Timeless is a simple non-dialogue short comedy based around a small graveyard run by a lone gravedigger. His attachment to his pocket watch and the little time he has left on this earth is what gets him through his routine until the day comes where he misplaces his watch in a fresh grave of a recent funeral. The only thing standing between the gravedigger and his buried watch is a weeping widow who can't quite move on from her late husband in the time following her loss. He needs to figure out just how far he'll go to get his watch back. 

We're hoping to instill a light sense of humor for the audience that makes this film worth remembering. Audiences can read into the film further than the witty situational humor from the theme. In a way, we're redefining the word timeless to mean exactly what the base word and suffix combination should really mean: without time. Timeless was a story I needed to write to remind me of how important time is. If that same meaning can be taken by a single person who watches this, it'll have been worth every resource filming it. Whether people laugh or think or relate to the character, this will be fun to film and watch for anyone.

We're fortunate to have an entire crew of trusted people to get the work necessary done when production comes up and all essential work up to initial photography. Our director of photography, Christopher Scott, has worked on several of my short films before along with my editor Kendall Rumph. We have two amazing producers, Jenna Harcher and Lia Towers helping guide the project along at a reasonable pace for the shooting dates that will be February 5-7 and 12-14. A small tightly-knit crew like we have will be relatively easy to keep in good communication in the months leading up to production and plenty has yet to be done, but there's no doubt it'll be ready. 

What We Need & What You Get

This is a thesis project being developed and produced at the Savannah College of Art and Design so we're fortunate to have the perks of free equipment, cameras and help from crew at our disposal. All donations within the $3000 goal will help funding production design needs from costumes to materials for set dressing to all the various props, along with transportation of equipment costs and food to keep actors and crew from any mutiny on set.

Production value is one factor we don't want to leave to chance, and that's really all it'll take to make this the best project it can possibly be. The rest is up to a good team which we have in every department. 

Of course, I don't like receiving help without offering something in return and so I should probably explain what the perks mean exactly. I encourage anyone interested to check out my deviantart page here: http://dead-beat-nick.deviantart.com/ just to get an idea of what else I do besides filmmaking. I've done traditional art commissions for a matter of years now, but through these years I've amassed a collection of work that I never bothered selling. Throughout school I've held onto these drawings like the gravedigger does with his watch so in the spirit of letting these possessions go, I've decided to finally sell them as fundraising for this project which means more to me than those relics.

Other Ways You Can Help

If you can't offer money, that's fine, but you can still help either by spreading the word about the project or simply staying tuned to our progress and showing your support of the idea in words. I want to keep anyone updated with progress in whatever way possible. Also, I draw commissions of original work if interested. Email me at nbegna20@student.scad.edu with questions