Kickstarter

IF NO ONE CAN HEAR YOU, WOULD YOU STILL SCREAM?

Isolation.  Slience.  A group of six deaf friends finds good fortune and a sea voyage to paradise, only to become enmeshed in a series of bizarre circumstances, unresolved conflicts… and murder.  Bloody murder.

As their dear friends die horribly, they search the past and present to unravel the secrets of ‘why’ and ‘who’.  On their journey, religion, philosophy, bias, and the supernatural will lead them to question what they believe, and why… and so will you.

                 Oh – and it’s all told in American Sign Language.

OUR MISSION

     "He said the dead had souls, but when I asked him

     How that could be - I thought the dead were souls,

     He broke my trance.  Don't that make you suspicious

     That there's something the dead are keeping back?

     Yes, there's something the dead are keeping back."

                                                   “Two Witches” - Robert Frost

We all know that the art form of the web series embodies the future of entertainment; the likes of Netflix and Hulu have already begun narrowing the gap between television and computer.  That future is well within sight – so I want to speak about another Undiscovered Country…

When was the last time you saw a movie which catered to the deaf and hard-of-hearing (HOH) viewer?  When was the last time you saw one that was exciting, bold, and original?

GOD LOVES YOU will star six deaf actors - All using American Sign Language (ASL)!  But don’t think hearing audiences won’t enjoy it, too – this series will have full sound, be fully scored, and the viewer will have the choice of viewing it with or without closed captions.

The directorial challenges of filming actors using ASL ALONE guarantee this will be a visually stunning and unique cinematic experience.  Hearing audiences will be engrossed by the story and transported to a world they know exists, but have likely never experienced.  Deaf and HOH will be equally engrossed, and hopefully gratified that there is FINALLY a cinematic work that has been made FOR Deaf & HOH audiences, STARRING Deaf & HOH actors.. 

We think it’s about time content is made which all audiences can enjoy EQUALLY!

This project is not being made as a means to a television of film deal – it is a means unto itself… and just the beginning.

THE (GROWING) TEAM

Stars (pending):

Hillary Baack

Ty Giordano

Troy Kotsur

Guthrie Nutter

Alexandria Wailes

Creative Team:

David Aron Damane                     Creator

Alexandria Wailes                       Creator

WHERE THE MONEY GOES

All funding will go towards the filming and post-producing the trailer and episodes, of which there will be nine (each averaging ten minutes in length).

Producing a web series of this scope can be surprisingly expensive - there are numerous costs involved, including actor & crew salaries, production insurance, location permits, and legal expenses. The scale of this particular project means we will also need to bring on additional post-production personnel, specifically for editing and visual effects.