#fannibalgift

i. THE IDEA

In an interview with Kevin Pollack, Bryan Fuller stated that Hannibal Season 2 will begin production on September 10th in Toronto. As a Fannibal living in Toronto, I want to make use of my proximity to the production to allow international Fannibals to show their appreciation for the hard work of the cast & crew. So I came up with a plan: let’s make a gift and give it to them directly!

ii. THE GIFT

What kind of gift could possibly combine international fan participation and the delicious themes of Hannibal? Well, I thought long and hard, and I came up with... 

...a recipe box!

 Here’s the plan: We’ll fill up the box with “recipe cards” addressed to the cast and crew! Each card will be a personalized letter which you can fillwith love, appreciation, and desperate pleas to break Will Graham out of jail. (I’m looking at you, Freddie. The roadtrip for justice will prevail!) The cards must follow this template to ensure they fit into the box (see guidelines below):

  EDIT: It seems that the original template is coming out a little bit smaller than intended. Please use this new template when creating your cards! The new template is the correct dimensions and, when opened in Photoshop/Microsoft Word/etc, it should give you the right size for your card. I’ve made this new template from a scan of a 4” x 6” recipe card (one that came with the box) so, if you use this as your base, it should turn out to be the correct dimensions. Feel free to erase the lines/grey colour and replace it with your message - but please use the “Recipe For:” and “Ingredients/Directions:” lines as indicated above! Please spread the word about this change, as it’s integral to the project’s success!

EDIT EDIT: These templates will be the death of me! The images in this post seem to have been resized to be much smaller than the originals. I have come up with an interim solution, which you can find <<<HERE>>>. If you have any questions or need any help, please let me know and I'll do everything I can to assist you!

As you can see, the recipe name will be where you write the name of the cast/crew member your card is addressed to; the ingredients/directions will be where you put your message. Again, please see the guidelines below for more info. Be as creative as you like! You can write a message, but you can also include some artwork, an actual recipe, some cannibal puns, etcetera – just make sure you follow the content guidelines. Feel free to fill up both the front and the back of the card! See here for some examples.

  iii. HOW YOU CAN PARTICIPATE

If you’d like to take part in this project – awesome! You can choose to use snail mail or email to deliver your finished card (please see below for instructions). Once all the cards are delivered, I will assemble them inside the recipe box, wrap the box up in pretty paper, and deliver it! The date by which I must receive your card is September 20th. If you are physically mailing your card, please make sure to send it with ample time for delivery. Now, onto the instructions!

EDIT: THE DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED! ENTRIES ARE NOW DUE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27. See here for details!

EDIT: When emailing your card, please clearly label the email as TO PRINT (if you need me to print your card) or SNAIL MAIL (if you are mailing your card). Thank you!

If you are sending your recipe card via Snail Mail:

1. Following the template’s size guidelines (4 inches tall by 6 inches wide/10.16cm tall by 15.24cm wide), create your card on the computer and then print it, or create it entirely by hand. Be creative! Make sure to clearly label the card with the cast or crew member it is addressed to (see the guidelines below).

2. Mail the finished recipe card to this address: 

Fannibal Gift Project

c/o Electric Skate Co.

676 King St. W

Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

N2G 1E2

3. Please send an electronic copy of your card to [email protected]. You can do this by typing up your message, taking a high-resolution photo, or scanning the card at a high resolution (think ~300dpi/72ppi). This is my way of keeping track of the cards that have been sent – so, if your card somehow gets lost in the mail,  I will have a backup to print out and use. Please be sure to include images of the front and back sides of your card!

  If you are sending your recipe card via Email:

1. . Following the template’s size guidelines (4 inches tall by 6 inches wide/10.16cm tall by 15.24cm wide), create your card on the computer or create it entirely by hand and then scan it to create a digital version. Be creative! Make sure to clearly label the card with the cast or crew member it is addressed to (see the guidelines below).

2. Save the file as a .jpg or .png at high resolution. This is very important - if it’s a different format I may not be able to open it/it may not look the way you want it to when printed. Please make sure the file is at a high resolution (think 300dpi/72ppi) so the image is of good quality – this is to avoid pixelation and other errors during printing.

3. Send an email to [email protected] with the file attached (not in the body of the message itself, only as an attachment).

4. I will print the card out for you. Please note that, due to financial restrictions, I can only print on regular printer paper - so if you want to use fancier cardstock/etc, please choose the snail mail option. Once again, make sure to use the resolution listed so the card is as high-quality as possible.

  iv. RULES FOR SUBMISSIONS

Please read these guidelines very carefully. If you do not follow the guidelines, I may not be able to include your card in the gift, and that would be a shame.

1.     All submissions must follow the template size exactly. Anything larger will not fit in the box; anything small will look out of place. Please make sure your card is 4 inches tall by 6 inches wide/10.16cm tall by 15.24cm wide.

2.     Please do not use ultra-thick paper. Regular lined/printer paper, cardstock, or construction paper is fine; cardboard is not. This is to ensure there is enough room in the box for everyone’s cards.

3.     Decorate your card however you like, but please do not include large 3D objects. Flat objects such as coins or magazine cutouts are fine, but please make sure to adhere them carefully to ensure they don’t fall off while moving! Please do not include real flowers, even dried ones, in the interests of cleanliness and potential allergies. Similarly, please do not use perfumed paper.

4.     Please do not include any inappropriate material. This includes threats, sexually explicit material, or generally rude statements. You may include some gore in your art, but please respect the fact that not everyone is comfortable with such things. Keep in mind how Dr. Lecter feels about rudeness!

5.     Please use the correct name when addressing your card. The cards are going to be arranged alphabetically by first name. If you would like to write to the entire cast or crew, please use “All Cast” or “All Crew” or, if you wish to address your card to everyone, please use “Everyone”. Additionally, please address your card appropriately – a card marked “Everyone”, for example, should not be focused completely on Hugh Dancy, and vice versa. This is to prevent hurt feelings and a general sense of rejection.

6.     Each participant may write 1 (ONE) card to up to 5 (FIVE) DIFFERENT cast/crew members. This limit is to ensure there is room in the box for all the submissions. If we meet the deadline and have extra space, I will accept additional submissions (these would be accepted via email only, in the interest of time constraints). If you use the “All Cast”, “All Crew”, or “Everyone” label, you may also write cards to individuals – but the number of cards you can send is still limited to 5 in total.

7.     Please do not mail any gifts other than the recipe cards. While it would be great to give the cast & crew some food, larger letters, plushies, etcetera, that is not the purpose of this project. If all goes well,  I’d love to arrange a larger gift project in the future. Remember that the cast & crew will likely be flying home at some point, and larger objects can make this a difficult and stressful process. If you do mail objects other than the cards, I cannot vouch for their safety or delivery – and, while I’d love to have a house full of flower crowns, they would clash terribly with my interior design. 

v. THE DEADLINE

The date by which I must receive your card is September 20th. If your card arrives after this date, I cannot add it to the project. I understand that this is a relatively short period for mailing, but I would like to get the gift to the Hannibal cast & crew sooner rather than later (this would also give us time to potentially organize another gift project before Season 2 production wraps). After September 20th I will finish assembling & wrapping the gift and will deliver it directly to a Hannibal staff member (possibly Bryan Fuller? I’ll need your help with this part when we come to it, Fannibals! <3).

  vi. LOOSE ENDS

If you have any questions, suggestions, or comments, please email me at [email protected] or send me a message here on tumblr. I’ll be putting together a FAQ post so make sure to keep an eye out for that as well. If you’d like to spread the word about this project, please use the following hashtags:

#Fannibalgift

#toronnibals

#HeAteUsGift

Make sure to tweet Bryan Fuller and the other cast & crew members to keep them aware of the project! You can find a list of relevant contact info here.