@Zezkaii
On March 16, 2022, it’s been exactly two years since I uploaded my first video here and started sharing official developer milestones. Although I started the project in December 2019 when I showed it to my father (he wrote the story and lent his face to the character General in the film) the basic idea of the film, for him to read and discuss. It was just a basic idea, but he immediately liked it. In January 2020, we were already exchanging the first versions of “The Fortunate Son” with each other, and essentially the story began its own path.
Initially, I dealt with the story and the screenplay for maybe a year, almost exclusively polishing them, while gathering a lot of concept images of 1970s American cities, Sacramento, both outside and inside, streets, buildings, cars, costumes, etc., and continuously producing and acquiring the 3D assets. The story slowly evolved and began to reach its final form. A funny fact is that just last week, the story and dramaturgy of the film changed because it wasn’t right.
So it’s true that communication has been going on here for 2 years, but the film itself is precisely 4 years and 3 months old now. Probably another year will surely be needed for it to be completed entirely.
So thank you very much for reminding me of this, unfortunately, I completely forgot about this birthday, and thank you for that, as it feels very good that at least one person is interested in this story and its creation. Last week, I actually reached one of the lowest points regarding the film. Nothing worked, and I had no energy for anything, and nothing looked the way I wanted it to… This is when I need to gather strength and tackle the task with double strength and energy. Perhaps this is the hardest part. Getting up from the floor every day. Sometimes I ask myself why did I start such a story? I’m absolutely out of my comfort zone in this work. There is nothing I could do instinctively. Every day is a challenge before learning new and unknown things. Sometimes I get very tired…
but then something always comes along that gives me strength, and I start again.
Your message is like that too. Many thanks!