CHARACTERz (2016)

Interesting facts

Characterz is a 2016 American comedy film. The film stars Mitchel Musso. It was funded on Indiegogo in December 2014, filmed in January 2015 in Celebration, Florida, and released on July 12, 2016.

Development

Major funding for the movie began with an Indiegogo campaign. US$50,032 was raised by 160 backers, with progressive benefits depending on donation. Two people chose the top level of benefit and paid $10,000 to become executive producers of the film, with David P. Pragg getting top billing in the movie's credits under Indiegogo contributors, followed by Jack Stiefel, Jean Labadie, Matthew J. Durfee, and Gregory Thies.

The film is completely live action, with animation overlay in some scenes provided by Jeffrey James and Huhu Studios in New Zealand and Shanghai. Director Jon Binkowski said “We wanted the animation to that would make the kid's talent show through, but a little amateurish because he [the character Tucker] didn't have the tools yet. We wanted him to be a young Lasseter. He has animation chops and wants to get into the theme park industry.

The company MaskUS, Inc. provided most of the costumes, with the exceptions of Toby Slick the Whale, which was designed by Jeffery James, the Punk Bulldog, which was a custom character, and the costumes worn by Gino "the Husky" and "Dante the Mutt", whose costumes were personal fursuits.

The movie was co-created by Lisa Enos Smith and Jon Binkowski, who are business partners for Renaissance Entertainment, LLC. Smith said "One of my first jobs was as an 'Animal Educator' at Busch Gardens (Tampa); Jon's first job was as a costumed character at SeaWorld in San Diego." Jon Binkowski "was Wally the Walrus—this was the mid-70s—and believe me, all of the scenes (in the film) showing what it's like inside a costume, all of that is 100% r…

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