During the campaigning, various kinds of rewards were announced and these rewards were chosen by the contributors according to the amount given. The moment the campaigning began, the project raised more than $10,000 in just a week. From the generous donations and contributions by Brooks's friends, family, and sponsors, a total of more than $80,000 was funded successfully. The Kickstarter campaign lasted for over a month. Handing out Rewards for the Donations, 2011 The next step was to raise enough money to make the project more adventurous, exciting, and successful. Īfter receiving responses from more than 150 friends, the first 50 people were randomly chosen and then video journals about who is part of the project and which cities she was to travel were posted on Facebook and Twitter. People were pleading for me to come to their town and I felt I wasn't the only one who craved a little human connection. Within 15 minutes I had my 50 people and it kept going and going. I had no idea how I was going to make it happen, I just felt an inner guidance that it was what I needed to do.
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And so I grabbed my flip camera in that moment and typed a status update that said the first 50 people that say YES I am coming to your town with my camera and spending a day with you. It was in that moment I really had an intense awakening that if I was at a point in my life where I was ready to throw in the towel, I might as well do something that scared me. That was when I was staring at my Facebook page in tears and looking at how many friends I had, yet I felt so alone and disconnected from the world. I had literally felt as though I had hit a brick wall and was ready to give up on life. I wasn't happy with my career or my personal life and I wanted a change.
I was recovering from surgery and went into a very deep depression. In an interview given to Daily Brink during the Newport Beach Film Festival, Brooks explains how the idea for the project was born. Questions such as "Are we really friends? Do you really know me? Can I trust you? Are machines taking over? Are we losing our ability to connect with each other? Do other people feel alone in the world like me?" was being by Brooks as she noticed the amount of time people spent on their phones and computers, even when they are with someone else at a cafe. This is the main motive Katherine will be exploring with the people she'll be spending a day with and by the time this project comes to an end, we all hope to find the answer to the question: "How much has technology helped us or harmed us with strengthening our relationships with the people we love". It has evolved to reach the hearts of hundreds and to make people think and realize how much time is being spent on Facebook and Twitter when compared to the time spent with our friends and family.
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