It's true, we made a short film, and that video is ready for you to watch and review right now! It's located at the top of this page.
Let's be 100% clear — We already finished our short film and it's ready for you to watch here & now, on IndieGoGo! The purpose of our IndieGoGo campaign is to:
- Give you the opportunity to watch our film, at no charge, for a limited time. And then please fill out the evaluation form.
- Encourage you to join us in our film festival journey by helping us cover the cost of film festival submission fees. The more we fundraise, the more we can submit to, and the more we boost our chances of getting selected by any number of film festivals across the country.
It's our pleasure to introduce you to, the small-town thriller we call "Peculiar, Missouri." The film came together very quickly. The whole project was written and shot within a week, in several small towns just south of Kansas City, MO. To reiterate: the purpose of our IndieGoGo campaign is to raise funds so that we'll be able to submit our film to 8 (or more!) film festivals.
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Behind the scenes: Lola, Megan, and Tokyo - the moment we wrapped the last scene.
For a limited time, while this campaign is running, you can stream the film right here - right now on IndieGoGo (video below). After you watch the film, please consider contributing. Also, feel free to share this link with your people!
As this is a 'test audience screener,' we would greatly appreciate any feedback you'd be willing to share in the attached evaluation form.
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The purpose of this campaign is to raise film festival submission fee funding, so that we're able to submit our film to as many festivals on our list that as we can. This will give us the opportunity to reach a much wider audience.
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Why contribute? Every single contribution made (no matter the dollar amount!) will help substantially in our efforts to show the indie film community that people are fans of our film project.
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The Goal: Our fixed goal is $300, which would cover the submission fees for at least 8 film festivals (in addition, IndieGoGo claims about 6% of platform fees, so that we're able to run this campaign). Nevertheless, we hope to raise our fixed goal times three (or more!) so that we can enter far more than 8 festivals by the end of the campaign.
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Behind the scenes, running lines with Miss Natural and Megan before their driving scene.
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We offer 3 types of perks:
- The first perk is called the Film Fest Contributor. You may contribute $3 or more. This option is the standard crowdfunding concept - high quantities of contributions at a low cost to the contributors! The aggregated funds will be used to cover festival submission fees. Each contributor will get a special shout out on social media.
- We also have the Film Fest Backer category. As a backer, you're covering one entire film festival submission fee! (Thank you!) Your name will be listed as a supporter of the film in the final credits.
- The 3rd perk is reserved for two Executive Producers who each contribute $500 or more. The contributor may choose to remain anonymous or have their name or organization listed in the opening credits.
- The 4th and final perk is an Angel Investor. This is anyone who contributes $2,500 or more. These funds would be used to cover the expenses of getting our actors and producers to and film festivals, should they require travel to another state the film is selected in.
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Rehearsal: Megan getting used to the cornfield the day before we began shooting.
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The Risk: We're undertaking a major risk by raising funds to submit our film to all of these film festivals, in that it's possible that we won't be selected by our top-pick festival submissions. This is why we'd like to have funding to submit to a wide array of festivals (in size and scope). We hope this is a risk you're willing to take with us, because it's also very possible that we succeed in getting selected! In getting selected we'd have recognition and exposure, and the possibility to receive awards for our achievement from the indie film community.
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Other ways you can help: Get the word out to your own network by inviting them to watch the film! We are only streaming on this platform for a limited time. Once our campaign ends, the film won't be viewable again until it makes its rounds on the 2021 film festival circuit!
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Behind the scenes, Sasha, Tokyo, and Megan - shooting the first scene of the film!