Our Story
We're three women from public school backgrounds getting our Masters of Fine Arts in
Screenwriting at a public university. We have bachelors degrees from public universities in Radio/Film/Television, Screenwriting and Communications. We have no institutional
budget or program help in getting our work produced. We have a year and a half before we graduate and need to make a splash before then and we want to be heard-- and yes, we want to subvert the Hollywood paradigm.
In order to do this and realize our dreams, we need your help. Wouldn't it be great to say you got some hand made perks and eternal thanks from the next Kathryn Bigelow, Mary Harron, Karyn Kusama or Jodi Foster?
We need the chance to use our skills and show that a new crop of women filmmakers can make relevant and entertaining pieces. We're working for free as Executive Producers and social media mavens. We'll use the money for paying our crew, actors, post production team and for production supplies.
We've formed our own film collective with which we are launching this page because we
believe in each others’ work. Thankfully, we’re supported by a fiscal sponsorship by a 501(c)(3)
non-profit organization: From The Heart Productions (954445418). This gives all of our donors an immediate tax write off.
We're making two short films that we’ve written in class as the beginning of our filmmaking careers. One will be a horror
and one will be a comedy. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO HELP LAUNCH 3 TALENTED WOMEN INTO THE FILM BIZ..
Our horror is called Orange
County Hill Killers. It features a
female protagonist, Amber, a college aged young woman who tries to assimilate
more into regular society and sever her ties from her bizarre backwoods
family.
When people think of Orange County, they think of
sunny beaches and Lauren Conrad, instead of Black Star Canyon and all of its
haunting folklore that this short is inspired by. We'd like to show the other side of Orange County that people may not know about and bring to light the oral traditions about our local legends a.k.a. "the people in the hills". This will be a horror film made by women for horror lovers.
Boxing Hank is our comedy. It was
inspired by the near-by Santa Ana Boxing Club, a fitness non-profit for the
local community. It’s the story of a
nerdy guy who overcomes his own mental hurdles to gain greater self confidence
and love. It also features strong, self assured female characters. Santa Ana is a city that gets no respect from its South Orange County neighbors who live the yachting lifestyle, however it has a thriving art scene many do not know about and very interesting historic neighborhoods.
Not only do we want people out there to think differently about young women who write and make movies, but we also want to show the various sides of our local surroundings that are largely still hidden.
You can follow the progress of our work-- our inspiration albums and pre-production on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/HollywoodBiatchPack and see what issues we're discussing on our Twitter page: https://twitter.com/biatchpack
The Impact
If we succeed, we're showing that women of various ethnicities can have the power to express themselves through motion pictures, despite academic or financial restrictions. We promise to also "pay it forward" and continue to make stories written by other women.
Women are still severely underrepresented in the film industry today. Men continue to get the precedent in our classes and in the real world. We need your help to show our mettle and be taken seriously.
We understand how to talk to young women are are well versed in transmedia.
What We Need & What You Get
Besides
the satisfaction you'll get from being part of a completely new film
movement, also check out what we have for you over there ----> ok,
now look up--
Camera –3000.00 for Canon Rebel 5D Mark II
Lenses –2000.00
Filming permits/location rentals 2500.00
Car rentals and insurance 600.00
Craft services 1000.00 (hopefully rest donated)
Sound equipment rental – 600.00
Director pay (2) 100.00/day
Cinematographer pay (2) 100.00/day
Camera assistant pay (2) 100.00/day
Sound crew pay (4) 100.00/day each
Gaffing crew pay (10) 75.00/day each
Art director pay (2) 100.00/day
Property assistant (2) 75.00/day
Production assistants pay (4) 75.00/day
Actors pay (18) 100.00/day
Extras pay (4) 50.00/day
Additional non-athletic costuming 500.00
Props 1000.00 (hopefully rest donated)
Post production, titling 2000.00
(hopefully rest donated)
Film festival submissions 1000.00
Other Ways You Can Help
We would love it if you would tweet our campaign link and also put it on Facebook. Help our's and other women's voices be heard.
