Nobody likes to hear about money all the time and I'm done with outright begging for money for a while but I did want to take a moment to explain/acknowledge the ads on the blog.
Ads generate revenue. They are ugly and obnoxious, I realize. I chose an ad set that isn't too disruptive but the fact of the matter is that for every click through we get on those ads, we raise money that goes directly into our PayPal account. How easy is that? So if you want to take a moment to humor us, click on some ads and help us get one step closer to finishing this film...we would greatly appreciate it.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
What all the fuss is about...
Our editor Doug Arney was kind enough to take the time to cut together a really quick teaser trailer out of the existing footage we have at this point.
Here it is for your viewing pleasure:
Much thanks to Akron/Family for their kind permission to use their music in the trailer and the final film.
Here it is for your viewing pleasure:
Much thanks to Akron/Family for their kind permission to use their music in the trailer and the final film.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Our plea for help...
...So it's come to this.
Here is our situation:
We have 1/2 of the script in the can, a very talented cast and crew in
place for the rest of the shoot and...several maxed out credit cards.
We are waiting for our guardian angel to swoop in and deliver us the
remainder of the budget but that looks increasingly unlikely as time
(2 plus years at this point) marches on.
So our next logical step is to turn to quantity over quality. Any
prospective investors/kind souls willing to part with
$100....$50....even $20. It all adds up, fifty $50 investors would be
enough to put us in the black. We are just a few thousand dollars
short of our budget. In exchange for a small donation, you will get a
producer's credit. Yes, you read that right...a full producer's credit
(if we won an Oscar somehow...it would partially be yours!), a copy of
the finished film and if the film gets distribution or enjoys any sort
of profit we will give you double the money donated AND donate the
original amount of money you donated to a charity of your choice.
Everybody wins! Contact us if you are interested or know of anybody
who might be interested in helping out the little film that could in
these difficult economic times. Contact us at jasonryanfilms@gmail.com for more information.
Thanks for reading and I promise less solications for money in the future...hopefully.
Here is our situation:
We have 1/2 of the script in the can, a very talented cast and crew in
place for the rest of the shoot and...several maxed out credit cards.
We are waiting for our guardian angel to swoop in and deliver us the
remainder of the budget but that looks increasingly unlikely as time
(2 plus years at this point) marches on.
So our next logical step is to turn to quantity over quality. Any
prospective investors/kind souls willing to part with
$100....$50....even $20. It all adds up, fifty $50 investors would be
enough to put us in the black. We are just a few thousand dollars
short of our budget. In exchange for a small donation, you will get a
producer's credit. Yes, you read that right...a full producer's credit
(if we won an Oscar somehow...it would partially be yours!), a copy of
the finished film and if the film gets distribution or enjoys any sort
of profit we will give you double the money donated AND donate the
original amount of money you donated to a charity of your choice.
Everybody wins! Contact us if you are interested or know of anybody
who might be interested in helping out the little film that could in
these difficult economic times. Contact us at jasonryanfilms@gmail.com for more information.
Thanks for reading and I promise less solications for money in the future...hopefully.
Monday, March 9, 2009
An introduction of sorts
This blog will follow the sometimes frustrating, sometimes rewarding and always interesting struggle to complete a feature film completely independently with no major financial support AND in one of the worst economic slumps in American history.
Our current situation is this:
1/3rd of the screenplay has been shot, transferred and edited together and a date has been set for shooting the rest of the film in the August of 2009. We are also several thousand dollars short of our budget. So with a little less than 5 months to go, the production is quickly spiraling into very stressful territory.
So why bother? As the writer and director and creator of this film, I can only compare it to having a child or a husband or wife. You stick it out through thick and thin. You wouldn't abandon a relative in sticky situations and these characters, this cast, this crew IS a family to me. There are ideas and emotions in this film that need to come out of me at some point and they need to be expressed in THIS way, on THIS film stock and with THESE collaborators. David Lynch, while making the notoriously difficult "Eraserhead", once said that he was so frustrated by the stop and start process (it took him 7 years to complete the film) that he at point contemplated sculpting models of the actors out of clay, building miniature sets and just stop motioning the rest of the action. Needless to say, at this point...I can relate to that. And I'm only 2 years deep!
As for this blog, you can expect something in between stressed out journal ramblings and an official home for the film with photos, video clips and a way to donate to the production via payal if you are so inclined.
Thanks for reading!
Our current situation is this:
1/3rd of the screenplay has been shot, transferred and edited together and a date has been set for shooting the rest of the film in the August of 2009. We are also several thousand dollars short of our budget. So with a little less than 5 months to go, the production is quickly spiraling into very stressful territory.
So why bother? As the writer and director and creator of this film, I can only compare it to having a child or a husband or wife. You stick it out through thick and thin. You wouldn't abandon a relative in sticky situations and these characters, this cast, this crew IS a family to me. There are ideas and emotions in this film that need to come out of me at some point and they need to be expressed in THIS way, on THIS film stock and with THESE collaborators. David Lynch, while making the notoriously difficult "Eraserhead", once said that he was so frustrated by the stop and start process (it took him 7 years to complete the film) that he at point contemplated sculpting models of the actors out of clay, building miniature sets and just stop motioning the rest of the action. Needless to say, at this point...I can relate to that. And I'm only 2 years deep!
As for this blog, you can expect something in between stressed out journal ramblings and an official home for the film with photos, video clips and a way to donate to the production via payal if you are so inclined.
Thanks for reading!
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