PUTTY HILL
A Film & Video project in Baltimore, MD by Matt Porterfield ·
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Update #6: 5 days left - PLEASE HELP!
Posted on February 12, 2010
Dear friends & fans,
We are running out of time on Kickstarter to raise the money we still need to finish Putty Hill. Our original target was $10K, and thanks to your support, we've surpassed it. But this is only half of what we estimate we need to get us through Berlin and SXSW and find as large an audience as possible.
But you said you needed $10K! Why do you need more?
$10K was a conservative figure. The rules of Kickstarter dictate that a project will not receive the money pledged unless it meets its goal. This means, if you set your target at $5K and only make $4500, you get nothing and the donors' money goes back to the bank. We felt we could raise $10K -- and we did! And its huge! But we have costs that far exceed this sum.
We're not gonna get beat up or anything, but everyone who contributed post-production skills and services is still waiting to get paid. And we want to do right by our friends and collaborators. Also, we've hired a publicist in Berlin, who will help us reach international press outlets and make the most of our world premiere. And then comes SXSW, which means more posters, postcards, buttons, travel costs, accommodations, shipping, etc...
Personally, I'm in it for the love of it, but this art costs. So, if you believe in this project and have the resources, please consider making a donation now. Every little bit helps. We have until 11:59PM, February 17th.
Love ya lots,
Matt
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Personal Baltimore Locations Tour with director Matt Porterfield and PUTTY HILL Producer/ HBO's “The Wire” Location Supervisor, Eric Bannat (transportation to Baltimore not included) + all of the above (excluding the hand-lithographed poster, the portrait by Sophie Toporkoff, and the cameo in Matt's next film).
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Matt studied film at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and teaches screenwriting and production in the Film & Media Studies Program at Johns Hopkins University. His first feature, Hamilton, was released theatrically in 2006. Metal Gods, his second feature script, was selected to participate in the Emerging Narrative Program at IFP’s Independent Film Week, where the screenplay won the Panasonic Digital Filmmaking Grand Prize. Putty Hill is his second feature film. It was released by Cinema Guild in 2011.
