Short Summary

We, Elizaveta Gaevaya and Joann Fernandes, are both computer art majors in School of Visual Arts, in New York. Currently in our senior year of college, the both of us are working on our final project which is a short live-action film. We created this story with the wish of bringing back memories of our grandmothers and mothers telling us stories from when we were infants. It is a story that is loosely based off an old Russian folklore called the 'Baba Yaga'.

Our story is about a young girl who is tasked into procuring apples for her mother from a magical forest. Along her way, she finds an enchanting flower that leads to her encountering a very old witch and a very strange-looking house. 

What We Need 

Since our film is a live-action short, we have on set footage in combination with 3D elements.  Elizaveta is responsible for set dressing, modeling, as well as texturing all 3D assets. As for the post-production components, Joann would be the one in charge of aspects such as editing, compositing, sound edit.  

In order to bring our story to life, we worked with a Professional Director of Photography and his crew, who showed great interest in our story and film and without whom we would not have achieved what we have so far. We spent three days in shoot at a park which was located in New York and managed to have our film shot perfectly.

Your funding would go towards:

• Cinematography and crew on set-$3,000
• Equipment and Props- $1,500
• Composer and Voice actors - $1,500

 TOTAL- $6,000

Risks & Challenges

Both of us will still work day in and out to complete our film in Spring 2019, regardless of whether we reach our goal or not. 

Thank You! 

We both can not thank you enough for your support and with addition to helping us fund our thesis, we have perks as gratuity for helping us make this story everything it was meant to be.

Any donation you make puts us a step closer to achieving our dreams and our short-film. We would further like to thank you for any possible way you could be sharing our story and for taking the time to look at our project. We can't wait to share our film with you next year in Spring 2019.