Far From Haggersville Mystery – Original Trailer from Matthew Peters on Vimeo.
One of my biggest achievements to date has been the making of the interactive music album Far from Haggersville. FFH is a music album, short film, mystery and cross-country hunt for thousands of dollars in GOLD from on-line and in the real world. The treasure hunt IS solvable but extremely difficult to solve. I’ve always been fascinated with hidden treasure and realized that the likelihood of finding one would be very slim. So I took the opportunity to create my own.
I used graphic design, sound effects, multiple ciphers & cryptography, music, lyrics, geocaching, web, emerging technologies, stone-age technology, sound triggers, radio waves, history, UV light and based it around a web 2.0 platform.
Unlike “treasure hunts” that big name films and cereal companies alike create as a marketing strategy geared to the lowest common denominator, I realized that most people using the web will talk and share hints, solutions and strategies to either show off their intelligence or just be social. I guarantee that hunters will not be left with, “Be Sure To Drink Your Ovaltine.”
I love filmmaking, song writing, singing, playing music, mystery, writing, travel, treasure hunting and was able to create a project that encompassed all of my passions into one. I was able to sell my business and broker a large real estate deal to pay for it all. It allowed me to write the screenplay, hire the actors, shoot the movie, edit the footage, sing, play multiple instruments, sequence, reverse-engineer a real treasure hunt (national treasure style), create sound scenes, work with some great people and have the time of my life doing it. Who could ask for anything more. I’m glad I took the risk.
I get to say that I accomplished a life dream and will always have that.
http://www.haggersville.com (old site is down for db maintenance)
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