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IF YOU'RE OUTSIDE OF THE U.S. and you want to back the project, I just added the rewards with international shipping :) Had accidentally boxed you guys out!

Pitch Video Update 11/20/2012

Production Blog: http://tankfilmblog.tumblr.com/

New Reward UPDATE at the $5 level: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/404979536/tank-an-animated-short-film/posts/349167

Tank is an animated short film about a boy named Malcolm, whose fish tank bears a connection to a secluded pond in the woods. When Malcolm discovers the pond, and the giant amphibian looming inside, he is made aware of his own connection to this world and becomes a part of it.

Malcolm is an amateur naturalist who collects small animal specimens into jars and tanks. He keeps a little shack in the woods which serves as both his research laboratory and workshop. He is around nine years old. If I had to describe him in three words: Young David Attenborough

or maybe: Doogie Howser, Biologist

I have always wanted to make a movie that featured a BIG monster, but a monster that could be real. So the idea of an enormous salamander crept into my brain after watching a Planet Earth special that featured larger salamanders. In real life they would never be as big as the amphibian in my short, but there's still some realism attached that whets my imagination. It's like the shark in Steven Spielberg's JAWS. Its wayyy to big, but that's what makes it exciting.

There's no dialogue in this short. The story calls for only one human character, so there's no one for him to speak out loud to. However, there's plenty of action, a good original soundtrack, and lots to look at and think about.

This project is something that I've had on the back burner for a couple years. It was in the last eight months that I've spent time structuring the story, making storyboards, and putting together a ten minute animatic. Starting about two months ago and continuing into the present, I've begun the actual animation production, which you can see some of in the video above.

With funding, I'll be able to get this thing done by spring. At that time, I'll email all the backers a link to download an HD .mov file of the final video. I'll be submitting the short to the handful big film festivals (the big actual, scary ones. Some of which are in foreign countries). I'll also try to get it in some smaller local screenings in the Bay Area and in New York. Then after that I'll be posting it on my vimeo account. I thought about making a DVD, but does anyone really want a DVD of a ten minute short?

There's some donation rewards on the right, I had a hard time describing what the rewards were going to be, they're gonna be fun and worth it. If you have any questions at all about anything email me directly at: NathanielMilton@gmail.com

I'll be keeping a production blog throughout the whole process. 

Thank you very much,

Nate

For my information about me, visit my website: NateMilton.com