Crowd Sourcing Animation Projects

[BonnieB21:-)]

Kickstarter My Heart: Cannon Busters

Cannon Busters is an animated adventure about the value of friendship and just how far one is willing to go to maintain it. If The Wizard of Oz met the Hidden Fortress with influences derived from Escaflowne, hip-hop, and classic RPGs -- you get Cannon Busters, one wild ride of fun, suspense, action, and wackiness. It's a roadshow-style adventure of epic proportions!
Follow the adventures and exploits of S.A.M, a high-end, royal-class friendship droid who's joined by a quirky, discarded maintenance robot and a brash, deadly fugitive. Together, the unlikely trio embarks on an unforgettable journey in a fantastic and dangerous world in search of S.A.M's best friend, the heir to a powerful kingdom under siege.

The story takes place hundreds of years ago in the vast and magical world of Gearbolt. As the centuries passed, the practice of magic became extinct, and many have forgotten its power, regulating it to mere superstition…


Cannon Busters is an animated project created by TV animation producer/director LeSean Thomas. The goal is to produce a 8-10 minute pilot episode (1 act) through Kickstarter. We're looking to you to help us raise, at the very least, the minimum goal of $120,000 (8-10 minutes). If we surpass our minimum goal, our stretch goals will increase the length of the episode by 8-16 minutes, ultimately providing us the funds to create and develop a full 24-minute episode!

LeSean Thomas, Creator/Director/Writer (https://twitter.com/LeSeanThomas)
LeSean Thomas has contributed to television animation in the United States for over 10 years. His most notable works include Peabody Award-winning series The Boondocks on Adult Swim serving as Co-Director (Season 1) and Supervising Character Designer (Seasons 1 & 2), Nickelodeon's The Legend Of Korra (Book 1) as a storyboard/production artist, and most recently Black Dynamite: The Animated Series as Creative Producer (Season 1) and Supervising Director (Seasons 1 & 2) on Adult Swim.
Recently, Thomas spent several years working abroad in South Korea as an animation production/storyboard artist, honing his skills and developing Cannon Busters while lending his talent to hit shows. He is driven by his passion and enthusiasm for animation production and enjoys sharing his knowledge with the animation & art community online. Drawing from Western and Eastern influences, Thomas's work displays a level of stylistic expression and dynamism that makes him highly distinguishable among his peers. Through his unique vision and your support, he hopes to bring Cannon Busters to life!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/473463284/cannon-busters-the-animated-series-pilot


[video=youtube;8WzLljQjIMA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WzLljQjIMA[/video]



I honestly don't understand the financing of animation. All of these projects take over $100,000 to fund something that could be 5-22 minutes. To me that's a huge difference in time and effort- maybe all the effort goes towards things like special effects and limited CGI that bloats the budget. I don't know. I'm also beginning to wonder how well will all these pilots do? Will they actually get off the ground and become features and series or will they get no support and find no channels to air them.

 

[Dudley]

I never liked the idea of using crowd sourcing to fund a pilot. It should be used to fund a season, like what they did with Bee and Puppycat or Video Game High School.

 

[Sketch]

Perhaps they felt funding just a pilot was a more achievable goal and hope that with a full length pilot they'll be able to find interested financial partners.

I wanted to drop in here and link to an interview some of my associates and I had with LeSean. He talks about his hopes for the project and about how he assembled his crew along with a broader discussion of the animation community, kickstarting a project and his advice to aspiring artists.

Toonami Faithful Exclusive #16 – A Conversation with @LeSeanThomas | Toonami Faithful Podcast

 

[lachlanblanc]

I want to learn animation. Can anyone suggest me the best institute for animation across the globe.

 

[Dudley]

I want to learn animation. Can anyone suggest me the best institute for animation across the globe.

CalArts, Goeblins, Sheridan, books, and the internet are great places to learn the craft!

 

[BonnieB21:-)]

Casting update for Cannon Busters. I wonder why it's called Cannon Busters considering I haven't seen or read a single mention of cannons in any description so far.


Actress/Producer Elizabeth Maxwell is the voice of our supporting character of Cannon Busters, Casey Turnbuckle.^^
Elizabeth is best know for her roles as“Motoko Kusanagi” in the up-coming, English dubbed prequel to the cult classic anime series, "Ghost in the Shell: Arise," and “Ymir” in the fan favoriteAttack on Titan.
Her work in the game industry includes Gearbox’s newest title Battleborn, Cloud Imperium’s highly anticipated Star Citizen, Bandai Namco’s Dragon Ball Xenoverse, and Robot Entertainment’s Orcs Must Die! Unchained. Maxwell can also be seen on screen, playing Special Agent Elise Mooney of the Enigma Corporation in the paranormal TV series Lost Tapes, along with guest stars on From Dusk Till Dawnand Criminal Minds. Her big screen appearances include the blockbuster psychological thriller A Perfect Getaway,and a starring turn in the indie thriller The Focus Puller. She will bring just the right amount of cheer, spunk and adorable attitude to our pint-sized MacGuyver-esque mechanic girl!^^
Please pledge/ Support Cannon Busters animated Pilot on Kickstarter!

Actress/Producer Angelique Perrin is the voice of our lead character, Sam.^^
Angelique Perrin is an American actress, writer and producer best known for her work as Jedi Master, Adi Gallia on George Lucas’s animated series, "Star Wars: The Clone Wars", as well as her work on“Rugrats All Grown Up!” and "Doc McStuffins."
She is also producer at "KKGT/The Beat Radio" Station. She is currently co-host, writer and producer for the nationally syndicated radio show "Cafe Mocha"featuring Hip Hop Legend MC Lyte and Comedienne Loni Love.
Angelique has been extremely passionate about this project with me from the beginning of development (circa 2010) and will bring just the perfect touch to our favorite, lost android!^^

Cannon Busters has made over $75,000 out of it's $120,00 goal with 17 days remaining. More than half way there. Too bad I'm broke and the holidays are coming up and I'm not millionaire philanthrophist Bruce Wayne- then I could just sit around donating to all these projects.



There's 2 storyboards for Dawgtown available on it's facebook page. You can see the actual dog fighting and how Max gets caught up in the dog fighting ring.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=413305725483305

https://www.facebook.com/DawgtownTheMovie

http://www.dawgtownthemovie.com/

 

[BonnieB21:-)]

3 New Projects

Cannon Busters made it's goal! Over $148,000 it's original goal was $120,000. There's 10 hours to go if you still want to.

3 new projects are:

[video=vimeo;110429581]http://vimeo.com/110429581[/video]


WINDOW HORSES: THE POETIC PERSIAN EPIPHANY OF ROSIE MING. In this coming-of-age story, Rosie Ming, a young Canadian poet of mixed descent, is invited to perform at a Poetry Festival in Shiraz, Iran, but she’d rather be in Paris. She lives at home with her over-protective Chinese grandparents and has never been anywhere by herself. Once in Iran, she finds herself in the company of poets and Persians, all who tell her stories that force her to confront her past; the Iranian father she assumed abandoned her and the nature of Poetry itself. Rosie learns to find her own voice through listening to the voices of others. It's about building bridges across generations and cultures through the magic of Poetry.


We hope this film will contribute a little more peace, love and understanding to our increasingly complex and conflicted world through art, poetry, history and culture.

Rose Ming is going to be played by none other than Sandra Oh of Grey's Anatomy fame.

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/window-horses-an-animated-feature

The Tale Of The Seas is a 98 minutes, full length animated feature film. A coming-of-age fantasy following a mysterious sea creature that washes up on the shores of an isolated fishing village. MERI, the childless wife of fisherman NEREUS, finds the creature and secretly nurses it back to health, but the knowledge of his existence becomes the talk to the town and creates uneasiness among villagers weary of change. The village’s destructive ways pushes their spirit world to a breaking point, and it’s up to two outcasts to steer them away from a path of self destruction.

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-tale-of-the-seas-an-indie-animated-feature

The Dharma Bum is a feature documentary film directed by Ian Lawton that unearths the adventure story of Laurence Carroll, a free-thinking atheist alcoholic Irishman born in Dublin in the late 1800s, who went on to become U Dhammaloka - the world's first Western Buddhist monk.
Legend has it that in the dawn of the 20th century, Laurence ordained as a Buddhist monk in a remote forest monastery in Burma, aka Myanmar, where he trained in ancient Buddhist practices, while maintaining an activism that denounced dogma, orthodoxy, the hypocrisies of the Church and his own Catholic upbringing.
Standing up to the British Colonialists who were spreading over Southeast Asia at the time, Dhammaloka was under constant police surveillance until his conviction for sedition. After traveling the world under multiple aliases, faking his own death, being an outspoken activist, spending 13 years as a monk, Dhammaloka mysteriously disappeared, without a trace.
Over the following century knowledge of his life was lost from history. Only recently has his groundbreaking story been unearthed.
When The Dharma Bum is released, it will provide audiences worldwide with the missing link in the origin story of Western Buddhism.
[h=6]"It is criminal that such a man was written out of history for simply standing up for what he believed in, it is my mission to make his life and legacy known."[/h][h=6]- Ian Lawton Producer/ Director of The Dharma Bum[/h]

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[h=6]ANIMATION[/h]To help realize this vision, Ian has teamed up with internationally acclaimed animator Paul Bolgerof Pillarstone Productions to co-produce the animated segments of our film.
The device of using animation is nothing new to documentary filmmaking, many films resort to infographics and such to impart information. The Dharma Bum will be different insofar as we only really have Dhammalokas own word to go on, there are no photographs or news reels to back up his story, therefore the animation will play a large part in the realization of the story of this fascinating man.
As for the style, both Paul and Ian have been busy coming up with concept artwork for the film. (Some of which can bee seen below). It is important for them as artists to find a balance between the photoreal and the cartoon in order to communicate the story truthfully. We believe Dhammaloka as a personality, to be a bit of a joker, so the temptation to lean toward the cartoon exists, yet what he stood for commands a respect so a more balanced style is appropriate.

 

[GlassCake]

"The FUNBOX" - Animated web series; Seeking help

Hey guys. I'm currently developing an internet web series called the FUNBOX. I'm crowdfunding for it.

I need to raise 1,200 dollars per episode in order to make it successful. FUNBOX is basically an internet web series that brings some of your favorite cartoon characters back on track with new videos. Wether it be Scooby Doo, The Animaniacs or Ichigo Kurosaki. There brought back with there original voices.

Please help out and donate, heres the link: Support Raymond Spunk creating FunBox Web Series

Thanks!

 

[BonnieB21:-)]

Kickstarter My Heart: Book Of Mojo

New crowd sourcing project from more Disney/Pixar/Dreamworks/Blue Sky/Paramount alum.

The Book of Mojo tells the story of Creepy, a 13 year old runaway getting by on her wits and her limited training in witchcraft. Separated from her father by a tragic accident, she seeks to master the secrets of magic in hopes of one day reuniting with him. Her life is turned upside down when a powerful magical artifact literally drops into her life.

The artifact, a 7 foot tall enchanted statue she calls Mojo, has no recollection of who or what it is, or where it came from. When Creepy agrees to help look into its origins, mostly for her own selfish reasons, it isn't long before Mojo's secret past threatens them both.

A group of black magic marketeers calling themselves The Brokerage claims that Mojo is their creation, and they want him back! Creepy and Mojo are forced to navigate a city transformed by magic, while trying to avoid a magical crime syndicate, the police, and Creepy's personal rivals intent on settling old scores. Under all of this flashy magic and street trappings is a coming-of-age adventure that explores themes of family, friendship, power and individual responsibility.

[h=3]We want to tell stories featuring characters that we feel are under-represented in animation. Our cast features a colorful and diverse array of characters that we can't wait to introduce you to.[/h]We are huge fans of Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Legend of Korra, Harry Potter and all things Joss Whedon. This series is strongly inspired by their storytelling sensibilities.

he Book of MOJO started out as a self published webcomic. It's an Urban Fantasy story set in the near future that follows an unlikey duo, "Creepy," a 13 yr old runaway witch, and Mojo, a 7 foot tall enchanted statue. Creepy wants to learn the deepest secrets of magic to reunite with her father, and Mojo has an unknown, dark origin that threatens both of them.
We were inspired to animate this story after completing a CG teaser for the comic book last year. Many of it's viewers were not only excited by the premise, but also by the story's female lead, a strong young person of color. As an African American father of two girls, imagery in the media is very important to me, and diversity is something I'm excited to address in a fun and entertaining way.

We are crowdfunding an animated short based on the first issue as proof of concept for an original series or feature film. We are industry professionals with decades of combined experience at studios like Pixar, Disney, Dreamworks and Blue Sky Studio and we're passionate about pushing the boundaries of American animation. We don't think we're alone. We believe that with your support, we can prove that there is a strong fan base that wants to see more of this world and its characters.

They've raised over $17,000 (22%) of their goal of $80,000 with 28 days to go.

<span style="box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0px;">[video=vimeo;91379374]https://vimeo.com/91379374[/video]


https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-book-of-mojo-animated-pilot

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[BonnieB21:-)]

Updates For Projects

Cannon Busters is being animated by Satelight Inc Animation which worked on Macross Frontier, Hellsing, and Heat Guy J.

SATELIGHT Inc.

James Lopez did a 2 part interview with the Mouse Castle Podcast. In part 2 he talked about Kingdom of the Sun-Emperor's New Groove and Hullabaloo. It's interesting to hear how it came together and that there was no real plot or long term plans. I'm still hoping that he'll be able to get at least one of the shorts in front of an independent animated flick. Something like "MLP: FIM; Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks" or "Strange Magic" would've been good.


http://www.themousecastle.com/2015/03/mouse-castle-lounge-interview-james-lopez-hullabaloo.html

Bill Plympton's Revengeance is another one of his kickstarter projects.



REVENGEANCE tells the story of a low-rent bounty hunter (named Rod Rosse, The One Man Posse) who gets entangled in a web of seedy danger when he takes on a job from an ex-biker/ex-wrestler turned U.S. senator named "Deathface." Rod has to find what was stolen from the senator and find the girl who stole it. Soon, Rosse finds there’s more than meets the eye to this dirty job. Between the ruthless biker gangs, the blood thirsty cults, and the crooked cops - Rod Rosse is a marked man. If the bullets don’t kill him - the California sun just might!


https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/billplympton/bill-plymptons-revengeance-an-animated-feature-fil

[h=1]Getting to Know Van Busi and How He Came Up with the Black Peanut[/h]“Flash animation brought me to Beijing from the countryside. ”
I didn’t start off making animations. In 2004, I was working on my original comic story
– The Black Bird. Hoping to get it published, I went to Beijing to look for a publisher, and that was the first time I went to a big city. Editors from several magazines told me that comics were not popular in the market and they couldn't publish my work. Meanwhile, they informed me that flash animation was very popular. Having experienced the good vibes from the big city,I decided to stay in Beijing and tried to learn flash, which was an affordable way to make animation at the time. My goal was to publish my story online as short flash animations to share it with the world.
Although I didn’t finish The Black Bird, I made a lot of good friends during the process. At that time, China didn’t have any professional schools for animation, and we only had one another to learn from. That’s how we started working together to make flash animations.
Over the years, we created Mee’s Forest, Mr. Miao & Rain Kids.


Despite our efforts, our work was not appreciated in China back then. We suffered from financial difficulties. In confusion and despair, I left animation for a few years. In early 2014, Da Niu from Niceboat found me. After hours and hours of conversation, he brought back my passion for animation and said he would support us to realize our dream. I then gathered my team and here we are!!!
The Black Peanut conveys how I understand life and the society. In China today, consumers want animations that are formulaic, fast and easy like the McDonald's mushrooming all over the country. We the independents, however, believe that our work should speak to the anger and the frustration of the young generation.

Please help me and my team bring the unique story to life! Thank you very much! I sincerely appreciate all your help and support.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1110445339/the-black-peanut

Boxhead
Al is an aging, alcoholic recluse. There was a time when he aspired to be someone; a writer, with a life and career. That time, along with all of his dreams have long passed him by.


He lives alone, his life reduced to an empty, solitary and drunken existence.
But as time slips away, a strange creature watches, waiting in the dark...
One night Al discovers something absolutely horrible that could possibly save his soul.
He takes on the role of a detective, acting out a story he never finished.
All the while, the creature enters into different people's lives, unveiling their deepest fears and regrets, their loneliness...
...and feeding off of it.

Al is led down a rabbit hole, through a labyrinth of past and present fantasies and nightmares, to ultimately, find himself.

[video=vimeo;93304776]https://vimeo.com/93304776[/video]

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/287021562/boxhead-an-animated-horror-film

 

[BonnieB21:-)]

Indiegogo: Selena The One

[video=youtube;xbUVuiBRkt8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbUVuiBRkt8[/video]

Acrovirt is creating Selena The One digital beginning, as a walking, talking, singing, dancing and thinking iconic singer, Selena Quintanilla. This technology while not exactly a hologram has been called hologram-ish. This technology constructs Selena's body, voice and her mind. We accomplish this by building supercomputers of her most important past features, her body and in it's unique motion, her fantastically expressive singing and speaking voice, and most importantly we capture critical elements of her mind. Selena will appear on tour as a HD image on large screens in selected cities in North America, South America and Europe. “In the past we have had technologies, which were and are imperfect and delivered on only small portions of what we believe is possible for these new virtual beginning opportunities. Now with the advances in technology we are able to create a digital presence that is so remarkable that it allows us to experience physically and mentally the true new virtual beginning and future of that person “ – Michael Caldwell



I have no words for this, I know her poor family still misses her but I'm not sure these people- Acrovirt can do what they claim. Essentially, they want to make Selena the first posthumous pop star. A vocaloid like Sharon Apple.

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/selena-quintanilla-selena-the-one

 

[Kazuya Prower]

Courage the Cowardly Dog creator, John R. Dilworth, launches a Kickstarter campaign

In the 90's, there was this animated anthology series on MTV called "Cartoon Sushi". There was a comical short that was split into two called "The Dirdy Birdy", where Purdy, a happy-go-lucky bird, tries to show his affections to a cynical female cat named Fergurina in his own way by showing his behind. This was one of John Dilworth's earlier projects (made in 1994, but aired in 1997) and is very popular. Earlier this month, John Dilworth released an updated version of "The Dirdy Birdy" with a scene that never made it in the original version (both versions can be seen on the Stretch Films YouTube channel) along with a announcement of a Kickstarter campaign for a sequel called "A Night at Club Shiek". The goal is $85,000 (as of this typing, $5,265 has been pledged so far) with Thursday, May 7th at 9:56 AM EST being the deadline.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1397817587/purdy-the-dirdy-birdy-ii-a-night-at-club-sheik

 

[Kazuya Prower]

John Dilworth cancelled the Dirdy Birdy sequel campaign this morning with only $6,736 pledged. I can't blame him for doing that. The deadline was less than two weeks away and it didn't even get up to $10,000. This is sad because he really wanted to make this short. He even wanted to make a Dirdy Birdy series if the short was made. I hope he finds some other way to make the short because I was really looking forward to seeing it.

 

[MthdMn128]

Let's face it, how many people even remember Dirdy Birdy on Cartoon Sushi? How many even know about it? The campaign was a dud from the start.

That said, I would've loved to see a sequel myself and I do hope Dilworth finds some other way to continue it. However, I think he would be better off making a comic instead; at least starting it off as such and seeing where it goes from there.

 

[florianforge]

windwalkers

Hi there! I'm new to the forum thank you for accepting me! I've been working for 2 years now on a badass animated series called WINDWALKERS, which really need you today and that is why I'm writing here. This is not a viral buzz campaign or anything like this, this really concerns a small creative studio and its survival!!
WINDWALKERS is based on the best selling sci-fi novel The Horde of the counterwind written by the French Alain Damasio (also author of the AAA video game Remember me).
On a world devastated by powerful winds, WINDWALKERS is the story of a group, trained and raised to oppose the winds and find their origin. It is an epic action team story meant to touch our deepest essence, and remind us that to LIVE AUTHENTICALLY means to BE IN MOVEMENT and to BE CONNECTED.
Designed by stars from AVATAR, PACIFIC RIM, JUPITER ASCENDING, MATRIX, FINAL FANTASY, this independent project can only live with your help, to stay free and because it is the purpose of the story: being connected, walking together!
Check it out on Kickstarter until July 1[SUP]st[/SUP]
http://kck.st/1PMw0Uy

 

[BonnieB21:-)]

Kickstarter My Heart: Don Bluth's Dragon's Lair

Don Bluth and Gary Goldman are coming together once again to bring the classic arcade game Dragon's Lair to the big screen. We are seeking your help to create a pitch to make Dragon’s Lair, the Movie through a Kickstarter crowd-funding campaign. Dragon's Lair continues to be loved by millions around the world since 1983, and fans have been waiting patiently to see Dirk and Daphne at it again. Join us in this adventure as we prepare to bring Dragon's Lair to a new generation.

We’ve worked on '20' successful animation motion pictures, some of them “iconic”, The Secret of NIMH, An American Tail, The Land Before Time, All Dogs Go To Heaven and Anastasia to name a few.

So far they've raised over $62,000 out of the $550,000 goal.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/donbluth/dragons-lair-the-movie

Today, my packet from Hullabaloo arrived!!!!!

 

[Xxerox]

I never liked the idea of using crowd sourcing to fund a pilot. It should be used to fund a season, like what they did with Bee and Puppycat or Video Game High School.

Ha. Look at the animation of Bee then and Now. it has gotten lot worse. You should rething that. it should be used to fund THE ENTIRE THING.

 

[Dudley]

Ha. Look at the animation of Bee then and Now. it has gotten lot worse. You should rething that. it should be used to fund THE ENTIRE THING.

The animation is fine, they just changed the character design. And that's the least of the show's problems.

My stance on the issue is the same. A good example is how Cyanide and Happiness used Kickstarter to fund a series of shorts and a full season of longer episodes. Fortunately, C&H is so popular and the cartoons so successful, that they were able to make more shorts off of revenue from YouTube.
Even better, CBS's online comedy network SeeSo picked up a second season of the longer episodes.



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