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Who I am: Hey! My name is Alyssa Mann. If you are reading this, there is a 90% chance we actually know each other somehow soo I may be...someone you act with, a family member, a fitness instructor of yours, or some chick who you don't really remember but clearly you met somewhere cause we are Facebook friends.
What's this for?: This may come as a surprise to some of you, but becoming a professional actor is really hard. Like, really hard. And as a female, for a very long time we were put into one of two categories "hot lead love interest" or "bitch". Turns out, women are a lot more than that. I really wanted to create not just a female character but a bunch of characters that aren't seen today. Women who want different things than the norm and men who are fully formed humans and not a type based on their race.
So what's this Fundrzr for? Once I realized that this short was super important to me, and once I started involving other people in it, I realized it needed to be good. And in order for it to be good, some money needed to be spent. So Emily (the producer who is another f*cking badass) and I sat down and hammered out the most conservative budget we could. And the total came to $8000.
What will the money go to?: Well first, people need to get paid at least something for their time. I have some amazing friends that are willing to do a TON of work for very little money so thankfully that is helpful, but in addition to the actors, we need a Producer, a Director, a Director of Photography, and Assistant Director, an Editor, a Gaffer (woman who deals with lighting), a Sound Engineer, and a Production Assistant. And that is BARE BONES crew, my friends. Big budget films have hundreds of crew members.
Also we need to rent lights or else you won't see us.
And we need to feed everyone or else they will starve.
And finally we need some money left so that we can submit to Festivals. Festivals are going to be our "in" to expose this film to as many people as possible. All festivals have an entrance fee and unfortunately it's more than $5. Like, substantially more.
In my entire life, I have never asked anyone for money. I started working when I was 15 and that was it. It was and is a huge point of pride to me and I was and frankly still am, super hesitant to crowd fund like this. If I could fund this myself I would do it in a heartbeat. But at this exact moment I can't, and I don't want to wait to make this movie. Nor does everyone else that have already put in hours and hours of work on it.
The last thing I want is for anyone to be uncomfortable so please please don't feel pressured. At all. And know that every single dollar counts.
From the bottom of my heart, thank you.
XO
-Alyssa
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