The Right Thing

Tonight I stare at my calendar, and I’m stunned. We start shooting in 8 days. In fact, literally seven days from the time I am writing this, I will likely be loading our van (and hopefully a trailer – I’ll get to that) in preparation for our trip to Omaha to shoot the first handful of scenes for this film. The time has flown by, and I can’t tell you how excited I am to begin production on the film! Next week is going to be great.

The challenge

This is where things get interesting. At the moment, besides directing the film, I’m essentially solely funding this thing. (Andrew has dropped some significant coin on this too, and I don’t want to ignore that.) In a perfect world, this wouldn’t be a huge issue, but sadly we don’t live in a perfect world.

The way I am funding this film is by diverting a portion of my income as a video producer into the project. When a client pays me, I send some to Uncle Sam, use some to pay my bills, and lately all the rest has gone into the film project. Unfortunately we’ve had a slight snag. While I have a decent handful of clients right now, various issues (such as recession-related challenges) have come up, and as a result I’m hanging between payments without any income. It’s at a place where what is trickling in isn’t even covering the bills, let alone funding this project.

And this brings us back to the start of this post: We’re supposed to be leaving for Omaha to start shooting in a week. Initially I considered just rescheduling the Omaha shoot, but there were several problems with that. For starters, several people have taken time off work for this project, some have even used up precious vacation time. Our family already made plans to have the rental house we’re using as home base vacated just for this project. Plus, Andrew is moving to Hollywood literally three days after the end of our scheduled shooting. The bottom line is that there’s no way for us to push the date any further back.

The need

We have several needs. For starters, we need to find an enclosed trailer to haul all our gear in. We also need to cover fuel costs, meals, props, costumes, and lodging during the week for the cast. With all of this, there’s really only one way that this film can happen, and that’s with the financial support from people who believe in supporting the arts and independent filmmaking. I’m really hoping that you’re one of those people.

Besides just helping this film become a reality, your donation will also make a statement. We’ve recently added a Special Thanks Page to the site. For everyone who makes a donation of at least $10, we’ll be adding your name to the site, so the world will know that you’re a supporter of indie filmmaking and the arts. This is your chance to make a statement and help make a film in the process.

So how do you donate? It’s actually really simple. below this text there’s a PayPal button. To start the process, simply click the button, and it will take you to the donation page. Enter the amount of your donation, and on the next page you can enter your name how you would like it to appear on the site. submit the donation, and you’re done. It’s that easy!

The benefits

In addition to a listing on the Special Thanks page, we also have put together several varying levels of thank you packages for our donors. These have all been laid out for you in this post. No matter how much or little you can give, you will get something, as our way of saying thanks for your support.

Thanks

We literally can’t do this without you. Thanks for supporting the indie film arts with your donation!