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title: "Moonchild: Animated Short Film"
date: 2010-12-03 14:28:43
permalink: https://lesterchan.net/blog/2010/12/03/moonchild-animated-short-film/
author: Lester Chan
categories:
  - Endorsement
tags:
  - animated
  - film
  - Kickstarter
  - short
---

[Moonchild: Animated Short Film](http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/stickandballoon/moonchild-animated-short-film), a Singapore production, by [Stick and Balloon](http://yanyun-chen.blogspot.com/) requires some donation to finish their final leg of production.

**Synopsis**

> A shy fiddler named Niki meets a lovely moon-spirit and her strange musical band. Amazed and attracted, he sums up the courage and attempts to impress her. But lo’ the nervousness, a note shrieks into the air and pierces the night. Niki despairs as the moon-spirit leaves, disappointed. But as she walks away, a violin hum pulls at her heart and she decides to take a hopeful chance.
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> An age-old story of music, romance and epic transformation, Stick and Balloon presents a new twist with the marriage of stop-motion and traditional paper animation techniques.
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> The film is directed, animated and designed by Sara Chong and Chen Yanyun, a pair as complementary as a little red balloon and a long hardy stick.
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> With the help of “Mary & Max” VFX Supervisor Michael Allen, fiddler Marjolaine Parot, composer Jachin Pousson and the beautiful tunes of klezmer and fiddle music by Alicia Svigal, Trad’ouir, Danilo and Svetozar Milosavljevic, MoonChild weaves together a spirit of sound, sights and heart, which we hope you’ll enjoy.

You can pledge them donations via [Kickstarter](http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/stickandballoon/moonchild-animated-short-film).