So rather than letting all this keep breaking me down, this last year when I made my RAINN video and campaign I also began writing. I began breaking down and processing my past into a story that not only helped save me but I also hoped would save others if I got to share it. That full story is still far out of my reach, so I sat down with my husband R.H. Norman and wrote a short based off of it. We hope to co-direct this together as we have co-written this incredibly special project together.
R.H. Norman and Micheline Pitt by: Susie Delany
“Inspired by the imagination that she escaped to during her own abusive childhood, Pitt and her filmmaker husband, Norman, share a heartbreaking, yet poetic tale of a young girl, whose stuffed creature, “Grummy,” brings a new world to life during her most vulnerable moments. According to Pitt, “This story is very personal, because I was this little girl. I used my imagination to escape, I used books, movies and toys to get away. If I didn't have my imagination, if didn't have these things, I don't think I would be here today.
This is a story of how monsters saved my life.”
Concept Design Sneak Peek by: Kevin Yagher
Concept Design by: Kevin Yagher
With the help of Kevin Yagher Productions Inc. ( Nightmare on Elm Street, Child’s Play, Sleepy Hollow) doing creature fx, our producer Gary Deocampo along with my amazing crew of friends and industry leaders we hope to make this a reality. Breaking all the costs down to make a full animatronic Grummy and a real environment for them to all live in is out of our scope financially.
Concept Design by Doug Williams
Thanks to everyone's support we were able to raise our goal and surpass it! We have invested a large amount of our own funding into this project so that the extremely talented Kevin Yagher can create the BEST Grummy we can. We still have more to raise to make his job even easier, so if you would like to support our film, snag some of our merchandise now on our BackerKit page that is up for pre-order!
There are some amazing rewards for pledging, Vixen is making an exclusive t-shirt, and we will have two companion books available. You can see all the amazing rewards on our Kickstarter page and now you can purchase many of them on our BackerKit page.
Art book with cover art by Eric Powell
Thanks to everyone's support we were able to raise our goal and surpass it! We have invested a large amount of our own funding into this project so that the extremely talented Kevin Yagher can create the BEST Grummy we can. We still have more to raise to make his job even easier, so if you would like to support our film, snag some of our merchandise now on our BackerKit page that is up for pre-order!
