The last week has been crazy busy. It started with the arrival of one of our very good friends from Chicago, Greg. We flew him into Lynchburg to film our new promo video. We also worked with the guys over at Abandon Films, renting their studio and some of their equipment. We unloaded and set up on one day, filmed for 9 hours the next day. We have several new illusions in the show and really need to get the marketing kicked into high gear.
After filming all the illusions – which went very quickly – we spent the remainder of the time filming some short interview segments. Keith was very instrumental in helping me capture the right words and emotion for these segments. I’m excited to see the final product. Greg is incredibly creative and I’m confident he is going to edit something together that will be unique in the industry.
After filming, it was back to the office this week. We are in full swing gearing up for the fall tour. Chase is working in the warehouse repairing cases and doing maintenance on equipment; Alan is working on several design projects for new materials; Keith is advancing upcoming performances and finalizing road details; Cindy is working on costuming for new illusions; and I’m concentrating on the launch of the Hocus Focus curriculum with HSG and getting ready for Magic Camp in a couple of weeks.