End of Campaign Update
Thanks to all those who supported us out there. We didn't quite reach our goal. But every donation will go to make One Foot in the Grave the very best film it can be. For more information and continued updates as we move into production starting on June 21st and to the films release visit our website:
One Foot in the Grave - Official Site
The Story
What lengths would you go to for family? For your child? Would you
kill? Would you endanger the lives of others you love? Or would they
stop you? Hold you back?
And when you are old and gray and all
those you loved are gone, buried. What then? Would you take up arms and
seek justice; vengeance?
And what of the unintended
consequences? What happens when in your quest for blood you take the
life of a loved one of another? What of their pain? Their justice?
This
is the place where Angelo Morello finds himself. A man, whose daughter
was brutally taken from him and his wife 25 years ago. With the
passing of his beloved wife Rose; Angelo has no one left to fear for. To
protect. To hold him back. He finally sets out to confront those responsible and exact
his justice.
But many unanswered questions remain.
Who will live? Who will die?
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Intro & Some Background:
Welcome to the Indiegogo page for our short film project
One Foot in the Grave - a live-action dramatic action thriller. My name is Dave Borges. I'm the co-writer / director of
One Foot in the Grave, and like many of you I've been dreaming about making films for as long as I can remember. I have been involved in a number of film and web series productions over the past ten years in various capacities from director, writer to editor and I have written and directed two seasons of the action/comedy web series Clean Livin' as well as a few short films.
We've been developing this
project for a number of months now. The process initially began with
collecting images and references that interested and engaged us. This
kicked-off a long spell of story development, many brains were stormed, ideas conjured, discarded, then reworked
and whiskeys consumed until we had a really strong engaging script to work with.
From
there we've been expanding on our story, developing our characters and
creating a richly detailed world to place them into. This pushed us into
creating the storyboard animatic in the video above. It was a chance for us to begin
visual development of the film, set a mood/style and start getting our hands dirty. It was a great process to go through, and it's gotten
us really thrilled at what we can achieve with the real live-action film!
We're incredibly excited about the cast of characters we have gather to help us to get this film into production.
Our Cast
Let me introduce you to just a few of the many talents we are privileged to be working with:
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After working since the age of nine, in theater. Joe has focused the
last twelve years toward film and voice over work. Joe has been seen as
the principal actor in over fifty commercials, and has been heard on
shows such as CBS Forty-eight Hour Mystery. Most Recently Joe starred in
the web series Clean Livin, the movie Ted and several shorts.
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Cook began his professional acting career in 1975 at Baltimore's Center
Stage. Studied acting at the Carnegie-Mellon University School of
Drama, graduating in 1980. Primarily a repertory stage actor, Cook
worked for several companies over the following nine years. He returned to the acting in 2011, appearing on
stage with the Central Square Theater in Cambridge, MA and
in two feature films: "Justice
Is Mind" and "This Killing Business," and in the upcoming "Almost Mercy".
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Nicholas A. DiMaio a native Rhode Island actor, known for Origins (2014), Watched (2014) and Killing Khan (2014) and the upoming "Infectious".
Your Impact & Where The Funding Goes
The reality is, your pledges are as much an investment in us as they are
in our film. There's no financial profit to be made creating short
films, we're doing this out of a passion to create something incredible and compelling.
Your pledges, in addition to a good amount of our own financing, will be used to
cover our considerable production expenses. Films aren't cheap to make, even short
ones!, so to make things clearer, please check the graphic below for a rough
breakdown of the projects budget:
$ 5,800 Budget Breakdown
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What You Get: Perks
As well as helping us fund a really awesome
project, we want you, our backers, to have something really great in
return for your generous donations. Take a look below for more info on
our perks.
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$10 - THE WAKE-UP CALL PACKAGEA member of the films cast or crew will place a courtesy wake up call to you; or someone of your choosing (on your behalf of course). Plus you will also get a thank you shout out for your support.
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$25 - THE STREAMING PACKAGEExclusive access to the HD streaming version of the film. Plus the prior level perk.
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$50 - THE DIGITAL PACKAGEYou'll receive a digital package containing a PDF booklet with a copy of the shooting script with directors notes, movie stills, production artwork, behind the scenes shots etc, as well as original storyboards. Plus you also get the HD film download.
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$75 - THE ONE FOOT PACKAGEWe will send you a whole one foot! That's right you will get the physical DVD of the film with original case and DVD label art. Plus twelve whole inches just for you. You will also get The Digital Package and HD film download.
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$100 - THE FEATURED PLAYER PACKAGE
We're giving you the chance to be in our film, send us a digital scan of
an old family photo and we'll feature it in our set. You also get The Digital Package and HD film download.
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$250 - THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER PACKAGEYou will receive a Executive Producer credit in the film and on IMDb.com, plus you also get The Digital Package and HD film download.
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$1,000 - THE EDITORS PACKAGEWe will share a rough cut of the film with you, during the post production phase. Where we will actively engage you in discussion for your feedback before entering into the final phase of post production, producing the final cut.
Plus all prior level perks including The Digital Package, EP credit and a signed copy of the Limited Edition DVD.
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$1,800 - THE DIRECTORS PACKAGESubmit your original concept/idea to us and we will make it into a 2 to 4 minute short film that will get included on the Limited Edition DVD as an exclusive extra with full credit provide on the DVD and on IMDb.com. Plus all prior level perks including The Digital Package, EP credit and a signed copy of the Limited Edition DVD.
Some Final Words
Please do watch my video above, and I hope you decide that this is a
project worth supporting. Your backing would mean everything to me, and
the success of this film. Each dollar donated will go into every aspect of production -
from locations and production design to SFX and equipment rentals -
making the world of One Foot in the Grave a reality, and be something we
can both be proud to be a part of. As well as a quality film that can be entered into film festivals.
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Other Ways You Can Help
Donations aside, as we understand not everyone can contribute financially, we would be so grateful if you were able to even just
spread the word through Indiegogo share tools, Facebook, Twitter, Email or good old fashioned
word-of-mouth.
Thank you for your time!
- Dave
http://www.onefootgrave.com
After working since the age of nine, in theater. Joe has focused the
last twelve years toward film and voice over work. Joe has been seen as
the principal actor in over fifty commercials, and has been heard on
shows such as CBS Forty-eight Hour Mystery. Most Recently Joe starred in
the web series Clean Livin, the movie Ted and several shorts.
Cook began his professional acting career in 1975 at Baltimore's Center
Stage. Studied acting at the Carnegie-Mellon University School of
Drama, graduating in 1980. Primarily a repertory stage actor, Cook
worked for several companies over the following nine years. He returned to the acting in 2011, appearing on
stage with the Central Square Theater in Cambridge, MA and
in two feature films: "Justice 
Nicholas A. DiMaio a native Rhode Island actor, known for 
