I WROTE A SHORT SCREENPLAY AND IT'S REALLY GOOD. NOW WHAT DO I DO?
Thank you for taking the time to check this out! I know we all get bombarded with go-fund-me pages and Kickstarter campaigns (Lord knows I’ve contributed to countless films and personal tragedies). But when someone has a dream to create something that is more powerful than their loathing to ask for help, BOOM! A campaign is born.
I wrote ‘Who Wants Dessert’ because I’m fascinated by how human beings manage to survive after life altering events. Some rise above it, some drown in despair and others…others create alternate realities. That’s what the heroine of ‘Who Wants Dessert’ does. Annie loses her entire family, but can’t let them go…in a very creepy and unhealthy way. She creates a psychological house of cards that her therapist threatens to take down, but Annie isn’t about to let that happen, and the therapist discovers the depths of how deadly this alternate reality really is for anyone outside of it. A kick ass ending leaves the viewer stunned, surprised and both cheering and being shocked by Annie.
We can all connect with the fear of losing loved ones and our sanity, and hopefully people reading this campaign will want to see this twisted tale come to life.
This film will take only two days to shoot but has a small child (oh no!) as well as visual effects and complex art direction and lighting. I’m planning to make this the most artistically creative film I’ve made to date. Here’s hoping I can shock and delight you!
Anything you can do to help is enormously appreciated! We’re in need of a lovely home to shoot in, a small child we can traumatize and, of course, cash donations. Thank you!
Some of you have asked to see contributors & where contributions currently stand, so if you want to keep pace and/or contribute, please click the PayPal button below.
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LYFTUSUP
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Venita Ozols-Graham
writer, director, producer
Venita is a member of the Director’s Guild of America and previous DGA Award nominee. She’s enjoyed a successful run in production in film and TV, working on projects such as the hit TV shows Veronica Mars, CSI, The Shield, The District, and The X Files. She’s segued into writing, producing and directing and has written numerous screenplays as well as produced and directed the indie feature Black Widows. Her horror short, Used Body Parts, was a film festival hit, winning several awards and getting distribution on Amazon. She has become a Film Festival regular over the last several years with her short movies Angel, Amy's in the Freezer, Chicken and Lift.
Barry Opper
producer
Barry completes the producing team with Venita. He's produced: eleven feature films (amongst them Jeepers Creepers for MGM, Critters and its three sequels for New Line Cinema and Android for Island Pictures and Warner Bros), an award winning feature length documentary (called Slingshot about bringing clean water to children in third world countries), various short subjects and fifteen or so stage plays, some with international productions. He is currently prepping for production his script called Jim Dandy.
How you can help:
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Every donation will get a social media shout out and a thank you credit on WHO WANTS DESSERT:
For those able to contribute $25 and above, we offer a link to the film as soon as it's premiered at its first film festival!
$50 or more and you get the link and a credit at the end of WHO WANTS DESSERT as a sponsor.
$100 or more and you get a sponsor credit and a link to the film the moment it's locked!
$500 and above, you get the locked link, a full sized poster and an Associate Producer Credit on the film and on IMDB!
$1000 or more and you'll get the locked link, a full sized poster and an Executive producer credit on the film and on IMDB!
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If you want to donate without registering with PayPal (by credit card or bank check), go here:
Or if Venmo is your desired method of payment, then go to your Venmo app and direct them to pay to user name:
LYFTUSUP
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