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Through a cultural lens...Inner city youth, for the most part, grow up with restricted physical movement and expression. Let’s consider for a moment the circumstances: the urban landscape isn’t conducive to play, lacking open space; at home many families are crammed into small apartments; subways and buses get easily crowded; given the pervasive violence in urban areas, there is a constant squelching of physical expression for fear it will become violent. All this creates a formula for an overwhelming stricture. Dancing, then, becomes an important means of overturning all this.

Here's the story...Jo-Jo is sixteen and living in East New York. On a typical weekend morning Jo-Jo is given an errand to run for his mother. During his trip, Jo-Jo finds a way to escape the confines of his physical reality through his imagination. There, he finds his expression and freedom, room to break dance. But his dream is infiltrated by a challenging female.

This is a non-traditional music video with a story driven tone that I believe compliments the music perfectly. Consider it a mash up of these ingredients:

www.youtube.com/watch...
www.allisonschulnik.com/FILM/HOBO_HD_web/HOBO_HD_web.mov

The budget for the pre-production and production was done for $2,500.00. We are greatly benefiting from great friends, supporting our vision by donating their time and talents.

As we near the final stages of pre-production we are looking to get into production & post-production as soon as possible and need the help and support of anyone who believes in this video.

We have the script, locations and crew in place, we have a great musical talent and several actors confirmed with a few more in the works, we just don't have the money to shoot.

Your Money Would Go Towards:

Equipment and space rental
Props and related shooting costs
Catering and other minor misc. expenses
Lenses
Equipment (hard drives, batteries, memory cards, sound gear, lenses)
Editing
Post-production (rights, sound mixing, color correction, festival submissions, marketing materials, DVD printing, etc.)
Small gifts for our young actors:
For Jo-Jo, a long coveted ipod
Simplee a chance to see the Ballet

Our team consists of experienced filmmakers, music supervisor/sound engineer, lighting director, actors and a stellar cinematographer. Through a combination of your assistance and the facilities we have available to us, we're confident we can capture a unique experience for music fans.

Our goal is to submit the finished film into festivals: the Can-Do film festival, SXSW music video festival, Sundance, etc. It will also officially release on the internet with Initials B.R's newest CD.

For more of Initials B.R's music visit, http:facebook.com/initialsbr. (you can also listen to the song "Strike on Back").

Thank you for your time and consideration!