Why sponsor D.R.E.A.M.?
Thank you for considering supporting the D.R.E.A.M. team! D.R.E.A.M. is an audio drama podcast series about a group of young adults living together while participating in a study testing the effects of virtual reality on the human body and mind. The first season is already drafted and production is underway, but we need the help of generous donors like you with funding so we can bring the episodes to you!
We are also semifinalists and have reached the top 10 (top 2%!) in the Austin Film Festival's Fiction Podcast competition, which is an awesome accomplishment we're proud of and will hopefully help us reach a wider audience when production starts!
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What Do We Need?
We are asking for $1,000 in funding to cover our expenses such as:
- Operating our website and social media accounts
- Music, art, and sound production
- Some of the sound equipment expenses
$1,000 will be enough to help us begin production on season 1, after which we hope to increase our audience and be self-sustaining.
The Story
The D.R.E.A.M. project (Disconnected Reality Exploration and Monitoring) is an experiment designed to test the human body’s ability to withstand prolonged exposure to virtual reality environments. It is run by a company called Visillico, which currently offers augmented reality workforce training programs. They have also released augmented reality games with some success. They have recently registered an exclusive patent on a new virtual reality technology and plan to develop fully virtual training programs to replace the augmented reality ones they currently offer, but are looking into the possibility of producing virtual reality simulations and games that would last longer than the usual thirty-minute simulations used in workforce training.
D.R.E.A.M. researchers and representatives from their sponsors, including Whitmore Laboratories, a large pharmaceutical conglomerate, have selected four participants chosen for their eccentricities to participate in a six-month study measuring their mental and physical wellbeing after prolonged (upwards of two hours) exposure to virtual environments. The story follows those four participants and the researcher assigned to conduct interviews with them after each “dream,” or trip into the virtual realm programmed by Visillico. At first, the trips are short and relatively pleasant, but as time goes on, the dreams become more like nightmares. When sounds and images from dreams begin to leak into the real world, the subjects find themselves unable to escape their contracts and forced to continue as the line between reality and virtual reality becomes nothing but a dream itself.
Risks & Challenges
Because the first season's scripts are drafted and recording is currently underway, the risks are minimal at this time.
If we do not meet our funding goals, our actors may not be able to purchase the necessary sound equipment to make the podcast a success. This could delay production considerably. In addition, there are always risks involved in the production of any audio drama, but we have taken measures to ensure we will complete the project within 3 seasons.
Don't have money? You can still help!
It's okay if you can't contribute right now! You can help us by getting the word out. Tell your friends and family! Follow us on social media! And if you have money later and like our series, you can always become a patron of ours on Patreon. Our Hashtag is #LifesaDREAM.
You can also join our non-production Discord server here: https://discord.gg/eUpyteD The production team is not involved in this server, but you can chat with other listeners!
