Sparklestone Foundation

Walk for Awareness Update - June 2008

admin — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:24:34 +0000

Our Walk for Awareness raised over $50,000! Many thanks to the 220 people who came out to Walk and support the efforts of the National Psoriasis Foundation to find a cure for psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis.

For those For people interested in our documentary, “My Skin’s on Fire”, we have copies available for purchase online via PayPal:

(Tax, shipping, postage, and handling are included.)

Walk for Psoriasis

admin — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:18:28 +0000

For all of you who would like to help raise the public awareness of how psoriasis impacts the lives of people who develop it, please join us on our Walk;

Saturday, June 14, 2008
Registration begins at 8 a.m.; walks begin at 9 a.m.
Justin Herman Plaza, Market Street & The Embarcadero (map)
San Francisco, Calif.

www.psoriasis.org/sanfranwalk

Or contact Fred at ff@sparklestone.org

Production Stills

admin — Sun, 11 May 2008 18:34:40 +0000

Family Interview

Director of Photography Pad McLaughlin shows video of our interview with Maria DeBartolo to Maria and her family in Battle Ground, WA. (click post title to see images)

Dermatology Nurse

Dermatologist Kansas City

Director of Education, National Psoriasis Foundation

Spring Update

admin — Sat, 03 May 2008 02:20:09 +0000

I’m Just Like You is moving forward! We recently returned from Portland where we interviewed families and kids who live with psoriasis. The National Psoriasis Foundation was instrumental in arranging these interviews and worked with us to create an environment where families felt comfortable sharing their experiences of living with the disease.

Support for this segment of our production was provided by Carol and Mike Laub. We are most grateful for their generous contribution to the project. It will enable us to continue our momentum as we find more families who are impacted by psoriasis. But we need more support! By contributing to the Sparklestone Foundation you will provide us with the resources needed to complete our film and extend our reach to the greater psoriasis community. All contributions are tax deductible. Feel free to contact us if you’d like to contribute in some way towards the project. Thank You!

We now have a short preview clip of our current work-in-progress, I’m Just Like You - Kids and Psoriasis. Our filming is in high definition video format with a wider aspect ratio, so the preview has been reduced to slightly lower resolution for better compatibility with various TV displays.

April 2008 - Spring Update Video Preview

To download a larger six minute video preview in .mp4 format, please choose a size:

faster (8 MB) 640×360 (720×360), 10 fps

better (50 MB) 640×360 (720×360), 30 fps

(If there are problems playing the video, save it to disk first and then open it from your desktop, try using Quicktime/iTunes 7, or another media player that uses the H.264 Codec).

We have also uploaded our preview on Youtube, where we welcome your comments.

I’m Just like You mp4

admin — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 11:44:39 +0000

Please download our new 5-minute sample of the MSOF documentary:

98MB - Full resolution AVI format

29MB - Smaller Divx AVI format

7MB - Low bandwidth MP4 format

6MB - Lower bandwidth AVI format

The earlier previews below were compiled before the project was completed, and contain some unused footage…

I’m Just Like You - Kids and Psoriasis.
Our filming is in high definition video format with a wider aspect ratio, so the preview has been reduced to slightly lower resolution for better compatibility with various TV displays.

To download a larger six minute video preview in .mp4 format, please choose a size:

imjustlikeyou-avc-low.mp4

msof-5min-full.avi