Greetings moms, dads, cineastes and aficionados of objets d'art.  We implore you to participate in the fund-raising of our ambitious short film production.  With a small contribution you can make a big difference, by widening an avenue through which fiercely creative (but financially hindered) people can reach the moviegoing masses and administer a unique infusion of vitality to the history of motion pictures and run-on sentences.

We are planning a two-day/two-location shoot.  Our goal amount represents the bare minimum with which to complete principle photography; to pay our small but able crew and to secure locations.  (If there's any money remaining we'll buy the actors a sandwich or something.)  There are no monies allotted to the writer, the director, the editor, the casting agent, the location scout, the music supervisor or the publicist: I'm working for "free".

I welcome your enthusiastic correspondence about our proposed project; your referrals, your questions, your passive-agressive insults (Dad), et cetera.  Come be a part of this exciting collaboration.  We hope there will be many more to follow.

Thank you for perusing my bombast.

~Lee