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How Little Creatures Films Are Made: Little Creatures makes films using video cameras. We started out with a mini-DV camera and one cameraperson and have transitioned to High Definition video. Most recently, we shot Spirit Ship with a Panasonic HVX200 camera and a ten person crew. For each film, our creative director and partners come up with a loose premise, then we invite a group of 4-10 year-old children to dress up and play in an outdoor spot we have picked and hidden mysterious natural objects and artifacts that seem to be brimming with their stories children are expert in deciphering. These objects inform their play and move the stories of our films along. We never tell the children what to say. We do, however, ask them a lot of questions as they play. We love to work with children who have no professional acting experience, but who know how to play, thoroughly and thoughtfully. Of course, all children know how to play. . . but we look for those children who use poetic language to explain the world around them. We aim to highlight the beauty and profundity of children's authentic and original thoughts, and to use the film/video medium to make these wonderful ideas more accessible to other children around the world. Tax Deductible Donations for Spirit Ship Completion: Spirit Ship was made with an entirely volunteer cast and crew and was funded out of pocket. Little Creatures had no further budget for post-production, and is not yet able to fund its projects through ticket or DVD sales, so we appealed to Brooklyn Arts Council to act as our fiscal sponsor. Little Creatures is now able to accept tax-deductible, charitable contributions to finish Spirit Ship. Contributions can be made to Brooklyn Arts Council online at NY Charities (Please note "Spirit Ship" in the box at the bottom of the form that says "Designate your donation to a specific project or fund"), or by mail with checks made out to Brooklyn Arts Council (memo line: Spirit Ship), and sent to: BAC All donations will go directly to our crew and will help us to finish Spirit Ship as soon as we can, in order to make it available for viewing in film festivals, schools and homes around the world, so that as many children as possible can see it. All donation amounts are welcome, and we thank you!
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