DCIFF After-Party Ticket Info

We trust that everyone who plans to attend the Ghosts Don't Exist premiere at the DC Independent Film Festival has already purchased your tickets, as there may only be a handful left! We're excited to see everyone at what looks to be a sold-out show!

Now, there's even more DCIFF news: they've updated their website to sell tickets to the after-party/closing night festivities, which includes the official Closing Ceremony, a Best of Fest montage of clips from this year's feature films, and the Closing Reception itself—which should feature music, food and drinks. Of course, the actual film festival AWARDS will be presented at this ceremony, too—we hope you'll be there to help cheer on Ghosts Don't Exist!

Tickets to the Closing Night event are $20 each, (or $25 at the door) and it's the perfect opportunity to mingle with the 19W team, GDE cast and crew, all the DCIFF filmmakers, and more! The ceremony takes place immediately after the screening, at the same location. We hope you'll stick around and help us celebrate GDE closing out the DC Independent Film Festival in style!

Ticket Confusion? This Should Help...

We've gotten some questions about purchasing tickets from the DCIFF website, which could be confusing at times; so we wanted to clarify things a bit. There was also some confusion about exactly what's being shown during the March 14th 4:30-7:30 block that includes Ghosts Don't Exist, and when our film will actually start. Hopefully this will help:

"Twilight Zone" is merely the THEME of the 4:30 block that we're in—it's not a film itself. The DCIFF schedule lists "Twilight Zone, Animation, 109 minutes," which may have added to the confusion. In reality, there are only two short films (2-minutes and 7-minutes, respectively) that will run before Ghosts Don't Exist (which is 100 minutes long).

There will also be a Q & A session with the filmmakers, and time to mingle!

Thanks for your support, and we certainly look forward to seeing you all at the premiere!

~ The team at 19th + Wilson

Calling All Scary Photos!!

The Ghost Capture Gallery has received thousands of creative uploads over the past few months, and now we're putting out the call for your scariest Ghost Capture yet!

Starting March 1st, we'll post our Top 10 finalists here on the blog—and we want YOU to choose the scariest of them all!

Submit your creepiest Ghost Capture creations by February 28th to be considered for the Top 10, and keep tabs on the blog throughout March to vote for your favorite.

And of course, if you haven't already downloaded it, be sure to get the new, enhanced version of Ghost Capture with 30 ghosts! Every download helps us promote Ghosts Don't Exist!

Tickets for the DC Independent Film Festival - NOW AVAILABLE!

Thank you to all who have been patiently waiting for the 2010 DC Independent Film Festival tickets to become available. Ghosts Don't Exist will be closing out the festival on Sunday, March 14th, at 4:30pm.

There are 2 ways to get tickets.

1- You can purchase tickets specifically for the last day using this link: http://dciff.bside.com/2010/schedule/week/2010-03-12_2010-03-14. This will give you access to the 4:30pm "Twilight Zone Session" where 2 short films; "Back To Life" and "When It Will Be Silent" will also be shown along with Ghosts Don't Exist. Purchasing tickets using this option will also allow you to print out your tickets. Tickets are $10 each.

2- If you're planning on bringing a group of people you might want to consider buying the Festival "10" pack which is available here: http://www.dciff.org/passes.shtml. These are general admission tickets allowing you to watch 10 different "sessions" throughout the duration of the festival or using all 10 tickets for 1 screening. If you choose this option, your tickets will be held at Will Call under the purchaser's name. No tickets will be sent through the mail. The 10 pack is $50, giving you 10 tickets for $5 each.

*Make sure when you purchase this 10 pack, you note in the PayPal comment section that you want to attend the Ghosts Don't Exist screening. This will allow them to track ticket sales so everyone gets in.

Don't wait until the last minute, seating may be limited so make sure to get your tickets now! Everyone at 19W is excited to see you at our first film festival and we want to thank everyone for all your support!

Washington DC Independent Film Festival

We are excited to announce Ghosts Don’t Exist's first film festival! GDE has been officially selected to the DC Independent Film Festival (http://www.dciff.org), a GREAT local festival and voted by Movie Maker Magazine as one the top festivals for independent filmmakers! As of today, we are scheduled to close the festival on March 14. However, their site says schedule is subject to change until Feb. 1, when they will announce the final schedule. Please spread the word, and get your tickets early!

As always, thank you for your support and we hope to see you at the DCIFF!

It's Here!

The enhanced version of Ghost Capture for your iPhone is now available!

For just 99 cents, (with all sales going to help the film) you can get the eagerly-awaited full version of the popular app—which includes 20 brand new "ghosts" (30 total) to inhabit your photos!

If you've tried the original app, you know why it's been a hit. We've been getting some terrific stories from users, such as this one from "Cedar Park Tx":

"What makes this so cool is the ability to quickly punk someone. I took a picture of my wife on the stairs of our new home... In seconds I added a ghostly Victorian girl behind her. I suggested I send the photo to her girlfriend to show off our house. Within a minute she called wanting to know about the little girl in the photo and of course I played dumb. It TOTALLY freaked them out. It's being able to do slight of hand right in front of victims that makes this idea work. My only request is for a wider variety of ghosts, but by all means keep it simple like it is now. Great job guys!!"

We also get some that are funny in a darker sense, like this one from "Albert D":

"Ya, works too well. I deleted this app. I took a pic of a friend's dining room and placed the image of the little girl in the center and made her barely visible and sent it to my friend. He got so emotional. I deleted the pic from his computer and all settings, only to find out later he spent $100 on software to try to retrieve the photo from his computer. I felt so terribly guilty. To this day, I still feel bad inside."

Albert only gave us 1 star because of that experience, but hey—his story was priceless. :)

The most frequent request we receive is for "more ghosts." The new version contains plenty of that, with even more to come.

All future updates (and there are already some great ones in the works) will be completely free, as Ghost Capture continues to grow. Help support GDE by getting it now, and let us know what you think! Don't forget to check out the Gallery to see what users around the world have submitted, and submit your own creations!

New Year, New Ghosts!

To kick off the new year, Ghost Capture is launching a creepy new campaign to advertise the highly-anticipated enhanced version of its hit iPhone app, which allows users to create their own "paranormal" photos by inserting ghostly images into their own pictures—which they can adjust the size, positioning, and transparency of for surprisingly startling effects. They can then email the photos to friends, as well as upload to the official gallery at ghostsdontexist.com.

The new version will retail for 99 cents, and includes thirty ghosts to choose from (the original ten, plus twenty brand new ghouls!) Free future updates will continue to add to the spectral population, as well as categorizing images (males, females, shadow figures, orbs, faces, etc.). All earnings go towards supporting the film. The original version will remain available as a free app—Ghost Capture Lite.

The current edition has been a mainstay in the Top 20 Free Photography apps on iTunes for months now, going as high as #4 and topping the likes of Flickr and TwitPic! In fact, in Italy, it not only reached the #1 spot, but cracked the Top 10 of ALL free apps, regardless of genre!

The new ad campaign features some of the new "ghosts," and puts an even eerier spin on the concept by suggesting a "personal history" of sorts for each—alluding to how and when they entered the spirit world.

One of the characteristics that has helped Ghost Capture stand out from the pack is the use of more subtle, psychologically disturbing imagery... rather than the expected cliches of vampires, demons, blood, and gore. Users responded overwhelmingly to the image of a small Victorian girl with no eyes, consistently ranking it as a freaky favorite. This idea of a "regular person" from long ago (who's just slightly... irregular...) materializing in a contemporary photo... it struck a chord. Crafting a fictional history only enhances that effect, allowing the user's imagination to run wild as they add these ghostly figures to their own photos.

That's right—we said fictional history. ;)

In reality, all of the images used are custom creations from model-released stock photos and vintage family albums. Not only did these folks not meet tragic, gruesome ends—most are actually alive and well. And posing for other stock photos. :)

The process of creating a new ghoul for Ghost Capture often comes from unlikely images, which are usually anything but ominous.



Removing a few limbs, adding a ghostly pallor, and deadening the eyes of a photogenic little model... sometimes that's all it takes to create the mystique of a tragic 19th-century ghost—one your friends would be shocked to see materializing in the background of that New Year's Eve picture you just took! Gaaaah!!! :)

The enhanced version of Ghost Capture has a little something for everyone—including those who requested the more modern, distorted spectres one might find in a Japanese horror film, shadowy figures, faceless entities, and jilted decaying brides. The new app will be available early this year.