So I've made a few short films in my time. Recently, I've decided to take a short film idea off the back burner and finally try to promote the idea of it to get some funding. I'm gonna post my default info below so you all get an idea of it all. Tell me what you think. Here are some images as well. If you don't know anything about the "back rooms" story, please look it up! It's really interesting.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jadenwilliams/the-back-rooms-live-action-short-film?ref=user_menuScreenplay:The Back Rooms is based on the "back rooms" urban legend about a limbo-like hellish setting of a maze that goes on for eternity. Filled with only fluorescent lights and yellow-papered walls, the idea of the film is to show what it would be like for a person to "clip" into the back rooms to see what psychological torments they may endure.
Background:My name is Jaden Williams. I'm a 19-year-old film-maker and visual-effects artist. I've directed 7 first-place short films and 2 Best-of-Show awards. I'm a software engineer major at Florida Gulf Coast University. I've been obsessed with the film industry for quite some time. A majority of the time when it comes to my film-making career, I've usually kept it a secret until the very end. But this time it's different. I've done intense research into the "back rooms" for several months now and want to know if it would be worth it to an audience to see a live-action short film created for it. I want to do it completely green-screened. It's been a passion project I've wanted to do for a while and what better way to do it than the back rooms: an environment filled with yellow-tinted walls and brown-colored carpeting. It's not too much work needed to be put into the environment. And because of that, there will be even more detail put into the smaller things. I'm a pro at motion tracking and have always wanted to take a jab at putting the real world into a virtual environment. If you don't believe my dedication, please go to my portfolio website
www.jadenw.com. I love stories like these and I want to give my own representation of the backrooms. For one, the image above was made in Blender by yours truly. It's not close to being complete but I wanted to show you all that I truly do want to dedicate myself to something like this.
Budget:I want this thing to be beautiful to look at. And with that comes computer power. I've always strived to push away from needing money from Kickstarter to complete my short films, but I'll truly need it for this one. All I will need is a better graphics card and CPU. With the money, I'll be investing in an RTX 2080 ti and an Intel i9 processor. The rest of the leftover money is to help pay for taxes. Thank you.
Risks and challengesThe risk is the amount of time it will take. I want to make sure that the short film is as close as it can get to perfect. Once/If we reached the goal of $3000, it will be much more clear on how long it will take to finish the short film. I will keep plenty of constant updates on the film.
