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Skin Deep the Series

7 characters' lives intersect after a brutal attack divides the city with explosive consequences!

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Skin Deep the Series

Skin Deep the Series

Skin Deep the Series

Skin Deep the Series

Skin Deep the Series

7 characters' lives intersect after a brutal attack divides the city with explosive consequences!

7 characters' lives intersect after a brutal attack divides the city with explosive consequences!

7 characters' lives intersect after a brutal attack divides the city with explosive consequences!

7 characters' lives intersect after a brutal attack divides the city with explosive consequences!

David Summers
David Summers
David Summers
David Summers
1 Campaign |
Atlanta, United States
$10,460 USD 93 backers
52% of $20,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal

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SKIN DEEP THE SERIES SYNOPSIS

“SKIN DEEP the Series” is a dramatic web series where 7 different characters, linked together through a brutal attack, explore their own racial and cultural biases and hypocrisies as they struggle with their own reality of who they have become and their ability to change it."

ROD: White male, a secret from his family's past puts him face to face with his own racial prejudices. 

PAM: Asian American female, newly pregnant at 42, after years of trying, risks everything -- both legal and illegal -- for the safety of her unborn child, all while her rapidly building fear of motherhood consumes her life.

MARCUS: Black male, shy and introverted, a witness and victim to a racially-motivated event, is catapulted into being an unintended spokesperson for race relations within the gay community a midst a growing controversy and festering hate.

WHIT: White male, extremely handsome and known for his good looks, until a brutal attack forces him to reexamine who he really is and his privileged status after it’s all taken away. 

TYRONE: Black male, a 17 yr old wannabe thug is really an undiscovered artistic prodigy.  His trouble with the law pushes him into a path of self-discovery uncovering his fear of his own potential. 

AMAL: Muslim woman is faced with the choice to hide her religion as she pursues life in public office promoting her platform of “religious freedom”. 

JAYE: A recent trans-gendered person, along with his fiancée, does their best to live as a normal heterosexual couple until Jaye no longer feels the need to hide, turning their lives upside down. 

Similar to the Oscar Award winning movie Crash and the Netflix hit series Sense 8Skin Deep the Series follows the journey of each character, revealing their own prejudices, struggles and conflicts.  The characters are unknown to each other, but their lives quickly become intertwined when a highly publicized assault is perceived as a calculated, racially motivated gay bashing, deeply dividing the city with explosive consequences!

The ripple effects of the incident runs deep into the lives and perceptions of the characters, changing their lives forever. Will each character find a truth they were seeking or will they remain blinded by their own biases?

This series is designed to promote thought, ask questions, and invoke change to foster a better understanding of human relations.  Skin Deep the Series is for those willing to question what and who we are individually and collectively, and far more importantly to do something about it. 

Picture from the shooting of the campaign pitch video

OUR PROJECT AND GOALS

Now that we are producing it ourselves, Skin Deep will be a Web Series  allowing time for exposure on the internet and to build a following.  We are here to raise $20,000  to shoot seven, 9 minute scenes which also creates a one hour pilot for television.  During production we will be shooting in 4K, which is the highest quality in digital film formats.  We are working with a two camera production but a small crew of four. 
Pictures from the Skin Deep stage reading for a VIP Audience:

  

   


The entire show will be shot here in Atlanta.  Our cast will feature the best available actors who also recognize the importance of a project like this. We are shooting for the stars and going to make it the highest quality that our budget will allow.  Our goal is to be distribution ready and ultimately be picked by  Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, Sundance and various digital networks.  We will also be submitting the show to various film festivals.

We are ready!  We have a powerful script along with a talented and dedicated team and crew. This process however does make us depend on people like you for support  and spread the word about our project.  Some of our local business investors include  Blakes on the Park, The Jungle, Pride Medical, Steve Hightower Hair Design,  Metrotainment, and scores of individuals.
While we've definitely reached some success and have been touched by the outpouring of support, we now have a unique opportunity to finally tell the story that we want to tell and needs to be told, we just need your help to get it to the finish line. 

That's where you come in!

OUR BUDGET AND YOUR REWARDS

It's important in this world of commerce to have an equal exchange when receiving gifts of value.  Our budget below breaks down the categories and total cost of each. In appreciation for your pledge that is helping us reach our goal, we are very excited to offer you the rewards listed along the right side the page.


OUR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Today's Social Media has created an atmosphere that makes people feel if you  make a statement on Facebook or create a hashtag, you're doing something to help a cause.  Our project will make people want to take a stand and motivate them into action.  Whether it's to point out unacceptable statements to someone in a conversation or recognizing your own negative words, thoughts, behaviors and attitudes and filter them out of your life.

Conversations are a good thing, so to keep our project socially responsible any unused funds we go towards an outreach website connected to the show that allows viewers to write in and discuss the episode (s) they just watched, or a particular issue.  As the show grows the needs for the site may grow as well, so it will expand as time may require.  But initially there will be opportunities for viewers to log in and ask questions to the actors as well as the writers .  There may even be an opportunity for a viewer generated story line to be integrated into a scene. This site will be professionally monitored so there will be rules of engagement required at all times.  But everyone will be welcome to participate. 

PRODUCER'S BACKGROUND

The Producer, Director and Creator David Summers is not new to big challenges.  With 25 years in theater and 17 years as Artistic Director of his own company,  he always thinks outside the box.  For example, Summers saw an alleyway in downtown Lebanon, PA as a perfect setting for an "In the Street" production of the classic West Side Story. In spite of difficult funding and rain two weeks straight before opening night, the show sold out to 700 seats per night and  they went on an extended run!

Summers' biggest challenge however was when the City of Lebanon commissioned him to create an event for their 250th Anniversary Celebration.  Transforming a vacant steel mill into a theater, he produced his concept for an original musical "Through The Eyes". But every challenge was overcome and once again performing to sold out audiences and standing ovations for the full run of the show.
 

THE WRITERS ROOM

After initially working solo with Skin Deep, Summers added Adult Swim Production Assistant Sean Hosam and local actress/writer Sheri Mann Stewart to the team.   Then after months of writing, creating, challenging, laughing, debating, and revising things again, they came up with the final script.  

A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT :  By adding three time Emmy Award winning Mike Von Ruden as our Director of Photography to the team we are now ready to move forward with producing Skin Deep the Series ourselves.  
Stage reading was held at the Pinch N' Ouch blackbox theatre   


On January 31, 2016 we held a stage reading of Skin Deep the Series. The videos below provide you with audience feedback about the show itself.  
We held a 2nd stage reading March 20, 2016 by request of a group of investors who can help us get to our fundraising goal. 
So see for yourself the excitement, passion and determination people feel for this project!



 IT'S A MISSION!
It's really important to understand this is more than just a web series.  It really has turned into a mission!  We've been able to look at a changing world and reflect what is wrong with the world as well as what is right.
This team feels that the purpose of art is to lift social consciousness. We've done more than create a hashtag, we took a stand in creating this show and now we ask YOU to come stand with us!

Stand with us to reach our goal so we can produce Skin Deep the Series and really make a difference to all who see it.  Stand with us and help spread the word using social media tools such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, blogs etc. 

We hope this project has moved and inspired you to give and support Skin Deep the Series and ask yourself the question... How deep will you go to find your own humanity?


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Eternal Gratitude

$5 USD
We appreciate your support! We will immortalize your name in our Great Wall of Gratitude section on our 'Skin Deep' website.
Estimated Shipping
March 2016
4 out of 500 of claimed

Tier 2

$10 USD
A digital copy of our "marketing" show poster of the cast. Plus reward one!
Estimated Shipping
May 2016
6 out of 75 of claimed
Ships worldwide.

Tier 3

$25 USD
You will receive various "behind the scenes" digital still photographs from on location shoots with actors and crew. Plus you will be FIRST to view each episode before its released via a special link sent to your email. Also Includes all previous rewards!
Estimated Shipping
June 2016
10 out of 100 of claimed
Ships worldwide.

Tier 4

$50 USD
A DVD of the full 7 episodes. Also includes all previous rewards!
Estimated Shipping
August 2016
9 out of 50 of claimed
Ships worldwide.

Tier 5

$100 USD
A signed original script by director and cast members. Also includes all previous rewards!
Estimated Shipping
July 2016
2 out of 50 of claimed
Ships worldwide.

Tier 6

$250 USD
A personalize Skype meeting with the Director and select Actors (based on availability) Also includes all previous rewards!
Estimated Shipping
June 2016
2 out of 25 of claimed
Ships worldwide.

Tier 7

$500 USD
An Associate Producer Credit in all 7 episodes. Also Includes all previous rewards!
Estimated Shipping
July 2016
1 out of 50 of claimed
Ships worldwide.

Tier 8

$1,000 USD
Become a special guest in our editing room for the day and participate in our creative process. (Travel and lodging not included) Also includes all previous rewards!
Estimated Shipping
June 2016
1 out of 10 of claimed
Ships worldwide.

Tier 9

$2,500 USD
Be a guest on our set, hang with the talented actors who bring the words to life. (Directors choice for the day and time) (Travel and lodging not included) Also includes all previous rewards!
Estimated Shipping
June 2016
0 out of 10 of claimed
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Tier 10

$3,000 USD
You want to be in the show? Get to be in a scene with a walk on role. (Directors choice of day and scene) (Travel and lodging not included) Also includes all previous rewards!
0 out of 10 of claimed
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Tier 11

$3,500 USD
Your Corporate Logo displayed after the credits in all 7 episodes, Also Includes all previous rewards!
0 out of 10 of claimed
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Tier 12

$5,000 USD
Product Placement of your business. We will promote your place of business by showing signage, shooting on location and include the business name written into the script. (Place of business must be approved by Director). Also includes all previous rewards!
0 out of 4 of claimed
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