About the Story
Lobby Washington, a U.S. Army Veteran, returns home from serving in OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM. He struggles with guilt from following the order to kill an Iraqi child. Returning to his home, in Brooklyn, New York, everything and everyone is a constant reminder of his deployment in Iraq. With the help of a homeless veteran, a Muslim cab driver, a random civilian female and his younger brother, Lobby learns to accept what he cannot change, to change what he can and gains the wisdom to know the difference.
Writer/Director: Nuria N. Dixon
Executive Producer: Bob Giraldi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viMxXpfjUvw
Producer: Pamela Moriarty
Director Of Photography: Steven Latta
Cinematography Reel 2013: https://vimeo.com/60930231
What We Need & What You Get
What your contributions will do:
Renting & Licensing Locations: The story requires certain locations & renting, such as a bar, yellow cab, living room and tattoo parlor. Exterior scenes include Grand Central Station and an NYC park, which each requires us to purchase a permit in order to shoot there.
Cast & Crew: We are building a qualified production crew to produce a professional, therapeutic and an effectively successful thesis film. In order to do so the cast and crew must be compensated with salary, meals and transportation. We all will be working twelve hour shifts for three consecutive days.
CAST MEMBERS:
1. Khaled Ouaaz Playing the lead role "Lobby Wahington"
Check out Khaled's 2012 Actors Reel http://youtu.be/5125Pl70H4k
2. Nanda Abella Playing the role "Fancy"
CHECK OUT NANDA'S 2013 ACTOR REEL: http://vimeo.com/60119622
3. Tamara Daley Playing the role "Graciela," Lobby's mother.
4. Julian Michael Davis playing the role "Genesis," Lobby's 6 year old brother
Check out Julian's on At&T 4G Network Commercial: <iframe width="500" height="323" src="http://www.ispot.tv/share/7dUK" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen></iframe>
5. Wanda Colon Playing the role "Josefina"
CHECK OUT WANDA IN "UNRESOLVED" & "LAST INTERVENTION."
http://vimeo.com/57079663
http://youtu.be/i-G0BvvagrU
6. Miguel Belmonte Playing the role "Pablo"
7. Albania Matos Playnig the Role "Chi-Chi"
8. Ethan Dixon (3) Playing the role "Ethan"
9. Zadie Walker Playing the role "Alfredo"
10. David Fletcher Playing the role "Homeless Veteran."
CHECK OUT ZADIE'S 2012 ACTORS REEL: http://vimeo.com/42748692
Vendors: We also need to buy props, art material, and rent production equipment/gear.
Post-Production: Additionally, we must hire an editor and sound composer.
Marketing: We believe that this movie is destined to reach many people and thus, may serve a therapeutic purpose in the lives of many. The goal of "Re-Deploy" is to raise awareness for our troops returning home from war coping with PTSD. For this reason we need to hire a graphic designer to design our posters and marketing kit.
With all the afforementioned being stated, we have arranged some nice perks as a thank you for your contributions:
$25 - $50
- "Your Name" added to the 'Special Thanks' credits at the end of the film.
- One copy of the film.
$50.00- $100.00
- "Your Name" added to the 'Special Thanks' credits at the end of the film.
- Two copies of the film.
- An invitation for two to the production wrap party, to be held at a trendy venue in New York City.
$100.00 - $500.00
- "Your Name" added to the 'Special Thanks' credits at the end of the film.
- Two copies of the film.
- An invitation for two to the production wrap party, to be held at a trendy venue in New York City.
- Two tickets to the SVA "Live Action Short Film Festival," to be held at the Director's Guild of America.
$500.00 - $1,000.00
- "Your Name" added to the 'Special Thanks' credits at the end of the film.
- Two copies of the film, autographed by the film's director and SVA's greatly accomplished, Bob Giraldi, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viMxXpfjUvw.
- An invitation for two to the production wrap party, to be held at a trendy venue in New York City.
- Two tickets to the School Of Visual Arts "Live Action Short Film Festival," to be held at the Director's Guild of America.
$1,000.00 & UP
- Two copies of the film, autographed by the film's director, cast, crew and by SVA's greatly accomplished, Bob Giraldi, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viMxXpfjUvw.
- An invitation for two to the production wrap party, to be held at a trendy venue in New York City.
- Two tickets to the School Of Visual Arts "Live Action Short Film Festival," to be held at the Director's Guild of America.
- 'Executive Producer.' credit.
Updates
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The Impact
"Re-Deploy" is a script written with the therapeutic message of accepting what we cannot change. It is not only for military soldiers, but also for all of us who have dealt with trauma and who have reached a critical turning point in our lives. Hopefully this film will help to develop optimistic expectancies and facilitate with gaining wisdom for a brighter tomorrow.
Please contribute whatever you can to this campaign. We humbly seek your help and your support to provide decent compensation, as well as meals, for our cast and for our crew. We also need to purchase/rent props, equipment and locations.
Your kind contribution to this project can help produce a film with a subject, that is so poignant and relevant to our society at this moment, that it must be seen and thus, it must be made.
Help us reach out to our heroes who return home feeling dejected, used and disregarded. Assist us with letting them know that they are not alone, nor are they unheard or unappreciated. Please facilitate us with providing a therapeutic voice for our brothers and sisters who are on the brink of self-destruction.
Other Ways You Can Help
If you cannot contribute financially, then please help us to spread the word. Assist us in inspiring people by sharing our campaign. Please share this with your friends, your family, your school/work colleagues, etc.
Thanking You In Advance,
Re-Deploy Production Team
