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Funded! This project successfully raised its funding goal on June 15, 2012.

Fresh batch of test footage!

Update #5 · Jun 11, 2012 · comment

Hi friends,

We made it!  Above and beyond our original goal!  We are astonished, amazed and deeply grateful, humbled and appreciative!  Thank you for all of your incredible support!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We are enormously thankful to all who have taken the time to find out more about our film - Ghost line, give feedback, and offer their generous support by pledging to our project!  We could not make this film without you!  Now we are in the home stretch - there are 3 final days to fund Ghost line!

We want to take this opportunity to share footage from our 2nd test film with you!  In this clip, we were experimenting with multiple ways to create tension by playing with different camera speeds in conjunction with movement and timing.  Here we discover many new possibilities – like, suspending gravity in a strangely cartoonish way, disappearing in and out of form, and creating the feeling of moving in reverse, among other dynamics.  From this shoot, we are compiling a series of questions to refine this language – how to push the elasticity of the character – ideas like:  hyper repetition and quick cuts, playing more with fast-motion camera speed while I am moving in slow motion, hand painting directly on the celluloid, playing with visual rhyming, etc.  I also see many more movement possibilities – playing further with the Charleston, conjuring the soft shoe elegance of Coles & Atkins, exploring the weathered slapstick of Buster Keaton in movies like Steamboat Bill Jr.  Capturing multiples characters, tensions, tempos, and rhythms – and much more!  We are only beginning!

In July, we are having several work-in-progress showings and will plan to invite any backer who has supported this project.  Additionally, we are offering one last prize for a pledge of ANY amount!  Join us in July for a special, backer-only, open rehearsal of Ghost line at Gina Gibney in NYC.  Date & time TBD!  We will show the work in development, answer questions, and clue you in on the magic behind the scenes!

Stay tuned!  We are only just beginning!

Thank you to all of you!

Consider a pledge of any amount in these final 3 days – and join us on our journey to create Ghost line!

Warmly,

Cori and Shona

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Funding period
May 16, 2012 - Jun 15, 2012 (30 days)

  • Pledge $5 or more

    9 backers

    A big thank you from the bottom of our hearts!

    Estimated delivery: Jun 2012
  • Pledge $10 or more

    26 backers

    Thank you so much for your support! Your name will be listed on our Facebook wall as well as our blog.

    Estimated delivery: Jun 2012
  • Pledge $25 or more

    41 backers

    You will receive a ONE-OF-A-KIND, limited-edition Ghost line film still, signed by creators Shona Masarin and Cori Olinghouse. We will begin shooting our film, early this Fall, in a historic Vaudeville Theater and will create a special still for this occasion. You will also receive a hand written thank-you card and your name will be listed on our Facebook wall & blog.

    Estimated delivery: Dec 2012
  • Pledge $30 or more

    5 backers All gone!

    1 year subscription to Millennium Film Journal. MFJ is a bi-annual publication dedicated to avant-garde cinema theory and practice. Shona is the Art Director & Designer for MFJ. Your name will also be listed on our Facebook wall & blog! www.mfj-online.org

    Estimated delivery: Oct 2012
  • Pledge $50 or more

    41 backers Limited (9 of 50 left)

    A limited-edition, signed DVD of our finished Ghost line film. You will also receive a hand written thank-you card and your name will be listed on our Facebook wall and blog!

    Estimated delivery: Apr 2013
  • Pledge $70 or more

    4 backers Limited (21 of 25 left)

    You will receive a signed limited edition Ghost line poster, designed by artist Andrew Hurst and filmmaker Shona Masarin. Shona and Andrew are frequent collaborators as they are drawn to each-others graphic sensibility. Hurst's creative achievements span over a wide variety of media, including collage, music, and performance. See photos at left for examples of graphics by Andrew Hurst! You will also receive special Thank You in our film’s credits and your name will be listed on our Facebook wall & blog.

    Estimated delivery: Jul 2012
  • Pledge $80 or more

    0 backers Limited (3 of 3 left)

    ONE-OF-A-KIND reward! A private introductory Alexander Technique session with movement artist and AmSAT certified Alexander Technique teacher, Kai Kleinbard. Kai Kleinbard brings influences from his work with Aikido, Tai Chi, underground movement languages, and research initiative "Body Literate Initiative" with Cori Olinghouse. This lesson will introduce tools that enable you to experience the body as a deep place of possibility – that contains within it complex patterning, plasticity, and the ability for change. You will also receive special Thank You in our film’s credits and your name will be listed on our Facebook wall & blog. www.kaikleinbard.tumblr.com

    Estimated delivery: Jul 2012
  • Pledge $125 or more

    3 backers All gone!

    ONE-OF-A-KIND reward! See image to the left! A limited edition digital print (three separate photographs available), signed and framed, by Andy Jordan, Brooklyn-based visual artist working in various media including sculpture, performance, fashion, costume design, and photography, who has worked in collaboration with Cori since 2009. You will also receive a special Thank You in our closing film credits, and your name will be listed on our Facebook wall and & blog. http://www.andyjordan.net/

    Estimated delivery: Jul 2012
  • Pledge $150 or more

    1 backer All gone!

    ONE-OF-A-KIND reward! See image to the left! An original costume sketch, signed and framed, by Andy Jordan from a collaboration with Cori, "The Animal Suite: Experiments in Vaudeville and Shapeshifitng." For as long as he can remember Andrew has been drawn to art and fashion that diverges into the realms of the eclectic, the weird, the beautiful, and the monstrous. You will also receive a special Thank You in our closing film credits, and your name will be listed on our Facebook wall and & blog. http://www.andyjordan.net/

    Estimated delivery: Jul 2012
  • Pledge $150 or more

    1 backer All gone!

    ONE-OF-A-KIND reward! A private Rolfing® Structural Integration session with practitioner Emma Randall. Rolfing® is a form of transformative bodywork aimed at bringing the body into better alignment through deep fascial manipulation and neuromuscular re-patterning. Sessions may be geared toward rehabilitation from injury, postural awareness for particular jobs, sports, or activities, or release from trauma. Emma Randall was certified by the Rolf Institute in 2005. She loves working with people of all ages, physicalities and stripes in her Flatiron practice. You will also receive a special Thank You in our film’s credits and your name will be listed on our Facebook wall & blog. emmarandall.com

    Estimated delivery: Jun 2012
  • Pledge $225 or more

    2 backers Limited (3 of 5 left)

    ONE-OF-A-KIND reward! See image to the left! A limited edition digital print, signed and framed, by Lauren Simkin Berke, Brooklyn-based artist and illustrator whose work has been published and exhibited worldwide. Berke has created illustrations for Cori Olinghouse's promotional materials for such projects as "The Animal Suite", "Voix de Ville" and "Ghost lines". For this reward, you will also receive a special Thank You in our film credits and your name will be listed on our Facebook wall & blog. www.simkinberke.com

    Estimated delivery: Jul 2012
  • Pledge $500 or more

    0 backers Limited (1 of 1 left)

    ONE-OF-A-KIND reward! Your $500 donation will provide you with an incredible opportunity: to host a private screening of Ghost line live at your home (or event) in the NYC Metro area! For this reward, you will also receive a limited-edition, signed DVD of our finished Ghost line film, a Thank You in our film credits, and your name will be listed on our Facebook wall & blog.

    Estimated delivery: Apr 2013
  • Pledge $1,000 or more

    0 backers Limited (1 of 1 left)

    ONE-OF-A-KIND reward! Your $1000 donation will provide you with an incredible opportunity: to host a private screening of Ghost line live at your home (or event) in the NYC Metro area, accompanied by a live performance by Cori Olinghouse! You will also receive a limited-edition, signed DVD of our finished Ghost line film and a special invitation to attend a private rehearsal. For this reward, you will also receive a special Thank You in our film credits, and your name will be listed on our Facebook wall & blog.

    Estimated delivery: Apr 2013