Into the Black - Media Release

Come listen to our Signal Podcast!

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 03:33:00 -0500

About a month ago, Miranda, Eric and I did a podcast interview with The Signal, which is one of the leading voices in Firefly fandom. We were there to talk about Into the Black, and had a great time. We're really happy with the final product, and encourage everyone to give it a listen.

It's a 2 part interview, that starts at about the 11:30 mark, and goes for about 20-25 minutes, then there's a break, and picks up again around 40 minutes or so.

This is the main page for The Signal: http://signal.serenityfirefly.com/ and we're in #13.

Enjoy!

Nathan Fillion plugs ITB on Fangoria Radio

Sun, 27 May 2007 22:03:14 -0500

One of ITB's MySpace friends (Marie aka Smurf) pointed us in the direction of an interview that Nathan did recently for Fangoria Radio. At about the 6 minute mark, they start discussing Firefly fandom, and Nathan gives us a big plug.

You can listen to it here:

http://www.fangoriaradio.com/AudioClips/051807/nathanfillion.mp3

So big thanks to Nathan for the shout out, and to Marie for letting us know about it :)

New trailer released!

Sun, 06 May 2007 13:55:20 -0500

We released a new trailer in time for it to debut at a Free Comic Book Day event, and here it is for your viewing pleasure:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QB9rrIdTbE

Our production values are finally starting to come together now. This is the result of hard work, some magificent music from Rob Kuhlman, and one serious all-nighter on the part of yours truly.

Shiny, n'est-ce pas?

External Media Links

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 01:47:24 -0600

Into the Black has been releasing enough video and audio by now that not all of it fits on our local site! Below is a list of all the media we've made available elsewhere.

The Global article is available!

Sun, 04 Mar 2007 23:22:57 -0600

By dint of serious effort, the Global article is now available on YouTube - enjoy!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=l6PY-y9LMRI

ITB Music

Sat, 03 Feb 2007 15:30:08 -0600

For those of you who aren't already friends of ITB's MySpace page, I just wanted to let you all know that we have a new song up on our page.

Rob Kuhlman, who is one of the talented folk providing original music for us, composed a song called Into the Black, which is super shiny. I think I speak for pretty much everyone here when I say that we really love this song.

So everyone should stop by our MySpace and give it a listen :)

http://www.myspace.com/itbsamsara

NEW VIDEO: Into the Black Christmas Special

Sun, 24 Dec 2006 05:34:52 -0600

Well, this is our present to you this merry holiday season.

It's the Into the Black Christmas Special.
Using a quick script written by Damien, we met up and filmed this one evening for your viewing pleasure, working until 3 AM to get it done. Damien directed, MatthewC shot and edited, Sammy provided emotional support and Sera added a much needed feminine touch to the ship. The Captain, well, he was in his bunk. For such a short unplanned project, it turned out quite excellent.

Merry Christmas fans, enjoy.

Watch the "INTO THE BLACK CHRISTMAS SPECIAL"
Also available on YouTube, courtesy of Jason.

V Con

Tue, 21 Nov 2006 00:59:57 -0600

Well here it is, finally, the V con footage. Its only the first half hour because my battery is going and doesn't quite hold the charge it once did. So here for your enjoyment is me.... and a few other people I guess.

Part one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnxrpAtraRA

Part two
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XENKkkgUaVM

Part three
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dVs1XvA-j8

Part four
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IW79yy1dO5I

Part five
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_vlYJ0mbIw

Part six
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXb9qrAJ6hs

Updates and new footage

Thu, 02 Nov 2006 20:03:13 -0600

I won't say that life has calmed down, but I've finally managed to make some time for ItB amid the insanity of my schedule. Here's a cap from the latest shot: Samsara passing low over our outdoor location.

(click "read more")

Soup's Blog - We're in the News!

Sat, 21 Oct 2006 01:10:34 -0500

Hey all,

Just to let ya'll know that we are officially in public media! That's right, today Into The Black has been featured in a local newspaper, the Vancouver Courier. We got the cover page and a 2 page article. I look especially goofy, but that may be because I'm just plain ugly.

For those of you who aren't local and can't get a copy... sucks to be you! Hahhaha! Actually, here's a link to the paper http://www.vancourier.com/ It should be on the front page, if that doesn't work then try the direct link, although you miss out on the awesome cover shot of Jason and Miranda http://www.vancourier.com/issues06/103206/news/103206nn1.html.

The V-Con Into the Black Trailer

Tue, 10 Oct 2006 01:15:46 -0500

Here we have for you, our fans, the first public trailer for "Into the Black", made for V-Con in the nick of time thanks to our editor James, who we merely gave a few days time to edit this. Everyone give James a big thank you, as he's now getting started on editing the actual show. There will be a lot of various post-production work being done on the final version that we simply didn't have time for on this trailer, so keep your eyes glued to http://www.intotheblack.ca for updates.

There are two ways to view our trailer.

STREAMING WEB PAGE
http://www.splatfilms.com/intotheblack/

DIRECT DOWNLOAD
Right click on the link below and click SAVE TARGET AS to download to your PC.
http://www.splatfilms.com/videos/Into the Black V-Con Trailer.wmv

EDIT: Download link fixed.

If the demand is there, I can throw up a higher quality version in a few days.

Matthew
*The Camera Guy*

Cardboard planets...

Mon, 19 Jun 2006 23:27:11 -0500

So, frame by frame, the CG work continues. I finally worked out some reasonable planet-making techniques. Mostly they involve a lot of cheating with billboarded polygons and alpha channels. Planet textures are composites of cloud photos that I took on the flight from Vancouver to Seattle, and some images from Nasa's Goddard Space Flight Center, which has some spectacular shots of the earth from space.

That is all.

Work resumes in earnest

Mon, 29 May 2006 15:06:21 -0500

After a long hiatus dictated by moving and getting a new job, work resumes on the ITB 3D graphics. At the moment I'm working on some promotional materials so all you fans will have something to look at while you're waiting for the main event. (now I've put my foot in it - way to increase your own workload, Matt) Anyway, here's a sneak preview:

Keep flying folks!