Jamari Update: Fiscal Sponsorship, The Flu Virus, and Channel Frederator's 4th Anniversary.

Got an update on the fiscal sponsorship. Fractured Atlas has approved the expansion of my fiscally sponsored project to include all films I create for any local film festivals. This includes the Jamari Animated project! The name of the project at Fractured Atlas is "Amazing Space Films". Here's the best part:

Amazing Space Films is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions in behalf of Amazing Space Films may be payable to Fractured Atlas and are tax-deductable to the extent permitted by law.

You can make a donation here.

Everyone who donates to Amazing Space Films for the Jamari Animated project will get their names in the credits! Any major gift donation of $1000 or more will receive an Associate Producer credit. Your donations will go towards making our films stereoscopic and providing 3D glasses for our audiences!

Of course, Studio Luke 15, LLC nor myself are not directly affiliated with The Amazement Square Rightmire Children's Museum or Riverviews Artspace.

My prayers go out to everyone with the flu this season. My actors for the film have it, my best friend is just getting over it... and I just found out that my good friend Steven, owner of Cryptarchy VFX in Aspen, Colorado, is in critical condition with the H1N1 virus. I've never met him in person. He sent me a connection invite on LinkedIn and we would chat on Facebook all the time. We would talk about how he wanted to create an visual effects house with a strong visual and marketing brand. For an animator with a background in sales like me, he spoke my language. He's an inspiration, a kindred spirit and an honored colleague. If you can spare a prayer, please pray for my friend.

Well, I haven't worked on Jamari Animated much this week, but for good reason. The deadline for Channel Frederator's 4th Anniversary film project was today. They called for 4 second shorts to be combined into one big film. The premise was "What would Fredbot do on his 4th birthday?" Well, what do all 4 year olds do on their birthday? They go to Chuck E. Cheese! You can see my 4 second entry here. Special thanks to Joey for offering critique. Facebook is SOOO useful!! You can see a pic from the short above, and you can see the 4 second short here.

Check back for updates... the next goal is making a fundraising trailer, so I'm definitely animating scenes from the project to make one.

Jamari Update: Schedule Juggle, 3D Glasses and Audience Funding

Well, the recording session has been delayed, again. This time, it’s the flu. Ginger said that the kid that REALLY, REALLY wants to do this has got it so… I can hold for a trooper. Best wishes to him and we all hope he feels better. Thanks to 90.9 The Light for being so understanding and accommodating. Hey, it wouldn’t be a production if there weren’t delays, right? I consider it “Producer Boot Camp”.

There’s a quote from the movie Spaceballs where Dark Helmet says, “Preparing, you’re always preparing… just go!” That couldn’t be more true for me. So, I’m gonna just go. This week, I’m going to finalize the rigs for the Jamari and Raincoat characters and just start thumbnailing and animating some of the simpler scenes. While I’m doing that, I’m going to plan out the 3D for the film. Yes, I am officially going from “thinking about” to “preparing for” stereoscopic for the film. For those who don’t know what “stereoscopic” is, it’s when you wear the red and blue glasses and see the characters appear to jump right off the screen. I believe that the aerial scene in the film will be amazing.

I also want to get some of the simpler scenes animated for fundraising sake. We need a fundraising trailer. I am awaiting approval from my fiscal sponsor on my other film, Fractured Atlas, to approve fiscally sponsoring ALL of my festival films. That way, I can raise funds for additional computer programs for the stereoscopic effects and for the 3D glasses for the venues… and YOU can make a small (or large) tax-deductable donation and get your name in the credits! Fingers are crossed…