Support the Funny Cast & Crew of LEFT COAST Comedy!

Jill Murphy Long is organizing this fundraiser.

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Hi! My name is Jill Murphy Long.

In January of 2022, I started LEFT COAST Comedy on Zoom for safety reasons due to the pandemic.

In first 90 days, many local writers and actors joined me.

We wrote and table read 65 short comedic scripts. It was great fun to laugh – and just what we needed during these times.

On April Fools’ Day in 2023, we launched our comedic short films on our LEFT COAST Comedy YouTube channel.

(No joke – that day was my target date.)

Today, LEFT COAST Comedy is

30+ Short Comedic Movies, Ad Parodies & Music Video Parodies.

Fun, Funny, Sarcastic, Ironic, Hilarious, Silly, Super-Smart, Slapstick, and Topical.

Female-Centric on Film Set and in our Scripts.

Family-Friendly.

Environmentally-Conscious on Film Set and in our Scripts.

No horror. (There is already an industry for that.)

Diverse in Ethnicities and Ages on Film Set and in our Scripts.

Available in Closed Captions for our Deaf Community.

(Several of our actors are Professional American Sign Language Interpreters.)

Available in French, Spanish and Italian Subtitles now.

(Some of our actors are bilingual. Currently, we are working on translating more films.)

Woman-Owned.

We write and film comedic productions that are funny like:

Saturday Night Live (current and vintage)

Funny or Die

Portlandia

Comedy Central

Seinfeld

Friends

James Cordon’s Carpool Karaoke

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee

LEFT COAST Comedy’s Goals Today & Tomorrow:

1. Spotlight Local Cast and Crew, who call the Pacific Northwest “Home”.

2. Feature Local Businesses and Organizations in our Comedy Films and Series.

3. Build a Strong Film Community to Help Each Other Thrive.

4. Monetize YouTube by achieving 1,000 Subscribers AND 4,000 Viewing Hours.

5. Be Financed and Distributed by a TV Streamer to Provide Full-Time Employment for All.

MY PREVIOUS CREATIVE EXPERIENCE

I am a former SoCal advertising creative director and copywriter, and owner of THE AD GROUP, the author of 5 books, and now a filmmaker.

In 2013, I moved to Portland, Oregon with the dream of making movies. And did – more than 50 short films.

Many won at film festivals nationally and internationally; many of the same cast and crew are involved with LEFT COAST Comedy now.

However, short films do not pay the bills.

SUPPORTING LEFT COAST Comedy

Since launching LEFT COAST Comedy, I have put more than $15,000 of my money to film these productions.

No one is being paid to date – including me.

We all volunteer because we love making you smile and laugh out loud.

And even though you will see advertisements on our LEFT COAST Comedy’s YouTube channel, we are not being paid yet.

We need to hit the YouTube monetizing requirements of 1,000 Subscribers AND 4,000 viewing hours collectively.

BUDGETING

Each production with all cast and crew, volunteering their time and equipment and including props, supplies, craft services (coffee, beverages, snacks) and lunch still adds up to about $500.

Our days are no longer than 8 hours.

I plan heavily prior, so we are cost- and time-effective on film set and to be respectful to the actors, crew and our location sponsors, too.

To pay everyone involved in each production (usually about 18 people) a flat day rate of $200, which would be $4,100 plus the $500 for the basic costs of a very frugal production totaling roughly $4,600 per production.

In 2025, we would like to write and film at least 8 more productions or a total budget of $36,800.

YOUR DONATIONS

Today, we are asking you for help to achieve our goal of $10,000 to begin to film in 2025.

Our plan is along with monetized LEFT COAST Comedy’s YouTube channel and including Sponsors Contributions and your donations, we can move toward our ultimate goal of paying a full-time, livable wage.

Any dollar amount now will help pay something to everybody and keep the smiles and LOLs coming for FREE on LEFT COAST Comedy’s YouTube channel.

Please share this LEFT COAST Comedy campaign with your family and friends.

Whatever you can donate, be it: $5, $25, $50, $250 or $500 would be so appreciated.

SPONSORSHIPS

We would like to work with businesses and organizations that support the arts and our creative vision.

We have filmed at businesses, restaurants, universities, organizations, and at private residences in Washington and Oregon.

Please contact me for our LEFT COAST Comedy’s Pitch Deck.

I am happy to Zoom or speak with you about the creative sponsorship opportunities with LEFT COAST Comedy.

I know we all need to smile and LOL more each day!

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