Picked

Drama, Family

Short

Allentown

"Picked" is a short film that explores the pressures of communal influence and the bravery required to maintain individuality.

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Crew Pay

20 crew members, 3 months of prep, 2 days of shooting, 1 movie.

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Talent

Our actor's need love, too!

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BlackMagic Camera Package

Without it, our movie becomes a play...that only a bunch of pumpkins will see.

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Grip and Electric Gear

They paint with light!

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Generator

Electricity doesn't just come out of the air!! (When it does, our shoot gets cancelled.)

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Props and Set Dec

School busses, pumpkins, paint, furniture, and a ton of hay.

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Production Expendables

Sunblock, trash bags, and staples. Oh my.

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Insurance: General Liability

Don't you want us to be safe?

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Insurance: Equipment

Because equipment tends to be more expensive than a human life.

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Lodging

Or we'll be sleeping in the fields.

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Transportation

We've got crew coming in from all over the country!

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Craft Services Food

20 crew, 20 cast (plus 20 parents) will all be hungry during those 12-hour production days!

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Marketing and Festivals

What's the point of shooting a movie if no one sees it?

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Emergency Funds

About five percent of our budget.

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Taxes

Ye who tackles the taxes is a truly shining star.

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Extra Compensation

For our crew members who insist that they don't need to be paid....let's please disagree!

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G-Technology® Hard Drive ($300)

G-Technology® is the gold standard for storage solutions specifically designed for content creators. We’ll get a storage grant from them when we get the Green Light!

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About The Project

Picked was written for anybody who has ever been asked to apologize for the things or the people they love.

From a young age, we are shaped into behaving only as our communities deem permissible. This expectation of assimilation follows us into adulthood, where we make larger and more impactful choices. When our main character is asked to pick a pumpkin on a school field trip, she is met with confusion and reprimand from her peers and teacher--under the guise that this admonishment is in her best interest. Her process and eventual selection is a great indication of how she will make more important decisions later in her life, for the rest of her life.

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plus an associate producer credit

plus two tickets to a festival screening

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$1,000 USD

shout-out over social media

plus an executive producer credit

plus two tickets to a festival screening

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This project is a collaboration of Hollow Tree Films LLC in New York City and Los Angeles filmmakers Kelsey Snelling and Jenell Manzi.
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