None of us here at GMD Films ask for much more than an audience to gather around the fire to hear us weave our strange tales. So, our first fund raiser is unique in it’s purpose.
We have not ever used ‘crowd funding’ to raise the budget for our films, not once – not ever. And we’re still not. Every GMD Films Production has raised it’s budget on the success of the films before it, and that’s something we take a certain pride in.
What’s different about our first fund raising campaign, is we are asking you to help us make “WISP” better. We’re looking to cast a ‘Horror Icon’ as our Serial Killer (at a cost of $5,000 – $10,000), round out our cast with some ‘Indie Film Icons’ (these are people you already know and love) and we want to put more money on the screen.
By ‘more money on the screen’, I’m talking about four Police Cars instead of two. An extra day on a killer location. Adding some additional hands to the FX Team, a dedicated Make Up Artist for the beautiful ladies on our cast, and being able to shut down a street corner for a car chase stunt.
In short, a few smaller things in the background that add several thousand dollars to our budget but look like a million bucks on screen.
Now, if you’re reading this blog, you’re a fan. You’ve been hanging around the GMD Films camp for awhile, and you know we’ve never once asked for anything from anyone.
This fundraiser is important, or we wouldn’t ask. To show our gratitude, the cast and crew have come together to offer some pretty remarkable rewards for pitching in.
A personal phone call from certified smoke show Paula Marcenaro Solinger? Yes. Screen used props from the movie? Of course. Autographed DVD’s, Scripts, and chance to be on screen with the best-of-the-best in Indie Film? You bet.
And look, we know times are tough. If they weren’t, we wouldn’t be trying to raise the extra money we need to make “WISP” epic. Whatever you have, we’ll take it. Skip your Grande latte one day, a pack of smokes, or the change left over from a hard night of drinking. We’ll put it on the screen, and you can hate yourself in the morning.
But don’t’ wait. We have deadlines on this. Contracts to sign, commitment checks to write, locations to book, flights to pay for. We have 14 days of food to prepare. Hotel rooms. Costumes to buy.
Visit the “WISP” Fundraising Page right now and make a donation so big it feels like passing a kidney stone.
I promise you, we won’t let you down. You won’t regret this.
- Paul
