50.00 Dollar US$ Black Role Models for Future Generations carlifornia

INTRODUCTION

In American schools where Black History is taught, students only learn about certain historical figures such as Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr, and Harriet Tubman.  Studies have shown that Black History education is often inadequate, superficial, and misinterpreted.

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Only a handful of states have mandated curriculums to ensure teachers discuss  Black History subject matter, which is often limited specifically to Black History Month (February of every year).

As protests against racism and police brutality sweeps the nation, it is imperative to highlight the positive contributions of Black History to inspire future generations.

We want to unearth significant hidden figures and events of Black History and reveal them to the mainstream using an engaging, animated musical series. 

Our goal is to empower everyone with valuable knowledge that will be transmitted and retained in the form of lyrics, through the power of inspirational stories. The retention will be as easy as reciting a catchy jingle. Remember the McDonalds Big Mac jingle? People can automatically recite it even though it's over 30 years old. 

Each animated story will be about 3 minutes or less.  The idea is to make History so interesting with the use of rhymes and visuals that children and adults of all ages could enjoy learning. 

WHY AN ANIMATED SERIES?

Animated videos are psychologically appealing, one of the earliest (and possibly fondest) memories, as kids growing up, is watching cartoons.

There is something about moving images that appeals to the human brain, and this naturally extends to animated videos.

For example:

“Schoolhouse Rock!” first aired more than 45 years ago, the program educated generations of Americans on civics, history, math, science, and language. The premise of  “Schoolhouse Rocks!” started with a simple idea: “lyrics are more memorable than facts and figures”.

WHAT WE AIM TO ACHIEVE

To showcase the contributions of African-Americans as a source of inspiration for all.  

Make history much more memorable with catchy jingles and animated visuals.

 Black History deserves to be a year-long subject matter rather than just one month in February.  

Here is a sneak peek into our work and what we aim to achieve with this campaign.

A first draft musical animation of Olympian great Jesse Owens -

WHAT WE NEED

We are looking to raise $100,000 for a full series of animated short musicals.  The series will be comprised of 10 animated musicals carefully scripted to showcase the untold, glorious African American History. 

WHAT WILL WE DO WITH THESE FUNDS?

The funding will enable us to do the following tasks:

Research notable figures and events of Black History

Storyboarding /scripting notable achievements

3D character designing

Environment Design

Visual Development on characters and environment

Character Modeling, Texturing, and Rigging

Rendering/Compositing

Animation

Editing

Voice over

Sounds and Music Composition

CFX

Business and Legal Expenses

Website creation

Staffing

Timeline

We aim to launch the series in May 2021 and deliver all the merchandise ordered by backers by May 2021.

About Me

My name is Marjorie Josaphat, I have over 25 years of experience in Education and Human Resources, in both the public and non-profit sectors.  In addition, I have a Master’s Degree in Educational Administration and a Bachelor’s degree in History.  I have a pre-identified team that includes researchers, writers, animators, musicians, and production staff. 

This is a Movement

"Black Role Models for Future Generations" is just the beginning.  We are committed to highlighting all marginalized communities that make up the United States to inspire all Americans.  

Risks And Challenges

Since the goal is to make history fun, the biggest challenge with this project will be creating memorable jingles.  Another risk involved in managing the pipeline of animation creation is aligning it with the voice over and background music. Animation is a vast undertaking. A full feature animated film in Hollywood costs millions of dollars. We plan to achieve this at a fraction of the cost, but we are hopeful that with your support we will be able to hire some of the best talents out there to overcome these challenges.

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