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The Dead End

The Dead End is a short that explores the five stages of grief and our relationship with death

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The Dead End

The Dead End

The Dead End

The Dead End

The Dead End

The Dead End is a short that explores the five stages of grief and our relationship with death

The Dead End is a short that explores the five stages of grief and our relationship with death

The Dead End is a short that explores the five stages of grief and our relationship with death

The Dead End is a short that explores the five stages of grief and our relationship with death

Jordan Mittoo
Jordan Mittoo
Jordan Mittoo
Jordan Mittoo
1 Campaign |
Coventry, United Kingdom
$718 USD $718 USD 17 backers
106% of $675 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal

Short Summary

The Dead End tells the story of Marie, a grieving young woman who upon returning to her Grandmother's house one last time comes across a final gift left just for her, a treasure hunt.

As Marie falls deeper and deeper into the treasure hunt she finds herself reading stories from her Grandmother's life and  begins to see a thread emerge that seems to tie all the pieces together - the appearance of The Grim Reaper, Death. 

This short presents the fives stages of grief in a very literal way and looks to showcase each section of the story in it's own visually distinct way through a number of styles including digital animation, puppetry, stop motion and traditional hand-drawn animation.

What We Need & What You Get

Going to this project as students with very little available resources we wanted to launch this campaign as a way to fund different aspects of this project:

  • Costuming: As such a big part of this short is the character of The Grim Reaper we really want to make their presence felt in the film and to really create a costume that is synonymous with what that character looks like in your heads and has been presented as for centuries at this point
  • Equipment: A large part of this film is it's animated component, the script features 4 separate styles of animation that all require their own individual equipment and materials so we're hoping to be able to fund those aspects of production and make them look as good as they possible can. 
  • Production Design: to better create locations and give the film a more authentic look we wanted to be able to by props and furniture to help create the world of the short. 

The Impact

If you choose to support this film it means you're supporting a story that aims to start a conversation on grief and the way it changes us all. Death is something that never arrives with warning and can leave a scar that while not visible can rest behind your eyes forever. This film aims to shine a light on those hard to swallow feelings, break them down in an informal way and more than anything just serves to let the viewer know that they aren't alone, be that in a physically in their life or in a more cognitive way.   

Risks & Challenges

As I'm sure is no surprise to anyone reading this in early 2021 the most major risk facing this production is the current pandemic, as we have a pretty small crew running this ship it means we are being super vigilant to maintain our social distancing measures and enforcing a tight structure for the production as all parts are entirely necessary here and the film isn't made if we are even one set of hands short.

 To better remedy this risk and air on side of precaution we're testing the cast & crew before the shoot and have set up a back up string of filming dates.

in addition to having back up dates for filming we have also set up the animation process in such a way that can be worked on from the safety of each crew members own property free of any risk of contamination.

Other Ways You Can Help

I know that these aren't exactly the best of times to ask for some money towards my short film project what with the world as we know it all cooped up at home or worse, so if you are unable to contribute towards this I would ask that you just spread the word to your friends and family - share this page on social media and help us get the word out.

Thank You - Jordan Mittoo

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Red Tier

Red Tier

Currency Conversion $6 USD
£5 GBP
Donating £5 will get you a digital poster for the film made by the production team.
Included Items
  • Digital Poster for The Film
Estimated Shipping
June 2021
3 out of 48 of claimed
Orange Tier

Orange Tier

Currency Conversion $12 USD
£10 GBP
Donating £10 will mean you get the previous pack of posters alongside a personal thank you message from the Writer/Director.
Included Items
  • Digital Poster for The Film
  • Personal Thank You Message
Estimated Shipping
June 2021
2 out of 48 of claimed
Yellow Tier

Yellow Tier

Currency Conversion $31 USD
£25 GBP
Donating £25 means you'll receive the digital poster pack, a personal thank you message and a special thanks in the credits of the short.
Included Items
  • Digital Poster for The Film
  • Personal Thank You Message
  • Special Thanks in the Credits
Estimated Shipping
June 2021
6 out of 48 of claimed
Green Tier

Green Tier

Currency Conversion $62 USD
£50 GBP
Donating £50 towards this production means you'll get the digital poster pack, a personal thank you message from the Write/Director, a special thanks in the credits on the film as well as postcard with The Dead End Artwork on it.
Included Items
  • Digital Poster for The Film
  • Personal Thank You Message
  • Special Thanks in the Credits
  • Art Postcard
Estimated Shipping
June 2021
1 out of 48 of claimed
Ships to United Kingdom
Blue Tier

Blue Tier

Currency Conversion $123 USD
£100 GBP
By donating £100 to The Dead End's campaign you will have access to all previous listed tier perks as well as a prop from our production, be that a piece from one of our live action locations or a figure from our stop motion set.
Included Items
  • Digital Poster for The Film
  • Personal Thank You Message
  • Special Thanks in the Credits
  • Art Postcard
  • Film Prop
Estimated Shipping
June 2021
0 out of 4 of claimed
Ships to United Kingdom
Indigo Tier

Indigo Tier

Currency Conversion $185 USD
£150 GBP
By choosing to donate £100 to this production it means you will receive all previously listed tier perks in addition to a series of behind the scenes photographs from the production showing both the live action shoot and stop motion puppetry of the production.
Included Items
  • Digital Poster for The Film
  • Personal Thank You Message
  • Special Thanks in the Credits
  • Art Postcard
  • Film Prop
  • BTS Photos
Estimated Shipping
June 2021
1 out of 4 of claimed
Ships to United Kingdom
Violet Tier

Violet Tier

Currency Conversion $369 USD
£300 GBP
By donating £300 to the production of The Dead it means you will receive all previously listed tier perks in addition to being given an executive producer credit as well the MP3 files for the music used in the final film.
Included Items
  • Digital Poster for The Film
  • Personal Thank You Message
  • Special Thanks in the Credits
  • Art Postcard
  • Film Prop
  • BTS Photos
  • Executive Producer Credit
  • Digital Film Score
Estimated Shipping
June 2021
0 out of 4 of claimed
Ships to United Kingdom
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