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a lot more HIGHER POWERS

a lot more HIGHER POWERS

a lot more HIGHER POWERS

a lot more HIGHER POWERS

a lot more HIGHER POWERS

Even Higher! The Highest Powers!

Even Higher! The Highest Powers!

Even Higher! The Highest Powers!

Even Higher! The Highest Powers!

Shane Vader
Shane Vader
Shane Vader
Shane Vader
2 Campaigns |
Minneapolis, United States
$3,966 USD 69 backers
79% of $5,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal
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Overview
HIGHER POWERS is a satirical thriller I've written to direct. Since our first campaign, we've assembled a cast & crew to produce a teaser from the film's opening moments. This second campaign's success will allow us to expand our ambitions, producing a short film that will be eligible for submission to film festivals, a venue that will help us connect with investors for the feature film.

UPDATE: Check out what we shot this weekend in our video gallery above!


Hello! I’m making a movie. It’s a satirical science-fiction thriller called HIGHER POWERS about a small-town police department invaded by a dangerous & power-hungry supernatural force...

We raised some money this summer to shoot a teaser for the film, based on the script’s first couple scenes. It got off to a bang when amazing person Guillermo del Toro retweeted us & contributed $618 to bring us to our goal of $666. In the end, thanks to 75 more amazing people, we more than tripled our goal.

The project suddenly felt a lot bigger! I had gone into this planning to shoot it bare-bones, on my own, with my own camera. But the campaign’s success connected me with dozens of potential creative collaborators, and I even gave a very sleep-deprived interview to Forbes, where I talked about the origins of and my ambitions for the movie. Pressure mounted to make this all it could be!!

Since then, I've brought on board producer Casey Bargsten, cinematographer Anton Shavlik, and a talented cast of actors. With Casey's help & Anton on board as cinematographer, this thing is going to look 1000X better than I even imagined!

We've invested in props & special effects equipment that we'll keep using through the production of the movie. We've even found an incredibly talented composer from Los Angeles, who has already begun work on music for the film - a sampling of which you can hear in our pitch video above.
 

Still, friends encouraged me to aim higher. One proposed we make a short, rather than a teaser - something to give people more than a taste of this project... serve up a whole damn course! I thought about it for a while, and realized a version of the first ten pages of the script could work perfectly as a short film.

Rather than try and find a home for a piece of marketing to a movie that doesn’t yet exist... We’ll tell a story that can stand on its own, a microcosm of the feature script. Because there’s a place for shorts -- they play at film festivals. And film festivals are a great place to meet investors! And those folks will get this movie made.

But to get there, we'll need more than we have. We'll be casting four more major roles, and finding three new shooting locations. We're asking for three times the budget we have now, for around five times the work. But the budget and our hard work should get us ten times the result! 
 

OUR GOAL - $5000

breaks down roughly as...

$1000 to rent gear 
$2000 to pay folks
$2000 to feed / fly / house folks

That's right... we may just be importing some talent from Hollywood, baby!!
 

I hope we can make our goal -- I’ll surely end up spending more of my own money on this project either way. But even if this campaign falls flat on its face, whatever we get will help us move forward. I’ll figure out a way to make the short, by hook or by crook.

 We start shooting December 10th. I’ve assembled a super-talented cast & crew and I’m so excited to see this thing come to life! Thank you to everyone for your support, we wouldn't be here without you. 
 

You can read more about HIGHER POWERS at our first campaign page here.

Excited for y'all to see our work.

THANK YOU!!!

Shane

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I WILL SAY YOUR NAME OUT LOUD!

$1 USD
For only one dolllar, I will turn to my fiancée Gretchen and say "Gretchen! ______ has contributed to our campaign!" If you're lucky, she won't hear me and I will have to repeat myself, so I'll say your name twice!!! (a $2 value!!)
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READ THE SCRIPT!!!

$2 USD
$2 FOR A DOWNLOAD BABY!! 114 PAGES BABY!!! GET THE FULL STORY!!!!!
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YOUR OWN SUBLIMINAL MESSAGE!!

$6 USD
For only SIX DOLLARS you can have your name (or any two words of your choice!) SUBLIMINALLY HIDDEN IN THE SHORT!! Subliminal messaging has been proven to be the most effective form of messaging, with instant messaging in a close second. Don't miss your chance to get your name (or LEGALIZE IT or READ BOOKS or FUCK TRUMP etc) immortalized forever in *art*.
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YOUR OWN CUSTOM RINGTONE!!!

$13 USD
For only THIRTEEN DOLLARS, you get your name or message hidden in the short subliminally AND A CUSTOM RINGTONE, composed by yours truly. You can listen to some of the ringtones made for the last campaign here: https://twitter.com/shanevader/status/775575189727825921
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DELUXE PACKAGE!!!!

$23 USD
A ringtone! A subliminal message! AND MORE: -- be the first to see the completed short! -- your name in the credits! -- I will draw you a picture. -- I will write your name in sharpie on the wall of a bathroom somewhere in Minnesota. -- I will never forget you or what you've done for me.
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ULTRA DELUXE PACKAGE!!!!!

$69 USD
Everything from our Deluxe Package, but I will also tweet three tweets about how cool you are and how I'm jealous of you but gracious enough to recognize that jealousy as admiration.
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THIS IS A LOST REFERENCE!!!!

$108 USD
Remember the numbers from LOST? Remember how they added up to 108, and that was the number of minutes the hatch thing had? What a silly show. If you contribute one-hundred-and-eight dollars, I will record exclusive commentary for THREE LOST episodes of your choice. Wow! What an incredible opportunity! Wow. Wow. Plus you get the lower perks, duh.
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A NICE ROUND NUMBER!!!!!!!

$250 USD
If you contribute two-hundred-and-fifty dollars, I will give you all the preceding perks, plus I'll record a cover of any song of your choice. "Wait (The Whisper Song)" by the Ying-Yang Twins. "Theme from The Bodyguard" by Whitney Houston. Limp Bizkit's "Nookie". Any song! And you better believe I will give it my all. This is an excellent opportunity for an enemy to humiliate me.
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THE GREATEST EVIL!!!!!!!!

$666 USD
I will write you a five song album. You can pick the song titles or themes. Plus you get all the other perks. Check out my music at shanevader.bandcamp.com
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SHANE STOP TWEETING!!!!!!!

$5,000 USD
I will stop tweeting for at least one month, wow.
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