“The BENDERS CIRCUIT”
A Documentary on the Audio-Visual Performance scene in and around LA.
This movie features performing artists in the LA area who use customized electronics to create unique audio-visual experiences. This cutting edge genre encompasses experimental electronic music, circuit bending, audio-visual performances with customized equipment.
What makes it Important: The mainstream needs to be challenged. This movement is a totally independent and original scene, and although not driven by commercial concerns, sustains itself and keeps growing creatively. Although unknown to much of the outside world, these performing artists are on the cutting edge of what’s happening in underground art culture.
We have been shooting shows and interviews for two years, and are working to include as many acts as possible in this first release. It's time to share this with the world. You can help us to complete the shooting, editing, and post production for this documentary with your contribution to make this happen.
What We Need
We have already done a lot of editing, but more needs to be done! The budget will be used for:
- Editors
- Additional Shooting
- Gear
- Hard Drive storage
- Sound Mixing
- Mastering costs
- Social Media Marketing
- Website
- Blu-Ray Production
What You Get
Be a part of exposing the world to unique ways of thinking outside the mainstream. With your help we can complete the movie. You can enjoy it, and also be a part of making a documentary for others to watch as well. Contributors each get a copy of the movie plus additional perks. Your name can appear in the credits. Your business logo can also appear in the credits.
The Impact
This is an important movement that deserves to be experienced by the outside world. Our goal is to submit the movie to festivals and outlets for distribution.
The Team
This team has produced, directed, edited, and completed many successful long form and music documentary projects.
Eric A Zimmerman is a graduate of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and has directed, produced, and edited many kinds of projects, He has directed music video and long form projects for NIN, Ministry, Black Label Society, and many other bands. He also has edited long form concert programs, tv shows, and music videos for bands including Eminem, Ziggy Marley, and Snoop Dogg. He edited electronic rave culture documentary "Better Living Through Circuitry", cuban music documentary "Havana: Rhythm and Smoke", "Targeted: The Engineer of Death" nominated for the IDA Awards, and BET docu-series "Keyshia Cole, The Way It Is" winner of the Prism Award.
Angela Izzo is a graduate of Brooks Institute with a BA in Visual Journalism. Angela has worked for MTV News, CBS, AOL Travel and other prominent media companies. She has directed music videos and filmed live performances for Pearl Charles, Daniel Johnston,Taylor Momsen, Lykke Li, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Chris Robinson, and many others. Angela's photography was presented at the Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Jamie Brooks Fine Art Gallery, and the Guggenheim in New York. Her work has also been published in Relix Magazine, Vice, Huffington Post, and others. She wrote and directed the documentary "We Heart the Art Barn" about an art space which was featured in the Ventura Film Festival in 2009. In 2012 she won 1st place in the experimental film category for "The Messages We Give" at the My Hero International Film Festival.
Other Ways You Can Help
If you can't contribute, but still want to help:
- Pass the funding link along and help make some noise!
- Please use the Indiegogo share tools!
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