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EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE IN THE END Feature Film

A modern fable about three grifters facing a meaningless existence under the relentless sun.

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EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE IN THE END Feature Film

EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE IN THE END Feature Film

EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE IN THE END Feature Film

EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE IN THE END Feature Film

EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE IN THE END Feature Film

A modern fable about three grifters facing a meaningless existence under the relentless sun.

A modern fable about three grifters facing a meaningless existence under the relentless sun.

A modern fable about three grifters facing a meaningless existence under the relentless sun.

A modern fable about three grifters facing a meaningless existence under the relentless sun.

JOE BARTONE
JOE BARTONE
JOE BARTONE
JOE BARTONE
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Van Nuys, United States
$20,355 USD 134 backers
33% of $60,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal
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EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE IN THE END -

THE FEATURE FILM

We are indie filmmakers Joe Bartone - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2416624/

and cinematographer/director, Jose Zambrano Cassella. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0952580/

Together, we've won dozens of awards for writing, directing, producing, composing, cinematography, and a Technical Emmy (2013).  Joe is a finalist at the 2021 Bigfoot NA Screenwriting competition and took third place in horror at the 2021 Slamdance Screenwriting competition. 

Here is a link to my director's reel. 


Everything Will Be Fine In The End is like
 

Three aimless Gen Zs botch a break-in and suffer the consequences.

Struggling 20-something grifters face their bleak outlook of the future against the backdrop of a world on fire.  Rudderless, their choices erode as fast as the shoreline. After stealing a dog and a home robbery that leaves the owner dead, they are followed by her ghost who pushes them to make a life-changing decision.

Small Factory Films has video editing, audio post, and composing covered. We saved a few thousand for the production of this feature. But we still need to rent cameras, lights, locations, permits, and pay cast and crew.

THE COSTS FOR A 20 DAY SHOOT:

CAST AND CREW: $29,000

CREW:

Cinematographer, Director, 1st Assistant Camera, 1st Assistant Director, 2nd Assistant Camera, Script Supervisor, Make Up Artist, Key Grip. Swing grip and electric. Production Manager. 

Cast:

George (F) - A drifter and a grifter.

INTRODUCING ELSA KENNEDY

She's coming out from Boston to make this movie with us. Watch her self-tape audition

Elsa is also a songwriter and appeared on NPR's Tiny Desk - but here she is performing a cover...

 

Kai - A skateboarder who pals around with George bearing a secret crush for her.

 STEVEN MICHAEL MARTIN

Steven is also a top session drummer. 

Cheska - A tomboy who has long escaped responsibility and now just rolls through life.

CHESKA ZAIDE

Cheska is also a rocker!

Buzz - A delusional informant and drug dealer who sees himself as an undercover operative.

KENT HARPER

 

Mank - A man who fell through death and now sees life as an illusion.

JONATHAN MANKUTA

Julia - Struggles under crippling OCD.

HOLLY ROCKWELL

MERLIN - The urban shaman

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TOM - A retiree who has lost his wife and now his dog.

PATRICK BURNS

KAREN - The dog lady with the prized poodle

SUZAN SOLOMON

LEO - The dog everyone searches for.

LEO

 
MY PASSION FOR FILMMAKING AND WHAT I HAVE LEARNED

CAMERA, LIGHTS, AND SOUND RENTALS: $10,000

BOLEX CAMERAS (DIGITAL) and original lenses.

Recreations of the classic indie camera and lenses of both French and American new wave cinemas.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Bolex

PROPS AND LOCATIONS: $8000

Production insurance policies. A suburban home. A rundown apartment. A few bodegas. A skate park. A whole lot of plastic sheets. Fake blood. Posters. Earings. Skateboards.  

FOOD, TRANSPORT, AND COVID TESTING: $24,000

COVID tests, PPE, snacks, water, lunches. Boy, it adds up. Tables, chairs, napkins, forks, knives, spoons, coffee, bagels, cream cheese, oh my, what else have we forgotten?

CONTINGENCY: $24,000

We add a third of the budget to cover for all the things that go wrong with the shoot.

TOTAL: $98,000

THE PERKS:

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER PARTNERSHIP IN THE FILM.

Share in any revenue generated from the sale of the license of the film.  Legal expenses are not included. Formal contract based upon agreed terms. 

CO-PRODUCER

Share in any revenue generated from the sale of the license of the film.  Legal expenses are not included. Formal contract based upon agreed terms.  IMDb credit.

TOP PERK

Joe Bartone's personal, 2004 MOOG VOYAGER PERFORMER 50th Anniversary Edition 

Made under the direction of Robert Moog in North Carolina. Monophonic, Monotimbral, Oscillator3 VCOs, independent LFO, Analog Subtractive, dual lowpass or highpass/lowpass with cutoff, resonance, spacing; ADSR envelope generator, keyboard tracking, Attenuator- ADSR envelope generator, Aftertouch, Velocity expression,  896 presets, 2 modulation busses, 44-note keys with velocity

and aftertouch sensitivity. Left-hand control pitch bend and mod wheels, External control MIDI, 14 CV/Gate inputs.

TOP PERK

Joe Bartone's personal, rare Dave Smith Instruments Prophet 12 Synthesizer

The one used on Brides of Jesus soundtracks and countless film scores. This is the first new polyphonic synth I ever bought. So many songs were written on this. I will miss it, but I need to make this film. This one hurts.  This is a 12-voice DCO Analog synth from 2017, made at the Prophet factory in San Fransisco. Despite a few scratches, it is a fully functional monster synth in fantastic shape. The Dave Smith Instruments Prophet 12 is a monstrously powerful hybrid analog and digital 12-voice polyphonic synthesizer. Offering new digital waveform shapes, analog Curtis filters and distortion, a digital Character effects section, and delay and feedback effects, the Prophet 12 also features a 5-octave velocity and aftertouch-sensitive keyboard, pitch and modulation wheels, and two touch and pressure-sensitive sliders. Read all about it here: https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/dave-smith-instruments-prophet-12

TOP PERK

Joe Bartone's personal 1991 Guild Limited Edition jumbo JF30-12 Woodgrain Blue with Factory Electronics. 

Made at the Westerly, Rhode Island factory. Guitar has some ( very minor) dings and (very light) scratches, otherwise overall it is in excellent condition. Frets are still at 100%. Includes hard case and Fishman Rare Earth pickup.

Specs: Maple body design with a Rosewood fretboard and bridge. Jumbo Body style dimensions (17" wide, 21" long, and the modern 5" depth) and comes with a solid AA spruce top with solid curly Maple sides and a laminated arched Curly Maple back. The headstock is inlaid with Guild’s Chesterfield logo; the three-piece Maple neck is outfitted with a select Rosewood fretboard and Mother-of-Pearl dot position inlay. The width at the nut is 1 11/16” and the scale length is 25 5/8”. As seen in the video Inside Me for Brides of Jesus. Here is me playing it for you!

TOP Perk 

Joe's personal 2002 Monoj Kumar and Sons Indian Sitar.  This is a delightful sitar with a few bumps and scratches. 

SPECIAL PERK 

AN ORIGINAL SONG BASED ON YOUR THEME WRITTEN, PRODUCED, AND RECORDED BY JOE BARTONE. Have a song written just for your special occasion. the perfect gift to your significant other. Maybe something like https://vimeo.com/498571578

SPECIAL PERK

An original story  written and illustrated by hand for you by Joe Bartone

SPECIAL PERK

A box of 4 Holiday cards hand made by Joe Bartone

SPECIAL PERK

A speaking role in the film for you or anyone you wish.

SPECIAL PERK

Bound and printed script signed by me and the cast. 

SPECIAL PERK

Bound and printed script of Worst Night Ever. 

Winner of some of the top screenwriting festivals in the country including Finalist in the Bigfoot Screenwriting Challenge and Slamdance Screenwriting Contest. Based on a true story. On a midnight road trip to pick up a dream car, two unlikely friends collide head-on with a monstrous curse plaguing their sleeping town

ALL FUNDS WILL BE USED IN PRODUCTION, POST-PRODUCTION, PROMOTIONS, AND EXPENDED. This can include, festival appearance expenses and sales/marketing expenses. 

The Impact - what is Everything Will Be Fine In The End

The film is an existential, dark comedy character piece with a great ghost story. All told through the eyes of a sweet labradoodle caught up in the conflicts of selfish people.

SPOILER ALERT - THE WHOLE STORY WITHOUT THE COOL CONVERSATIONS:

What is Everything Will Be Fine In The End about? George (Female 20s punk) has stolen a dog. She isn't even sure why. She likes the dog and took it. She is dating? this creepy guy is more than twice her age and one night the sex gets out of hand and he pushes her too far, so she hits him. He retaliates by stealing her dog - which of course is not hers anyway. She gets a day gig cleaning Julia's (this odd OCD lady) house. When she gets there, everything is wrapped in plastic. Once the lady leaves for yoga, she burglars the place. She corrals her friends Cheska and Kai, to steal more stuff from Julia but alas, Julia comes home and finds them in the house. They struggle and Julia is dead. Wrapped in plastic. Things seem fine for a minute, but soon Julia is popping up everywhere as some plastic-covered ghost, haunting them into an existential self-reflection. Chess decides to get her friends Mank and Buzz, George's now ex-bF, to help her go back to Julia's place and hide the body. But Mank has plans to do a standup routine on Hollywood and Vine as a transgender Luce Libre, so it's just her and Buzz, who has other motives for Cheska. Well, Tom, the real dog owner, has been looking all over town for his dog, and finally finds him with Mank. But as fate would have it, he is run over by accident when Buzz speeds up the road after leaving Cheska for dead at Julia's. Throughout all this, we are guided by Merlin, an urban shaman, who quotes the great poets to whoever is listening, and the ghost of Julia gets her revenge. The Hollywood ending has Merlin returning the dog to the widow of Tom.

Our projects won over 40 awards worldwide. Here are a few.

SLAMDANCE SCREEWWRITTING COMPETITION  - 3RD PLACE

Paris Play Film Festival - Award Winner

Rome Movie Awards - Award Winner

New York International Film Awards™ - NYIFA - Finalist

Oniros Film Awards® - New York - Finalist

Bigfoot Script Challenge - Finalist

Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival - Semi-Finalist

GLENDALE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
GLENDALE CA - July 31, 2020 - GRAND PRIZE

Los Angeles Film & Script Festival
LOS ANGELES CA - April 13, 2020 - Finalist

Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival
PROVIDENCE RI - July 27, 2020 - Semi-Finalist

Indie Short Fest - January 5, 2021 - Nominee

Indie Short Fest - November 29, 2020 - Nominee

BLASTOFF - May 2, 2021 - Quarter-Finalist

European Cinematography AWARDS (ECA) - March 15, 2021 - Award Winner

IndieX Film Fest - December 13, 2020 - Award Winner

Europa Film Festival - March 22, 2021 - Award Winner

Falcon International Film Festival - January 26, 2021 - Award Winner

Culver City Film Festival® - December 3, 2020 - Award Winner

Independent Shorts Awards - December 21, 2020 - Award Winner

New York Movie Awards - December 5, 2020 - Finalist

Florence Film Awards - December 5, 2020 - Finalist

Across the Globe Film Festival - December 1, 2020 - Finalist

Hollywood Gold Awards - December 5, 2020 - Finalist

Milan Gold Awards - December 5, 2020 - Finalist

Festival del Cinema di Cefalù - January 31, 2021 - Semi-Finalist

Aphrodite Film Awards - January 2, 2021 - Semi-Finalist

London International Web & Shorts Film Festival (UK) - January 5, 2021 - Semi-Finalist

Golden Nugget International Film Festival - December 20, 2020 - Semi-Finalist

Completing the film is guaranteed. We are distributed through Cinema Libre.

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Give us 5 bucks

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$5 USD $10 USD (50% off)
Give us 5 dollars and we won't guilt you anymore.
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  • Give us 5 bucks so we go away
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Joe's CD Master Plan B

Joe's CD Master Plan B

$30 USD $40 USD (25% off)
The second jazz release by Joe Bartone was on playlists of jazz specialty radio across the country! Interwoven with New Orleans and reggae dub influences, Master Plan B draws from groups like Weather Report, Bill Frisell, and John Scofield. Their sound encompasses electric sitar, synthesizers, and effects.
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Thank you voice mail

Thank you voice mail

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A voice mail from me and a cast member thanking you for your help.
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Hatch poster  - The Derailers

Hatch poster - The Derailers

$35 USD $60 USD (41% off)
Doodled and signed by Joe Bartone and Sean O'Bryan, this is an original poster from our first short - The Derailers, starring Sean O'Bryan. Sean reprises his role in this feature. From the famous Hatch Printshop in Nashville TN
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  • Poster from The Derailers
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Video Thank you from cast

Video Thank you from cast

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Thanks for your making this film a reality. We will post a video of thanks on your social media and ours.
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  • Video Thank You from cast
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4 hand drawn Holiday Cards

4 hand drawn Holiday Cards

$100 USD $200 USD (50% off)
I will personally draw and letter 6 Christmas or note cards for you!
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  • 4 Holiday cards
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Signed Script in Binder

Signed Script in Binder

$100 USD $200 USD (50% off)
A laser-printed, bound, and signed copy of the feature script. Signed by the complete cast and writer/director.
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  • Bound signed script
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Call with Joe about film biz

Call with Joe about film biz

$100 USD $1,000 USD (90% off)
A 20-minute call with filmmaker Joe Bartone on how to get into the film industry and what a career in film can provide.
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  • Call to learn about film biz
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Binded Script Worst Night Ever

Binded Script Worst Night Ever

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Award-winning script. Bigfoot Script Challenge - Finalist Slamdance Script Competition - Quarterfinalist Paris Play Film Festiva - Winner NYIFA - Finalist Flicker RI Film Festival Based on a true story. On a midnight road trip to pick up a dream car, two unlikely friends collide head-on with a monstrous curse plaguing their sleeping town.
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  • WinningScript Worst Night Ever
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Original hand drawn story

Original hand drawn story

$750 USD $1,200 USD (37% off)
I will write and hand illustrate a 4-page illustrated short story for you using pastels and ink.
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  • Original Illustrated story
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Your own song by Joe Bartone

Your own song by Joe Bartone

$1,000 USD $2,000 USD (50% off)
AN ORIGINAL SONG BASED ON YOUR THEME WRITTEN, PRODUCED AND RECORDED BY JOE BARTONE. Sung by me or a cast member. Have a song written for your special occasion. the perfect gift to your significant other.
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  • Your own song
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Speaking role

Speaking role

$1,000 USD $5,000 USD (80% off)
A speaking role in the film. You can even choose the cast you want to be seen with. It will be on the extras roll, and possibly in the final edit as well!
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  • Speaking role in the feature!
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Executive Producer

Executive Producer

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As Executive Producer for Everything Will Be Fine In The End, you have a profit-sharing stake in the profits of the feature. IMDb listing and added in end credits. Contract required. Contact for details.
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2002 MonojKumar Indian Sitar. 

2002 MonojKumar Indian Sitar. 

$2,000 USD $4,000 USD (50% off)
My personal instrument. This is in the Karaj/Pancham (Ravi Shankar) style and features simple decoration with double tumbas, 13 inlaid taraf (sympathetic) pegs, 7 swirl design main pegs, and nuts with a brass langot (tailpiece). The Manoj Kumar Sardar sitars are built by four brothers, in the traditions of their grandfather Mrityunjay Sardar.
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1991 Guild Ltd Ed JF30-12

1991 Guild Ltd Ed JF30-12

$4,000 USD $5,000 USD (20% off)
The Brides of Jesus guitar! Jumbo JF30-12 Woodgrain Blue with Factory Electronics. Worth $2,500 and going up! Made at the Westerly, Rhode Island factory. Guitar has some ( very minor) dings and (very light) scratches, otherwise overall it is in excellent condition. Frets are still at 100%. Includes hardcase and Fishman Rare Earth pickup.
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2004 Moog Voyager Performer

2004 Moog Voyager Performer

$5,000 USD $6,000 USD (16% off)
Joe Bartone's personal, 2004 MOOG VOYAGER PERFORMER 50th Anniversary Edition was made under the direction of Robert Moog in North Carolina. Used on countless soundtracks, records, and a personal favorite.
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  • 2004 Moog Voyager
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Joe's Dave Smith Prophet 12

Joe's Dave Smith Prophet 12

$5,000 USD $7,000 USD (28% off)
Joe's personal 2017 Prophet 12, used on every soundtrack and music production he's worked on in the last 5 years. This is a 12-voice DCO Analog built-in San Francisco.
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Associate Producer
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Associate Producer

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1970s IBANEZ Mandolin
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1970s IBANEZ Mandolin

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