Short Summary
Please Don’t take my Sunshine away : When a hardworking single mother is forced with making the decision of leaving her daughter in a motel so she can go to work and continue to provide, she ends up being arrested and has to fight to get her daughter back from the court system.
We have received the first $5000 from The Nate Parker Foundation and Our goal with is to create a powerful social drama film focusing on social issues, the negative effects of lack of child care assistance and the foster care system in the black community. We have been inspired by our research for the film and learning alot about the foster care system primarly through and just how many families are seperated because of poverty and the real life circumstances that it brings just like the main characters in my film. Through this film I look forward to raising awarenesd about these issues that so many of us have to face on a day to day basis. We want to strip those ideologies down and expose what truly scares us as a society, in hopes to provoke thought and questioning.
We've spent the past 3 months working and reworking the script because we have been focusing on the Why of the story, something that we consider to be the most important part of any story. This writing process has been one of listening, collaboration, and many rewrites. Finally, we have a script which we are truly happy with and excited to share. We hope you will join us on this journey and help make this film possible.
What We Need & What You Get
New York, NY
Budget Breakdown
Transportation- $1,500.00 USD
Equipment Van
Flight tickets
Various train tickets for non-full time crew
Accommodations- $800.00 USD
Locations
Food and crafty
Cinematography- $2,400.00 USD
Cameras
Lighting
Audio- $750.00 USD
Lavaliers
Boom pole
Boom operator
Compensation for cast and crew- $3,450.00 USD
Cast- $2,250.00 USD
Crew- $1,200.00 USD
Artwork - $350.00 USD
Flyers
Promotional marketing
Festival submissions- $750.00 USD
A list of the festivals we plan to submit to will be inputted here shortly.
Other - $800.00 USD
INDIEGOGO Processing Fees
Tax
Contingency
Risks & Challenges
Any film is subject to many variable and unpredictable events. Overall, we are relying on the ingenuity we learn as young upcoming filmmakers to adapt to situations and work with what we have.
Our main risk we would have to face when it comes to production is unpredictable circumstances and achieving all of our shots within the three days of shooting. Obviously, nothing is perfect but we are prepared to adjust shooting strategies, or the script itself to accommodate for the situation.