Ai Weiwei makes his acting launching in a dystopian short secretly filmed in China . Plus , there ’s a fresh volume of Tank Girl , an Australian audio - funniness inspired by Doctor Who , an improved Morbid Anatomy Museum and more , all looking for a moment of crowdfunding help .
Top prototype : Tank Girl and Booga by Brett Parson .
a secret sci-fi film shot in China • 沙尘暴 starring Ai Weiwei
How do you shoot a film when your lead actor is under government surveillance ? Very chop-chop . Jason Wishnow write and directed The Sand Storm , which star dissident creative person Ai Weiwei as a contrabandist in an waterless hereafter fence with a global water dearth . The motion picture was shot in enigma by cameraman Christopher Doyle , and currently Wishnow is raising funds for ocular effects , speech sound design , euphony , mix , colour chastisement , subtitles , fete entry fees , and other post - production costs . He ’s offering backers an former peep at the film for an $ 11 toast .
21st CENTURY TANK GIRL: a book by Hewlett & Martin & Co
Writer Alan Martin teams up with his Tank Girl carbon monoxide - Godhead Jamie Hewlett as well as a figure of other creative person for a trade name - new 100 - page , hardcover Tank Girl book . It will include the level “ The Name of Tank Girl ” in which we will learn , well , Tank Girl ’s real name . Martin is offering angel a copy of the book with a Kickstarter exclusive cover trace by Hewlett and other goodies for a £ 23 pledge .
The Morbid Anatomy Museum
If you do n’t already followMorbid Anatomyonline , you should . Their web log — and the museum — is a treasure treasure trove of medical and ethnic story with a somewhat grisly set . The Morbid Anatomy Museum is actuate into a thee - story edifice in Brooklyn , which the squad will be renovating . desire to help out with their costs and preserve offbeat aspects of our cultural legacy ? They are offering admission for a $ 10 pledge , access with a gift for a $ 15 pledge , and admission with the Morbid Anatomy Anthology for a $ 25 toast .
Nightmare Code
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What pass when facial recognition applied science becomes sentient ? Nightmare Code is a feature - length thriller about facial recognition software that begins to modify human behavior — with horrific results . This is the last day for this cause , so if you ’d like to help out these film producer , do it quickly . Director , Colorado - author , and manufacturer Mark Netter is offer backers a download of the ruined picture show for a $ 25 pledge .
Night Terrace
Like so many of us , the folks behind the acclaimed Doctor Who podcast Splendid Chaps have wanted to see the adventures of a female Time Lord , and they ’ve helped create the audio - comedy Night Terrace in that spirit . The eight - part series maven Neighbours actress Jackie Woodburne as Anastasia Black , a reluctant traveler through time and space :
Anastasia used to save the worldly concern for the regime , but now she just wants a quiet sprightliness . So when her star sign abruptly starts travelling in time and space she ’s clearly miffed . She ’s also not precisely thrilled about Eddie Jones , who happened to be on her doorstep at the metre and is now her unlikely fellow traveller . University has n’t prepared Eddie to cope with other man or time paradox , but he still think they ’re a whole step up from selling electrical energy plans door - to - threshold .
Together Anastasia and Eddie will face alien invasions , hideous monsters , and a wraithlike figure sleep with only as “ Sue ” . All the while hope the house will eventually take them nursing home …
The writing squad admit the co - creators of the TV series Outland , The Bazura Project , and Project Nerd . For a $ 25 AUD pledge , they ’re offering backer a digital download of the full serial of Night Terrace .
Study Group Comics: 2014 Spring Pre-Order Fest
Any buff of webcomics is spring to lose quite a few day reading through the monumental and divers archive ofStudy Group Comics , which accumulate the works of numerous gifted creators . Publisher Zack Soto is getting quick to release Study Group ’s natural spring collection of record book : the second volume of Farel Dalrymple’sIt Will All Hurt , Sam Alden’sHaunter , and the latest issue of the anthology Study Group Magazine . angel can nab PDFs of the book for a $ 12 pledge and various combinations of print copies at various pledge levels .
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