TODAY IS THE LAST DAY!!!! PLEASE DONATE NOW!!
ANY AMOUNT WILL HELP!!!!! MANY THANKS FROM THE CAST AND CREW OF "JUST GRATE"!
We completed an award winning film for the 48-Hour Film Project in Nashville, TN. "Just Grate" is a coming-of-age story about a young girl’s brush with first love.
Be a part of something “grate” by helping us raise money to allow us to submit this film to festivals.
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About this Project
7 Mile Bridge Productions, in connection with Underpaid Productions, brought together a talented group of actors, crew, and writers contributing their time to the Nashville 48-Hour Film Project. The contest is a challenge due to the limited time allowed to produce a film. We started on a Friday night at 7pm by pulling a genre out of a hat. All the teams are given a prop, character name and occupation, and a line of dialogue that must be included in the finished film. From that moment, teams have to write an original script between 4 and 7 minutes long, film it, edit it, score it, and submit it all in, you guessed it, 48 hours! All films must be turned in by 7:30pm that Sunday evening to be considered on time.
" This sounds insane! " you may say. Well, we are the creative types and crave that kind of thing.........
It is common for teams to run into problems along the way. Some will even be unable to make the deadline. We encountered several unexpected issues of our own including an internet outage at our editor’s studio to “acts of God”, that made for some interesting changes to our initial plan. Thanks to some creative thinking on the part of our editor and the Nascar driving skills of our DP we managed to get the finished film in with 15 minutes to spare.
Film making is truly a team sport and for a successful 48 hour project it is the Key element! Keeping your cool and performing under pressure with little or no sleep is just another part of the challenge. Our team brought their heart and soul to this project. All have donated their time and amazing talents before, during, and after the crazy weekend with no financial reward. Just some snacks and some good old home cooking. It is due to their hard work and dedication that we firmly believe we have produced something wonderful!
Just Grate won six awards at the Nashville screening, including Best Screenplay, Best Child Actress, and 1st Runner Up for Best Film. Now , with some additional polishing and creative editing, we are ready to share Just Grate with the public.
What We Need & What You Get
What we need:
Film Festival submission fees really start to add up! 30 dollars here 80 dollars there. Before you know it you are up to hundreds of dollars. We are looking for assistance in raising funding to cover the submisions and the travel costs to attend the festivals. The more we are able to raise the more festivals we will be able to submit to and the more likely we will be able to afford to travel to our screenings to represent the film.
We also have some fun ideas on how to get the word out to the festival goers and need additional funds to create these unique marketing tools.
The Perks for helping us:
We have some pretty cool perks to let you know how much we appreciate your donations!!!! Be sure to check them out!
Other Ways You Can Help
Thanks for taking the time to read about us. If you are not able to contribute financially we certainly understand! If you could please spread the word about the campaign and share the link to this page that would be a great help! Also, please be sure to "Like" us on Facebook. We will be posting new photos and letting you know how things are going.
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Thanks again!
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