About this project

Notes on Olympia: This film takes place in Paris, Rome, Athens, New York and Los Angeles. I have been directing as well as acting up to this point making a film shot almost entirely by 1 person. I also wrote the music for the film which is not only part of the film but is integral to its story. The movie is being shot on the 16mm camera that you see in the beginning of the video. The most difficult thing up to this point has been getting to a place where I can continuously work on the film until it is complete without having to try to raise more funds in the middle of shooting...Your contribution will allow me to complete my film.

What I want: I need the money in order to finish shooting the film.

How I plan to achieve it: Using incentives to boost donations, and attempting to involve the many people I come in contact with, I will raise 25,000 and then finish the film within 2 months of raising the funds.

How the money will be used:

Travel, Transport, Accommodations and Misc. Expenses - $14,210
(For Director/Actors and Production costs)

Film Stock - $3000
(15,000 ft. of film) roughly 5 hrs...

Film Processing and Transfer - $3334
(Processing $1,744 + Transfer $1590)

Costumes and Props - $1551
(For main characters)

Equipment - $1917
(Sound Equip, Mic's, Lights, Rentals etc...)

Music Score - $1000
(Studio time, Mix, Master)

Total = $25,012

Bio of Olympia: More than 3 years ago I began this film called Olympia. It was and still is most important to me to make a film about young people and this film is really a product of that interest. It has been said since the 1950's by director Roberto Rosselini that we need films not about subjects but by people taking their cameras into the streets and documenting the world in front of them. It is in the spirit of those words that my film Olympia is being made. I began creating my film not with a script but with locations and it was after I had traveled extensively with my film camera, and had shot many spontaneous locations and people, that I wrote a script to give form to my experiences and ideas which resulted in the film: OLYMPIA

The Story: Two men from different time periods are involved with the same woman. For one man (a magazine journalist in 2010) the woman is a mystery, known only through the anonymous letters she sends and their spontaneous encounters. For the other man (a musician in 1968) she is a constant in his life but he continues to seek out another world. As their story with her unfolds, the film transcends a fictional setting by including interviews with people in the places they travel to and documentaries of historical events. As the documentary element and story merge, the distance between these two men and their own time and place is blurred, transforming their individual identities and what they are looking for...OLYMPIA

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Some Epigrams I keep in mind during this filmmaking process:

"My dream is your dream" - Werner Herzog

"Create and Discover in your mind" - The Shirelles

"Continue on your path, for it exists only in your walking" - St. Augustine

"I am interesting and I think I have a pretty good idea of the sublime, but I can't seem to make it with any girls these days... " - Young Man At a Bar in Los Angeles

"I am young and I believe in youth"

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Art on The Incentive Plan Information:

All photo's for the print offer can be seen at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/10925926@N04/

Please check updates for pictures and previews of music and books offered...

I am also seeking donations of any resources to assist in the film's production including: frequent flyer miles or points that can be used for travel or accommodations as well as film stock, lighting and sound equipment...
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