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It is clear that the changing environment is bringing about new methodology and those alterations to the marketplace are aligning themselves exactly to the structure that I designed into the entire product line of "The Gnomes of New Hope". This is quite fortuitous, since I have kept everything under wraps and developed capabilities for fulfilling the imagined potential within the atmosphere of Image of the Mind Studios, while anticipating the potential for the traditional path that projects of this nature travel. So I have designed the project to be able to avail itself of existing methodology and to break new ground, by virtue of it's Core Creative design.
Often times a project advances in the marketplace when it seems that the creative materials are ready for presentation, simply based on that criteria In that regard, the Libretto has been finished for over ten years and a production could have been developed from that. The basic music has also been "finished" sufficiently to support moving forward, however, the music is not sufficiently refined nor satisfactory in my mind. That is, in fact the next are of attention.
As I suppose you can glean from the other posts here, the focus of attention has been the Storybook. I have just burned the final layout to DVD for security reasons. I have had major problems with failing hard discs and have lost a great deal of work because of that. Not only have I lost work, but I have lost time. Years worth of delays have happened because of work that has had to have been done over, multiple times. So burning the layout materials to disc represents a certain level of finality. This is really the first time that the whole collection has been consistent throughout and thoroughly inspected and cross referenced to assure that. The only thing missing is the finishing artwork and composite illustrations. But now we are in a position to focus on that artwork, without the distraction of other design and layout issues. It would have been too costly to engage in the work of illustration while creating the designs for the layout. By designs I mean not only the book designs for both hard copy and e-Storybook, but also the production designs that are connected to producing a final product. Production design extends into the full range of manufacturing, marketing, distribution and the capability to expand upon an array of Secondary and ancillary markets while focusing on the Primary markets. It's very extensive and establishing the foundational elements is key to success.
The materials that have been presented thus far represent samples of the greater whole. Those sample were developed to establish the initial foundation and cause the Core Creative Materials to be manifested. As the CCM was refined the scope expanded to a degree that required certain methodologies to be developed and put in place. A great deal of that has been formed and across the board the designs for both the project and the work environment are in place and well established.
Implementation is underway and the rapidity of progress is wholly contingent upon capital influx. The intention had been, and remains, to generate that capital influx from the product lines and their own viability. This is a good plan, but external circumstances are somewhat precarious and maintain a threat potential to derail the progress. As much as I wish I could ignore this threat that lingers outside of the studio goals, objectives, internal balance of workload, and progress of this and other projects, I cannot.
Therefore, I must express the desire and need to generate sufficient capital influx to avert any external threat. What that means is that I will be focusing on posting information about "The Elder Gnomes Joint Venture" and the Front Money Agreements involved with "The Gnomes of New Hope". I will be posting that information on "IMS Producing Partners" but access to that page is by request only, because I do not want that information generally available to anyone who can read the blogs. Those are business documents which I will make available to our potential and real business partners. I will discuss other business matter on that private blog also, so if you are an Industry Professional considering involvement, that site is the one to discuss the project. I may or may not allow comments on that site. Currently I do not, but as a production tool, I think I will set up another page for production personnel.
That's all for now. AG
