150 pages of thoughtful writing and gorgeous illustration on the media we love
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The Trilogy is a single collection of every issue of Filmmakers Without Cameras so far, Issue 1, Issue 2, and the brand new Issue 3.
It features a new layout and an exclusive cover illustrated by Evangeline Gallagher, and contains over 150 pages of thoughtful writing on films, videogames, boardgames, roleplaying games, and even flash fiction. All of that with gorgeous illustrations and graphic design to make this an amazing coffee table love letter to the media we love.
Printed on 120gsm, uncoated paper by Scottish Print and available in softcover and hardcover. The Trilogy features over 39 writers and 19 illustrators.
Returning backers can still grab a copy of Issue 3 on its own if you just want to complete your collection ✌
Everything below is featured in The Trilogy.
Filmmakers Without Cameras is a misnomer.
It’s not a magazine just about or for filmmakers; it’s a love letter to films, video games, and board games written by people whose passions lie beyond those things.
Now, we’re back for our third issue. This time we’re not just bringing you a new issue chock full of writing and art on film and games, we also bring you: The Trilogy. There’s gonna be a lot of new folks here who haven’t read our back issues so we’re making one *big* book to bring them all together.
The Trilogy is a hardback containing refreshed layout, all of our previous and new content, and a fantastic new cover designed by none other than Evangeline Gallagher. This is the best way to experience Filmmakers Without Cameras going forwards. We’re not printing any more of Issue 1 or 2.
Your pledge goes towards paying an above-market rate of 10p a word, and £100 per A5 illustration. We don’t have any stretch goals. Everything we raise above our funding goal will go towards an equitable profit share between the contributors and Peregrine Coast Press.
On the docket for Issue 3:
- Adam Reed will be writing about alleviating the loneliness of living alone during the pandemic
- Armanda Haller has designed a tabletop roleplaying game about the items and memories a house inherits as it changes hands.
- Chris Airiau has written a stunning piece of sci-fi flash fiction titled “A Terminal Orbit Homeward”.
- Flick Anderson-Nathan walks us through the space, sound, and pacing of Mass Effect.
- Helen Sulis-Bowie explores queer representation in video games and Unpacking.
- Laura Holliday. A Filmmakers first: Laura will be running a reporting piece on The Sims community and their unique approaches to dealing with grief.
- Noah Berlatsky will be talking about the uncanny valley of seeing your home portrayed on TV.
- Oleksandr Derevianchenko will draw direct comparisons between This War of Mine and his time during the Ukraine war.
- Vladimir Rizov will be writing about The Green Knight, the meaning of returning, and videogame quests.
- Iko will explore his experiences wrestling with toxic masculinity and putting that energy into designing tabletop roleplaying games.
- Gabrielle De La Puente, who you might know from her work on The White Pube, is reviewing No Longer Home.
- B.C. Wallin is back for Issue 3 and will be writing about the Wallin Family Film Canon and how each family preserves their cultural memory through the films they watch.
- Aisha Josiah explores what it is she loves about the “deliciously dull” Oregon Trail.
- Celia Mattison writes about the joy of videogames which allow you to build secret bases.
- Rook Feld contributes their moving pseudo-play about the game Bastion and moving forward from pain.
- Sebastian Taylor looks at Meredith Gran’s use of point-and-click mechanics to interact with settings as if they were characters.
- Sharmane Tan’s feature on Mona Fastvold’s The World to Come (2020) about how home for queer people — however transient and scarce — must be sought through unconditional acceptance of each other.
- Eurothug4000 explores hub worlds in games, and how they give a moment of respite and build community.
And 20 others from Issues 1 and 2.
Filmmakers Without Cameras 1 and 2 were, largely, one-man shows. Many shout outs to my partner Rose who edited Issues 1 and 2 and will always be credited as a producer of my work due to every time she’s been happy to bounce ideas. Likewise, Kelsey Raynor‘s input in Issue 2 marketing is largely to thank for its huge success following Issue 1.
After Kickstarter’s crypto announcement, I wasn’t too keen on staying here and instead ran two crowdfunding campaigns on my own website. Going forwards was too big a job for just me, though, and so I started Peregrine Coast Press. We’re a publishing co-operative made up of 6 people who can handle the publishing process pretty much from start to finish (except from printing, but working on that!).
When you support this project, you’re also supporting the longevity of a co-op dedicated to paying contributors fairly, acting transparently, and supporting the self-publishing scene in concrete ways. You can read about our values and our manifesto here.
Publishing Filmmakers Without Cameras takes a really solid chunk of time. During our open call for Issue 3, we received almost 70 pitches and could only accept 20 of them, so was so much great writing we had to leave out because of space and budget constraints. Filmmakers Online (name still to be decided) is our answer to this:
We’ve set aside part of our crowdfunding total to commission writing we can publish in between issues of Filmmakers Without Cameras. To make that sustainable in the medium-term, we’ve worked out a deal:
You can subscribe to Peregrine Coast Press for £4 a month and get the following:
- Digital copies of everything we produce
- 3 day early access to Filmmakers Online articles
- Your name in the Thanks section of everything we put out
- 10% discount on our web store
We get:
- £4 a month
- To pay writers at least 10p a word
That way, you’re supporting the Press and our continued publishing efforts. You can subscribe to our mailing list and get access to these articles for free, three days after they’re published. If you want to support us, you can subscribe for £4 a month and get early access to Filmmakers Online articles.
Every Kickstarter backer of the Trilogy and above (£25) will get three months of free access to Filmmakers Online as thanks for pledging.
In the past estimating shipping costs has been difficult because of a swathe of factors outside of our control. We previously worked with [Swag/Ship/Hack]# who have loads of experience with Kickstarter fulfilment to get your zines to you. Now Hugh’s part of the co-op, so we’re able to simplify our shipping process and pricing.
We’ve done our best to keep costs low and offer affordable shipping, despite the volatile pricing. We’ve decided to charge for shipping up front to give you more certainty and so we can be more transparent about how much it’ll cost.
Risks and challenges
This is Issue 3 of Filmmakers Without Cameras, and the 5th project we’re about to publish. We’ve got a history of managing and fulfilling these projects so your money is in safe hands. To alleviate risks, we’ve given ourselves a healthy deadline with plenty of room for delays. [swag/ship/hack]# is now a part of the press, and will be distributing these magazines to you worldwide. And we’re getting the magazines printed with Scottish Print – they’re a high quality print shop with a track record of producing all of our projects so far.
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