Short Summary
The Colbert Report meets South Park and like South Park, nothing is safe with us.
Eight "Whitehouse Mates" will live in a house together and participate in diplomacy, bi-partisanship, and physical challenges. Stump is an extension of the existing successful web series Dog News: Unfair and Unbalanced, starring Andrew Collins (The Bold and the Beautiful, Dark Shadows) and Andy Forrest (Parks and Recreation). www.DogNewsTeam.com. As an existing web series, we already have a built in audience, which we are expanding on through Stump. The show will be hosted by News Babe Candi Cotton ("Tune in because I'm hot and you want to look at me") and will skewer not only election trends and events, but also reality tv. This is a follow-up to our "inagural series" ElectME '08. (See scenes from ElectME '08 in our video.)
The Impact
So much of the American population is apathetic when it comes to questioning the status-quo and what 24 hour news cycles tell them to think. Yet through comedy, we both hold a mirror up to their knee-jerk reactions and enhance their desire to think critically about important issues. Plus we make fart jokes.
Additionally, when you join our team, you will enable us to be job creators. Numerous artists work for free on projects they are passionate about and your contribution will enable us to pay them for their talents. In addition to the actors, you will be creating jobs for several directors, a director of photography, a sound person, and numerous other crew people. So please join us.
What We Need & What You Get
In order to complete this ten day shoot and pay everyone, we have a very tight budget of $39,250. We are hoping to raise at least $15,000 of that here and are offering you unique and limited edition perks as a way of saying thank you. All funds raised will be allocated in the following order:
- Publicist and publicity materials: $4,000
- Director of Photography: $2,000
- Sound Person: $1,000
- Various Directors: $2,000
- Caterer and catering: $1,000
- Twelve to fourteen mostly union actors: $20,000
- Writers: $1,900
- Editor: $2,850
- Hair & Make-up: $2,000
- Several Grips: $2,000
- On Set Photographer: $500
We have contributions for every wallet size, starting at just $5 and perks ranging from publicity for your business, to limited edition, signed merchandise, to a chance to be on the show! Check out all 12 of our super cool perks.
Other Ways You Can Help
If you just can’t contribute, that doesn’t mean you can’t help:
- Spread this link on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and your other social networks, and make some noise about our project.
- Use the Indiegogo share tools!
