Saving Silence

At the mid point of the 1920's Silent Films were the premier entertainment medium,  but as interests spiked over advancements in sound recording, the free moving camerawork, of the silent film, was pushed aside. 

Until Now...

                                                          Team Omerta

• Team Omerta is a nonprofit film production, determined to reignite world interest, in Silent Films.
  
• Fully funded, Team Omerta will produce a contemporary Silent Film, 'Omerta.'
• Using advanced cinematography, and camera techniques, Omerta will be a colorfully dynamic tribute, to the damaged classics, so easily overlooked, by modern moviegoers.

Though many see black and white, and grainy, film, as a bookmark, of the silent era, Team Omerta is dedicated to revealing the 'true magic,' belonged to an absence of dialogue, allowing personal interpretation, from each viewer.  (Now imagine that interpretation, with glorious color, and seamless camera flow!)

We Are So Close!

Because Team Omerta is nonprofit, ''Immediate'' distribution contracts, for investment returns, can be completely overlooked, saving time, and headache, for the creative force, which means....

                                 Your donations go right to the source!

• With expert accounting, for manageable labor, tech, and transportation, your funds are able to pinpoint set construction, and art department. (Giving Omerta a genuinely engaging feel, over green screen, and cgi)
•  State of the art color grading technology will render the film vibrant, dripping with satisfying shades, and tints.
  

                                              And in return....

• Your donations are highly accommodating to us
• So we offer many exciting perks, in appreciation
  
• These include: 

• $5 Instant access to Omerta movie file
• $25 DVD copy of Omerta
• $100 Special edition bluray, with deleted scenes, commentary, teaser trailers, for up and coming titles, by Team Omerta, the complete series of short films, by Director Wm. Hayden Edgmon, and, "Quiet On Set," the official documentary about the making of 'Omerta.'  Also receive immortality, with a special thanks, in the credits, along with 50 characters to write any message you wish.  
  
• Plus many more!
  

Silence Returns

We can educate the masses all we want, on the validity, of the Silent Era, but unless efforts are made to reinvent, the Silent Film, the Founding Fathers, and Mothers, (That's right, there were female filmmakers, as early as the silent era, see Lois Weber) of film, will fade with each passing generation.

• Imagine a movie, today, that can be understood by every individual, on the planet.
• This movie is not blocked, by the clutter of subtitles.
• If seen by the masses, this renascence of silent films could tear down the cultural divides, that separate our nations, and the petty differences, between societies, might shrink, as less, and less decisive.   
  

Reaching the Summit

Omerta has been under pre-production, for the past six months, and the ever daunting factor, hovering above, is the question of funds:

• Without proper funding, support for artistic layouts, set preparation, and post-production, will fall short.
• As a team of independent filmmakers, the presence of a low budget production, is not unusual.
• However, the goal of Omerta is not to get by, on the basics, but to reignite awareness of silent films. 
  
• Silent Films can be as alive today, as they were a hundred years ago, and the push for a contemporary project will foster a deep seeded admiration, not seen in decades. 
  
• The success of, "The Artist," trailed a subtle nostalgia, for Silent Film, but the narrative was within itself, using the archaic black and white, and low frame rate, to place the audience in the seat, of a 1920's picture house.
• Though effective, the film, "The Artist," came off as a passionate history lesson. (The term, "History," is used loosely, as many actors, of the silent age, had little trouble adjusting to the much longer switch to 'Talkies,' than dramatized, in the film. This includes John Gilbert, the original actor, "The Artist," is based on) 
  
• Omerta will show the world Silent Films can evolve, and the use of color, and deep sound effects, live symbiotic, in absence of dialogue.     

Help share the magic

Today, more than ever, the mass libraries of Silent Films is readily available:

• You can help rekindle this lost art
• Check out many of Youtube's silent film channels ( I recommend anything by D.W. Griffith, and Buster Keaton) 
  
• Share these films with friends and family
• Utilize Indiegogo's share tools, and help spread the word, of Team Omerta
• And above all remember, Silence is Golden.