Tuesday, January 25, 2011

The Internet still blows my mind: Look at these statistics from our campaign.

I have a vivid memory of my absolute astonishment the morning of Christmas Eve as I turned on my computer to realize that our Jemila's page on Indiegogo.com had over 130 page views- just an hour after launch. It was, quite honestly, beyond my expectations. This has been a wonderful experience for me, and I have enjoyed watching first hand the power of the connection the Internet provides.

Here are some of the statistics from our campaign:

Total money raised on Indiegogo.com: $2,007
Total Indiegogo.com/jemilas-tale page views (as of the time of this post): 4,497
58 Online Funders
Our page was marked as a favorite by 65 Indiegogo users
We were featured not once, but twice, by the good folks at Indiegogo.com. We have been on their home screen since January 10th, and we were the Campaign of the day on the Indiegogo Twitter page on January 20th.

Some of our Blog statistics are pretty cool as well. For example:

As of right now, our Jemila's Tale blog- the one you're reading right now- has received 104 page views today alone.
And we've has 807 total page views since we began posting at the end of December.
121 of those page views came directly from a link on Facebook (Yay! social media!)
We went international too - 674 of our page views were from the United States. Other audiences came to our page from France, Italy, Canada, Barbados and more.

The extent of the outreach of our message, our call for help, has been staggering for me. It's been a fun ride, and I have been touched by the outreach of support from our friends and families.
It is thanks to you that we have been able to come this far.
Thank You!
Christina, Ayshea and Allie

Success!!

Success!! Thank you so much for helping us make our thesis a reality. Your money will aid us in the purchase of film stocks and film processing. I cannot convey in words the extent to which all of your support has truly touched me. I cannot say “thank you” enough.
On behalf Christina, Ayshea, and our entire team, Thank You!
Allie

The campaign may be over - but this is just the beginning...

Once upon a time 3 industrious young women set out to raise money for their thesis film...
Through this first and important phase of our thesis journey, we've realized how blessed we are to have some wonderful people in our lives. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your support and your generosity.
Thanks to you, we have money to help us purchase the film we need to make Jemila's world come to life. We won't forget your contributions- every one of our supporters will see their name appear on the credits of our completed film. We hope that you won't forget about us either! Remember to continue checking right here as we post updates throughout the semester on our films progress.
Yesterday, in addition to being our final day of the Indiegogo campaign, was also our first official day in Thesis as Christina, Ayshea and I attended class in Ithaca, NY. We've got a long way to go before the semester comes to a close, but I am already amazed at how far we've come- all thanks to you!

Thank you,
Allie

... and now...the next chapter begins!

THANK YOU, Anonymous!

We would like to thank our Anonymous contributors! Thank you for helping us to make our Thesis film a reality.

THANK YOU, Hayley Denny!

Christina, Ayshea and I wish to extend our deepest thanks to Hayley Denny! She did not wish to make her donation amount known, but she will be included in our film's "Thank You" credits.

Thank you for helping us reach our goal!
Allie

THANK YOU, Kbress1!

Christina, Ayshea and I wish to extend our deepest thanks to kbress1! They did not wish to make their donation amount known, but they will be included in our film's "Thank You" credits.

Thank you for helping us reach our goal!
Allie

THANK YOU, Barbara McGuffie!

Christina, Ayshea and I wish to extend our deepest thanks to Barbara McGuffie! She did not wish to make her donation amount known, but she will be included in our film's "Thank You" credits.

Thank you for helping us reach our goal!
Allie

THANK YOU, Belisa Gonzalez!

Christina, Ayshea and I wish to extend our deepest thanks to Belisa Gonzalez! She did not wish to make her donation amount known, but she will be included in our film's "Thank You" credits.

Thank you for helping us reach our goal!
Allie

THANK YOU, Sarah Myers!

Christina, Ayshea and I wish to extend our deepest thanks to Sarah Myers! She will receive a "Thank You" credit in our completed film.

Thank you for helping us reach our goal!
Allie

THANK YOU, Meghan Malone!

Christina, Ayshea and I wish to extend our deepest thanks to Meghan Malone! She did not wish to make her donation amount known, but she will be included in our film's "Thank You" credits.

Thank you for helping us reach our goal!
Allie

THANK YOU, Karen Rodriguez!

Christina, Ayshea and I wish to extend our deepest thanks to Karen Rodriguez! She did not wish to make her donation amount known, but she will be included in our film's "Thank You" credits.

Thank you for helping us reach our goal!
Allie

Monday, January 24, 2011

We've topped 4,000 page views!

Can you believe it?! We've topped a whopping 4,000 page views on our Indiegogo campaign site! Wow! 7 hours till close and we are 75% there with $1,585 thanks to 47 funders.

THANK YOU, bichelle_007!

Christina, Ayshea and I wish to extend our deepest thanks to bichelle_007! She will receive an original Jemila's Tale movie poster and she will be included in our film's "Thank You" credits.

Thank you for helping us reach our goal!
Allie

THANK YOU, Farida Abdul-Wahab!

Christina, Ayshea and I wish to extend our deepest thanks to Farida Abdul-Wahab! She did not wish to make her donation amount known, but she will be included in our film's "Thank You" credits.

Thank you for helping us reach our goal!
Allie

THANK YOU, Kristina Roth!

Christina, Ayshea and I wish to extend our deepest thanks to Kristina Roth! She did not wish to make her donation amount known, but she will be included in our film's "Thank You" credits.

Thank you for helping us reach our goal!
Allie

THANK YOU, Jacqueline Pina!

Christina, Ayshea and I wish to extend our deepest thanks to Jacqueline Pina! She did not wish to make her donation amount known, but she will be included in our film's "Thank You" credits.

Thank you for helping us reach our goal!
Allie

THANK YOU, Jessica McCoy!

Christina, Ayshea and I wish to extend our deepest thanks to Jessica McCoy! She did not wish to make her donation amount known, but she will be included in our film's "Thank You" credits.

Thank you for helping us reach our goal!
Allie

THANK YOU, co.colgan!

Christina, Ayshea and I wish to extend our deepest thanks to co.cogan! They did not wish to make their donation amount known, but we will include them in our film's "Thank You" credits.

Thank you for helping us reach our goal!
Allie

THANK YOU, Brianne Riviello!

Christina, Ayshea and I wish to extend our deepest thanks to Brianne Rivello! She did not wish to make her donation amount known, but she will be included in our film's "Thank You" credits.

Thank you for helping us reach our goal!
Allie

THANK YOU, Hilary Wong!

Christina, Ayshea and I wish to extend our deepest thanks to Hilary Wong! She did not wish to make her donation amount known, but she will be included in our film's "Thank You" credits.

Thank you for helping us reach our goal!
Allie

THANK YOU, Eric Keto!

Christina, Ayshea and I wish to extend our deepest thanks to Eric Keto! He did not wish to make his donation amount known, but he will be included in our film's "Thank You" credits.

Thank you for helping us reach our goal!
Allie

THANK YOU, Tatenda Mbudzi!

Christina, Ayshea and I wish to extend our deepest thanks to Tatenda Mbudzi! He did not wish to make his donation amount known, but he will be included in our film's "Thank You" credits.

Thank you for helping us reach our goal!
Allie

THANK YOU, Mike Sutter!

Christina, Ayshea and I wish to extend our deepest thanks to Mike Sutter! He will be included in our film's "Thank You" credits.

Thank you for helping us reach our goal!
Allie

THANK YOU, Jon Bassinger-Flores!

Christina, Ayshea and I wish to extend our deepest thanks to Jon Bassinger-Flores! He will be included in our film's "Thank You" credits.

Thank you for helping us reach our goal!
Allie

It's the final countdown!

Hello all and welcome to the final 24 hours of our Indiegogo fundraising campaign for our Thesis film, Jemila's Tale. We're currently $600 shy of our goal, but with your help we can we make it!

As we wrap up this chapter of our thesis adventure, Christina, Ayshea and I have been reminded of all of the love and support from our family and friends. Thank you for being there for us.

Allie


Sunday, January 23, 2011

THANK YOU!

We would like to thank our Anonymous contributors! Thank you for helping us to make our Thesis film a reality.

THANK YOU, Seth Palmer!

Christina, Ayshea and I wish to extend our deepest thanks to Seth Palmer! As a thank you for his donation, we will send him an original Jemila's Tale poster, and he will recieve a "thank you" credit in our film.

Thank you for helping us reach our goal!
Allie

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

THANK YOU, Claire Kelly!

Christina, Ayshea and I wish to extend our deepest thanks to Claire Kelly! As a thank you for her donation, we will send her an original Jemila's Tale poster, and she will recieve a "thank you" credit in our film.

Thank you for helping us reach our goal!
Allie

THANK YOU, Eric Evain!

Christina, Ayshea and I wish to extend our deepest thanks to Eric Evain! He did not wish to make his donation amount known, but he will receive his perks and we will include him in our film's "Thank You" credits.

Thank you for helping us reach our goal!
Allie

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

We're IndieGoGo's Twitter Campaign of the Day on Thursday!

Hello all!
All of your generous contributions and campaigning are paying off and Jemila's Tale is getting noticed. I've received word that this Thursday, January 20th, our campaign will be featured as the Indiegogo Campaign of the Day on the Indiegogo.com Twitter page. Check it out here at http://www.twitter.com/indiegogo.

We've beat the $1,000 mark, but we've still got just 6 days left to reach our $2,000 goal!
Thank you for all of the support!
Allie

THANK YOU, Amy Ginsberg!

Christina, Ayshea and I wish to extend our deepest thanks to Amy Ginsberg! She will be included in our film's "Thank You" credits. Thank you, Amy!

Thank you for helping us reach our goal!
Allie

Sunday, January 16, 2011

THANK YOU, Joshua Corey!

Christina, Ayshea and I wish to extend our deepest thanks to Joshua Corey! He did not wish to make his donation amount known, but he will receive his perks and we will include him in our film's "Thank You" credits.

Thank you for helping us reach our goal!
Allie

THANK YOU, Rebecca Kameika!

Christina, Ayshea and I wish to extend our deepest thanks to Rebecca Kameika! As a thank you for her donation, we will send her an original Jemila's Tale poster, and she will recieve a "thank you" credit in our film.

Thank you for helping us reach our goal!
Allie

THANK YOU, Erin Mitchell!

Christina, Ayshea and I wish to extend our deepest thanks to Erin Mitchell! She did not wish to make her donation amount known, but she will receive her perks and we will include her in our film's "Thank You" credits. Thank you, Erin!

Thank you for helping us reach our goal!
Allie

Saturday, January 15, 2011

We've hit $1000! An update on pre-production.

Thanks to all of the generous support we've received from YOU our campaign has reached 50% of its goal! A milestone indeed.
Now, with only 9 days left in our official Indiegogo campaign, it's crunch time! We are grateful for all of your efforts. Let's keep it going!

Now for an update in pre-production.
Christina, Ayshea and I have been busy making pre-production plans for filming. Have you seen the visual blocks Christina created in the photos section of our blog? Check them out. They show some of the visual inspirations we will use to guide the visual style of our set design, costuming, and overall visual style of our film.
Ayshea's been researching film stock, Kelly's been rough design sketching, Christina's been searching out casting possibilities for Jemila, our second draft of the script is in it's third revision, and I've working on setting a schedule and budgeting. With class starting in just a little more than a week, we've been busy rounding up plans for group creative meetings when we all arrive back in Ithaca next week.
Wooooo.
What a winter break this has been! What a semester it will be!
Thank you for all you've given us to look forward too.
Allie, Christina and Ayshea

THANK YOU!

We would like to thank our Anonymous contributors! Thank you for helping us to make our Thesis film a reality.

THANK YOU, Ayisha Holmes!

Christina, Ayshea and I wish to extend our deepest thanks to Ayisha Holmes! As a thank you for her donation, we will send her a DVD copy of our completed film, an original Jemila's Tale poster, and a "thank you" credit in our film.

Thank you for helping us reach our goal!
Allie

THANK YOU, Lara Wineman!

Christina, Ayshea and I wish to extend our deepest thanks to Lara Wineman! As a thank you for her donation, we will send her an original Jemila's Tale poster, and she will recieve a "thank you" credit in our film.

Thank you for helping us reach our goal!
Allie

Thursday, January 13, 2011

THANK YOU, gdunbar1!

Christina, Ayshea and I wish to extend our deepest thanks to gdunbar1! They did not wish to make their donation amount known, but we would like to thank them for their generosity by including them in our "thank you" credits.

Thank you for helping us make our thesis film a reality!
Allie

THANK YOU, tmcghee!

Christina, Ayshea and I wish to extend our deepest thanks to tmcghee! Thank you for helping us make our thesis film a reality!
Allie

THANK YOU, Oscar Chambers

Christina, Ayshea and I wish to extend our deepest thanks to Oscar Chambers! As a thank you for his donation, we will send him an original Jemila's Tale poster, and he will recieve a "thank you" credit in our film.

Thank you for helping us reach our goal!
Allie

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

THANK YOU, Marcus Logan!

Christina, Ayshea and I wish to extend our deepest thanks to Marcus Logan! As a thank you for his donation, we will send him an original Jemila's Tale poster, and he will recieve a "thank you" credit in our film.

Thank you for helping us reach our goal!
Allie

THANK YOU, lrp890!

Christina, Ayshea and I wish to extend our deepest thanks to lrp890! They did not wish to make their donation amount known, but we would like to thank them for their generosity by including them in our "thank you" credits.

Thank you for helping us make our thesis film a reality!
Allie

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

THANK YOU, Brenda Kelly!

Christina, Ayshea and I wish to extend our deepest thanks to Brenda Kelly! As a thank you for her donation, we will send her an original Jemila's Tale poster, and she will recieve a "thank you" credit in our film.

Thank you for helping us reach our goal!
Allie

Monday, January 10, 2011

We're an IndieGoGo Featured Campaign!






Thanks to everyone for the 1,500+ views of our page on IndieGoGo. Today we are now part of the Featured Campaign lineup on the IndieGoGo homepage. This means that our page will be alongside the FIRST campaigns folks see on the site.

A big thanks to the GoGoSupport team for this instant boost in sharing our project with the world!
Christina, Allie, and Ayshea


Sunday, January 9, 2011

THANK YOU, JTG LLC JTG LLC

Christina, Ayshea and I wish to extend our deepest thanks to JTG LLC JTG LLC! They did not wish to make their donation amount known, but we will provide them with their perks and would like to thank them for their generosity by including them in our "thank you" credits.

Thank you for helping us make our thesis film a reality!
Allie

Saturday, January 8, 2011

THANK YOU, Sean Temple!

Christina, Ayshea and I wish to extend our deepest thanks to fellow thesis classmate Sean Temple!
As a thank you for his donation, he will receive a "thank you" credit mention in our film.
We look forward to class in TWO WEEKS!

Thank you for helping us reach our fundraising goal!
Allie

Friday, January 7, 2011

THANK YOU, Jennifer Bruno!

Christina, Ayshea and I wish to extend our deepest thanks to Jennifer Bruno!
As a thank you for her donation, we will send her an original Jemila's Tale poster, and a "thank you" credit in our film.

Thank you for helping us reach our fundraising goal!
Allie

Thursday, January 6, 2011

THANK YOU, John Reineke!

Christina, Ayshea and I wish to extend our deepest thanks to John Reineke! He did not wish to make his donation amount known, but we will include him in our "thank you" credits all the same!

Thank you for helping us make our thesis film a reality!
Allie

THANK YOU, luciaromero2000!

Christina, Ayshea and I wish to extend our deepest thanks to luciaromero2000! She did not wish to make her donation amount known, but we will include her in our "thank you" credits all the same!

Thank you for helping us make our thesis film a reality!
Allie

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

THANK YOU, Sara Hathaway!

Christina, Ayshea and I wish to extend our deepest thanks to Sara Hathaway! She did not wish to make her donation amount known, but we will include her in our "thank you" credits all the same!

Thank you for helping us make our thesis film a reality!
Allie

Monday, January 3, 2011

THANK YOU!

Don't worry anonymous contributors! You are far from forgotten.
I would like to take the time now to thank all of those who have generously contributed to our film but did so anonymously.
We thank you for your gifts!
Thank you for helping us make our Thesis a reality!
Allie

We're in the LAKELAND LOCAL!

Congratulations Christina! on being the subject of an excellent article in the Lakeland Local. The newsletter which covers the Lakeland, Florida area, caught wind of Christina, the writer/director of Jemila's Tale, from a twitter update- proving that the more we share and spread the word, the more we are heard!
The article focuses on Christina's past work and on her unique perspective and voice.
Read it HERE!
As a team member, I'm proud of this shining example of the talented Miss Bryant!
Yay!
Get ready world, here we come.

THANK YOU, Daniel Reineke!

Christina, Ayshea and I, on behalf of the entire Jemila's Tale production team, would like to extend our deepest thanks to Dan Reineke! Thanks to his generous $100 contribution, we are one step closer to reaching our goal, and one step closer to making our thesis film a reality! In thanks for his gift, Daniel Reineke will receive an original Jemila's Tale t-shirt, a DVD copy of the completed film, a Jemila's Tale poster, an invite to the first screening of the film in May and a "thank you" credit in the film.

Thank you for helping us make our Thesis film a reality!
Allie