About this project

You’ve seen them -- tripping as they walk down the streets of New York in 5 inch heels, getting their credit card declined buying gum, spilling the contents of their purse as they run to catch the train. These Hot Messes are everywhere: In our offices, covered in ink from the copier; at our gyms, inadvertently falling off the treadmill; and perhaps in our own bathroom mirror, staring back with spinach in our teeth.

Hot Mess is a web series dedicated to telling true stories of the messes among us. Here on the show, we are convinced that Truth is funnier than Fiction. Each episode is based on a real account -- no plot, character, or joke is made up. It’s all true.

The seeds of Hot Mess were planted in 2005 when creator Amy Kersten, who is pretty accident-prone, got herself into a pickle involving a falling TV, her face, some stitches and…☺finally a settlement. So in 2009 she decided to use the fruits of that hot mess story to tell more Hot Mess stories! Amy somehow convinced the amazing Director of Photography, Ken Kotowski, to collaborate and film these embarrassing "screw up stories" to share with the world wide web. In collaboration with a handful of other messes (Cheri Paige Fogleman, Mary Catherine Green, Molly Ann Coogan), Season One was produced -- with 7 Episodes of True Cosmopolite Catastrophe.

Now the people have spoken and you're demanding MORE MESS! We've started Season 2 but we are out of funds to finish it. We’ve got tons more stories and a growing team of creative people crazy enough to work with us. So now we need your help to Make A Mess!
At the bare minimum each episode costs about $200-$250 to produce and we have no end to this list of tragic tales crying out to be filmed -- so all we need is support.

With the funds raised we could:

*Add 4 more Episodes to make a complete Season 2 (See our Promo for a taste)
*Hire a much needed sound person -- which would really improve the quality of each episode
*Rent the spaces we need to to shoot the really juicy stories ie, Emergency Rooms, Taxi Cabs, Airport Security, Gay Clubs the list goes on.
*Guarantee you a Season 3
*Work towards our Big Master Plan to get picked up by a network or sponsor (and ultimately Hot Mess world wide domination.)

While our goal is $4,500, that’s playing it safe -- we hope to go over that, way over. The more we raise the bigger and better the Mess gets. Thanks for your help.