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What is Create Reel Change?
Create Reel Change in your life, in the lives of others and in the world around us.
We are an organization in the endeavor to offer creativity as a complimentary therapy in recovery and all areas of Mental Health.
- I'm Brian Higgins and I'm a creative solutions and troubleshooting guy.
Like many people I have had my ups and downs, trials and
tribulations and been round the block and few times. For a long time I let my
mental health issues get the better of me. Of course when things started going wrong
I sought out help in all the traditional ways but unfortunatelty i
couldn't find a solution that resonated with me. So I came to the conclusion that living
with these conditions was my lot in life.
I basically gave up on my own wellness and continued doing
what I was doing which was going nowhere fast. While on that road I began
making short narrative films and entering festivals. To my surprise after some time had
passed I began to realize that the films I had been making were actually interwoven with my
own experience and that I was no longer experiencing such volatile symptoms of my
conflict based PSTD.
I thought to myself "I can't be the only one that this
kind of creativity can be beneficial for" Myself along with industry professionals from the worlds of film, creativity and healthcare are waiting to offer hands on group and individual mentoring at every step of the way in order to encapsulate and produce peoples stories in the goal of visualizing a turning point.
- I've been working on Create Reel Change for a few years now, developing the concepts to succeed and build a network around me to support the project. No matter what I have done in my life whether it is interior architecture, design, community outreach or even comedy, the core value that I have learnt is striving to help people and make things better.
- With your help we will be able to realize this opportunity to Create Reel Change and will be able to lease a physical space
that can be dedicated to our wellness possibilities. We will also cover the
costs of setting up and establishing the 501(c)(3) non profit organisation. Equipment
will also be purchased in order to expand our services.
Create Reel Change is based on the emotion of a particular
situation and creating a short film that emotional state rather than continuing to
live in the memory. We work with people in need on a
voluntary basis and cover every aspect of mental health and every aspect of
creativity including thinking, writing, drawing and filming. A cooking section is also planned where we utilize ingredients as emotions.
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We Need To Get An Official Space To Bring Our Wellness Programs To Those In Need. We Need Showcase Venues To Bring Awareness To The Public. We Need Your Help.
Although our services are free and voluntary, there are still costs associated with this endeavor. With the funding, our plan is to
- be able to lease a physical space that can be
dedicated to our wellness possibilities. We have The Hub in Salt Lake City as a possible venue at a cost of $4740. Marketing and other running costs $2500
cover the costs of setting up and establishing the 501(c)(3) non profit corporation. $750 approx. including lawyer fees.
purchase necessary equipment in order to expand our services. Such as AV cameras and other technology. $9000
theater rental costs to showcase content. $3000
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Once established we will purchase a used food truck to refurbish. The truck will not only serve healthy created food but also serve as a means to display all the work around while people enjoy their lunch. A means of employment for participants and a form of revenue. $30000
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If we don't reach our target?
- Create Reel Change will still put one foot in front of the other and continue to strive to promote creativity as a means of recovery. Whatever is raised will be plugged straight into making this a success. The goal is the same but the journey may be a bit longer.
The Impact
How will your contribution help?
- Create Reel Change is not just aimed at the local market. The possibilities are endless and the amount of people that will be attracted to this are many.
- As Create Reel Change expands there will be a genuine positive impact to communities. Why me? Can I do it?
- I have been successful in many other direct interaction industries over the past 10 years. People across Europe and America lives have been enhanced due directly to my creative workplace and collaborative concepts. I have created some of the most successful community outreach creative festivals in Salt Lake City with an amazing success rate. With all these qualities and experience including a profile in excellence in conflict resolution and desire to help everyone make things better, I am positioned to CREATE REEL CHANGE with your help.
Other Ways You Can Help
There are many possibilities to help other than donating.
- Please share this campaign as much as you can to as many people as you can.
- There are easy share tools right here that IndieGoGo provides.
- You can volunteer to help. You don't have to have a talent or be creative. Just a desire to help.
Please contact me at createreelchange@gmail.com with any questions you may have. I'd like to thank you right here and right now for whatever you can do. Cheers.
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Your vision is so clear, yet fluidly flexible. You will change the lives of many for the better. Our society (including myself) didn't know our hearts and souls so desperately need this. The inner wars that are silently utteredin our minds, shared over lost nights to friends, and danced over like a pretty crisis in society. Thank you for sharing your struggles with us, and helping us grow from ours. Crisis is sometimes a life, a day, or if your lucky - just a moment. But wherever we are in that spectrum, I know you are here to help us all see it for what it is, and isn't.
I think it is awesome.
It's a reassuring feeling to be able to recommend an organization whose main roots are solid towards a cause.
been watching with great interest,
I'm interested in your development stage as well as the production aspect of your endeavor.
I am so glad you are doing that. Good job.
I dug your heartfelt video.
Your program does mean a lot to me personally as I have suffered from mental illness for a good portion of my life, and have overcome so much through creativity in music, film, theatre, etc. You, whether you realize it, have personally helped me a lot as well, and I thank you for that!
Wow very cool!
This is fantastic!
Oh boy did you come to the right place my friend.... I love your story and ideas
your concept sounds great.
This sounds like a very worthwhile endeavor! I'm glad you are doing it!
this great cause.
I commend you on your efforts to get this project going and for your dedication to helping to understand mental health issues. With one of my immediate family members being deeply affected by depression, I've seen the affects first hand and I definitely support anyone working to make a change.
That's really awesome.
Good work! Thanks for making the world a better place!
Wow,man, thats awesome what you are trying to do here. Its fantastic what you are trying to achieve here.
Awesome!
You da man, Brian
I think this is a brilliant and wonderful idea.
Certainly a worthy cause and sounds like a great idea. Especially considering the number of artists and creative people who are plagued by mental health issues which can destroy their lives, potential and output. The industry history is full of addicts (a lot of addicts are self-medicating for a mental illness) and suicides. Great project
It's amazing what you are doing with your non profit organization for mental health it's so important to have that resource out there for people especially adults that maybe struggling with this and taking a different approach to it is awesome.
AWESOME!
It sounds very worthy.
What a brilliant project
I really love what you are doing
Sounds like a really noble effort.
Looks like a wonderful effort and a totally worthy cause.
Sounds like an awesome cause.
really great thing yer doing here,
I am very interested.
seems like a really good idea. Mental health seems to be something that gets forgotten about very easily.
Mental health is an important issue to me. It's awesome that you are doing something.
I am all for new and more realistic programs!
Think its awesome what you are wanting to do with it
a terribly worthy endeavor.
This really hits home for me.
That is amazing.
