The Machinima Blues

As you know I am working like a crazy woman trying to finish up Libertaria: The Virtual Opera this summer. Like any overly ambitious project by someone that clearly has no concept about her human limits, I am down to the wire, dispensing with sleep, spending hours upon hours editing tiny frames that will pass by your eye in less than a second, and wondering why in the world did I decide over two years ago that I wanted to make a film AND I wanted to make an opera...and that my hair-brained solution as a fairly new mom at the time was to go for it and make a feature-length animated opera.

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The process has been amazing. I've collaborated with people that I have never met (the entire production has been done online through the Internet, Skype and social networking). I've gone through the proverbial struggles that any large scale creative endeavor has encountered from cast emergencies, technical difficulties, financial constraints, time constraints, and tragedy. For example, as we were wrapping up the music production end of the opera, one of our lead singers Kate Sikora e-mailed me that she was going to be late in her submission...because she had just rescued her neighbor from a house fire! That proved to be the most dramatic of our stories, but the Libertaria cast and crew has definitely experienced incredible ups and downs! It's been an incredible roller coaster ride, and I thank you for taking the time to ride along!

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PRAY FOR GRAY
Last month Grayson Hand was diagnosed with leukemia. His family has been a second family to my husband, his dad was our best man. And now this three-year-old is struggling with leukemia. Please take a moment to Pray for Gray and if possible help defray the mounting costs at the Pray for Gray FB Page.

Family and friends have set up a GIVE button on the Facebook page. They hope to raise $25,0000.

CLICK HERE TO DONATE TO THE HAND FAMILY

Thank you so much!
Sabrina

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