Stretch goal 1: $2500

With additional funds, we aim to rent higher-end gear,
submit to more prestigious festivals, cover travel costs,
and pay for post-production services such as professional mixing and colorwork.

"Big Kids" follows Steve - not in high school anymore, not in the workforce, not ready to commit to his relationship, and 1000% not ready to be an adult. After Steve loses his Tamagotchi - an important childhood item - he enlists his equally aimless friends to track it down. Even if he finds the Tamagotchi, he won't find his childhood innocence it reminds him of. It's time for Steve to grow up and become a big kid.

After years of creating short films and finding success in the student film festival circuit, the production team of "Big Kids" is aiming to raise funding to take our craft and production quality to a professional level - with cinema-quality equipment, and immersive production design that we hope will build on and elevate the idiosyncratic and hyper-stylized worlds we've created in the past.

select team bios:

BRENDAN HICKEY - WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER:

website: https://www.brendanhickeymovies.com

Brendan is a 20-year-old filmmaker currently enrolled and studying film at Sarah Lawrence College in New York. His work has screened at film festivals around the world including winning Student Emmy awards for best cinematography, editing and writing, being nominated for Student Emmy awards in audio and music video categories, being featured in the Seattle International Film Festival, the National Film Festival for Talented Youth, The Austin Film Festival, and Chicago Film Festival's Cineyouth. He works as a barista at Chocolati Cafe in Greenwood. Come in some time and he'll make you a free drink. Tell him the Indiegogo for Big Kids sent ya.

ELLIOTT ATKINSON - DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY/PRODUCER:

website: https://atkvideoand.photography/

Born and raised in Seattle Washington, Elliott recently graduated from Montana State University Film School. Elliott discovered his passion for cinematography in high school, where his PSA "Protect Your Hearing" won a Student Emmy award. Most recently the film "Everything Bagel" he shot (also a collaboration with Hickey) premiered at the National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY). Elliott works as a freelance Cinematographer, Camera Assistant, and as an operator for Montana PBS.

CLAUDE BRUN - 1st AC/CAMERA OPERATOR:

Claude Brun has been making films since he was in middle school. He’s worked on films that have premiered at festivals such as the Northwest Highschool Film Festival, the Shoreline Short Short Film Festival, Portland Film Festival's Fresh Film Northwest, and many more. He hopes to one day produce feature-length projects in Hollywood.

IRIS OLYMPIA SACKMAN - SOUND RECORDIST/POST SOUND MIXER

Iris Olympia Sackman grew up on Vashon Island in Puget Sound. She now attends Wesleyan University for film and German and works there as a live sound technician and audio engineer. After posting videos to youtube for over four years under the name “iris olympia,” she started working on short films in the Seattle area as well as in Connecticut.

Our team is excited to bring this story to the screen - but in order to step up our game and approach this project with the style and quality it deserves, we need your help.

"Big Kids" is at its core a story about a generation of young people facing an unclear future, holding on to the nostalgia and pop culture from their familiar youth. Because of this, the films' design is modeled off of a late 90s and early 00s aesthetic, to mirror the worldview and outlook of the main character. With your support, this

In addition to design, food, and post-production fees (film festival fees, sound mixing, shipping costs) - the main reason we're raising money for this project is gear rentals. We plan to shoot on a rented RED Komodo, in conjunction with rented anamorphic lenses.