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ANA has to save BUBBA, the dog, from the evil boss VOLCANAMAN to complete her mission in the 80’s plug and play video game

RUSH VOLCANA.

VIDEO GAME/

SHORT FILM

boy - Josh Brazinski

hand - Harry Rosenay

narrator - Evelyn Zeng

writer/director - Julia Schnarr

assistant director - Harry Rosenay

WE’RE TRYING TO REACH YOU!

cinematographer - Zee Reichgut

lead animator - Lindsey Magee

gaffer/production designer - Finn Meyer

editor and vfx - Zee Reichgut

sfx and music composer - Sean Valutkevich

RUSH VOLCANA is an original animated and live action short film that our team is excited and ready to create. With this unique idea animating our video game scenes and filming our live action scenes to make the perfect mix of real-life and imaginary creativity.

Already beginning our block by block creations, we have prepared an award-winning team, our location partnership with GameCraft Arcade in Southington, CT, and industry-grade equipment to create this project.

Backed by Sunbeam Productions LLC, creative storytelling is one of the most important things we want to bring to this project. RUSH VOLCANA is for the game lovers, the action-movie enjoyers, movie lovers, and more!

READYING OUR PLAYERS

VOLCANAMAN

Sam Udero

LEAD ANIMATOR

Lindsey Magee

SCRIPT SUPERVISOR

Maya Huggins

GAFFER

Matt Kashevaroff

DP + EDITOR

Zee Reichgut

ANA

Evelyn Zeng

SOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATOR

Sara Beyer

MUSIC COMPOSER

Sean Valutkevich

BUBBA

Eric the Dog

RUSH VOLCANA is officially sealed and protected by our Writers Guild of America Intellectual Property Certificate, so we own RUSH VOLCANA and its idea.

This gives our supporters and our team the opportunity to build a community around ANA, BUBBA and VOLCANAMAN to potentially build into a real video game.

We also have a budget broken down into our essential needs for our project including:

CAST AND CREW - $1350 PRODUCTION COSTS - $1,250 PRODUCTION DESIGN - $335 POST-PRODUCTION - $750 *not all budget is shown

Director/writer/producer

Julia Schnarr

DIRECTOR’S NOTE

“No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.” 

- Robin Williams (1951-2014)

My name is Julia, and I’m the writer/director and producer of RUSH VOLCANA. I am diving into this project ready to start creating a film I’ve been wanting to watch myself. For inspiration on this next sci-fi animated project, I was inspired by directors like Stephen Chow and his film Kung Fu Hustle, Disney’s Wreck It Ralph, Ne Zha, Battle Royale, and retro 80’s video games like Atari, PacMan, Tron and Breakout.

I’ve attended amazing film festivals like the Cannes International Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, and the Tribeca Festival to see what kind of films audiences gravitate towards. Original, aesthetically pleasing, and unique story driven stories is a trend for all. I am confident can fit our interesting ideas into multiple categories of entertainment:

  • Film

  • Animation

  • 1980’s Nostalgia

  • Video Game

  • Visual Effects Animation

  • Chinese Language (Mandarin)

I am ready to help direct and produce a story I’m very passionate about with the best team for the job. A filmmaker’s work is never done alone. That’s where you all come in!

Raffles, Merch, Prizes, and More!

  • You’ll be submitted to a raffle to win 1 original 1984 DC comic book!

  • You’ll receive your own personal 2-frame pixel gif via email! AND you’ll be submitted to a raffle to win 1 original 1985 DC comic book!

    *Incentive also includes prior raffle

  • You’ll receive a signed poster printout of the final RUSH VOLCANA film upon release!

    *Incentive also includes prior raffles

  • You’ll be submitted to a raffle to win 3 original 1985 DC comic books, and get early access link to screening the film!

    *Incentive also includes prior raffles

    • You’ll be submitted to a raffle to win 5 original 1985 DC comic books!

    • Get listed as an associate producer as a credit

    • Early access to film screening (virtual, or live)

    • *Incentive also includes prior raffles

    • Priority invitation to the premiere of the film

    • Get listed as an executive producer as a credit

    • Early access to film screening (virtual, or live)

    • *Incentive also includes prior raffles

    • Sunbeam Productions is offering a one-time offer for a free consulting and producing service on ANY independent film project! More details not mentioned will be worked out between the client, and Sunbeam Productions LLC 

    • Priority invitation to the premiere of the film

    • Get listed as a producer on the film

    • Early access to film screening (virtual, or live>)

    • *Incentive also includes prior raffles

*offer ends Oct. 31st, 2025

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