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Book Club: A Web Series For Bibliophiles

A pill-popping young woman and a deeply closeted gay man start a book club made up of local misfits and both fall in love with the local librarian.

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Book Club: A Web Series For Bibliophiles

Book Club: A Web Series For Bibliophiles

Book Club: A Web Series For Bibliophiles

Book Club: A Web Series For Bibliophiles

Book Club: A Web Series For Bibliophiles

A pill-popping young woman and a deeply closeted gay man start a book club made up of local misfits and both fall in love with the local librarian.

A pill-popping young woman and a deeply closeted gay man start a book club made up of local misfits and both fall in love with the local librarian.

A pill-popping young woman and a deeply closeted gay man start a book club made up of local misfits and both fall in love with the local librarian.

A pill-popping young woman and a deeply closeted gay man start a book club made up of local misfits and both fall in love with the local librarian.

Jessica Runck
Jessica Runck
Jessica Runck
Jessica Runck
1 Campaign |
Los Angeles, United States
$10,025 USD 204 backers
40% of $25,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal

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Our Story

Once upon a time, an evil casting director* told the fair maiden, Jessica Runck that actors shouldn't waste their time reading books but instead only watch TV.  Determined to prove that books AND TV can share a place in your heart, she and her trusty steed (read: best friend) Noah Longo set out across the land to find help.  Poof! In came Fairy Godmother, Katey Wheelhouse, and the trio created the web series Book Club.  Through the help of talented and generous friends, the pilot of Book Club was shot and placed online to critical acclaim. 

Sadly, we have run out of gold and are yearning for our knight in shining armor (read: LOTS of donors) to arrive so we can shoot the rest of the first season.  Please help us write the ending.
*Authors Note:  We LOVE casting directors.

The Impact

Book Club's goal is to take literature and make it accessible to everyone in a funny, engaging, and quirky way.  From a production standpoint, we strive to create quality scripted content for the internet.  We live in an age where anyone can pick up a camera phone, make a video, and call it a web series.  We want to raise the bar.

In an ideal world, we want to see Book Club yield enough revenue to keep the series going through multiple seasons.  More importantly, it is also our goal to use some of the profits gained from the series to donate to charities that promote literacy.

Whatever we earn, whether it's $100 or $100,000 it will be more than what we started with.  All earnings will go towards creating more Book Club.


What We Need & What You Get

We need at least $25,000 to help us shoot more of the first season of Book Club.  This money goes towards cameras, lights, food, location rental, insurance, cast and crew, and everything else that goes into making a quality web series.  We know that sounds like a lot for six minute episodes, but because we are proud to be a SAG New Media project we have to follow certain union guidelines that can cost more money.  We would be happy to show you the budget spreadsheet if you're interested. :)


Other Ways You Can Help

We understand that not everyone is in a place to donate money.  With that said, simply by sharing our campaign with your friends via Twitter, Facebook, text, or the good old fashioned letter-in-a-bottle, brings us one step closer to reaching our goal. 

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Chapter One

$10 USD
Our eternal gratitude and a personal thank you on our Facebook fan page!
46 claimed

Chapter 2

$25 USD
Our eternal gratitude, a personal thank you on Facebook, and we will send you a list of "Book Club's" top ten must-read books!
58 claimed

Chapter 3

$50 USD
Our eternal gratitude, a personal thank you on Facebook, a list of "Book Club's" top ten must-read books, a thank you in the credits and a "Book Club" bookmark!
49 claimed

Chapter 4

$100 USD
Our eternal gratitude, a personal thank you on Facebook, a list of "Book Club's" top ten must-read books, a thank you in the credits, a "Book Club" bookmark, and a 'Books Have Me Hooked' t-shirt featured in the pilot!!
31 claimed

Chapter 5

$250 USD
Our eternal gratitude, a personal thank you on Facebook, a list of "Book Club's" top ten must-read books, a thank you in the credits, a "Book Club" bookmark, a 'Books Have Me Hooked' t-shirt featured in the pilot, and an autographed headshot of the cast member of your choice!!
5 claimed

Chapter 6

$500 USD
Everything above AND a personalized thank you video from the "Book Club" creators. With every person who donates this amount or more their name will be placed in a lottery for a walk-on role in Season One!!!! (Travel and Accommodations not included.)
1 claimed

Chapter 7

$1,000 USD
Everything above AND your name will be worked into an episode of Season One!!
0 claimed

Epilogue

$5,000 USD
You tell us. No. Seriously. (Within reason, of course.) :)
0 claimed
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