Green
by Thea Brooks
Green
by Thea Brooks
"Green" is part short film, part community-building exercise. Thea Brooks and Matt Celia, both originally from the upper Connecticut River valley between NH and VT, are looking to return home as filmmakers and activists, to create a piece about the love and loss of Nature in rural New England.
"Green" is part short film, part community-building exercise. Thea Brooks and Matt Celia, both originally from the upper Connecticut River valley between NH and VT, are looking to return home as filmmakers and activists, to create a piece about the love and loss of Nature in rural New England.
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$10 USD
Four-leaf Clover
The smallest contributions carry just as much good karma!!! You will receive a BIG thank you (with a T.H. White quote, and picture) from the Green Team on whichever social media platform you choose. And if you're not on those kinds of things, you'll get a very nice email.
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$20 USD
Fiddlehead Fern
Ferns are amazing because...they unfurl and develop, like our film!!! Any contribution from $11-20, and you will receive not only a shout out (with picture and quote), but also a personal call from one of our creatives, thanking you for your support.
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$30 USD
Mountain Laurel
Like the lovely pink and white flowering shrub which graces all of New England, this contribution, while the most commonly made, is no less lovely to us! At this level, you will recieve a SM shout out, a personal call, and a digital copy of the finalized film, along with a screen shot from production, and a PDF of our script - the full digital package!
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$50 USD
Sapling Grove
As your contributions grow, so does "Green" - you are helping us plant roots, and start shooting up toward the forest canopy! We'd like to thank you over social media, the phone, send you the full digital package (movie, screenshot, script) - AND - at this level, you get a limited edition hardcopy POSTER of the film!
Claimed: 7 of 'Unlimited'
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$100 USD
Sugar Maple
Arguably Vermont's most important tree, the sugar maple produces the yummiest maple syrup New England can offer. At this contribution level, you receive a shout out, a personal call, the digital package, a hardcopy poster - AND - a bottle of wood-fired maple syrup from Consider Bardwell Farm, in VT!
Claimed: 12 of 'Unlimited'
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$200 USD
Northern Red Oak
Red Oaks can often grow to be some of the largest in the New England forest - and they also display incredible foliage in the Fall! We hope to display our colors, on-screen, by the time the leaves start to turn! Help us with this goal, and you will receive all the previous gifts and thanks, PLUS! See your name on-screen, as a "Special Thank You" in the credits of our movie!
Claimed: 4 of 'Unlimited'
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$500 USD
"Green" Producer
With a $500 contribution, you will recieve all our previous thanks and gifts, and ALSO be added into our credits as "Associate Producer", receive a SIGNED copy of our script (!) , and be offered a chance to walk on set for a day of your choosing during our shoot, or join us in the editing room!
Claimed: 2 of 'Unlimited'
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$1,000 USD
"Green" Executive Producer
Any contributions valued at $1000 or above receive credit as an Executive Producer on "Green", in addition well as all the previous gifts and thank yous. In addition, they are welcome not only to visit the set, but to have a walk-on role as an extra in the film!
Claimed: 0 of 'Unlimited'
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Story
About The Project
Green is a short film about an eight-year-old girl named Ella, who fights a logging company that is destroying the forest behind her family's home. Ella is an imaginative, introverted bookworm of an anti-hero. At school she has trouble connecting to her teachers and peers, and at home she feels misunderstood as well. When her parents announce they are selling the house and moving into town because their land is being devalued, Ella finally decides that it is time to stand up and fight the machine herself. Her creativity and the beloved characters from her books help her protect her kingdom - because the trees can't defend themselves! In a life-threatening climax, Ella confronts the logger himself...and discovers the issue is more complex than she realized.
This story is very personal for the filmmakers. They have a hunch that it is also personal for a lot of other people, and will touch a lot of lives in both the making, and the final product. A lot of the team is from the VT/NH area, and share a similar background of having grown up in wooded areas with a lot of playspace. It is our hope that this film sparks a conversation about deforestation, and solutions for a sustainable future; including environmentally ethical forestry, and information about the organizations that seek to promote those practices. We also want to encourage a dialogue about loss and change - and how communities adapt.
Incentives
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$10 USD
Four-leaf Clover
The smallest contributions carry just as much good karma!!! You will receive a BIG thank you (with a T.H. White quote, and picture) from the Green Team on whichever social media platform you choose. And if you're not on those kinds of things, you'll get a very nice email.
Claimed: 8 of 'Unlimited'
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$20 USD
Fiddlehead Fern
Ferns are amazing because...they unfurl and develop, like our film!!! Any contribution from $11-20, and you will receive not only a shout out (with picture and quote), but also a personal call from one of our creatives, thanking you for your support.
Claimed: 3 of 'Unlimited'
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$30 USD
Mountain Laurel
Like the lovely pink and white flowering shrub which graces all of New England, this contribution, while the most commonly made, is no less lovely to us! At this level, you will recieve a SM shout out, a personal call, and a digital copy of the finalized film, along with a screen shot from production, and a PDF of our script - the full digital package!
Claimed: 13 of 'Unlimited'
Select This Incentive
$50 USD
Sapling Grove
As your contributions grow, so does "Green" - you are helping us plant roots, and start shooting up toward the forest canopy! We'd like to thank you over social media, the phone, send you the full digital package (movie, screenshot, script) - AND - at this level, you get a limited edition hardcopy POSTER of the film!
Claimed: 7 of 'Unlimited'
Select This Incentive
$100 USD
Sugar Maple
Arguably Vermont's most important tree, the sugar maple produces the yummiest maple syrup New England can offer. At this contribution level, you receive a shout out, a personal call, the digital package, a hardcopy poster - AND - a bottle of wood-fired maple syrup from Consider Bardwell Farm, in VT!
Claimed: 12 of 'Unlimited'
Select This Incentive
$200 USD
Northern Red Oak
Red Oaks can often grow to be some of the largest in the New England forest - and they also display incredible foliage in the Fall! We hope to display our colors, on-screen, by the time the leaves start to turn! Help us with this goal, and you will receive all the previous gifts and thanks, PLUS! See your name on-screen, as a "Special Thank You" in the credits of our movie!
Claimed: 4 of 'Unlimited'
Select This Incentive
$500 USD
"Green" Producer
With a $500 contribution, you will recieve all our previous thanks and gifts, and ALSO be added into our credits as "Associate Producer", receive a SIGNED copy of our script (!) , and be offered a chance to walk on set for a day of your choosing during our shoot, or join us in the editing room!
Claimed: 2 of 'Unlimited'
Select This Incentive
$1,000 USD
"Green" Executive Producer
Any contributions valued at $1000 or above receive credit as an Executive Producer on "Green", in addition well as all the previous gifts and thank yous. In addition, they are welcome not only to visit the set, but to have a walk-on role as an extra in the film!
Claimed: 0 of 'Unlimited'
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Current Team
About This Team
Thea Brooks - co-writer and executive producer
Thea is a first time filmmaker, and very excited to produce "Green". She lives in NY, and has worked as an actress all over the country in films, commercials, and theater. She is also a singer/songwriter, in her spare time. She asked Matt (a high school friend) to direct this film last year, and re-wrote the script with his wife, Katie.
Matt Celia - director
Matt is a filmmaker in Los Angeles. He is half of the production team "Butter&Sugar", with his wife Katie. They are expecting their first born in August. Matt also founded "Light Sail VR", a virtual reality film company. Matt and Katie's last film, "Off The Floor", is currently screening at festivals around the country.
Katie Celia - co-writer
Katie Celia is a California native, and graduate of both Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts and UCLA’s School of Theater Film Television Professional Program in Screenwriting. Her latest feature has been a finalist in Screencraft’s Action & Thriller Contest and Artemis Women in Action Film Festival Contest. Katie’s also currently developing a virtual reality series for Light Sail VR.
Keith Lancaster - Director of Photography
Keith Lancaster is an Director of Photography, Producer, and Director from Los Angeles, now based in Portland, OR. From Directing, Producing and Shooting a feature film in Paris, France to creating adventure and documentary content in seven different countries over the past three years, Keith has created quite a diverse body of work. His biggest passion lies in music, where he has created a handful of nationally-released music videos for NPR's "favorite new band," The Family Crest, among others. Keith spends nearly 1/3 of his life hiking, backpacking, or adventuring through remote areas, so the premise of preservation and resistance to urban development in "Green" hits very close to home.
Amy McClure - costume designer
Amy met Thea through their mutual friends in the theater community several years ago, and they hit it off. Amy just finished the first season of "Daredevil" on Netflix, after working on the last two seasons of "Boardwalk Empire". On her off seasons, Amy works at the Metropolitan Opera.
Amanda Montenegro- Line Producer
Amanda Montenegro is a Vermont Filmmaker who has helped produce, assistant direct and cast several films in the local area. In 2015. she was the Line producer for the short film “To Build A Fire” by Director Ben Silberfarb and was Foley Artist on the feature film “ Transient” by Director Alex Stockton. Recently in 2016, she has helped cast the feature film “The Brimstone Guild” by Director Alex Hurt and helped cast a pilot for television called "Ivy" by Director Emory Orr. She works with WRIF(White River Indie Films) and helps to produce the White Indie Film Festival. Her production company is Sap Bucket Films.
THE CAST
Eliana Brenden, "ELLA"
Rusty DeWees, "ALF"
Jake Vedova, "SEAMUS"
Steve Blanchard, "KEN"
Tricia Paoluccio, "MAGGIE"
Michael Breese Barbour, "Merlin"
Kirsten Scott, "Ms. Jordan" -
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