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Synopsis
A
day in the 2014 social media pressed life. We follow the eyes of a young woman
who discovers her boyfriend to be experimenting within transsexuality.
What We Need & What You Get
Making a high quality short film for an international audience to be shown in film festivals is expensive. The money will be invested in locations, feeding our cast and crew, amongst all the other puzzle pieces a film requires. We want this film to look as raw and realistic as possible. We don't want to cut corners, but deliver a project that is honest to our vision.
Out of the Directors Vision:
Location Ideas
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Our Leads:
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Christine Levine
A sweet, approachable young woman who believe blazers, a smile, high ambition and men’s watches can take her anywhere. She currently works as an assistant at a radio station aiming for a higher position; host would be the dream…
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Tim
Buyers
A small town boy
who took the step of moving to the
big city. He left his family early at
the age of 15 and decided to do high school
in New Jersey, cheaper but closer to New York
for more possibilities in his future. He lived
alone during his coming of age era until he met
Christine. He behaves more like a brother around her
then boyfriend. She kept him on track with high school and further on into his
first and current job.
She is his rock.
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Steven
Berry
24 years old,
cocky man who always makes fun of everybody but with a good heart. Has known
Tim ever since Tim was
new to the city, his first close friend. Steve
works currently at a car wash, but is still jumping
around for whatever gives him money for his car and
beer on weekends. He also plays drums in a band,
only because of his Idol Lemmy Kilmister
(Motörhead).
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Nathan
Brickston
22-year-old
working at a comic book store. He is a timid, mellow
guy who likes to agree rather than cause a ruckus. A
computer and gaming nerd. He grew up on the
same street as Steve and always looked up to him
being the only kid growing up with his single
mother. Steve always makes it seem like he looks down
on him, but that’s their internal joke. Nathan
brought Chris to the group back in high school..
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Jenna
Carney
A 25 year old,
very friendly bartender who loves as much as she hates her
job. She’s the type of woman who is more comfortable around guys rather than
girls. You would think she’s a total butch, but she moves herself totally as a
woman. Jen and Chris call each other
whenever in doubt or just for boredom.
The Impact
Everyone on this team and cast feels strongly on message this short will bring. Your contribution will help us a great deal on this journey. We can't do this alone and we need your support to spread the word. These small, human stories are all too often overlooked by the industry and unavailable to mainstream audiences. We believe in art and the importance of making movies that reflect our humanity, in all its flawed and beautiful contradictions, the grey in life and messiness of humankind.
Risks & Challenges
Even though it's a short production, it won't be easy. Fortunately, we have a lot of passion to make this a smooth, and successful shoot – with your help!
Even if you unable to contribute, please help us by spreading the word. Share this campaign with all of your friends. Post this campaign to your Facebook page and other social media outlets. Tweet about "Day One" to help us get the word out and make some noise!
Thank you so much for reading and contributing to our campaign! We look forward to sharing the finished film with you.
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After two music videos shoots and one 5-minute short film, this will be my first attempt in making a short film . I have always been fascinated by unusual ways of approach and expression within film, I don’t feel the need of going “by the book” when it comes to the rules of filmmaking. As long as there is a clear message, interesting motion and story flow, why wouldn’t we break the 180-degree rule? I am opposed to the norm and want to create something different.
I am also very concerned about how far social media in negative terms has pushed our society and put huge pressure on my generation as I was born in the early 90’s. You don’t need to have an actual human interaction physically anymore. We have phones, tablets, computers in which we are connected 24/7 through Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Snapchat just to give a few examples . Our identities are judged through a screen and we are slowly but gradually moving towards a forced exposure of ourselves. At least I feel whenever I question it, the majority disagrees more than agrees to the fact that we are turning into something more shallow and insecure than ever before.
This needs to be noticed somehow in my opinion, and I want to explore one of the many paths that one can fall into when in doubt and confusion but in desperate need of attention in life.
Producer
Jacob Zetino
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Jacob Zetino is a Veteran who served in the US Army for 10 years. After his service he then began tackling all his dreams and goals. He immediately embarked on adventures such as becoming a Commercial Diver(Deep Sea Diver), then attended a conservatory program for acting in New York City, and is currently in Los Angeles where he is finishing out his degree in filmmaking with concentrations in producing and Directing. He has help host the ESPN SportsCenter Top 10, commercial and played small part in small sketch comedy with Kathleen Kinmont and Caleb Thomas.
" I have learned some of my best lessons and life's riddles out in the world. As a child and Soldier I have traveled to many places in the world. Besides Army subculture I also grew up in a very diverse demographics in California, Maryland, and New York, and have been exposed to many subcultures within those communities. Many who have not been able to experience first hand will usually reject other communities. This is what I feel continually happens in our society rather then except we will persecute that individual on his or hers belief on religious views, political views, and groups/communities for example LGBT community. That is why I personally feel the need for stories and films such as these to expose what we as humans have to offer but more importantly educate those who have not been or traveled outside their bubble. I hope there are many of you out there who feel the same and will show your support in more films such as this."
