Enter The World Of The Vigilante

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If technology comes from the mind, is it unnatural to use it to improve the mind?

Imagine a world with neuro-plastic surgery: you have the ability to customize your mind, so what would you like to change? Nail biting, procrastination, even psychosis – doctors can map out your mind, locate the source of any problem, and correct it.

It’s just become an affordable procedure, decide for yourself, will you embrace a natural identity or surpass your human limitations; as long as you’re not a ward of the state, the choice is yours.

--- Get a Correction from Dr. Ivanov  - - -  Carl Saxby is the People's Choice -

Plot

“The Vigilante” is a film about Artemis, a brilliant teenager who loses his parents and winds up in state custody. While the other orphans eagerly await their corrections, hoping for a better future, Artemis doesn’t want one. With no other option he’s forced to escape, and must accept a life on the run.

Artemis encounters the notorious John Hardin (reformed serial killer) as he's assaulted by an angry group. After they get away, John relates to the 16-year-old as on outsider and wonders if he sees his former self in the boy. He struggles whether he should report the young fugitive, but John can't begin to imagine what Artemis is planning. 

Making Our 30-Minute Movie

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With a special thanks to Bravo Studios, we've had 8-days of production devoted to scenes within scenes, shooting infomercials, advertisements, and news reports. Two-thirds of our cast is locked, and thanks to Stonestreet Studios have just held over a hundred auditions to fill our remaining roles.  The wonderfully talented Jillian Iscaro is finalizing the storyboards and working alongside our visual effects team to plan out every shot before the camera rolls. Our art department has been hard at work building props and set dressings but to go any further we need to rent out storage space so they can keep working.

--- Our final production is fast approaching, and at this stage the biggest thing in our way is budget ---

We Need Your Help!

During our main production the cost of renting and insuring high quality camera, lighting, and sound equipment will be substantial. We will need to reserve a variety of locations that we can’t get for free and pay for all the necessary NY City permits and we also need to feed a cast and crew of 40 people twice a day for two weeks, and pay for parking, transportation and gas.

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Our VFX Supervisor Brian Magarian is a pro at delivering breath taking visual effects on a budget, sought out by studios including HBO and corporate clients like Sketchers. Our producers Max Guen, Nicholas Hammond, and Adi Gupta, along with Jules Hamilton, have produced a number of large scale short films including Stealing Suburbia, a $70,000 short film about the life of teenaged bandit Malcolm Thomas Moore, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2011.

Why Support Our Short Film?

As technology continues to change the world, we believe in a need for emerging artforms created and inspired by such changes in technology. 

On top of our respective rewards, all Kickstarter backers earn an HD download of the film, special thanks in our film’s credits, and access to our exclusive Kickstarter backer mailing list (including personal updates from our director and producers, behind the scenes information, photos, and more!). 

--- Meet some of the filmmakers already in The Vigilnate community ---