Fire! FIRE!

It was a big week for us, as our first animated short film, "Fire! Fire!" premiered at the Animation Chico festival on October 23rd. We had a lot of fun watching all the submissions from around the world, and seeing our short on the big TV. Huge thanks to Shawn Dyer and Josh Funk for putting on the event year after year, it's always a great time.

You can check it out below!

Behind the Scenes

If you're interested, we also talk more in-depth about the making of "Fire! Fire!"

I had put a lot of effort towards other projects over the course of the last couple years, but as the deadline for this local festival approached, I realized that I had not put any effort into one of my true loves: animation. So I wanted to have something, even if it wasn't perfect. I wanted something that could kind of show why Starhelm Studios was made in the first place. While I do also want to make comics and board games, animation is at the heart of this studio deep down. But it takes more time. I didn't have much time, and had to make a lot of sacrifices to get this finished, including my own health along the way. I hope I can be smarter, start sooner, and plot further ahead on the next animated project, so I can really show you all how this studio can improve, and get a taste of what it could ultimately look like when operating on all cylinders. We're not there yet, but we're just getting started.

Posters!

We're making physical movie posters for the film, how neat are these?! They will be available for purchase from our store soon, but you can win one of three in a giveaway going on this week only! More details can be found on our Facebook page at https://t.co/TGgb9oqVdx?amp=1

Were the engines ever fired?

That's all we've got for this week. I leave you with our poem featured in the short film, of the same name. Have a great week, and a spooktacular Halloween!

Ignition! And the engines fired!

Rising pillar, shined night, like day.

And all the shadows long… conspired

To snuff, what on those lands transpired;

Second son, no room to stay.

Ignition, and the engines fired...

War – ‘twas said – the name inspired,

Yet peace, and love, there found a way.

But... blue secrets, blue trenches, blue violence desired...

Fire! Fire! The guns they fired...

Steadfast son, did not Fear betray.

Still, tangerine dreams ran red and mired.

Then it was over, all assets wired;

New peace, no love, only obey.

Ignition, and the engines fired.

And all the shadows long conspired

To snuff our dreaming; no room to pray.

But now that we’ve seen, resisted, inquired,

I wonder... were the engines ever fired?

~by Josh DuJordan

Sol says "Boo!"