Coming out of retirement and other clichés
My journey with Real American is coming to a close after 8 years! Well, the Pandemic doesn't really count, so more like 6 years. I know it's cliché to ask, but where did the time go?
The final leg of the journey is mailing rewards to everyone who crowdfunded the project. We did a Kickstarter campaign, where fans could support us financially and receive a reward in exchange. Here are the Real American Blu-rays for backers:
I recently sent out surveys to our backers asking for details like mailing addresses and name spellings. We only heard from about 1/4 of them, which surprised me. But then again, it's been many years, and I know at least one person has passed away in that time – my friend, Ryan Lathrop. Ryan was a great guy who was extremely supportive of all of his friends. May that be said of all of us.
Crowdfunding is tough work, and there are many things I'd do differently if I ever did it again.
And I might. I'm announcing here first that a year after saying I was retiring from filmmaking, I am going to attempt one more film. Technically, I said I was done making films the way I have in the past, and that is still true.
I say "attempt" because if I cannot raise the budget for this project, whether crowdfunding or finding private financiers, then it's not happening. The big difference this time is I'm going to pay everyone involved. I've been very lucky that many talented people have given their time and resources to collaborate with me on projects over the years. I'd like to pay them back for what they've done. So an attempt will be made.
No matter the outcome, I continue to pursue comic book writing. And I will always share details about my projects with you, dear subscribers, first.
Since I started with a cliché, I will end with one: apologies for the long gap between updates, and I will try to write more frequently.
Sincerely,
Jacob de la Rosa
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