Our Story

Welcome to ROUND 2 of our fund-raising campaign for All In The Game, Round One netted us about $1435.00 out of the $7,500.00 USD we were hoping to raise.

Although our goal was not reached we began filming on March 12th 2011 and have completed 1/5th of the script in 3 days.

All in the Game comes from Deadlands: The Rising and Deadlands 2: Trapped writer/director Gary Ugarek and follows the path of one of East Baltimore's most violent and methodical drug king pins and his quest for complete dominance of the Baltimore Drug trade.

From Gary Ugarek

In 2010, while doing a guest appearance on the film Zombie Doomsday I had the pleasure of meeting two aspiring local actors from Baltimore, MD... Nelson Irizarry and Kelvin Page, after seeing their performance, which was kept secret from the films cast, and how they controlled and dominated the situation I set out to find a project to work with them on... because as I said They really caught my eye with their work.  Over the past few months I kept in contact with Nelson and Kelvin and approached them about this project which is inspired by HBO's The Wire. When I pitched the initial idea, both were extremely elated and immediately agreed to join the project.

Where it gets better... during a location scout with Nelson in East Baltimore he turned me on to former Cast members of The Wire who were eager to join the project. Former cast Members Chris Clanton (Savino) and Micaiah Jones (Little Man) will now be joining the cast/production. As a huge fan of HBO's The Wire and wanting to shoot in East Baltimore I thought it would be a great idea to bring these cast members on the production because it will give fans of The Wire another chance to see them in action... They immediately got the vibe of what we are trying to do and were happy to join on and as writer/director I am extremely excited to have them aboard the production.

We will be shooting the production using DSLR videography. Which in English terms means using Digital Still Cameras that are able to shoot in HD VIDEO such as the Canon Mark 5, Ti2, or the PENTAX K-X series.

The Impact

Why are we trying to raise the remaining $6,000.00 we need to complete the film. This production while confined to two locations at a minimum, will be fairly cost effective in terms of the production.

Our budget goal at this point is to be able to raise funds so we can file and obtain the proper filming permits for when we shoot in the East Baltimore Vacants, (The abandon row homes on the cities East Side) which requires, Insurance, and a required Police presence at a cost of about $45.00 per hour, and also provide food and drinks for the largely volunteer cast & crew.

Everyone joining the project is working on a completely voluntary basis for their time, but some of the key crew members are driving great distances to help us out, so we want to be able to accommodate their fuel uses and lodging during the shoot. Especially with fuel now near the $4.00 per gallon range.

We will also require the rental of power generators for our shoots on the streets of Baltimore, especially in the blocks of the city where the vacant homes stand, and of course one of our major budget needs is make-up FX when showing how brutal life can be when you're in the game and the consequences for your actions when being part of the drug trade.

The films largest FX set piece is a 7 page long torture scene between our lead character and a member of the Italian crime family also fighting for the same cause. This scene requires specific FX work and prosthetic's due to the extremely detailed nature of the scene.

What We Need & What You Get

We need to cover all of the expenses listed above. I myself contributed $500.00 of my own money towards this project for location rental and props used in the movie. Plus I wanted to show that I was 100% committed to making this project happen.

Money raised will be spent on craft services, make-up FX, and grip/equipment rental, as well as production insurance and the proper Baltimore city filming permits..

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Those who donate $500.00 or more will be credited as Executive Producers

Those who invest $100 or more will be credited as Associate Producers

Everyone who donates $25.00 or more will receive a special thanks in the films end credits

All donations of $25.00 or more will receive a Blu-Ray or DVD screener upon completion of the film.

*** We even accept $1.00 Donations, because in the indie film world every $1.00 counts.

Other Ways You Can Help.

We are indie filmmakers and any help, monetary or physical donated time and effort to help make the movie is appreciated. Behind the Camera roles that need filling are as follows:

Assistant Director
Lead Grips
Production Assistants
Visual FX artists
Steadi-Cam operator
Camera Operators
Boom Mic Operators
Extras to play club go-ers as well as drug fiends when we shoot on the streets of Baltimore City

Equipment Donations

Steadi-Cam
Crane/Jib (9ft or 12ft)
Extra set lights (2K and 4K)

CATERING

Anyone who can do food preparation on a small budget.
Local restaurant or food businesses will to donate to our craft services.