters
We have some fantastic posters available through our Kickstarter campaign. You can get any one of these three posters for only $25
Please check out our Kickstarter and help us make this project a reality. It will not happen unless we are fully funded, so please support this exciting project!
Please check out our Kickstarter and help us make this project a reality. It will not happen unless we are fully funded, so please support this exciting project!
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