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An Offer to Disgruntled Filmmakers Who Feel They Missed Out on a Cheap SCARLET....

Anthony Vu said:
Meryem Ersoz! Oh Captain my Captain!

Now THIS is the way to silences the negative attitude!

I started with an HV20. And I shot EVERY SINGLE DAY for a year. Then, I saved my money for a lens adapter so I can shoot footage with some sick bokeh all while upside-down. Bought myself an old 50mm 1.4 lens. Built my own LCD to monitor footage. Shot EVERY DAY still. Starting shooting events. Started making money. Still was editing and shooting on the side while working a fulltime job. Started my own company. Got DSLRs and kept on shooting, editing and learning. Worked my ass off to get to where I'm at and I still have goals to where I want to go. One thing I didn't do during the whole process. I never complained.

The harder I worked, the luckier I got. Plain and simple.

Camera NEVER made me a better shooter. The camera NEVER made me a better editor. The camera NEVER made me a better storyteller.

Thank you Meryem for encouraging people that it's the ideas that move people more than the tools!
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Just re-reading this thread. I love gutsy stories like this.

And I loved my HV20 - I sold it to a guy in a wheelchair. He was a climber and a mountain biker and an overall badass. Fun guy to be around. Never heard him complain about what he didn't have. I still own an HV10, currently on loan to a high school kid, good shooter, works hard to learn everything he can.
 
..ok so I have had a rough week....I feel there will be many well deserving projects put forward for this, so I honorably withdraw my project. I am however rather good with AE VFX. I offer my services for whatever is required here. This is a breath of fresh air, you are all to be commended for your generosity, outstanding.
 
Meryem, if you find the ONE script. I'll give you free script advice. I've been script consultant on something like $50 million worth of produced feature films (budgets from $1.5 million to $14 million). Sundance, Berlin prizes... Can help make your script as best as possible.
 
Hi Meryem, I've got a short I've wanted to do for awhile called The Other Baby. I can budget $20K to it if Michael likes it and if the rest of the offerers are up for it (thanks everyone!), that should work budget-wise.

The RedUser community can read the script here: The Other Baby (13 pages)

Feedback is appreciated. Thanks to everyone for pitching in on this!

I'm based in Los Angeles, CA.

Note: I'm sure there are grammatical errors/typos/etc. This is an internal draft and wasn't really intended for public consumption. Focus on the content. :)
 
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Erich Ocean said:
Hi Meryem, I've had a short I've wanted to do for a while called The Other Baby. I can budget $20K to it if Michael likes it and with the rest of the gear/suggestions are up for it, that should work budget-wise.

The RedUser community can read the script here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/323974/The Other Baby.pdf

Feedback is appreciated. Thanks to everyone for pitching in on this!
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Before I committ to reading - have you read the entire thread? We got cameras and resources scattered all over the planet so a script or concept that takes advantage of that would be beneficial. One that is based on a single location, not so much
 
Josh Beadle said:
Before I committ to reading - have you read the entire thread? We got cameras and resources scattered all over the planet so a script or concept that takes advantage of that would be beneficial. One that is based on a single location, not so much
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I've read the entire thread. I'm putting forward the best short film script I've got that fits Meryem's parameters (I think). If she wants to do something more international, that's her call.

The RedUser community can read the script here: The Other Baby (13 pages)
 
Josh - he's fine - just because we have all these resources at our disposal doesn't mean that they will all be baked into a single project, necessarily.

My critieria is highly subjective - something that I can be proud of, done in collaboration with someone of integrity.

Someone like Mohamed is welcome to marshall forces, based on this thread, to think larger and do more. But that is the target that I am aiming for....it might be big. It could be small. It has to be good.
 
Meryem Ersoz said:
Josh - he's fine - just because we have all these resources at our disposal doesn't mean that they will all be baked into a single project, necessarily.

My critieria is highly subjective - something that I can be proud of, done in collaboration with someone of integrity.
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Great! PM sent. :-)
 
Lovely thread Meryem - good luck on this project. If any of it happens in UK, will be happy to help out as crew if I can, schedule permitting. :smile:
 
Meryem Ersoz said:
Josh - he's fine - just because we have all these resources at our disposal doesn't mean that they will all be baked into a single project, necessarily.

My critieria is highly subjective - something that I can be proud of, done in collaboration with someone of integrity.

Someone like Mohamed is welcome to marshall forces, based on this thread, to think larger and do more. But that is the target that I am aiming for....it might be big. It could be small. It has to be good.
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My apologies, I am a controller by nature. You are the Executive Producer and leader of this army. I'm standing by for instructions as to where, what and when. Looking forward to seeing this project come to life. Good Good
 
This thread is so cool and has inspired me to contribute:

I am offering $5,000 of my time in VFX, Matchmoving, and/or CGI services and unlimited use of my 200 CPU render farm for this project.
 
Thank you Meryem and other REDusers.

THIS is undeniably the best thread on a film making forum I have ever read. It encapsulates ALL of the reasons why I want to make films.
And far more importantly makes me proud to be a human being. I actually tried to get a group collection going to buy a Scarlet for someone. But completely failed lol :) But this has wings!!

I just can't see how to make my current project morph to potentially take benefit of this runaway world RED community proposal - or I certainly would. Though it is not the production elements that call so strongly to me. It's the passion and attitude of you Meryem and the other people posting. That is the dream of what I want to work with, and for mine the truly phenomenal worth of what's being offered. Though 20K and enough Epics to make even PJ's second unit look twice, is certainly nothing to be sneezed at ;)

Perhaps I will get the opportunity to work with you one day Meryem. Till then I hope you all make something very special.
Though I think the action of what you all are doing will be special enough in and of it's own right.

Josh it also does not at all surprise me at all to see you immediately here helping to lead the charge. Your a good man and I look forward to the day our paths cross. If you happen to detour from NZ to Australia, please let me know. Actually I believe John Bannister who lives in NZ might really benefit from a chat with you.

John, please don't give up or be dispirited. If things are tough, you can almost certainly be sure your on the path!! :)))
My film will keep me busy shooting for much of next year, but after the shooting is complete, perhaps we might be able to come to an arrangement where you do some VFX work for me and use my Scarlet to shoot your film. Have to get an indication of your proposed schedule. PM me, and we can discuss further.

Connor, wonderful and inspiring post and life story. I have worked with many disadvantaged kids, my first film was a 20 minute Star Wars fan film featuring a group of young people who had all been affected by suicide and suffered from psychosis. What you propose is wonderful. And I wish you every success and hope one day I may be in a position to be able to help you.

Thanks again everyone, so many wonderful posts. I feel privileged to be among you.

Best Wishes

Lliam
 
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awesome guys - lovely to see you on board, Denizhan -

and the VFX and compositing offers are yet another amazing opportunity - this film is practically making itself!

Josh - I'm really just in search of someone who has the capacity to steer their own ship towards a worthy goal. Teach a man (or woman, though we're clearly in short supply!) to fish, etc. And pull as many of us, who are clearly dying to jump in and make a quality film, along for the ride as the project will support.
 
Meryem Ersoz said:
awesome guys - lovely to see you on board, Denizhan -

and the VFX and compositing offers are yet another amazing opportunity - this film is practically making itself!

Josh - I'm really just in search of someone who has the capacity to steer their own ship towards a worthy goal. Teach a man (or woman, though we're clearly in short supply!) to fish, etc. And pull as many of us, who are clearly dying to jump in and make a quality film, along for the ride as the project will support.
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I hope you quit your daytime job to take on this new Movement full-time! Seriously, anything I can do to help facilitate the project I'm up for. There are many projects like this that start out with a "Hell Yeah - I'm In" begining only to fade away when life gets in the way. Maybe create a website/blog where we can continue the dialog and start a resource management system. Maybe this then becomes a ongoing marketplace of ideas and resources for worthy projects. Donno. I'm just here for you Sister in doing anything that keeps us moving forward
 
http://pdfcast.org/pdf/echoes-of-drums

Here is a script for a short film that I have been writing in my off time for the past year if anyone is interested, only problem is It's in Italian and also I'm in Australia I am already a decent way into pre-prod with organising prod design, budget and most of the crew, The English translation is just below the Italian bits in this version, however it's not the best translation to english.

Note: gmail address on cover page does not actually have a .au at the end.
 
Meryem,

Forgive me if I missed this detail but are you looking for a completed script or would one in progress work for a pitch right now? Other than having a finished script in hand I have most of your criteria filled out (business plan, crew, drive, budget) in place. Just finishing the script. Wasn't sure if that disqualified me.

Love your idea and generosity. Truly Inspiring and whoever you choose to work with will be more fortunate than I'm sure they can imagine. Thanks.

Rob
http://vimeo.com/m/28896273
http://vimeo.com/m/30218837
 
Meryem,

Thank you again for the wonderful offer. You have no idea how much I truly appericate it. On friday though, I will no longer be qualified. I have dipped into money that I most likely should not, and I will be a Scarlet owner. Despite this fact, this is awesome of the RED community. I wish I could donate, but I do not have much after the purchases. Just best wishes to who ever makes their feature.
 
I would love to help out with this project by offering my services as a grip, 2nd or 3rd camera or 4th! Or as a driver or whatever if you guys had to do something in DC metropolitan area.
 
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