Sieve is a short film about how memory intersects the physical world; and an exploration of how they inform, serve and fail each other.
This project has been a long time in coming, and in many ways is an extension of the themes I began working with eight or nine years ago while in school for my BFA. At the time I was creating a series of photo sculptures using old snap shots from my childhood {pictured below}. The pieces explored the connections between the ethereal & physical worlds: memory vs the family snapshot. But even as I was wrapping up my degree and finishing that phase of the project, I knew I was missing a significant voice in this dialogue. I knew I had to go home. I had to return to the actual places these photographs depicted, the actual spaces the memories took shape, find the story waiting for me in my long abandoned home town of Bayou La Batre, AL.
Seven years later I am finally ready to go back, and this October my DP {director of photography and all round co-conspirator} and I want to travel there and spend a week documenting the story that unfolds as I revisit my hometown for the first time in nearly 20 years.
The working title is Sieve, and this piece will be one part documentary, one part narrative, and wholly a testament to the process of discovering the changes time has laid on this one small town, breaking apart the patina of nostalgia I have built up, and sifting through the pieces to find whatever truth remains in tact after all these years.
The final project will be an 8-12 minute short film.
{To read the kismet-laden story of the moment this project came into being, go here}
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The funds will go toward airfare, gas, food, lodging & a small number of supplies needed. The breakdown of the necessities is below but we'd really like to raise upwards of $3,000 to give us some room to pay at least a small stipend to the artists that will be needed to complete the project: my DP, a musician for the soundtrack, editor, etc, and give this project as much room to live and breathe as possible.
Flight $400
Gas for driving to and from Texas $250
External Hard Drives to back-up and store the film $300
Food for two for nine days of travel/shooting $300
Lodging $500
Incidentals, Park Entrances, Etc $250
Total: $2,000
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Images from the three dimensional photo sculptures I made during my senior year of college.
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{Set Intern} A very warm thank you from me {and do you mind bringing Andrew his coffee? ;}.
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{Walk On} A very warm thank you in the credits of the film AND a hand-written Alabama postcard from me. {Note: Postcard will arrive sometime in October 2012}
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{Featured Extra} A very warm thank you in the credits of the film AND a hand-written Alabama postcard AND an invite to the official screening party for the film {note: screening held in Seattle, WA, sometime in 2013}
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{Supporting Actor} All of the above AND a SPECIAL thanks in the credits of the film.
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{Co-Star} All of the above AND a copy of the finished film.
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{A-Lister} All of the above AND an 8x10 print selected from the still photographs taken on location during the shoot. You will have a gallery of images {landscapes & still lifes} to chose from.
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{Producer} All of the above AND a special screening in your home of the film for you and whomever you'd like along with inside commentary provided by me in person {or via skype if you're not located in Seattle}.
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{Executive Producer} All of the above AND I'll include a spread of deliciousness for you and up to 15 friends during the screening night and will show a variety of work that has inspired and influenced me and generally make it a fun night of film, short or otherwise. {Party only available in the Seattle area unless you'd like to pay me to travel to you}
Estimated delivery: Jul 2013
