Dreams of the Last Butterflies

A new still from the film!  Evgeniya Radilova stars as the Acraea Swordtail Butterfly Queen.

A tease of new images of our Butterfly Queens!  From the upcoming short film, Dreams of the Last Butterflies.

Photos by Maxine Nienow.  Make up Team:  Christine Gieger, Jessah Amarante, Layna Roberts, Jessica Padilla.

Clockwise from top left:

Kai Altair, Dina Satti, Evgeniya Radilova, Melodee, Madeleine Belle, Ali Luminescent, Kayla Jo.

New promo image for Dreams of the Last Butterflies!  Evgeniya Radilova as the Acraea Swordtail Queen.  Photo by Luz Maxine Nienow Castelazo.

WE wanted to say THANK YOU once again to all of the incredible, fantastic people that put in donations and their time to help spread the Butterflies word. Yesterday was such a wild ride!! We are nearly overwhelmed with gratitude and amazement today. This movie is as much yours as it is ours now! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

We’re excited to reveal, for the first time, a sneak peek at most of our nearly-finished Butterfly Queen’s wings!  This montage is our first test photos of these, as the wings have yet to be fully assembled - these represent 6 of our 8 sets of wings, and they will be worn by our Queens: Kayla Jo, Melodee, Evgeniya Radilova, Ali Luminescent, Kai Altair, Dina Satti, Madeleine Belle, and Natasha King.

Our wings were custom designed and handmade by the amazing talents at Randy Carfagno Productions and James Vogel.  Each butterfly wing is photo-realistic on both sides to their individual species!

We are getting closer - with all your generous help, I’m thrilled to say we are at 65% of our goal!  But there’s still another 35% to go, and remember - Kickstarter is all-or-nothing - so with just 3 days left, please continue to help us spread the word wherever you can.  The Butterfly Queens will thank you!

Here’s the link to help us:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/13808738/dreams-of-the-last-butterflies/posts

Ali Luminescent as the Purple Spotted Swallowtail Queen. Only 6 days left to donate and help us make our Dream of the Last Butterflies film a reality!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/13808738/dreams-of-the-last-butterflies

Ali Luminescent as the Purple Spotted Swallowtail Queen. Only 6 days left to donate and help us make our Dream of the Last Butterflies film a reality! 

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/13808738/dreams-of-the-last-butterflies

Our first photo of Ali Luminescent as the Purple Spotted Swallowtail Queen.

Photographer: Benjamin Mobley

You can help! Only 9 days left to help us fund our film, Dreams of the Last Butterflies!

The wait is over!  Watch the video, check out our awesome prizes - and donate if you believe!  THANK YOU!! 

Please help us spread the link and message across the world!

http://kck.st/N5fRt4

Our first set of real Butterfly Wings for the film are completed!  Thanks again to James Vogel and Randy Carfagno for their amazing craftsmanship.  The best part is that when worn, they move just like real butterfly wings! (These will be worn by our Monarch Queen, Kayla Jo, but here are being modeled by Evgeniya Radilova.)

The final design for our Large Blue Butterfly Queen’s outfit, custom made by Wheylan Dean-Ford.  This Butterfly Queen will be played by the amazing hoops/flow arts/fire performer Madeleine Belle.

Getting started on the storyboards for Dreams of the Last Butterflies.  These will be used during the shooting process as a guide to framing and action.  (Storyboardist: Tony Wolf)

Concept art for 2 of our Butterfly Queens - The Large Blue Butterfly Queen, and the Monarch Butterfly Queen.  They will be joining 6 additional Butterfly Queens for the adventure!

Art by James Vogel.

One more image of Kai Altair as the Malabar Tree Nymph Butterfly Queen.

Photo by Nicholas Whitaker. (click to make bigger!)

The Malabar Tree Nymph (Idea malabarica) is a large butterfly found in south-western India in forest clearings and above the forest canopy.  They are unusually hard to spot since they typically prefer the tree-tops.

They are listed as “Near Threatened” on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.