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Started by Dan Roe November 10th, 2011
My pitch for my short film about the worst career day ever.
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Do you remember going on “career day” when you were a kid? For most of us, our career day was an awkward and uninspiring experience. In this respect career day was an accurate simulation of what our experience in the workforce would one day be, regardless of what career we ultimately chose. And that’s the worst part about career day; it merely confirms why one does not in fact want to grow up.
I've described my short film as being about “the worst career day ever” and, while that's a pretty good hook, I must say that all career days are the worst ever. (And what an absolutely horrible thing to put kids through! We all have to face adulthood one day; why must we dampen childhood with this foreboding injunctive?! Why must the prospect of “making a living” be looming always and from so early on?!) It’s more apt to say that, generally speaking, my film is simply about career day and those awful things we call “careers.”
Of course, it is about more than that. It's about two characters in particular, a little kid and a full-grown man, and what these two learn from this particular career day (which is increasingly awkward and depressing for both). It’s about how we define ourselves. It’s about how others define us. It’s about wanting more out of life. It’s about getting through the day. It’s about lobsters.
My motivations for making this short film are simple: I’m crazy about movies (please email me about anything related to movies, I can go all day on the subject). I have a story to tell. I have to tell this story. This story is best told in movie form. I want to make many movies and the best way to do that is to just make them. I’m also excited about this project because I think it will be very different from your average short film.
While there are many great, brilliant short films out there, even the best tend to put on feature-film airs not proportionate to their length or subject matter. It’s rare for a filmmaker to use the short film as an opportunity to expand on ideas, emotions, stories, tones and techniques that would be swallowed up in a feature-film. This film zeros in on those tiny moments that make seemingly mundane experiences excruciating! Each detail will have resonance and point to larger truths. Plus It’s going to be funny, so even if I miss all those larger truths, it will still be a hoot to watch.
The money you give will go towards renting equipment, paying the cast and crew, feeding the cast and crew, housing the cast and crew (since they are all coming from New York City to the east end of Long Island for the four day shoot), props, costumes, and everything else that goes into making a movie. My budget is not big, but I can make a little bit go a long way.
Obligatory explanation of how Rocket Hub works:
1. RocketHub is not an investment or charity. It is an exchange: funds from fans for rewards from me.
2. It's an All & More funding mechanism: if I don't reach my financial goal I get to keep what I raise. But if I do reach my goal, I get access to exciting opportunities.
If you have any questions about this project, the story, me, or whatever, email me and I will tell you everything you want to know (and probably a lot you seriously don’t want to know). eornad@gmail.com Thanks!