Witch of the Wild West - Short film
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Logline: In the frontier of the Wild West a young witch is assigned to guard a portal to the Netherworld where she must protect her town from supernatural monsters and win over the less-than-friendly townsfolk.
A Little About Me
My name is Tallinn Kiefer and I am a screenwriter who has been working in the entertainment industry for 8 years. I’ve worked as a producer and writer creating several TV shows for pocket.watch’s Ulitmate Mishmash Series (Hulu and Amazon). I’ve also worked as an assistant for the Writers’ Room of the TV series Star Trek: Picard (Paramount+).
I’m raising funds to make my short film, “Witch of the Wild West”. This story contains everything I love about storytelling: comedy, action, romance, magic, and really cool costumes!
A Little About This Story
It’s a fun story about a friendly witch who uses her wits, charm, and a little bit of dark magic to escape her own hanging. But underneath that it’s really about community and the lengths we go to find belonging.
My Goals
This short is the opening scene to a longer script I wrote, a 30-minute supernatural western comedy pilot (imagine Buffy the Vampire Slayer but set in the Wild West). My goal is to enter this short into film festivals and contests, get my work in front of industry professionals and use this as a proof of concept to sell my idea as a tv show.
My Team
I have an incredible team of filmmakers who are on board to help me make this short.
Director- Jessa Zarubica is an award-winning writer, director, producer, showrunner and CEO of Somethin' Extra Entertainment with 20+ years of experience in the entertainment industry. She has directed TV shows such as "Shay Mitchell: Chapters" (FullScreen), “Captain Sparklez Mishmash” (Hulu), and “Challenge Squad” (Amazon). She is also currently in post-production on her feature film "Six Feet Apart" that she produced, wrote, directed and shot remotely during the pandemic.
Director of Photography- Mario Contini is a fantastic director of photography with 15+ years of experience in the entertainment industry who has worked on projects such as “1923” (Paramount), “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24), “Gaslit” (Universal/Starz) and “Beef” (Netflix/A24). He has also worked on music videos for artists such as Post Malone, 2 Chainz and Rich the Kid.
Stunt Coordinator- Ryan Sturz is a bad ass stunt coordinator with 30+ years of experience and has worked on films such as “Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers” (Disney), “Eternals” (Marvel), and “Captain Marvel” (Marvel).
Producer- Audrey De León is an actress, producer and CEO of TRQZ City Productions with 20+ years of experience in the entertainment industry. Her current projects include launching new voices in film, developing documentaries, producing and acting in independent feature films, as well as executive producing. Audrey is passionate about bringing resource strategies to artists as a pioneer in the new era of the entertainment industry.
How Your Donations Will Be Used
The money I raise here will all go to production expenses: Cameras, lighting gear, period-specific costumes and sets, props, stunts, visual effects and more. No matter how much we raise this short will be amazing because I feel so passionately about bringing this story to life but your contributions will be the difference between CGI and sock puppets.
Thank You
Thank you in advance for your support! It means so much to me and I am so excited to see this dream come to life. Any amount you can offer, even a small donation, is greatly appreciated! As a thank you for your donations, we are offering some fun rewards outlined below.
Donation Tiers and Rewards
5 dollars
- Heartfelt thank you note
10 dollars
- Heartfelt thank you note
- Social media shout-out
20 dollars
- Heartfelt thank you note
- Social media shout-out
- Thank you in credits
50 dollars
- Heartfelt thank you note
- Social media shout-out
- Thank you in credits
- Frameable postcard
100 dollars
- Heartfelt thank you note
- Social media shout-out
- Thank you in credits
- Frameable postcard
- Custom wanted poster with your picture and the crime I think you'd be most likely to commit
200 dollars
- Heartfelt thank you note
- Social media shout-out
- Thank you in credits
- Frameable postcard
- Custom wanted poster with your picture and the crime I think you'd be most likely to commit
- Embroidered baseball hat
500 dollars
- Heartfelt thank you note
- Social media shout-out
- Thank you in credits
- Frameable postcard
- Custom wanted poster with your picture and the crime I think you'd be most likely to commit
- Embroidered baseball hat
- Associate producer credit
- Invitation to come be an extra on set!
1000 dollars
- Heartfelt thank you note
- Social media shout-out
- Thank you in credits
- Frameable postcard
- Custom wanted poster with your picture and the crime I think you'd be most likely to commit
- Embroidered baseball hat
- Associate producer credit
- Custom painted denim jacket, any design you like!
- Invitation to come be an extra on set!
5000 dollars
- Heartfelt thank you note
- Social media shout-out
- Thank you in credits
- Frameable postcard
- Custom wanted poster with your picture and the crime I think you'd be most likely to commit
- Embroidered baseball hat
- Custom painted denim jacket, any design you like!
- Executive Producer credit
- Invitation to come be an extra on set!
- Invitation to private screening/premiere event for 2
10,000 dollars
- Heartfelt thank you note
- Social media shout-out
- Frameable postcard
- Custom wanted poster with your picture and the crime I think you'd be most likely to commit
- Embroidered baseball hat
- Custom painted denim jacket, any design you like!
- Executive Producer credit
- Invitation to come be an extra on set!
- Invitation to private screening/premiere event for 2
- Prop From Set
Organizer
Tallinn Kiefer
Organizer
Los Angeles, CA