Making movies isn’t cheap, so a St. Albert filmmaking firm has started a crowdfunding campaign to help finance its next production.
“Typically, my mom helps fund our films,” said Jason Jeffery of DxE Productions, “so she comes on as a producer. And my brother, who is a part of DxE Productions, he helps fund as well and helps produce. The larger part of the budget comes from us, trying to fundraise.”
The company is trying to raise $5,000 for its movie project, Horace. That’s where Indiegogo comes in. The website allows people to pitch their projects to the public at large, enticing donors with appreciation and gifts.
Jeffery and Trotter previously hit gold by winning the recent People’s Choice Award at the Edmonton Short Film Festival for a movie called Family. And the production company showed that it’s able to branch out with No Matter, a short music video filmed last week at Leo Nickerson Elementary.
While DxE is still in the pre-planning stage, doing the casting and hiring the production crew, it has set out an appeal to the public at large to help with the budget.
That plea works off of the prevailing culture of late, one that is taking a greater and greater stand against bullying. Jeffery’s girlfriend and business partner Melissa Trotter wrote the film based on her own experiences being bullied. Horace is about a young boy who is bullied at school.
“We want to come out with something else that’s going to hit hard and top what we already did. Bullying is huge right now. We’ve dealt with ourselves growing up. Our kids deal with it every day. We want to try to tell a story about a child who nobody knows and get his message out there,” Jeffery said.
The campaign’s deadline is Jan. 8. For different donation levels, DxE is offering various measures of reciprocated appreciation. For instance, a $5 donation gets a thank you shout-out on its website while $25 gets a thank you in the film’s credit as well. A $250 donation gets you acknowledged as an associate producer of the film.
The campaign can be found at www.indiegogo.com/projects/horace/x/2349883.
People can learn more about the company at www.dxeproductionsinc.com.
