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Update #8: Premiere scheduled!

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Update #7: Final months

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Update #6: VFX, music, sound... ACTION!

Posted on January 25

Dearest Backers, 

We're gunning to finish "Josephine and the Roach" by the end of April, so things are really starting to move forward quickly. We're in the process of distributing all of our 80+ visual effects shots to our VFX team. Meanwhile, our illustrious composer, Daniel Chan, has begun work on the musical score. Just the other day, the incomparable Peter Bufano, a project backer and kickstarter superstar in his own right recorded Josephine's accordion playing. Across the country. Via Skype. You can see Peter (and Daniel and myself in the lower left hand corner) in this lovely screenshot... 

More updates soon as this crazy adventure enters its final stage of post production... 

~Jon

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      Daniella Jaeger on January 25

      great :)

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      Ali Scher on January 25

      Yay! Go JoRo team!!

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      Nancy Golbeck on January 25

      I'm really excited about this project - thank you

Update #5: Some Blatt's Beer for you

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Update #4: Still editing...

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Jonathan Langager is a filmmaker, animator, visual artist, and composer currently finishing his graduate degree at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. He likes coffee and abstract formalism.