This is a truncated version of the original Veil pitch video. It was scrapped after a month online in which it raised very little money for the campaign. We thought it was funny but replaced it with a more serious, straightforward, and sober video. People seems to prefer that and gave us more money. This video still makes me laugh so here it is.
Friday, October 28, 2011
30 Days
In 1999, a $20,000 horror film was made with a minimal crew and no stars. The Blair Witch Project was released and made $248,000,000. It became the most profitable film of all time.
In 2009, a $15,000 horror film was made with a minimal crew and no stars. Paranormal Activity was released and made $193,000,000. It has spawned a franchise that has gone on to generate half a billion dollars.
In November, we're going to make a horror film for $5000 with a minimal crew and no stars. The name of the film is Veil and we need your help. We have only 4 days left to raise the budget. Our campaign can be viewed @ http://www.indiegogo.com/Veil.
When you make a donation of $5, your name will be listed in special thanks credits. $20 will get you an autographed DVD copy of the finished movie. Anyone making a $100 donation will receive a producer credit on the film.
Even if Veil doesn't become the next great horror film, you'll still be a part of something that will last forever. Many of you have already given generously and we thank you. Please continue to support the project by reposting the IndieGoGo link, joining the facebook fanpage, or passing along our pitch video.
facebook.com/page/Veil/154047104689878?sk=wall
indiegogo.com/veil
tensundays.com/veil.html
In 2009, a $15,000 horror film was made with a minimal crew and no stars. Paranormal Activity was released and made $193,000,000. It has spawned a franchise that has gone on to generate half a billion dollars.
In November, we're going to make a horror film for $5000 with a minimal crew and no stars. The name of the film is Veil and we need your help. We have only 4 days left to raise the budget. Our campaign can be viewed @ http://www.indiegogo.com/Veil.
When you make a donation of $5, your name will be listed in special thanks credits. $20 will get you an autographed DVD copy of the finished movie. Anyone making a $100 donation will receive a producer credit on the film.
Even if Veil doesn't become the next great horror film, you'll still be a part of something that will last forever. Many of you have already given generously and we thank you. Please continue to support the project by reposting the IndieGoGo link, joining the facebook fanpage, or passing along our pitch video.
facebook.com/page/Veil/154047104689878?sk=wall
indiegogo.com/veil
tensundays.com/veil.html
Sunday, October 23, 2011
36 days
With 36 days until filming begins on "Veil" and 8 days left on the IndieGoGo campaign, I am reminded of a scene from Fast Times At Ridgemont High. Late at night, Mike Damone (armed with a list of "People Who Owe Me Money") is desperately trying to scrape together enough dough to pay for half of Jennifer Jason Leigh's abortion. People have been extremely generous but we're still $3100 short of our $5000 budget. Please go to http://www.indiegogo.com/Veil to contribute. Or else Judge Reinhold will run us over with the Cruising Vessel.
Week 6 NFL picks
Green Bay Packers (-8.5) over MINNESOTA VIKINGS
Pittsburgh Steelers (-3.5) over ARIZONA CARDINALS
OAKLAND RAIDERS (-3.5) over Kansas City Chiefs
Season 8-11-1
Week 6 NFL picks
Green Bay Packers (-8.5) over MINNESOTA VIKINGS
Pittsburgh Steelers (-3.5) over ARIZONA CARDINALS
OAKLAND RAIDERS (-3.5) over Kansas City Chiefs
Season 8-11-1
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
40 days
Principal photography on "Veil begins on November 26. The script has been cut to the bone to accommodate a 6 day shoot and a budget of only a few thousand dollars. Barring some 4th quarter heroics, our IndieGoGo campaign is going to fall a bit short of the $5000 goal. Our first experience with crowdfunding has been interesting. The idea of being accountable to people who have given you their money makes it impossible to give up or change your mind about making the movie. Casting has officially begun and I'm toying with the idea of posting some of the strangest responses on the blog.
indiegogo.com/veil
tensundays.com/veil.html
facebook.com/pages/Veil/154047104689878?sk=wall
Monday, September 26, 2011
Bloodsprayer Interview
After wrapping up a 16 day shoot on the comedy The Maladjusted, the director, DP, and I holed up in a casino hotel to unwind. While there, I had the chance to do an interview with the excellent horror website Bloodsprayer. We talked about Dysphonia as well as the upcoming Veil. You can read the full interview below and many thanks to Bloodsprayer and Dr. Jimmy Terror for the opportunity to talk about both projects.
http://www.bloodsprayer.com/uncategorized/dysphonia-twins-of-terror-an-interview-with-writerdirector-paul-busetti/
http://www.bloodsprayer.com/uncategorized/dysphonia-twins-of-terror-an-interview-with-writerdirector-paul-busetti/
Monday, August 22, 2011
Go-Go not Cry-Cry
Today we launch the Indiegogo campaign for our upcoming feature length horror film "Veil". For anyone unfamiliar with Indiegogo, it is a website that enables filmmakers you you've never met to spam your Facebook page and e-mail inbox to panhandle for money. Each film project has a budget goal and a time limit to raise it. The filmmakers post pitch videos where they sit in front of their $2000 Macbook and make their case for why you should pay for whole grain bagels for the script girl in exchange for a special thanks credit in their opus. Hopefully, people will view our pitch video and see that we don't take ourselves seriously, but we do take our films seriously. This blog was originally started to follow the making of Dysphonia. Veil is an interim project to keep our teeth sharp until we are able to produce it.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Veil Part II
In March 2011, Ian and myself decided that instead of getting rusty while waiting for the funding to come through for Dysphonia, we would first produce a horror feature quickly and inexpensively. If nothing else, we were going to make something we could take to horror conventions and sell directly to the genre fans. Hopefully good word of mouth would draw more interest in Dysphonia and other future projects. We both came up with a few ideas but settled on a tale that is relevant for both the times we live in and also the age and situations we find ourselves in currently. I married young at 23 and when I attended my 5 year high school reunion, out of a class of almost 200, I was the only one of my classmates who was married. Last fall, at the 10 year reunion, which I skipped, not only was almost everyone married, but most had children and some were on their second marriage. There is a desperate rush to pair off and have babies once you reach your mid twenties. Ian and myself decided to tell the tale of a man whose life is rapidly moving toward a wife, a house, and children. Feeling like he is unready for this change and with too many regrets of things left undone, he plans a late night rendezvous with a young small town girl he meets online late one night. She seems to be in a similarly unhappy place and is eager to have a discreet tryst. When he doesn't return, his best friend, along with his black sheep older sister, venture into the town to try and find out what happened. What they find is townspeople with contradicting stories of lies, abuse, and murder.
The major theme dealt with in "Veil" is dishonesty and how technology enables it. We are told to be honest, but when we are, there are consequences. We all have personas we have in anonymity and personas we show to the rest of the world. In a perfect world, our husband or wife would get to see the real person, but we are often too scared that the truth would make them not love us. People desperately need a connection, whether they find it in the arms of another person, a pet, or a stranger online.
In a burst of creativity fueled by alcohol and Camel lights, Ian and myself sat around a fire in his backyard on a chilly March night and fleshed out the story and most of the plot points. I returned to New York and began to write the script on April 21. I set a similar timetable to the one used for writing Panacea. Basically, I aim to have the first draft 6 weeks from the day I start. 1 week for filling a spiral notebook and 3x5 notecards (which will later be used for figuring out the timeline and structure for the 3 acts) with ideas for scenes, characters, reference art & photos, wardrobe/props, research notes, and any thoughts on the specific themes (In this case, marriage, adultery, sex, the internet, how we hide through false personas, etc). I won't start a script until I know there is enough there for a feature. Usually a full spiral notebook or about 100 notecards will be enough to get started. This helps avoid having to pad a story idea that was never meaty enough to sustain a feature. Then I write the script for for 3 weeks. If I get stuck, I just keep writing and there's usually a lot of placeholder scenes that I will go back and rewrite completely. Then I spend 2 weeks reading and making corrections. This first draft is usually extremely rough and may only be 60-70% of what the shooting script will be. I completed a 74 page draft in June and am now currently working on the 2nd draft.
In writing the script, I found myself watching films such as The Third Man, Frantic, Missing, Chinatown, and The Vanishing. Movies about disappearance and confusion. Movies where the protagonists question their own memory, sanity, and perception. While Dysphonia is influenced by Italian horror and Panacea is influenced by the films of David Cronenberg, "Veil" is about the real horror of everyday people who will kill to protect secrets and their loved ones. While "Veil" is a horror film, it is also a film about desperate people and what they do for a human connection
We will be launching an Indiegogo page very soon to raise the budget for "Veil" and are also looking for anyone who is intrigued by the concept who wants to volunteer their time to work on the crew. The budget has been estimated at between 2-5K and will be filmed on location in Virginia & West Virginia in the fall. We will be posting character breakdowns and screenplay excerpts soon.
The major theme dealt with in "Veil" is dishonesty and how technology enables it. We are told to be honest, but when we are, there are consequences. We all have personas we have in anonymity and personas we show to the rest of the world. In a perfect world, our husband or wife would get to see the real person, but we are often too scared that the truth would make them not love us. People desperately need a connection, whether they find it in the arms of another person, a pet, or a stranger online.
In a burst of creativity fueled by alcohol and Camel lights, Ian and myself sat around a fire in his backyard on a chilly March night and fleshed out the story and most of the plot points. I returned to New York and began to write the script on April 21. I set a similar timetable to the one used for writing Panacea. Basically, I aim to have the first draft 6 weeks from the day I start. 1 week for filling a spiral notebook and 3x5 notecards (which will later be used for figuring out the timeline and structure for the 3 acts) with ideas for scenes, characters, reference art & photos, wardrobe/props, research notes, and any thoughts on the specific themes (In this case, marriage, adultery, sex, the internet, how we hide through false personas, etc). I won't start a script until I know there is enough there for a feature. Usually a full spiral notebook or about 100 notecards will be enough to get started. This helps avoid having to pad a story idea that was never meaty enough to sustain a feature. Then I write the script for for 3 weeks. If I get stuck, I just keep writing and there's usually a lot of placeholder scenes that I will go back and rewrite completely. Then I spend 2 weeks reading and making corrections. This first draft is usually extremely rough and may only be 60-70% of what the shooting script will be. I completed a 74 page draft in June and am now currently working on the 2nd draft.
In writing the script, I found myself watching films such as The Third Man, Frantic, Missing, Chinatown, and The Vanishing. Movies about disappearance and confusion. Movies where the protagonists question their own memory, sanity, and perception. While Dysphonia is influenced by Italian horror and Panacea is influenced by the films of David Cronenberg, "Veil" is about the real horror of everyday people who will kill to protect secrets and their loved ones. While "Veil" is a horror film, it is also a film about desperate people and what they do for a human connection
We will be launching an Indiegogo page very soon to raise the budget for "Veil" and are also looking for anyone who is intrigued by the concept who wants to volunteer their time to work on the crew. The budget has been estimated at between 2-5K and will be filmed on location in Virginia & West Virginia in the fall. We will be posting character breakdowns and screenplay excerpts soon.
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