8pm To 8am Film Fundraiser

Hey! Our names are Will Curtis and Sammy Dallas, the co-writers, co-directors, and co-creative executive producers. We are film students and currently in the amazing pre-production process of our short film we wrote together called 8pm to 8am. During our second year in college, we were put face to face with the rules put in place to control a fundamentally absurd world. As we’ve gotten older, we’ve seen time pass by faster, and faster. In the confusion we’ve learned to find peace and harmony in the inexplicable.

We already have an amazing producing team consisting of Jenna McDowell, Cory McCullough, Max Eberle, and Bret Queenan. Together, we want to create a visually unique world where the audience follows the wild odyssey of a passive college resident advisor trying to learn self-agency. With the support we garner from this fundraiser, we plan to bring this world to life that encapsulates the dreamlike nightlife and sound scape of Boston after dark.

8pm to 8am is a psychological dark comedy and a warped coming-of-age short film.

This campaign will help raise necessary funds towards equipment rentals, production design, costume design, catering, film festival distribution, and much more!

8pm to 8am follows Jackie, a twenty-year old university resident advisor, through their odyssey of bizarre encounters that bring them deeper into Boston’s wonderful and dreamlike nightlife. Jackie’s bad-influence friend and fellow resident advisor, Alex, and love-interest, Jennifer, push Jackie to leave for the largest and most popular Halloween party in Boston. At the same time, a group of five suitemates get into several heated arguments and their friendship is tested by Jackie’s absence. Throughout the night, Jackie meets several different wonderful and uncanny individuals like: The Guardian (a Bostonian nutcase), The Observer (the keeper of the Labyrinth), The Drifters (environmentally conscious leather-clad vagabonds), The Goons (unhinged college burnouts) and many of the Halloween party’s diverse partygoers.

What We Need and What You Get: (Budget, Budget Breakdown, Tiers)

Budget: $5000

Budget Breakdown: Production Design, Costume Design, Film Festivals, and Food!!

Tiers:

The underlined tiers ($5, $10, $25) are rolling tiers – meaning if you donate $25 for the digital poster, you will also receive the personalized thank you email and the shoutout on our Instagram!

$50 and above are just what you would receive from that specific tier. For example, if you donate $100, you will receive only the video message from the producing team and some of the cast. If you donate $300, you will receive only the associate producer credit and the zoom Q&A.

The Zoom Q&A will consist of the two directors, producing team, and some of the crew and cast !!

$5 Instagram shoutout

$10 Personal thank you email

$25 Digital Poster

$50 Special Thanks Credits

$75 Name in Film (ADR at the party scene, Duty phone – text message, missed phone call)

$100 Video Message from the Producing Team and some of the cast !!

$150 Zoom Q&A

$200 Zoom Q&A + Special Thanks Credit + Company Name (if applicable)

$300 Associate Producer Credit + Zoom Q&A

$500 Executive Producer Credit + Zoom Q&A

We hope to create a never-ending fever dream of a night where the city itself becomes alive in the vein of Martin Scorcese’s After Hours (1985). Aiming to bring a healthy dose of existentialism to the dream-swept aesthetics of surreal horror romps like Brian Yuzna’s Society (1989) and Wes Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). We strive for a rich combination of low brow and high brow material in the likes of Greg Mottola’s Superbad (2007) and Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life (2011). An absurd tale in the name of identity and self-agency that is made in spirit of what we believe to be one of the greatest cinematic triumphs: David Lynch’s Twin Peaks: The Return (2017).

Additional Inspirations:

Who helped us?

Stories by:

Question: Favorite film/tv show that predominantly take place over the course of one night

EP Team:

Sammy Dallas (co-creative EP, co-director, co-writer)

Will Curtis (co-creative EP, co-director, co-writer)

Cory McCullough (logistical EP)

Jenna McDowell (technical EP)

AP Team:

Bret Queenan (associate logistical producer)

Max Eberle (associate technical producer)

Other Ways You Can Help

If you can’t contribute with money, no worries!! GoFundMe has sharing tools where you can share this project with friends, family, and anyone on social media. You can hit the follow button on this project on GoFundMe and/or our Instagram account. You’ll be able to receive updates and more information on how the project is coming along for the months to come!! Any support could help bring our big cinematic dream to reality. Thank you so much!!

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