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A Worthy Documentary Project

aaron — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 02:09:08 +0000

Here’s a Kickstarter for a documentary I’ve helped out of the past few years. Even you don’t donate at least check out the story. It’s really quite incredible.

A New Studio!

J. Shrum — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 01:57:49 +0000

We have a new studio space in Oregon City! Check it out:

And We’re back + The History of Stop Motion

aaron — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 00:29:46 +0000

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.

We’re almost done with the first episode and plan to take a bit of break, so that means we’ll be able to do much more with Fireflies!

We did do an audio recording with the kids from the film last weekend. This will be used as a guide track as we animate. Thanks to Funnelbox for letting us use their facilities!

I was going to film some of it, but unfortunately Gus distracted me:

We will have much more for you guys soon as we get ready for our first actual day of principle photography!!

In the meantime, here’s a video on the history of stop motion created by Allan Luebke and his 6th and 7th grade students at the Arbor School of Arts & Sciences in Tualatin, Oregon. It features stop motion legend Will Vinton! Also, watch for some Fireflies guest appearances:

Stay Tuned!

- Aaron

St. Johns Bridge

J. Shrum — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 22:00:20 +0000

The studio space for The Digits sits in the shadow of the St. Johns Bridge. The grand scale and beauty of the bridge is impossible to ignore as it soars through the sky above us. Lunch in Cathedral Park motivated me to snap a shot of the bridge during each day of shooting. Check out those pics here, and go to Flickr to see heaps of behind the scenes snapshots.

Digits Music Video

pebblemaster — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 04:06:39 +0000

Some behind the scenes of the Digits music video:

Kickstarter Success

J. Shrum — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 22:17:04 +0000

Our Kickstarter project closed five days ago and it was a HUGE success! Thank you all so much for your support! We can’t wait to put your generosity to good use. The extra $3000 that was raised will make the final film that much better.

Check out these two blog entries about the project… one on the Kickstarter blog, and one on Wired.

Intergalactic Battle of the Bands!

J. Shrum — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 07:36:18 +0000

A few more quick snaps from the set of The Digits. We are finally done with the green screen cyc and have moved into the U.D.!! (Uncommon Denominator)

Digits!

J. Shrum — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 06:42:20 +0000

First weekend of shooting The Digits went great! Can’t wait to keep it rolling!

T2T Press

J. Shrum — Thu, 10 May 2012 22:14:38 +0000

There was a nice little article in The Oregonian today about community sharing in Portland. They included some info and a photo from this year’s Trash 2 Treasure!

Studio Ghibli @ NW Film Center

J. Shrum — Tue, 01 May 2012 19:41:50 +0000

A collection of Studio Ghibli 35mm prints is making the rounds and will be in Portland for most of May. Northwest Film Center is hosting the event and has all the details. The few that I have seen (and only on DVD) were disarmingly enchanting, so I’m hoping to find some time to see a few more.