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The perilous adventures of a plucky, stick mom car decal in search of her lost family.

The perilous adventures of a plucky, stick mom car decal in search of her lost family.

The perilous adventures of a plucky, stick mom car decal in search of her lost family.

The perilous adventures of a plucky, stick mom car decal in search of her lost family.

Martha Porter Fiszer
Martha Porter Fiszer
Martha Porter Fiszer
Martha Porter Fiszer
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Chicago, United States
$1,285 USD 6 backers
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UNSTUCK

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When a stick mom car decal is stripped away from her decal family at the carwash, she must take on the perils, and pleasures, of live-action suburbia in a transformative journey to return to her one-dimensional world.

 

A Sticky Story Idea

Do you ever feel stuck? Like your trapped in a world of the same old same old? You may not even know you’re stuck until – WOOSH! – life happens and suddenly you’re in a crazy-different, messed up situation. That’s what happens to Stick Mom, a humble little car decal that gets stripped from her family and then stuck in the real world.

The film is all about her desperate journey to return to her decal husband and kids. And it’s a wild ride as she desperately chases them across suburbia.  She hitches a ride on a speeding cop car, a peloton of bikes and a reckless skateboard. Of course, the real world isn’t without its eye-opening firsts, like Stick Mom’s first sip of alcohol and her first feelings of loneliness.

Will our resourceful and determined hero ever return to her life as a static cling? We won’t give away the ending, here, but let’s just say it’s probably not what you expect.

Our Transparent Production Needs

This is a short animation in live action film that needs a hefty budget to bring to life. Multiple shooting days on location, animation and compositing. Then there’s color, sound design, post- scoring and a ton of finishing details we’ll share as we go.

 

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Meet Our Multi-Dimensional Team

Megan St. John (director) is an award-winning producer and director.  As a commercial producer, she's had the pleasure of collaborating with studios and clients including Digital Kitchen, MTV, McDonald’s, Hollywood Records, Canada Goose, and more. With a fervor for film, she's written and directed short films and episodic content that have received buzz and accolades at various festivals across the country. She is the founder of Hike Creative, a Chicago-based commercial production company. 

Cheryl LIndquist (executive producer) is an award-winning EP of commercials and content, with a coveted Gold Lion on her shelf. Her agency experience includes Leo Burnett and Element 79 where she set up and ran the production department, handling global brands such as Gatorade, Quaker Oats, Tropicana, Frito Lay and Propel water. Now, a freelancer she brings her production wisdom and work ethic to clients from coast to coast. She has a lifelong passion for independent film and a gift for bringing love, humor and whimsy to every project.

Martha Porter Fiszer (writer) is a creative director and writer from Chicago who believes good films, like good commercials, are built around simple human truths. From the world’s smallest consumer agency to global giant Leo Burnett, she’s built an award-winning portfolio of ads and content for brands such as Pizza Hut, Virginia Slims, True Value and Payless Shoes. Now, she applies her love of characters and storytelling to the craft of screenwriting. And, other than a bit of acid reflux, she thinks life is pretty good.

Paul MacNerland  (creative director) is a detail-obsessed creative director with years of experience creating original advertising for agencies both large and small. Known equally for his conceptual chops as well as his practical technical skills, his work spans categories from consumer to retail, and for clients as disparate as packaged goods and banking. Though he has touched just about every advertising medium on the planet, animation and character creation are his first loves.

Tom Kinstle (director of photography) is an award-winning cinematographer and partner at Hike Creative in Chicago, who focuses on crafting high-end cinematic imagery that resonates with viewers and pushes the story to the next level. He started his career shooting stylized music videos, a skill set that influences the narrative and commercial work he specializes in today. 

 

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