I was glad to see that Sanctuary didn't make it onto anyone's vapourware list for 2006. It's been a frustrating and hard year putting my little film's post duties aside and focusing on the real effort - working on the generic framework. Only time will tell if I've made the right decision but there have been a lot of people giving the same advice in different ways. I'm not giving up on completing the film but stepping back from it has been the major drama of this year.
For all the interior monologues going on, the world outside isn't waiting for a re-versionable short film, not with YouTube storming away and Warner Brothers embracing BitTorrent (wasn't that the evil enemy a liittle while ago {:-). At some point we will finish the film and then we can brace ourselves for the spotlight. If there is anything I've learnt in the last decade, it's not to underestimate how quickly people move on. There is no point jumping too soon with too little.
I enjoyed reading Wired Magazine's Vapourware awards for 2006 - including the Russian game Stalker - Shadow of Chernobyl. This one had a huge amount of hype (I'm sure I've even played a demo at a tradeshow a year or so back) and has never delivered. It's such a tricky balancing act juggling production and marketing.
Check out the fan site for a textbook example of backlash....