CRAZY BROKE ASIAN is a 100% independent coming-of-age docuseries that blends live-action and animation. The story is told in 6 episodes of 30 minutes each and has been in the making for over 10 years!
FUNDING GOALS
We need minimum $100,000 to complete oneepisode and $600,000 for the whole 6-episode series.
This is the story of Celin who grew up as a closeted, failed med student struggling with undiagnosed ADHD and depression. But upon meeting THE LOVE OF THEIR LIFE, Celin finds the motivation to move out of their traditional Vietnamese household and follow their repressed dream of becoming a WORLD CLASS ARTIST.
The journey is by no means easy… but Celin decides to make life harder by filming everything (yes, EVERYTHING) to turn their journey into an American a Canadian Dream movie to prove their parents wrong win their parents approval.
To complete our project, we mainly need help to complete 30 minutes of captivating animation and 160 minutes of original soundtrack.
Your support would bring us to the finish line within a year (instead of another decade!) by allowing us to expand our team whilst ensuring fair, industry-standard wages for their hard work!
In the meantime, you can have a glimpse of our 2D and 3D animation styles, as well as our original music in Ocean Deep, a music video we recently released!
Our small team pooled their efforts to create these 4 minutes of animation in a year. My dad and I had to hop in to help and we're not even animators!
The actual series will include a full episode dedicated to telling my parents’ story as Vietnamese Boat People refugees - we are in dire need of hiring more senior animators!
Budapest Scoring Orchestra
The song you hear is the original theme song for CRAZY BROKE ASIAN, which we had the opportunity to record with a live sixty-piece orchestra in Budapest! Check out the full song here: Ocean Deep - Streaming Links
If we hit the stretch goal we will be able to record more of the original soundtrack with Budapest Scoring Orchestra.
From mundane to life-altering events, including a breakup and coming out to my parents, I captured over 800 hour of footage in a 3-year period.
2018-2019: Hermit Mode
I spent a year going over the 800 hours of footage and learning how to edit (and reliving trauma daily) in order to win my ex back and prove my parents wrong 😡😡😡!
2019: Vindication
I released a 2-minute teaser on Facebook to see if anybody would give a sh*t about my story, and realized that it was a story that hadn't been told enough.
The teaser also reached my family and my ex who then gave me their full support and gave me access to their footage (phone, cameras, hard drives, etc.)
which totaled over 20,000 video files.
2020-onwards: Collaboration
Since then, I’ve been working on trying to turn CRAZY BROKE ASIAN into a film that would do the Asian immigrant experience justice with the help of a team, which my sister and dad decided to join eventually!
The funds will allow us to grow the team (hiring more artists and industry professionals) and complete the project in a timely matter.
ANIMATION ($50,000) Our animation team is entirely composed of senior animators, storyboard artists with experience at Disney, Netflix, and Sony Animation,ensuring top-tier craftsmanship and emotional depth in every frame.
ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK ($25,000) Price without a live orchestra!
POST-PRODUCTION ($10,000) Editing costs are lesser since most of it has been completed by myself and paid out of pocket to assistant animators.
Please note that backers are responsible for shipping fees for any physical rewards.
It's important to take a look at the estimated shipping costs associated with your pledge and understand that the estimates are subject to change upon fulfillment.
If you also believe in this project and want to help it become a REAL AMERICAN CANADIAN DREAM STORY, you can either pledge or simply share this campaign.
Every little bit helps. Thank you so so much for your time and support.
