Update | The Hunt For The Holiday Spirit https://huntfortheholidayspirit.com where everybody has a voice Fri, 05 Aug 2022 20:01:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://huntfortheholidayspirit.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/cropped-logoIG-e1563127710494-1-32x32.png Update | The Hunt For The Holiday Spirit https://huntfortheholidayspirit.com 32 32 On the Trail of a Trailer https://huntfortheholidayspirit.com/on-the-trail-of-a-trailer/ Fri, 29 Jul 2022 07:01:58 +0000 https://huntfortheholidayspirit.com/?p=1023 The Hunt for the Holiday Spirit had finally completed a few exemplary samples of our animation with the voice-overs of our original cast members perfectly in place. It was the culmination of tons of work by our team, especially animator extraordinaire Agustin Andres Cortes. I was profoundly grateful but I sensed something was still missing.]]>

By Jefferson Jay

After years of effort, The Hunt for the Holiday Spirit had finally completed a few exemplary samples of our animation with the voice-overs of our original cast members perfectly in place. It was the culmination of tons of work by our team, especially animator extraordinaire Agustin Andres Cortes. I was profoundly grateful but I sensed something was still missing.

On the Trail

Perhaps Andres felt similarly, or maybe he was just so jazzed to be doing this work that he wanted a bit more. He offered the option of adding a trailer to our collection of clips to fully whet the appetite of any interested onlookers. I was receptive and down to foot the bill for this artistic endeavor. So he said, “OK. Well, you’ll need to write a script. I’ll send you a link.”

creation time word cloud art

Moments later, I found a cute little YouTube video about how to write a script for a trailer. Instantly I was inspired, and even though I was lying in a toddler’s bed with my 3-year old at that time, it was creation time.

Blazing Ahead!

I conjured the voice that seems to be on every movie trailer and the script began to flow. A short time later, I texted Andres my first draft and he enthusiastically approved. I was stoked. Apparently, I can write a trailer script! Gratitude wins again.

“So what next?” I asked Andres.

It was time to go down to my studio and start recording in my best homage to that iconic oration. It was fun, and very quickly, done. I shipped it over to Andres and roughly a week later, the trail to the trailer had been blazed. I love it.

A grizzly bear in shades plays the trombone.

Have you heard? Entertainment is better when all voices are heard!

Destination: High Spirits!

As we wind our way closer to pitch meetings and ultimately a broadcast deal for The Hunt for the Holiday Spirit, our most astute advisors have alerted me that this trailer is all we’ll need. I’ve been told many studios will only watch a minute or so of your show before they decide. What was once imagined as an extra piece is actually our prime sample! 

As thrilled as I am with our other samples, I am glad we have our trailer. If this is going to be what makes people need to see more of The Hunt for the Holiday Spirit, it was an essential step in our development. One thing that’s for sure in running a business, is that unexpected twists and turns will fill the journey toward our ultimate destination. Please join us on the trail: The Good Vibe presents the official The Hunt for the Holiday Spirit Trailer!

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1 Way to a Meaningful Life – Animation & Action https://huntfortheholidayspirit.com/1-way-to-a-meaningful-life-animation-action/ Fri, 10 Jun 2022 19:01:06 +0000 https://huntfortheholidayspirit.com/?p=827 The Good Vibe, the two-word answer is Holiday Spirit. If you want to know how YOU can live The Good Vibe, read on! ]]>

By Jefferson Jay

Want to know one way toward a meaningful life? I’m Jefferson Jay, and as CEO of The Good Vibe, the two-word answer is Holiday Spirit. If you want to know how YOU can live The Good Vibe, read on! 

Setting the Stage

Have you ever felt like your voice wasn’t heard? Did you feel like you didn’t matter? We’re here to tell you, you do, right now. And how! 

RespectAbility & Statistics

The USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative’s Inequality in 1,300 Popular Films research showed that across the top films from 2007 to 2019, less than 3% of speaking characters were characters with disabilities. Compare that to real life, where 20-25% of Americans live with a disability.

The Ruderman Foundation showed in their 2019 White Paper, Disability Inclusion in Movies and Television: Market Research, today’s audiences want more representation and accurate portrayals of characters with disabilities.

Disability Market Research

 There are ONE BILLION people in the world experiencing some form of a disability, yet until NOW, there has NEVER BEEN a series with fully authentic representation performed by a fully inclusive cast… Until The Hunt for the Holiday Spirit!

The Next Phase

In 2014, I wrote and directed The Hunt for the Holiday Spirit, a musical performed at a day center. Our cast of actors with developmental disabilities crushed it, eliciting both laughter and tears with their performance. I needed to share this with the world. 

Full live cast in actionThe Hunt for the Holiday Spirit live on stage in 2014.

As an animated series, we can deliver this gift worldwide. The Hunt for the Holiday Spirit is a groundbreaking cartoon series for kids, with clever wit and charisma adults will adore. Our idealistic adventure edutains and inspires with captivating music and meaningful messaging.

Our smile-inducing characters include four children and their family, The Pearls. The Magic Snowwoman, a groovy Snow Angel, and The Great Christmas Tree will have kids loving and learning for generations. Think Charlie Brown specials or Rudolph or Frosty, but with 24 episodes. It’s a Wizard of Oz-like adventure with Sesame Street smarts, and characters who lift your soul.

Join Us!

After several years preparing for this moment, we, at The Good Vibe, are finding our way to a meaningful life. Inclusivity is great in words but best in action. Reconnecting with some of our original actors to voice their old characters has been a blessed creative reunion.

We are only fully whole when all voices are heard. Everyone has important insights to share and we can help them do so by listening. In this way, we can make the world a better place each day, empowering an evolving world. When we work towards a better world for all, our lives gain more joy, meaning, and purpose.

The Hunt for the Holiday Spirit lifts spirits and souls. It’s adapted to enable global reach, but we can’t reach the world without YOU

Will you lead? Support this journey toward authentic representation with a contribution today! With every bit of support, we pave the road to a world where all voices are heard. No matter what day it says on the calendar, we all benefit from more Holiday Spirit.

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