In November of 2011, a young avid Film and Animation fanatic began developing ideas and concepts for a fan-project based on My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. His idea and concept was a dark and emotional re-imagining of the source material and his vision of what a Series Finale to the popular animated show would play out. Trying to find a story to match this concept, he dreamt of a scene in which 5 of the Mane 6, Princess Luna, and Spike were seen walking on a log across a rapid waterfall.

That man is myself, Eric Ridenour, and that was the main inspiration for Journey of the Spark.

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As Journey of the Spark draws itself closer and closer to finally exiting pre-production, I’ve found myself receiving countless offers to appear on Brony related podcasts and talk-shows to discuss the progress on the film. Having appeared not only on Everfree Radio, but BronyVille and BronyTalkShow in the process really goes to show how interested people are in seeing this film come to life.

Hell, the film is gaining so much steam that it somehow managed to sneak its way to my college campus, so much to the point where the school newspaper actually wrote an article on the film and myself, one that I will actually post a picture of soon!

But out of all of those experiences, none was more heartfelt, personal, and magical as the interview experience I had last Sunday on BroNEcast.

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