Friend Us!

A project in Los Angeles, CA by John Hoyos
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The online story of four outcast 8th graders coming of age on social media, and just trying to get what we all want... Friends!
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Backers: 174
Average Pledge Per Backer: $230

Funded: $40,016 of $30,000
Dates: Nov 7th -> Dec 7th (30 days)
Project By: John Hoyos
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Latest News

Final 2 Days!!

December 4th - via: kickstarter.com
We hope everyone had an amazing holiday! Thanks to our 143 backers, Friend Us! has raised $36,071 and we are now less than $4000 from making a 4th episode! Because this series is about our growing community, we've decided to give all donors of $75 or... (Read More)

Happy Thanksgiving Everybody!!!

November 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone and their families today!  Every dream begins with a foundation. Usually our foundation is built by our family and friends that believe in us. They provide the support system that allows us to push forward in the face... (Read More)

Animated Push Video OUT NOW!!!

November 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Dear Backers,  I like doing these updates because I feel like it's my diary or journal! Very cool and I get to keep you all up to date on Friend Us! We're continuing to push towards our 60k goal and we've made some great progress over the last week... (Read More)

Pushing on all cylinders!

November 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey guys! Thanks again for all of your continued support. The Kickstarter is at $32,396 as we prep for the second push.  We really wanted to have the Charley push video out yesterday but it was too demanding of a deadline. While we were able to get... (Read More)

Special Thank You to John Cevetello!

November 16th - via: kickstarter.com
 The audio wouldn't sound great if we didn't have this guy behind the controls. John Cevetello has mixed all sorts of show like ER, Dead Space, and Dante's Inferno (Electronic Arts and Film Roman). John has two schipperkes named Nemo and Mia and... (Read More)

Behind the Scenes at Friend Us!

November 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey guys, We had a great first 10 days reaching our goal in no time at all. We thought it would be really sweet if we released a quick turnaround animated clip, so we got the team together and it is in the works. Cassandra Morris (Charley), and I... (Read More)

Friend Us! - Keep the Dream Alive

November 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone!  There was a great write up about Friend Us! in Animation Word Network this week! http://www.awn.com/news/people/industry-vets-join-forces-social-media-series-friend-us And another piece in About Face... (Read More)

We Did it Everyone! Friend Us is Alive!!!

November 12th - via: kickstarter.com
We hit our first milestone of $30k!! Thank you everyone for the amazing support! We couldn't have done it without you! A special thanks to the amazing team of producers, designers, writers, background painters, voice actors, sound engineers,... (Read More)

Thank you for making Friend Us! possible!

November 10th - via: kickstarter.com
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