FIREFLIES - a stop motion children's film made in PDX, OR
A project in Portland, OR by Aaron Wong000days
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A sweet, if slightly wild, five-year-old Liza Wolfe redeems herself in Depression-era Boonetown, Kentucky.
Backers: 168
Average Pledge Per Backer: $55
Funded: $9,215 of $6,000
Dates: Apr 24th -> Jun 8th (46 days)
Project By: Aaron Wong
Backers: 168
Average Pledge Per Backer: $55
Funded: $9,215 of $6,000
Dates: Apr 24th -> Jun 8th (46 days)
Project By: Aaron Wong
$9,215
current pledge level
Last Updated: June 8 @ 22:30 -0400 GMT
153%
of goal
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Latest News
Big Little World 
January 29th - via: kickstarter.com
We are now shooting on what will be our biggest set up for the film -- house exterior, backyard with tent, hill and trees and backdrop. 5 exterior shots to go, then we'll be moving on to the interior shots. Liza runs Eric at work The big set (Read More)
summer progress
November 13th - via: kickstarter.com
The last time we posted an update, Missy was about to make her big entrance. I'm happy to say that we've finished animating her first scene, and we're in the process of changing from our first set up to another that will be for our final shot of the... (Read More)
Liza + Missy
April 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
We've now shot 1700 frames! Liza has finally caught herself a firefly and is keeping it in a canning jar. Little does she know that Missy is getting ready to make her big entrance and wreak havoc! (Read More)
Production News -- 120+ Hours of Animating and 1000+ Frames of Footage!
January 29th - via: kickstarter.com
We are well on our way now, with nearly the first minute of the film shot! We've been averaging 2 - 3 seconds a day, which is standard for stop-motion. Footage is already going through post-production, as well. Thank you, Joe Shrum! Meanwhile, art... (Read More)
Happy Holidays from the Production
December 25th - via: kickstarter.com
With 40 seconds of the picture shot, and more coming in every day, we wanted to take this opportunity during our holiday break to thank everyone again for their donations and support in making this little film more than we could have hoped for when... (Read More)
Fireflies!
December 12th - via: kickstarter.com
That's a loop of our final fireflies test. Last weekend we got our first real shot of the film.. so it's official... PRODUCTION IS NOW UNDERWAY!!! (Read More)
Notes from the Temple
November 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Our opening shot is all coming together, with the set, background, backdrop, and lighting. We’re still tweaking everything to get it perfect for our first frames, but we expect to be shooting in the next two weeks. Yay! Our new production schedule... (Read More)
A bigger update to come soon...
November 6th - via: kickstarter.com
... but for now, let's just say masons. (Read More)
We're moving!
August 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey All Sincerely apologize for the lack of updates. We've been prepping the sets, putting the puppets away, getting ready to move out of our current space and into a new one (soon!). We will be in transition for a little while, but big things are... (Read More)
Where we've been and what we've been doing
June 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi All It's been awhile since our last update. Work on Fireflies had to slow down a bit as studio.pebble was helping the production of The Digits, a children's educational webseries headed up by Scotty Iseri at Funda. Here's a Behind The Scenes look... (Read More)
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