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Our Investors:
Getting Schooled already have a great group of investors and teammates that believe deeply in this movie and have dug way down in their pockets to get us most of the way there. The production needs you to help us by becoming an indiegogo backer to push us to the next level.
A Killer Team:
Getting Schooled has an awesome core team whose members have proved that they can produce quality entertainment on an indie budget. Each member of the team is a great filmmaker in their own right.
Chuck is an award winning director and screenwriter who recently completed his feature film directorial debut with “The Haunted Trailer” starring pop culture icon Ron Jeremy.
Chuck recently co-wrote and produced Conjoined (2013). He was also a Producer and Assistant Director on Odyssee Pictures feature film Jacob (2011/I).
Chuck has also worked on many Houston based feature films Bright Ideas (2014), Doll Factory (2012), The Toy Box (2014), Lars the Emo Kid (2011), Suicide Notes (2011), Playing House(2010).
He has directed 9 short films in the past 2 years and has several scripts in various levels of development.
Nick Nicholson has been involved in film production for many years. He is executive producer on Odyssee Pictures feature films Jacob (2011/I), The Haunted Trailer (2012) and Patriot Act (2013). Nick has also worked on feature films Project Aether (2011) as associate producer, and Michael Beihn’s 2nd feature Treachery (2013) as co-producer.
Nick is also the Film and Entertainment Critic for News 92 FM, CNN Radio, among many others. His reviews can be seen and heard in numerous other print/media outlets across the country and segments have been quoted on the Jay Leno and David Letterman television shows.
Clint Eastwood recently dubbed Nick as "the nicest film critic you never want to meet." Nick is the co-founder of the Houston Film Critics Society and served as the president of that organization for six years. Nick is also a member of the National Broadcast Film Critics Association.
Courtney
recently produced and was head Production Design on comedy "The Haunted
Trailer" (2012), starring Ron Jeremy.
She has directed three short
films, two of which she has written: "Caroline's Masterpiece",
"Occupational Hazard" (featured at SplatterFest 2012), and "Restorative
Justice" (for Loesch Productions).
This year, Courtney has set-dressed three local feature films, with two
more to come. She also was Production Manager on a short horror film "I
am Monster" - shot in Feb. 2013 at the legendary Linda Vista Hospital in
Los Angeles. In Winter 2012-13, Courtney co-produced and did production
design on teen-driven supernatural webseries "More Than Human" for
fanboyfilmmaker.com. She worked as head of the Art Department for
comedy/horror "Doll Factory" during 2012. Courtney's first
widely-distributed film credits lie in "Jacob" (2011), starring Michael
Beihn, where she filled the role of 2nd Assistant Director.
Currently,
Courtney is half-way through filming a documentary about her real-life
World Championship Armwrestling mother, and developing her "Kids vs.
Zombies" script, prepping for shooting early 2014.
Cinematographer/Editor/Visual FX/Co-producer: John Hale
John Hale has established a reputation in the Texas entertainment market as an innovative director, director of photography, and editor. He began his career as an editor, working for national productions and major production companies such as the three time Emmy award winning court show "Cristina's Court", KTLA, and Hewlett Packard.
Using his incredible story telling skills, he began directing and shooting music videos, short films, local commercials and television. He worked for Life Time Channel as a segment director on their show "Hot Mommy Chef".
John Hale started his production company "Bleedthrough Productions". John had his film directing debut in 2009 when he directed and was director of photography on his first feature film “Hyphen”. He has just completed his second feature film “Can't Cry”, in which he also directed and was director of photography. He is currently working to complete his third feature “Zombie Temp Agency”.
John Hale shoots on A RED Scarlet camera with a Nikon lens package. In the last year he has been the director of photography on three recent independent features , “Copy Cat” “Bright Ideas” and "The Pick-Axe Murders Part III: The Final Chapter".
Assistant Director/Co-producer:
Debra Gutjhar
Debra Gutjahr has 10 years in the film and television industry with experience in all facets of production. She has produced several episodes for the Emmy award winning court television show "Cristina's Court". In 2009 she worked as a field producer for the Dr. Oz show and works closely with large production companies out of Houston and L.A. in developing new television concepts.
She has completed two independent feature films, “Hyphen” and “Can't Cry”. She currently is the Supervising Producer for Bleedthrough Productions, with music videos airing on Fuel TV, Much Vibe TV (Canada), and BET. She is highly motivated, focused and great at building client relations. Not afraid to take on new/difficult challenges with a level of versatility within the industry which makes her an asset to any project.
Kristi and Gilbert what can we say?
Best Horror and Blood FX in Texas! It's gonna get messy. Kristi and Gilbert have had their talented and bloody hands in everything including:
2014 Patriot Act, 2014 The Good Friend, 2014 The Toy Box, 2014 The Pick-Axe Murders Part III: The Final Chapter, 2014 Sorrow, 2013 The Legend of DarkHorse County, 2013 In a Madman's World, 2013 In the Last Hours, 2013 Conjoined, 2013 In Fear Of,
2012/I Imago, 2012 Harvester of Terror 2: Redneck's Revenge, 2012 Occupational Hazard, 2012 Backroad, 2012 The Last Mark, 2011/II Persistence of Vision, 2011/II Princess, 2011 Cold War, 2011/I Jacob, 2010 Don't Look in the Attic, 2010 Psychic Experiment, 2010 Possum Walk, 2009 Sweatshop, 2009/I Sway, 2008 Brushing Death, 2008 The Cutting Room.
Associate and Consulting Producer:
Joe Grisaffi
Joe Grisaffi one of Houston’s best known actors and filmmakers has come on board to bring his expertise to the team.
EVERY DIME OF THE MONEY
Raised will go straight into the production of "Getting Schooled" for things such as set building materials, craft services for cast and crew, equipment rentals and travel expenses for cast and crew.
A WORD FROM FROM THE DIRECTOR:
I have as a director a very distinct vision for my next feature film “Getting Schooled”.
Overall feel:
I see “Getting Schooled” as an homage to both the 80s Horror/Slasher film genre, (Friday the 13th, Halloween, My Bloody Valentine, Night of the Comet) high in gore and tension, and the coming of age films of the 1980s (The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, Fast Times at Ridgemont High) with their internal and external struggles of teens. With that foundation in place I want to inject modern horror and comic elements/sensibilities to give Getting Schooled” a fresh and hip feel.
Design:
I want to use a very vibrant color pallet to create the environment and wardrobe for “Getting Schooled”. I feel the bright colors of the 80s (neon pinks, oranges and greens) will be a great background to splash with death, guts and destruction. Set design will bring the 1980s to life. Colorful, cool and quirky. Sometimes used to great ironic and comic effect.
Visual aesthetic:
I think it is very important to have a very high quality HD image, that is why we are using the RED Scarlet Camera to shoot “Getting Schooled”. We will pull the post color palette from horror films from the 80s with all their grit, grain and great colors.
Cameras will flow and scenes will cut smoothly during times of the main group’s interaction but will be shot and cut in a fast and sometimes chaotic/shocking manner during fight or murder scenes.
Director, Chuck Norfolk
