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I thought I'd try to make this a regular part of the blog, too. A lot of time, I get a number of emails on the same topic -- a new short story, a new book, etc. Since the trailer came out, I've had a lot of fun emails from people about certain points, so here's a few answers!

Q1: Did you guys CGI the bird into the first shot on the mountaintop, too, like you did with the space shuttle? (CGI = computer generated imagery.)

A1: No. A raven happened by at just the right moment, adding that lonely, above-it-all dark spectre to the background, which was a nice touch. You'd think we trained it, right? The raven had been skimming around while we were setting up, and Adad even said, "Man, I wish I could get a good shot of him..." but we didn't even notice the raven during the take. It was after we were editing the footage that we realized how perfectly helpful the bird had been.

Q2: Who's the guy who got brained with the shovel? Your father?

A2: What, do you think I'm sick? Jeez. I love my dad! Our poor victim was Chuck Keen, an old family friend and sometime screen and stage actor who lives in the area. He's the "Special Thanks To Charles Keen" in the credits.

Q3: What's going to happen to that guy at the end of the trailer?

A3: I'm gonna eat him. Hmmm. Spare ribs.