On January 31st, we (Spencer Samson & Chris Mills) published the crowdfunding campaign for our original short film Bird and the Boy . Spencer and I have been collaborators since 2023, 3 years ago, and Bird and the Boy is the culmination of all of our work thus far. This is one of the first steps we're taking in making this a reality. Our first project together was in our very first film class, film production practices, where we made a music video to the song Life's A Dream