Something Better
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A short film about the Blakeley family's emigration from England to Queensland, Australia in the 1880s in search of a better life.
Backers: 116
Average Pledge Per Backer: $140
Funded: $16,232 of $16,000
Dates: Apr 24th -> May 29th (35 days)
Project By: Sonja Strathearn
Backers: 116
Average Pledge Per Backer: $140
Funded: $16,232 of $16,000
Dates: Apr 24th -> May 29th (35 days)
Project By: Sonja Strathearn
$16,232
current pledge level
Last Updated: May 29 @ 01:03 -0400 GMT
101%
of goal
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Latest News
We Made our Goal!!!! Thank you!!!!! 
May 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear Backers, Thank you all! Thank you for your generosity and love!!! I must admit that 1/2 way through this kickstarter campaign, I was getting nervous about my "grand dreams", but through your pledges large and small, we finally reached and even... (Read More)
Last Night in Australia
May 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Miriam Garcia after the Bush dance scene I love this photo of my friend Miriam Garcia at the end of the Bush dance. It sort of seems like a goodbye, which we are about to say to our friends and family here in Brisbane before we fly back to Utah... (Read More)
More scenes of 'Williams' family' from our Road trip Up North
May 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Adam and Lana Strathearn and the Cartner children as the Blakeley family I had arranged to stay with our friends Mark and Naomi Cartner in Bundaberg for a few reasons. The Cartner children had wonderful, creative personalities, and I instinctively... (Read More)
Roadtrip up North
May 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Adam Strathearn as William Blakeley at his hut in Eidsvold Station We went up North to Bundaberg with our Assistant Director, Victoria Edwards in her van. Another "show on the road" experience with our costumes and some of our small props. Our... (Read More)
Plantation and Bush Dance Scenes
May 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Antonio Toka as "Jack", a South Sea Islander who worked on the sugar plantation A few people have asked me how I found Antonio. Last year I discovered a facebook group for South Sea Islanders in Australia. After I got permission to join the group,... (Read More)
Scenes with Margaret during the week
May 13th - via: kickstarter.com
The porch Beenleigh Historical Village scene with Renee Whaikawa as Margaret Hardman and Sonja Strathearn We filmed some "joining scenes" during the week before our next big filming day on Saturday. Adam and Cooper became our main babysitters of... (Read More)
Wedding Scene at Mt.Tamborine
May 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Margaret Blakeley and John Hardman get married in Mackay Our Wedding Scene was full of laughter and juggling babies with Renee Whaikawa as Margaret Blakeley, and her real life brother, Damien Lawton as John Hardman, as they "got married" at a... (Read More)
Gravesite scenes on a rainy day
May 8th - via: kickstarter.com
William Blakeley (Adam Strathearn) I couldn't have picked a more perfect day for our graveyard scene. The grass and trees were lush and green, and the skies produced lots of lovely rain especially for us! Our location was Dutton Park Cemetery in... (Read More)
Brisbane filming with shop interior May 5, 2018
May 6th - via: kickstarter.com
The guys who had to grow facial hair for the movie. Nathan Hardman, Damien Lawton, and Adam Strathearn our set Cooper, my daughter's boyfriend learnt to mark the clapper and became an important member of our crew. He came all the way from Utah and... (Read More)
Filming on the ship "Star of India" in San Diego and off to Australia with my little crew
May 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
We arrived in Los Angeles Saturday April 28, and drove to San Diego where we went straight to the Maritime Museum in San Diego to check angles and do test shots. All the sails of "The Star of India" were unfurled and we were awestruck with her... (Read More)
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