July 18, 2010
We are meeting with the OWN network tomorrow and awaiting the verdict from our meeting with MTV last week. we could really use your help on this--
We would love for you to write to the OWN network and MTV about why they should support Kind Campaign. Our meetings with them are to see if they can help with post production funding and distribution on the doc. Most importantly, we are looking to get support/funding for our upcoming Fall school tour. They have also both expressed interest in shooting a show about our second tour. But they need to know why this is important FROM YOU!
We already have tons of schools booked for the tour and we want nothing more than to bring our finished film and our assembly program to girls all over the country. In the last 8 months we have spoken in over 60 schools and organizations all over the country and we have seen the immense effects of our efforts. Unfortunately, without funding its going to be very difficult to do this 3 month school tour.
Let OWN and MTV know why they should support our documentary and school program!!! You can even just copy and paste what you say for both links! HERE ARE THE LINKS TO WRITE IN TOO!
OWN LINK:https://www.oprah.com/plugform_own1.jsp?
MTV LINK (with instructions listed below):http://community.mtv.com/Content/Discuss
***Instructions: you have to sign up on the site to leave your comment. It takes one minute--super easy. Once you have signed up, click the above link and you can create a new discussion thread OR you can comment on the thread we just posted:http://community.mtv.com/Discussion-Thre
CHECK OUT THE FOLLOWING LINKS BEFORE YOU WRITE TO THEM!
News Package of one of our assemblies:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTrGkMA-r
Documentary Trailer:http://kindcampaign.com/doc_vid_1.php
Kind Magazine created by a group of students after a Kind Campaign assembly:http://www.kindcampaign.com/kindmagazine
Every donation helps:http://kindcampaign.com/get_involved.php
Please please send a message letting OWN and MTV know why this is important and why it affects you!! Thanks so much!
LOVE WINS.
Lauren & Molly
June 30, 2010
YAY FOR PEPSI REFRESHHHHHHHHH
After 4 months of trying, we FINALLY got accepted into the Pepsi Refresh Grant cycle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Molly and I were traveling home from speakin in Boston today so Vegard (finding kind editor) submitted for us while we were in the air heading back to LA. You have to submit at 9pm (westcoast time) on the 1st of every month. Getting into the voting cycle is basically a lottery. Insane amounts of people all over the country press SUBMIT at the exact same time and just hope and pray that their application will make it into one of the first 1,000. Believe me, I have almost chucked my computer over the balcony the last 4 times I tried--watching the server crash and the cycle close within ONE minute because of how many people submit. But this time it's KIND CAMPAIGNS turn!!!! I cannot even begin to describe the excitement running through me right now. Right when we landed, Molly and I had an email from Vegard letting us know that the application made it through and we were in a state of shock.
HOWEVER, although being in the cycle is awesome, we still have to await the approval on our application from Pepsi and THEN on August 1st, the one month voting cycle begins. That is where YOU come in!!! The grant is only received if you receive the most votes. We are going to need your help with this but we have faith that we can make this happen!!!!
This money would finish the post-production on the documentary and fund so many projects such as our upcoming 3 months Fall KC school assembly tour, Kind Clubs, website development, merch...the list goes on and on but you will see our budget breakdown on our profile :)
We will keep you updated and remind you when the voting begins!!!!
LOVE WINSSSS.
Lauren
June 18, 2010
Westcoastinnnn
This week I re-wrote and re-recorded all of my voice over for the documentary. I am so awkward when I do voiceovers haha. Vegard and I were laughing yesterday because he was saying he could make a pretty interesting reel out of all my out-takes while recording...its true...some of the things that come out of my mouth. wow. its pretty interesting. Ill have to have him put that reel together so you can hear.Its so strange to listen to yourself talk like that. This time I was excited to record though because the new VO really tells the story. I feel really proud of it and how this doc is coming together. I see an end to this post production madness and its getting me excited! I've had some new ideas this week that I brought into the edit and they are translating really nicely...love when that happens. To the left is where I sit everyday-- with Vegard (our editor), staring at those screens. It's actually really fun. I LOVE post production.
Molly and I have been meeting with a group of people, getting together a pitch that is happening on the 28th of this month. Its with a HUGE network and if the pitch goes, it could take KC to a crazy new level. Part of this deal is for them to distribute the documentary which would be INSANNNNEEEEE. I feel really confident about what we are presenting so keep your fingers crossed! That is all I want to say for now because I dont want to jinx anything. We will let you know who the network is and more details after the pitch meeting :)
KC has been rooting the LAKERS on and I can proudly say that TONIGHT they kicked some Celtic bootayyyy!!!!!!! Watching them win was quite a phenomenal experience. I was at a bar on melrose with a bunch of friends and let me just say that the city (los angeles) went crazy in those last 10 seconds. People were stopping and getting out of their cars and dancing around. So fun :)
These are some pics from game 5
Molly left today to go to Denver to speak at her sororities national convention about Kind Campaign. She will update you about her experience when she returns! Keep her in your thoughts! I know she will be amazing!
LOVE WINS.
lauren
Design For Humanity
Last week we attended Billabong's Design for Humanity event supporting Invisible Children. I have mentioned the organization and some of my friends who are on staff in previous posts. The people who run Invisible Children are amazing-- so creative and passionate about what they do. Just to refresh you in case you dont remember, Invisible Children started with a documentary shot by three guys who traveled to Uganda and exposed the world to the longest running war in Africa. The war in northern Uganda
The event was so cool. It was held at the New York stage at the Paramount lot in LA and tons of people showed up. There was live art, a fashion show, a concert by Fischerspooner, a performance by LXD and more. Seriously one of the coolest events I have seen and we were so happy to be a part of it to support these amazing people and the revolutionary work they are doing!
love wins.
Lauren
June 9, 2010
Updates
The KC world is moving...fast...and we are just trying to get everything together and catch up so that the vision for this project comes together how we hope it will.
the doc is still tuckin along-- we've been communicating with an animator, color correctors, sound people, music people...lots of people. but they are people who believe in the project and will use their wonderful talents to complete this film.
Molly and I had a wonderful meeting/coaching session with the lovely Amy Swift and Whitney Roberts of SMARTY. They provided us with so much helpful information and advice for how to keep KC moving. They also advised us to put together a Board of Directors. We are proud to announce a portion of our board: Whitney Roberts, Marty Stevens-Heebner, Debra Parsekian, Tetia Stroud, Debbie Angle and Samantha Marq. There are a couple of other people we are talking to and we will let you know when they are confirmed :) Once we have the board in tact, will we start to meet to determine who can bring what to the table to help further this whole operation.
We met with Nick Mason of ErroThree yesterday to talk about updating our website. He showed us his idea for a new layout and I must say....its INCREDIBLE. The new website will have cool new interactive features, and will be really easy to navigate. Its fresh and it pops. We think you will be really stoked on the new ideas.
I really want you to check out Amanda Tysons new Kind Campaign bracelet!! She has a wonderful business going and she decided to create a custom KC bracelet, donating 100% of the proceeds to us! I am wearing mine right now! They are super cute
and a lot of people have been ordering. They are only 10 dollars and all the money will help finish the film and bring us into schools. Here is a pic of the bracelet to the right and here is the link to order yours today: Bracelets by Amanda Leigh.
We are so excited to announce our next fundraiser on June 25th 7-9pm!!! It will be held at Rock & Revolution in Malibu, CA. Check out their BLOG too! The wonderful Cece Abel, owner of Rock & Revolution, is helping spread KIND by putting up another KC installation and throwing us an awareness night and fundraiser. Click HERE to check out the fundraiser invite page. We would love to see you there!
Well, off to a lunch meeting and back into the edit!! Speaking of meetings, Molly and I had a VERYYYYYYYYY exciting meeting yesterday but we are going to keep it hush hush until things are more set in stone. Just know that there may be something HUGE around the corner and we are very excited about the prospect. We will keep you updated.
Have a wonderful rest of your week and check back for a new addition to our blog where we will be updating you via video messages :) Coming soon!
xo
LOVE WINS.
Lauren
Telluride 3.0
Mountainfilm i love thee. everyday is a new adventure. everyday is a new idea. everyday is meeting new people. everyday is new.
Last week I was in Telluride Colorado at the MountainFilm Festival. This is my third year traveling to that festival with Tom Shadyac and the crew...the crew being just the most amazing group of people--movers, thinkers, artists...good good people with huge hearts. I love my Telluride family.
The whole week was full of good films, good people, good conversation, good food, laughter,
inspiration...everything you need. Toms documentary, I Am, premiered at the festival and it was so amazing to be a part of that moment. Him, Dagan Handy, Jackie Zampella and Nikki Pritchett have been working so hard on the film and they had all their family and friends behind them with love and support. The doc is simply amazing. You walk away truly wanting to be a better person. You walk away feeling changed and aware of the way you interact with other people. I cannot wait for you all to see it. Check out the I AM website. The film won the student choice award and the audience choice award and they deserved it. SO exciting. Some other docs that really moved me that week were: Wasteland, Bag It, Music By Prudence, Somewhere Near Tapachula and Sons of Perdition. Check them out!
I feel so lucky to have been a part of that festival for the last 3 years. Each year, I come back feeling refreshed and ready for something new. The first year I came back with the inspiration to finally take my idea of doing something about Girl World and put it into something tangible-- into a doc, into a movement. Although I always knew I would do something about this issue, I can honestly say that without the opportunity to travel to that festival three years ago and without the life changing experience it provided, Kind Campaign and this doc probably wouldn't exist. It literally altered my life. It called me to action. Thats why I am so excited to hopefully bring Finding Kind to MountainFilm next year... because that is where this whole thing was born. It was born among the mountains and the trees and a group of incredible people who have changed my life and inspired me in so many ways. I will forever be grateful for that place and those relationships :)
LOVE WINS.
Lauren
May 20, 2010
love.
As Lauren said, it is a new week. And wow time flies. I really will get off this whole notion of time is flying and I cannot believe it, but clearly you can tell that it really just blows my mind... and since Lauren and I are both so ridiculously busy I am constantly trying to remind myself to take in all the little moments...
This week has been great. Now it is in the middle of the night Wednesday night (I seem to write a lot of blogs in the middle of the night when I cannot sleep). But, even though it's just the middle of the week a lot has happened. First of all thought, I cannot wait to see the next cut of the doc tomorrow - WHOA!!! The doc is coming closer and closer to being done as time is just flying by!! So excited to share the final cut with everyone and further the dialogue about this issue!!!!
But anyways, just today was a very busy day. Lauren and I met to shoot some pick up scenes for the doc (which we have now shot about 5 times... but the problem is that Lauren and I get so excited about talking about everything and goofing off with one another that by the end of shooting we have wayyyyyyyy too much footage that little Vegard is probably ready to kill us!) So we tried to shoot this 15 second clip yet again (but I may have messed with it once again), so we shall see how it went! But, beyond that - today was a busy day!
(who just had a precious little boy!!) in New York who created this amazing group of women (and men too!). I am not going to lie though, I was doing alright until this morning when I started to get really nervous processing the reality of the situation - me talking for twenty minutes straight amongst incredibly talented women. But, thankfully Christine Otte helped out so incredibly much (whether she knew talking to me about where I am currently living in Westlake Village would ease my nerves or not - it did and she was amazing!). Anyways, the WOLF Chat went great and I was so incredibly honored to be the speaker for this week's chat and thankful to count my name among the women involved in WOLF.
After the WOLF Chat, Lauren and I met for those pick up shots that I was talking about before, but then we went to meet the wonderful Cece Abel of Malibu's Rock and Revolution. This store (check them out on facebook!!!) is where the next Kind Campaign installation is going up and we couldn't be more excited about it! Not only because we feel
like Malibu is a part of us since that is where Kind Campaign originated, but also because of this store and the people -- we cannot wait to spend more time with them, but also to spread the KINDness to Malibu! We will fill you in on further details about the installation and an upcoming event in June!
After the meeting was a very sad farewell that I unfortunately missed out on
(but it's probably for the best because I am no good at goodbyes because I just cry my eyes out). But our wonderfully incredible Patti Grandidge (former Kind Campaign secretary and treasurer) is heading home to the beautiful Manila, Philippines. We are so, so happy for her, but of course so incredibly sad to see her go! We love you so incredibly much Patti and are going to miss you more than words can express - you mean the world to us.
Anyways, now that I am crying, it's time to go to bed. Another day comes very soon, which means more time to hold onto and treasure. Treasure yourself, your life, and the amazing people around you who love you and who without, you would be lost.
LOVE LOVE LOVE,
molly
May 17, 2010
a new week
a new batch of things to be done...
film is truckin along... working with animators and graphic designers, music and clip licensing, figuring out who to work with for color correction and sound mixing and DVD creation/duplication....sooo much to be done. Its a non-stop job but I really enjoy every second of it. Good thing is there are good people and friends who do all these things and are helping out. Vegards knows people for sound and color so hes got some great contacts that are making the process easier. Cant wait to have this finished! We should have a new cut done this week... With all we have added and adjusted from the previous assembly cut, it will be heaps better.
Molly and I were invited to be members of an amazing organization/community of women called SMARTY. Its a community for entrepreneurial women to meet other like-minded people, gain connection, support, advice...they have events and coaching sessions. Its really amazing. This is from the website:
SMARTY: [noun, American, 2009] pron. “smahr-tee”
- Independent, of mind and spirit.
- A freelancer, entrepreneur, free agent, consultant, sole-practitioner.
- Identifies with #1. Can see a future in #2.
Check out the website! SMARTY.
LOVE WINS.
Lauren
May 11, 2010
Assembly Cut
The editing is still going really well :) At the end of last week, Vegard and I watched a rough assembly cut of the film from beginning to end. It was so crazy to sit there and watch what we have tirelessly worked on in some sort of structured piece...of course, there is still a lot of work to do. The fact that there was no music or animation or stock footage yet-- we were literally watching a bunch of talking heads-- I was never bored or tired of the film. Thats a very good sign. Dude. I CANNOT WAIIIIIIITTTTT to add music. The next day, I went to Vegards and he showed me one of the end scenes with some music laid down and I was completely overwhelmed by how different it felt (in a good way). It really blew me away.
Last week, Mollys finace Chris and I took down our Fred Segal installation. It went by so fast!!! It feels like Molly and I put that up 2 weeks ago! We are just so grateful for the opportunity to be a part of the Fred Segal Santa Monica store. Darrylynn from Zerominusplus has been so generous with the space in her store. The whole process was such a great experience.
Well, I have to get ready-- running around all day-- meeting with Matt Finelli (very talented friend who is making an aweeeesomeee graphic for the doc) then shooting to Vegards then off to Malibu for the night!! One of my closest friends Patti Grandidge (who also works for KC) is moving back to Asia-- her family, friends and boyfriend live there...she came to Cali for Pepperdine which is where I met her-- A big group of my friends are going to Dukes for tacos and to soak up as much Patti as we can before she leaves us. Im so sad about her leaving :(
One more thing before I go--We are looking for some art to use as cut-aways during the doc. (it doesnt have to be professional ) if you or if you have a daughter who wants to draw a picture of what "Girl World" means to her, please email lauren@kindcampaign.com and I will give you an address to send it too. The picture can be any interpretation of Girl World, or an experience that you or she has been through... We are going to include some of these in the documentary and if yours isnt chosen for the film, we will put it up on our website :)
LOVE WINS.
Lauren
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