About this project
Summary:
"Bleeding Hearts" is the story of a young man named Johnny, who meets the girl of his dreams, only to find out how important her faith and culture are to her. The girl, Samantha, is as innocent and wispy as a butterfly, and almost as faery-like. However, she is devout in her religious and cultural beliefs, and appears to be of a very Orthodox leaning. Is she Hasidic? Is she Muslim? Is she Amish or Pagan, even? Johnny remains fascinated, and transfixed, and after a short meeting, they connect on a deep level. He'll do anything for her... But when he finds out that some of the more criminal elements and creepier denizens of the town start to disappear, Johnny starts to suspect that Samantha and her family have something to do with it. When Johnny finds out the truth, he's not necessarily surprised. He does instead, decide to convert to Samantha's faith, and join the family. Much blood splatters, but no hearts are broken.
Explanation of project:
This is a feature-length film to be directed and produced by Ramzi Abed (Director of "The Devil's Muse", "In A Spiral State", and "Noirland"). It is to be shot in Los Angeles on a production budget of only $5,000, but will still include name actors, talent, and high production value and style. It is to be released theatrically and on dvd, and is being made for the international film market at large, and for film festival screenings, as well. Like many of Ramzi Abed's films, it will be widely released on dvd and through digital means, as well.
How I want to do it, and what it is exactly...
The film is to be shot in a total of 6 days with HD 24p equipment that includes a 35mm lens adapter, sets of Prime lenses, an HD SLR Camera, and multiple smaller HD, Super 8mm, and Pixelvision cameras. Like many of Ramzi Abed's films, it will be shot with multiple formats, but finished in High-Definition for theatrical and broadcast level output. It will be cut on a Final Cut Pro editing system, with fx rendered out in FCP, Motion, and AfterEffects. The sound mix will be done via a full Pro-Tools audio studio set-up for finishing.
What the money is for...
100% of what is raised here goes to the entire production and post-production cost of making this ambitious micro-budget feature film for international distribution. (minus the small percentage that goes to Kickstarter for allowing us to do this).
Thank you!
And thanks also to Kickstarter.com!
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This project successfully raised its funding goal on June 14, 2010.
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A personal thank you email from the director, Ramzi Abed. (Please include your email obviously or message him on here!) You will also be added to a special mailing list for any pre-sale copies of the film when it's released, so that you can get the first word on what's new with the film! In addition, one random $10 pledger will be picked to receive two free tickets to the red carpet premiere for the film.
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A "thank you" credit on the finished film's end credits, plus an invitation to the afterparty for the upcoming premiere of the film (in Los Angeles, CA).
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A "thank you" credit on the finished film's end credits and an original hand-drawn illustration signed by the director.
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A "thank you" credit on the finished film's end credits, an invitation to the official Los Angeles premiere of the film, an original hand-drawn illustration signed by the director, and a copy of the finished film on dvd.
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Ramzi Abed has directed and/or produced nearly a dozen films, including his own directorial feature films, “The Devil’s Muse” (starring Kristen Kerr, Lizzy Strain, Sarah Scott, Gidget Gein, Trent Haaga, Cinqué Lee, and Mark Borchardt) and “In A Spiral State” (starring Juliana Fine, Bianca Barnett, Jed Rowen, Ken Cravens, Eric Fleming, and Mae Moreno), which were both distributed very widely all over the world through renowned arthouse genre distributor, Halo 8 Entertainment. His next films, including the groundbreaking and provocative documentary, “The New Erotic”, which premiered theatrically in Los Angeles in the summer of 2010, and will be released widely on DVD and VOD in early 2011 by Halo 8 Entertainment, along with the film, “Noirland”, which stars James Duval, Rena Riffel, Twink Caplan, Jesse Hlubik, Ford Austin, Clint Catalyst, Lenora Claire, Elissa Dowling, Wendy McColm, Hollie Stevens, and Lloyd Kaufman (to name a few). “Noirland” is currently in Post-Production. Another new film, “Telephone World”, which Ramzi Abed also directed, stars Elissa Dowling, Chandler Maness, Tamarah Murley, and Kara Hyatt, and is currently in the final mixing and picture locknig stages, is set to premiere on the film festival circuit in the spring of 2011. More information on Ramzi Abed and his films can be found at the Internet Movie Database or on the world wide web. His previous Kickstarter project was "Bleeding Hearts", which was SUCCESSFULLY funded through Kickstarter, and begins production in early 2011. Ramzi Abed currently represents feature films as a Producer's Rep and what he calls a "Special Agent" for numerous amazing arthouse and genre films through his new label, eye.
