Thank you to all of our wowee zowee contributors.  We have now reached our target!!!  For those who would still like to contribute, every pound over £2250 will pay for post production: an editor and sound mixer to make sure we get the episodes to our audience in a timely fashion!

Hope you enjoyed our teaser and that it gave you a taste of what we want to achieve!

We are three filmmakers endeavoring to create A Quick Fortune: an original web series, the likes of which has yet to grace your TV or computer screen.  A Quick Fortune is a 1940s black & white screwball comedy about an heiress and a pauper scheming to win back her fortune through a series of madcap adventures in six bite-size webisodes.  Following in the footsteps of classic screwball, A Quick Fortune will be overflowing with zany adventures, outrageous storylines, breakneck dialogue, dizzy dames, hapless heroes and flamboyant physical comedy: the very same elements you would come to expect from the genre that helped launched some of the greatest comedic moments of the golden age of cinema. We want to revive this dazzling, hilarious genre for the enjoyment of modern audiences worldwide!

Without your help we simply aren’t able to make A Quick Fortune.  By making clever script choices, donating our time and calling in some favours, we’re able to shoot AQF on a modest budget while maintaining the utmost integrity and highest quality.  The £2250 we raise (that’s $3600) will make six webisodes: covering the cost of equipment, locations, food, a skilled stunt coordinator for those screwball era pratfalls and appropriate costumes & props to give it that crucial 1940’s American feel!  Only then will we be able to launch the series!

With the popularity we are confident AQF can achieve, we will use it as a platform to approach networks and producers to commission A Quick Fortune for TV, for the silver screen or a bigger online series.  Not only will you help pioneer this ground-breaking series but you will also be an integral part of helping us reach the widest possible audience.  In return we’d like to offer you some tantalizing perks, which you can read about on the right!

Of course, if you’re not in a position to contribute money, spreading the word about our campaign is just as important!  Whether by twitter, facebook, email or carrier pigeon, sharing our indiegogo page will only take a few minutes of your time.  And in exchange for bringing contributors on board we would be delighted to offer you a perk equivalent to the size of their donation.  With the click of a button, you can easily share the campaign on your favourite social networking sites. 

FRANCESCA BROADFOOT (director, producer) spent several years working in Vancouver on major productions including Bionic Woman, Day The Earth Stood Still and Watchmen before returning to the UK to study at MET Film School, based out of the prestigious Ealing Studios. Since then she has worked in theatre, short film, music videos and commercials as a director and is now making her move to feature films with production company Symbiosis Films. www.symbiosis-films.com

ERIN HUNTER (co-writer, co-star) is an actor-writer.  Erin trained at UCLA’s School of Theatre Film & TV and LAMDA.  She has performed in acclaimed sketch comedy show Newsrevue and featured in mockumentary The Potential Wives of Prince Harry. She has performed at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, the Soho, Bush and Arcola Theatres. www.erinhunter.co.uk

JAMES GAVIGAN (co-writer, co-star) is a graduate of IADT Dublin, Irelands national film school, James has been involved in the film industry for the last 10 years and acting since he was 5. He has appeared in numerous works ranging from big pictures to short films. Most recently his work has featured in Virgin Media shorts, Fort Myers Film Festival Florida. His ad “Smirk” for Becks Vier ran in a national TV and cinema campaign. jamesgaviganonline.blogspot.com