Consideration
Consideration
Underemployed and drowning in debt, a young woman enters into an arrangement with a wealthy older man in order to escape a financial spiral.
Underemployed and drowning in debt, a young woman enters into an arrangement with a wealthy older man in order to escape a financial spiral.
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About The Project
I got my first feature writing credit on the independent film Ocean of Pearls. The story of a Sikh man wrestling with his cultural identity while dealing with the iniquities of the American Health Care system, the film hit theaters just as the Health Care Reform debate had reached a fever pitch.
Consideration touches on an issue that’s just starting to brew: the rising cost of education.
The idea for the movie came from the growing discussion I was hearing about young educated women dating wealthy older men, specifically to help with tuition costs and loan debt. What initially fascinated me was the question of whether these arrangements were like prostitution or whether they were not all that different from someone having a trophy wife.
As we developed the script and researched the realities of someone in the main character’s situation, the story started to touch on other issues. All the forces around Jessica, and young people like her, have created an “employer’s market.” Her debt removes any leverage she would have as a young, intelligent and hard-working woman. She’s become a beggar, not a chooser. And whatever job she does take will likely only pay her enough to pick away at her $100,000 loan tab. She’ll always be beholden.
So, what started as a story about a relationship built on money (one person has it and the other needs it), expanded to other relationships complicated by money. An employer and an employee who desperately needs her job. A father who only has a relationship with his son because he supports him financially. A roommate forced to cover the other’s share of the rent. We can all relate in some way.
Sometimes dramatic. Sometimes funny. Ultimately, Consideration is a movie that will get people talking. Some will support the decisions that Jessica makes. Some won’t. Some will sympathize with Henry. Some won’t. Some will see the ending as hopeful. Some won’t.
I see that as a good thing. And if you do too, we’d love your support.
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$100 USD
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$175 USD
A TWO HOUR FILM PROJECT CONSULTATION with Barbara Twist, the producer for CONSIDERATION, from pre-production budgeting to post-production management.
A DIGITAL DOWNLOAD of the music in our film and a handwritten thank you note from the Producer & Director.
A DIGITAL COPY of the film (available by September 2014).A SPECIAL THANK YOU credit in the film.
A THANK YOU on our Facebook page and website.
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$200 USD
A SCRIPT CONSULTATION with V Prasad, who teaches screenwriting at the University of Michigan, including two pages of notes and a two-hour phone or in-person consultation on your screenplay.
A DIGITAL DOWNLOAD of the music in our film and a handwritten thank you note from the Producer & Director.
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A "SUGAR BABY" credit in the film.
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A "SUGAR DADDY/MOMMY" credit in the film.
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Current Team
About This Team
You can make an independent film for very little money if you don’t pay anyone. There’s no shortage of talented and passionate young filmmakers looking for an exciting project to work on so they can build their resume.
But, if you’re making a movie about student loan debt, it doesn’t exactly send the right message to exploit your collaborators with the rationale that you’re giving them “valuable experience” and helping them “get their foot in the door.”
With the exception of myself and our two amazingly professional sound guys, everyone who worked on Consideration was either a student or a very recent college graduate. And, in a lot of ways, Jessica’s story is their story (except for the whole dating a “sugar daddy” part).
Screenwriter Amy Butler was the first to get involved. As a young woman with loan debt, she was a natural choice. It also helped that she’s a born writer, having written two screenplays as an undergrad and continuing that prolific output after graduation. The only thing she needed to take the next step as a writer was an opportunity to see her writing brought to life on the screen.
Producer Barbara Twist graduated from the University of Michigan in 2012 and is already starting to make a name for herself, producing her first feature film and working for the Art House Convergence, an organization of community-based, mission-driven cinemas, and working for her local art house, The Michigan Theater. This fall, she will be speaking at the Austin Film Festival on DIY film distribution and the art house market.
The camera department (DP Alan Torres and assistants Walter Lin and Joe Reed), the art department (Josh Bayer), the editors (Steven Wang and Kevin Birou) and the production team (Jacqueline Wilton, Alexa Kresojevich and James Graessle) all graduated from the University of Michigan in the past year or two.
By supporting this project, you’ll be helping them gain “valuable experience,” get their “foot in the door” and get paid for their first feature film gig.
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