A Dog's Story
Los Angeles, California | Film Short
Comedy
The Dog has made a “Ted-Talk” presentation of his current predicament and how he got here -- an all-too-frequent story that many of us have also experienced in this new competitive economy where jobs are being replaced by automation and being too old can leave you marginalized.
A Dog's Story
Los Angeles, California | Film Short
Comedy
1 Campaigns | California, United States
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The Dog has made a “Ted-Talk” presentation of his current predicament and how he got here -- an all-too-frequent story that many of us have also experienced in this new competitive economy where jobs are being replaced by automation and being too old can leave you marginalized.
About The Project
- The Story
- Wishlist
- Updates
- The Team
- Community
Mission Statement
The Story
CALLING ALL DOGS, TELL YOUR HUMANS:
“A Dog’s Story” had its genesis with a series of humorous sculptures that my friend Margaret Adachi did of unhappy and angry pooches in dead end jobs. Like all of her various animal sculptures, they were anthropomorphized stand-ins for Margaret, this time aged out of work life and feeling irrelevant.
We've been talking about making movies based on some of her sculptures for years. Margaret wrote a back story for one of the sculptures which became “A Dog’s Story” and together with our friend and collaborator, cinematographer Guido Frenzel, we hatched a plan for how we wanted to portray that story in film, landing on the character of The Dog giving a slide lecture, like a Ted Talk.
Guido wanted to shoot the entire movie with a 50mm lens "like Ozu" and the one-walled set I built in my studio had just enough room for him to get the wide shot we wanted.
We had a blast, setting up and shooting in one long night, laughing and chatting through each of the shots, since I decided to record all the sound in post.
I knew hitting the right tone with music would be absolutely essential to the telling of the story and also no small feat. To our absolute great good fortune, musician Goh Nakamura agreed to compose the score for the movie and it is perfection.
I am delighted that my friends and I got to play together to create “A Dog’s Story." We are so excited to bring it to audiences! That's where this Seed and Spark campaign comes in. We made this movie for kibble, but we haven't yet found a way to use that particular currency as payment for festival submissions, and deliverables. So we are here to entice your four legged friends to throw you puppy dog eyes so they can get their paws on some Doggie Bag Swag and we can give this little film a run around the park.
Aww Woo. Thank You!
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
Film Festival Submission Fee
Costs $600
For every $50 we can submit to another great festival to bring "A Dog's Story" to audiences.
DCP Creation
Costs $400
Some festivals will only screen from a DCP. They are the best quality and they are costly.
Ourtreach and Love!
Costs $100
More support will allow us to donate our film and swag to cool dog rescue organizations.
Cash Pledge
Costs $0
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About This Team
Jill D'Agnenica
Director, Producer, Production Designer, Editor and Craft Service
Jill D’Agnenica is an award winning visual artist and filmmaker working in Los Angeles as a director and editor. Jill made her directing debut with the award winning feature film, Life Inside Out, which the Los Angeles Times called “a gentle, poignant drama whose heart and head are squarely in the right place." Life Inside Out premiered at the 2013 Heartland Film Festival where it won both the Crystal Heart Award for Narrative Feature and Best Premiere. It went on to be screened at 21 festivals, receiving 16 awards. After a limited theatrical run, it now streams on Amazon and is rated
by viewers a 4.5 out of 5 stars. Jill recently made her television directorial debut on Freeform’s Switched at Birth.
Jill holds a BA in history from UCLA and an MFA in Visual Art from Claremont Graduate
University. She is a member Film Independent, Film Fatales, the Motion Picture Editors Guild
and the Directors Guild of America.
Margaret Adachi
Story, Narration, and Dog Helmet
Margaret Adachi is a studio artist working in sculptural installation. She often casts animals as stand-ins for humans in ways that investigate the funny and sometimes tragic predicaments of daily life. A graduate of Pitzer College and Claremont Graduate University, Margaret has exhibited locally as well as nationally and internationally, in solo and group shows.
Guido Frenzel, Producer and Cinematographer
Guido Frenzel was born and raised in Munich, Germany and started his career in Europe before moving to Los Angeles in 1994, where he attended the AFI Cinematography program. Guido has been active in features, commercials, shorts and music videos. Guido and Jill have collaborated on several projects together including Life Inside Out, PSAs, music videos and now "A Dog's Story." He has worked as the Director of Photography on numerous successful unscripted reality and scripted shows. He served as DP on NBC’s America’s Got Talent and has worked on NBC’s hit, The Voice since season one.
Goh Nakamura, Composer
Recently transplanted from the San Francisco Bay Area to downtown Los Angeles, musician Goh Nakamura's You Tube Videos have reached huge audiences. He stars as himself in the quirky independent films, Surrogate Valentine and Daylight Savings and he played "Uncle" Sam, an open mic-night MC and musician, in Life Inside Out. In addition, Goh has contributed his guitar and vocal work to the Ridley Scott films “A Good Year” and “American Gangster.” His song “Daylight Savings” was chosen to be included on the soundtrack to the Robert Benton film “Feast of Love” starring Morgan Freeman and Greg Kinnear.
Current Team
Incentives
- The Story
- Wishlist
- Updates
- The Team
- Community
Mission Statement
The Story
CALLING ALL DOGS, TELL YOUR HUMANS:
“A Dog’s Story” had its genesis with a series of humorous sculptures that my friend Margaret Adachi did of unhappy and angry pooches in dead end jobs. Like all of her various animal sculptures, they were anthropomorphized stand-ins for Margaret, this time aged out of work life and feeling irrelevant.
We've been talking about making movies based on some of her sculptures for years. Margaret wrote a back story for one of the sculptures which became “A Dog’s Story” and together with our friend and collaborator, cinematographer Guido Frenzel, we hatched a plan for how we wanted to portray that story in film, landing on the character of The Dog giving a slide lecture, like a Ted Talk.
Guido wanted to shoot the entire movie with a 50mm lens "like Ozu" and the one-walled set I built in my studio had just enough room for him to get the wide shot we wanted.
We had a blast, setting up and shooting in one long night, laughing and chatting through each of the shots, since I decided to record all the sound in post.
I knew hitting the right tone with music would be absolutely essential to the telling of the story and also no small feat. To our absolute great good fortune, musician Goh Nakamura agreed to compose the score for the movie and it is perfection.
I am delighted that my friends and I got to play together to create “A Dog’s Story." We are so excited to bring it to audiences! That's where this Seed and Spark campaign comes in. We made this movie for kibble, but we haven't yet found a way to use that particular currency as payment for festival submissions, and deliverables. So we are here to entice your four legged friends to throw you puppy dog eyes so they can get their paws on some Doggie Bag Swag and we can give this little film a run around the park.
Aww Woo. Thank You!
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
Film Festival Submission Fee
Costs $600
For every $50 we can submit to another great festival to bring "A Dog's Story" to audiences.
DCP Creation
Costs $400
Some festivals will only screen from a DCP. They are the best quality and they are costly.
Ourtreach and Love!
Costs $100
More support will allow us to donate our film and swag to cool dog rescue organizations.
Cash Pledge
Costs $0
Direct link:
Share this update!
About This Team
Jill D'Agnenica
Director, Producer, Production Designer, Editor and Craft Service
Jill D’Agnenica is an award winning visual artist and filmmaker working in Los Angeles as a director and editor. Jill made her directing debut with the award winning feature film, Life Inside Out, which the Los Angeles Times called “a gentle, poignant drama whose heart and head are squarely in the right place." Life Inside Out premiered at the 2013 Heartland Film Festival where it won both the Crystal Heart Award for Narrative Feature and Best Premiere. It went on to be screened at 21 festivals, receiving 16 awards. After a limited theatrical run, it now streams on Amazon and is rated
by viewers a 4.5 out of 5 stars. Jill recently made her television directorial debut on Freeform’s Switched at Birth.
Jill holds a BA in history from UCLA and an MFA in Visual Art from Claremont Graduate
University. She is a member Film Independent, Film Fatales, the Motion Picture Editors Guild
and the Directors Guild of America.
Margaret Adachi
Story, Narration, and Dog Helmet
Margaret Adachi is a studio artist working in sculptural installation. She often casts animals as stand-ins for humans in ways that investigate the funny and sometimes tragic predicaments of daily life. A graduate of Pitzer College and Claremont Graduate University, Margaret has exhibited locally as well as nationally and internationally, in solo and group shows.
Guido Frenzel, Producer and Cinematographer
Guido Frenzel was born and raised in Munich, Germany and started his career in Europe before moving to Los Angeles in 1994, where he attended the AFI Cinematography program. Guido has been active in features, commercials, shorts and music videos. Guido and Jill have collaborated on several projects together including Life Inside Out, PSAs, music videos and now "A Dog's Story." He has worked as the Director of Photography on numerous successful unscripted reality and scripted shows. He served as DP on NBC’s America’s Got Talent and has worked on NBC’s hit, The Voice since season one.
Goh Nakamura, Composer
Recently transplanted from the San Francisco Bay Area to downtown Los Angeles, musician Goh Nakamura's You Tube Videos have reached huge audiences. He stars as himself in the quirky independent films, Surrogate Valentine and Daylight Savings and he played "Uncle" Sam, an open mic-night MC and musician, in Life Inside Out. In addition, Goh has contributed his guitar and vocal work to the Ridley Scott films “A Good Year” and “American Gangster.” His song “Daylight Savings” was chosen to be included on the soundtrack to the Robert Benton film “Feast of Love” starring Morgan Freeman and Greg Kinnear.