I’m an animator and filmmaker, I work with a variety of 2D techniques, but I specialise in paint on glass. I enjoy animating animals most, especially horses! My work has won a number of awards and distinctions at Festivals around around the world, including a BAFTA for my children’s film ‘Elephants’, 2008, and has been included in several compilations eg for Filmclub and the British Council’s DVDs for schools. You can view samples of my work here: https://vimeo.com/sallypearce

My project Chernobyl Journey is a mixed media feature documentary, I’ve been developing and shooting it since 2009 and I’ve run two successful crowdfund campaigns to fund my trips to Chernobyl. Although the subject matter is seen through the playful eyes and engaging style of an animator, Chernobyl Journey is also a serious film that tackles complex environmental questions.

On the night of 26^th April 1986, nuclear reactor no 4 at the Chernobyl Atomic Plant exploded discharging a cocktail of radioactive materials. It took days to control the meltdown that followed, leading ultimately to the permanent evacuation of 2,600 square kilometres of land in Ukraine, Russia and Belorus - the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. In the late 1990s 21 przewalski horses were released into the Zone. The przewalski horse is the only truly wild horse left on the planet, and extremely rare. I was drawn to the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone by the horse’s story. I made my first trip there in 2009 and other trips followed as my fascination grew. I was initially looking for background for a fiction, but I soon realised I had to make a documentary. Chernobyl Journey is the story of the wild horses of Chernobyl and of my animator’s travels into the Zone to look for them.

A mixed media documentary feature is quite an undertaking for a completely independent film-maker to deliver. I’ve been developing and fighting for this film for eight years now, with help from some wonderful friends and colleagues. I am at a stage now where all or most of the live action for the project has been shot. The £20,000 I am crowdfunding for is to cover the cost of the next stage – the edit of the live action, the pre-visualisation of the animation, and the production of the paint on glass animation. This stage is a crucial turning point because, although a little animation already exists, and the live footage has been shot, the film itself is still in my (and my editor’s) head. By the end of the stage I am crowdfunding for now - although we will still have another stage to go to complete - the film will be outside of my head and out there in the world, it will exist! So you can now make it happen by supporting this Indiegogo crowdfund.

We are crowdfunding for £20,000. The £20,000 will essentially buy time – around three months of my editor’s time and a subsistence for me for a year, which is what is needed to edit the live action and plan and produce the animation. Simple!

At the same time as I am running this crowd fund, my editor and I are also applying for funding from other sources. If we get the funding we are applying for, and are successful in this crowdfunding campaign, then hurray! we will be able to go ahead to the next stage of sound track and compositing to complete the film. If we are not successful in the funding bid, the £20,000 we are crowdfunding for will turn this film into a reality alone, even though we will still have that final stage to finance. So this is a turning point for the film - and your contributions will really make it happen.

I have chosen the flexible option for this crowdfund, so that we can keep contributions, even if we do not reach the proposed target of £20,000. If we do not reach our target we will use contributions we do have to get as far as possible towards the goals of editing the live action and planning and producing all the animation. The edit and plan for the animation really needs to exist before the animation itself anyway, so we would do the edit and plan, and then just get as much animation done as possible before the money runs out. But hopefully we will meet our target, then I can do all the animation!

The success of this crowdfund will not only enable us to turn this film into a reality by editing the live footage and making the animation, it will also help to promote the success of our other funding bids, so the film can be completed.

So please do contribute if you can!!

But remember you can help a great deal just by sharing on Twitter and Facebook using the Indiegogo SHARE tools, and by letting your friends know about the crowdfund by email or word of mouth, and by LIKING our pages and posts.

Thankyou to Conwy Falls Cafe (great place for coffee, food & scenery if you are in North Wales) for support.

https://twitter.com/thecafe?lang=en

PERKS!!

That’s what we get. Here’s what you, the contributors get. In addition to the satisfaction of making an amazing film happen.

We can offer six different kinds of perk:

• THE GOODIES
• Unframed original artwork.
• Storyboard artwork.
• Framed original artwork.
• Tuition/Mentoring Days.
• 4 Day Creative Breaks in Snowdonia National Park, North Wales

THE GOODIES ARE:

• A. The campaign card - personal message and original pencil sketch inside.
• B. Limited edition enamel horse brooch in red, gold, green or blue.
• C. Two 'Green Horse' Cards, based on my watercolour horses.
• D. The 'Green Horse' T-shirt, white with my design, in 3 sizes.

Donate £10 - Choose one of Goodies A, B or C.

Donate £15 - Choose two of Goodies A, B, or C.

Donate £20 - Choose All of Goodies A, B and C.

OR

Donate £20 - Choose D (the T-shirt) and one other of A, B or C.

Donate £25 - Choose D (The T-shirt) and two of Goodies A, B or C.

Donate £30 for the FULL GOODY BAG - the campaign card with a sketch inside, a limited edition brooch, two cards for your own use and the T-shirt!

GOOD VALUE! GOOD CHRISTMAS PRESENT!

After making your contribution,  message me via Indiegogo, or email me direct on sallyppearce@yahoo.co.uk to tell me what combination of goodies you want!!

UNFRAMED ART WORK

I have various different styles of unframed artwork available, and I am posting pictures here and on Facebook to help you decide what you want to receive as your perk. I am putting the unframed artwork into three categories, 1, 2 and 3, based really upon what I am prepared to part with that sketch, drawing or painting for!

Donate £30 for a category 1 unframed artwork.

Donate £50 for a category 2 unframed artwork.

Donate £80 for a category 3 unframed artwork.

THE ART FULL GOODY BAG

Donate £50 for a category 1 unframed artwork and FULL GOODY BAG.

Donate £75 for a category 2 unframed artwork and FULL GOODY BAG.

Donate £100 for a category 3 unframed artwork and FULL GOODY BAG.

FRAMED ART WORK

I have a small number of framed originals available for donations of:

Donate £100, £200, £300, £400 or £500 for framed artwork.

Images of the framed work available can be seen here.

STORYBOARD ART

It is a pity to break up a storyboard - it's one artwork really! I am offering all the watercolour art work for my BAFTA winning film Elephants and for my award winning film 'Hally', with signed DVDs of the films, for donations of £500 and £1,000 respectively. The difference is that the Elephants storyboard was executed in one 36 hour work in, whilst the Hally storyboard took about a month to complete and comprises much more artwork. I will consider breaking the storyboards up and making individual pages available if there is no interest in the full storyboard artwork as one piece. But for now:

Donate £500 for the full Elephants storyboard art, with a signed DVD of the film.

Donate £1,000 for the full Hally storyboard art, with a signed DVD of the film.

See the storyboards (as films) on my Facebook Page:

https://www.facebook.com/ChernobylJourneyCrowdfund3/

TUITION/MENTORING/WORKSHOP DAYS.

Donate £250 for an 8 hour day of my time as tutor, mentor or workshop leader.

This can be 1-1, or for small groups up to 8.

We could work on sketching, or animating (especially horses, of course!) - but also on scriptwriting or storyboarding, and a wide range of general film making skills. If you can come to me, I will provide hot drinks and snacks. I can work with a group of up to 4 at my cottage, depending on how you want to work.You must provide all artists materials yourself. If I come to you you will need to provide the venue and cover my travel and any accommodation costs, in addition to making the donation.

PLEASE CONTACT ME TO DISCUSS BEFORE TAKING THIS PERK, THANKYOU!

Either send message via Indiegogo, or email me:     sallyppearce@yahoo.co.uk

4 DAY CREATIVE BREAKS IN SNOWDONIA NATIONAL PARK

Donate £1,000 for three nights and four days of creativity in comfort.

You get ensuite cottage style accomodation, vegetarian catering (or you could self cater if you prefer), the use of my studio and facilities, and my time. There would be a variety of ways to use this - you could develop an idea, progress a script, practice your animated sketching, learn about animation, make one shot of 2D animation in a variety of techniques, learn about film making in general - fiction or fact and animation or live action, you could even make your first short film....

There's also a wide range of outdoor activities available locally, and available accomodation is one double bed and one single bed, so you could bring a creative partner or a member of your family for a small additional extra cost to cover food.

There's lots that could be done in four days, and there's lots that couldn't, so...

PLEASE CONTACT ME TO DISCUSS BEFORE TAKING THIS PERK, THANKYOU!

More details and images about perks can be seen on my facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ChernobylJourneyCrowdfund3/

IF YOU WANT YOUR PERK IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS PLEASE MAKE YOUR CONTRIBUTION ASAP AND EMAIL ME OR SEND A PRIVATE INDIEGOGO MESSAGE WITH SUBJECT HEADING 'CHRISTMAS'. I WILL TRY TO GET YOUR PERK TO YOU IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS, IF POSSIBLE.GOODY A. The Campaign Card, A5, this image, with a personal handwritten message from me and a unique original signed horse sketch drawn inside.

GOODY A. The Campaign Card, A5, this image, with a personal handwritten message from me and a unique original signed horse sketch drawn inside.

GOODY C. 2 Green Horse cards, A6, based on my watercolour horses, for your own use, blank inside, with envelope for your own use..

GOODY D. The Green Horse T-Shirt, my design, in small, medium or large.

PLEASE VIEW THE GALLERIES TO SEE IMAGES OF MY FRAMED AND UNFRAMED ARTWORK AND STORYBOARDS, AND FOLLOW THE LINKS TO VIEW MY FILMS.

THANKYOU TO EQUUS FILM FESTIVAL FOR PROMOTING THIS CROWDFUND!

http://equusfilmfestival.com/

https://www.facebook.com/EquusFilmFestivalNYC 

I HOPE YOU CAN SUPPORT CHERNOBYL JOURNEY

CONTRIBUTIONS ARE WONDERFUL