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Sore Eyes for Infinity (10 min) is a short animation directed by Finnish animation director Elli Vuorinen. The film tells a beautiful and heartfelt story about the feelings of anxiety and helplessness we all sometimes feel when trying to cope with the world around us - and about the equally familiar need to take a break from it all.
The story focuses on an optician whose workday is interrupted by a line of extraordinary customers. One by one, she has to witness them using her optical equipment in very unexpected ways. The film uses the colorful language of animation to raise important questions: Is it alright to just close your eyes if facing reality sometimes feels like too much? Or would it actually be better to try and change what you see instead?
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Here's the deal: the film's budget is still missing the final 10%. It does not sound like much, but the remaining portion will play a crucial role in determining whether or not the film can be completed according to our artistic vision; otherwise, we are in grave danger of having lack of time and resources dictate the final look of the film. Time is a particularly important resource for us because Sore Eyes for Infinity includes classical, hand-drawn animation—expensive, time-consuming and arduous work, we know, but the gorgeous end results are worth every cent!
The campaign is the first Finnish crowdfunding campaign organized to fund a professional animation production. By supporting the film, you will also support Finnish art animation and the Finnish animation scene in general.
All funds gained through the campaign will be used directly for making the film, and, naturally, all support we receive will be rewarded with some of our unique and imaginative perks!
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Elli Vuorinen is a talented young animation director based in South-Western Finland. She has directed three acclaimed short animations that have been shown at more than a hundred film festivals around the globe and awarded with numerous international prizes. Two of her films, The Tongueling (2010) and Benigni (2009), can be viewed below; the third, Sock Skewer Street 8 (2013) is included in the perks.
Elli graduated from the Turku Arts Academy animation program in 2011. Along with directing Sore Eyes for Infinity, Elli is in charge of the film’s character and background design. Read more about Elli at http://ellivuorinen.com/
The Tongueling:
Benigni:
(directed with Pinja Partanen and Jasmiini Ottelin)
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We founded Pyjama Films in Turku in 2015, strictly out of our love for animation. Sore Eyes for Infinity is our very first own production and an important step for our studio. For more information on Pyjama Films, visit http://pyjama.fi
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Each €1,000 collected through the campaign will be used to cover one week of an animator’s work. The target of the campaign is €9,000, which will allow us to hire an additional animator for the project for a two-month period.
A simultaneous campaign for the film is currently active on the Finnish Mesenaatti.me crowdfunding site, aiming for a total of €4,500. The total amount we wish to get together by the end of these two campaigns is €13,500, which will allow us to hire an animator for three months—the duration of the entire production. The target sum amounts to 10 per cent of the film’s €135,000 budget.
All support received will be put towards the creation of the film; however, value-added tax (24%), perk expenses (some 15%) and the crowdfunding platform provisions (6–7%) will be deducted from the total amount.
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To show our gratitude, we would like to offer you an amazing selection of unique rewards, each of them named after the characters and devices in the film! You will receive a reward for even the smallest support; of course, the perks will become increasingly impressive as the supporting sums get bigger!
The perks of the campaign are unique and the items will not be available after the campaign. If you support the campaign by the end of November, we will ensure that you will receive your rewards by the winter holidays! (The film will be completed in the spring of 2016, so you will need to wait a little longer for the download link and the picture book!)
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Do you just want to support the film? You’re not that into material
possessions, but you really love animation? Buy this perk for only 5
euros and we will absolutely ADORE you! We will place your name on our thank you wall, and you’ll receive a Sore Eyes For Infinity themed coloring picture.
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Back our campaign with 10 euros and you’ll get to be one of the first people to see the finished film! We’ll send you a link and a download code for the film and you'll be named as a supporter in the film's credits! In addition, you'll receive the perk above. Shortly put, this perk includes the film, your name in the credits, your name on our thank you wall and a printable Sore Eyes coloring picture!
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Think about all the things you can get for 20 euros. Well, this time,
it’s even better. By purchasing this perk, not only do you get the
perks mentioned above BUT you also get a beautiful five-piece Sore Eyes For Infinity-themed postcard set designed by Elli Vuorinen. The postcards are unique and only available during the campaign.
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Every perk is better than the previous one! Purchase this perk for 30 euros and you will receive custom-made 3D glasses that you’ll need to read a secret
shared with you by the film’s director Elli Vuorinen. In addition, you
will receive all the perks mentioned above! In total, this means that
for 30 euros you will get your name on the credits, a coloring picture, the film itself, a postcard set, 3D glasses and a real secret!
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For 45 euros, you get your name on our Thank you wall, a Sore Eyes For Infinity coloring picture, a download code and a link to the finished Sore Eyes For Infinity, a five-piece Sore Eyes For Infinity-themed postcard set, a secret message from Elli Vuorinen and our custom made 3D glasses for reading it, a folded, A2-sized Sore Eyes For Infinity poster AND a link to Elli Vuorinen’s previous animation Sock Skewer Street 8. That’s quite a bunch of unique items for only 45 euros.
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Addicted to animation? Can barely go to the toilet without it? We are proud to offer you the Sore Eyes For Infinity flip book!
It’s a great way to enjoy animation without any technology, and you can
even take it with you to the bathroom if you want to! Back us for 60
euros and you’ll receive the flip book as well as all the items listed
above.
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As we very much appreciate the collaboration of color and contour, we
would like to share our Sore Eyes For Infinity picture booklet with
you. What you’ll receive is a Sore Eyes For Infinity-themed picture booklet that also contains a Sore Eyes For Infinity DVD. In addition, we’ll send you all the above-mentioned perks, everything for only 80 euros: a
coloring picture, your name on our thank you wall, two films, a poster,
a postcard set, a secret, 3D glasses, a flip book, a picture booklet
and a Sore Eyes For Infinity DVD and your name in the credits!
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You just love animation, don’t you? We know that, and that’s why
we’re offering you the possibility of supporting our film for 150 euros,
making you one of the executive producers of our film. For this, we will also send you a VIP invitation to the premiere of Sore Eyes For Infinity! In addition, you’ll receive all the previously mentioned perks.
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You know, we are certain you’d make a great animation character. Did
you know that there are only eight people in the world that we will
accept as characters for our film? Purchase this perk and you will be
one of the lucky eight—yes, you read that right, we will turn you into
an animation character. Well, not physically, that’s impossible
(sorry!), but you can at least be a character in Sore Eyes For Infinity.
That’s really something to brag about at family reunions. In addition,
you'll receive all the items of the perks mentioned above.
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Party with the crew! For a whopping 1,000 euros, we’ll invite you for a pre-party and sauna night at our studio with the Pyjama Films team and the Sore Eyes For Infinity crew, AND we’ll take you on a real pub crawl in Turku. In addition, Elli Vuorinen, the director of Sore Eyes For Infinity, will provide you accommodation at her farmhouse in the heart of the Finnish countryside. You’d better move fast, this perk is only available for THREE backers. This perk also includes ALL of the perks included in the campaign.
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Although it is technically her film, Elli is not the only person behind Sore Eyes for Infinity; in fact, we have quite an impressive team of animation professionals working for the film!
ANIMATORS
Kari Pieskä's graduation short film No Time for Toes (2013) has been shown at over 30 international festivals; it has received eight different awards, including the Tampere Film Festival special prize and the audience award at the Hiroshima Animation Festival.
Sanni Lahtinen’s short animation Chest of Drawers (2011) received the best film award at the Istanbul Animation Festival.
Elina Kylmänen is a “fantastically talented” animator whose work includes animation for the Finnish children’s series Pikkuli.
The compositing work of the film is in the hands of multi-talented animation professional Samppa Kukkonen, whose handwork can be seen in the music video for the song Punainen Komentaja by Finnish rock band CMX.
SOUND DESIGN
Jani Lehto has had an extensive career as a sound designer. He created the sounds for Elli Vuorinen's previous films, receiving the Best Sound award at the Fantoche IAFF festival in Switzerland and the Flip Animation festival in England for his work.
PRODUCER
Terhi Väänänen is the producer and CEO of Pyjama Films. She has worked as an animation producer since 2009 and has a background in media culture and arts management (MA).
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Sore Eyes for Infinity is a topical, gorgeous and heartfelt film that means the world to both the director Elli and the entire Pyjama Films studio. All support for the film is greatly valued and appreciated, and we are delighted to be able to reward you with our amazing perks! All money collected through the campaign will be used for the making of the film.
If you'd prefer to support our film through non-financial means, you can also help us simply by spreading the word of our campaign! All visibility is invaluable for us, as will improve our chances of finding supporters!
Follow the campaign on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pyjamafilms
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