About this project

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!

Project location: Brooklyn, NY

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Joshua and Jaime

New York, NY

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Joshua,
Writer and Director

Joshua has been creating stories since the age of 10. He has just finished a feature length script, and has written and directed two other short films to date.

Jaime,
Executive Producer and Assistant Director

Jaime's talents range broadly from DJing parties to event planning to filmmaking. She recently co-founded MART, a Brooklyn collective of fashion, product designers, artists, stylists, and musicians. You can find her spinning monthly at the Williamsburg hotspot, Braur Falls.