Belle Isle Film
by Michelle Calloway

Michelle Calloway
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Belle Isle Film
by Michelle Calloway
Michelle Calloway
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At a time when trauma and mental health are moving towards the forefront of our social conversations, Belle Isle aims to highlight the narrative of one woman's struggle with identity and personal boundaries. What happens when we choose to reconnect ourselves and find true healing amidst adversity?
At a time when trauma and mental health are moving towards the forefront of our social conversations, Belle Isle aims to highlight the narrative of one woman's struggle with identity and personal boundaries. What happens when we choose to reconnect ourselves and find true healing amidst adversity?
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Mission Statement
Our creative team is made up of Jacksonville based artists Michelle Calloway and Farrell Huntley. Our film explores themes of trauma and mental health and its effect on our main character. We as artists are also viewing this process as an opportunity to bring healing to many, including ourselves.About The Project
Bell Isle film seeks to raise at least $15,000 for production and distribution of our short film. Our team is currently in the production phase and would appreciate your support in order to move forward on our timeline as soon as possible and perpare our film for festival season.
The film is told through the complex viewpoint of our main character, Jessica. Belle Isle provides an intimate portrait of a woman riddled with a deep pain she can't express. Jessica's narrative begins with a perspective of a woman who appears to be marching out of step with society and unable to claim her full identity. At a time when trauma and mental health are moving towards the forefront of our social conversations, Belle Isle aims to highlight the narrative that one woman's struggle with identity and personal boundaries can be the story of many.
With that, we have made our production process very inclusive and we are aligning ourselves with team members who can bring their own personal experiences to the film. We have partnered with respected professional dancer and founder of the Jacksonville Dance theater Rebecca Levy as our choreographer and Katie Mccaughan as our body movement expert. Our team has been working with them closely as we learn to tell the story of our main character through movement. We have also partnered with Creative Veins acting school to cast our film. Our production team is made up of members of Color House Productions, a local rental house and production company. All of our cast and crew is local to Jacksonville and everyone involved is included in our budget for the film. Our aim is to include the community as much as possible during the process of filming as well as afterwards for our screenings.
Belle Isle is currently fundraising to finish our project. We have three or more days of shooting remaining and our final editing, our goal is to have the film finished by spring 2021 for festival submissions and distribution. We will be submitting to large and small film festivals, as well as planning a virtual or in person screening here locally in Jacksonville, Florida- tbd, Covid. During this time we are following all preliminary precautions to move forward as safely as possible. We work in masks and all cast and crew members are/will be Covid tested before and after shooting. We are so excited to include the community in the process of creating this film as well as having them apart of its release and screening.
Learn More Here: www.belleislefilm.com
Incentives
$10
Let's Get Social!
Thank you! We will provide you with a personal thank you note, shout out on social media & social media kit with information about our film for you to share with your community.
$25
Who doesn't love polaroids?
Receive a digital behind the scenes polaroid taken during our production! We will also send you our social media kit along with your polaroid right away so you can share with your community. We will also give you a special shoutout on our social media letting people know how rad you are for being a part of the project!
$50
Did someone say credits?
Let us put your name in the credits! Contribute $50 and will add your name to the "special thanks" section in the final film credits. We will also send you our social media kit you can share with your community. We will also give you a special shoutout on our social media letting people know how rad you are for being a part of the project!
$100
Are you ready to dance?
Are you interested in experiencing a taste of what our main character did to prepare for the role of Jessica? Contribute $100 and we will provide you with 3 movement based embodyment videos to get you on your journey of healing. Delivered via digital video you will be able to experience your own movement journey right along with Jessica.
$500
Let's Party! On Zoom.
With a $500 contribution we invite you to a private digital screening of the film with our team and a live Q&A with our director and writer afterwards. Grab your favorite cocktail and we will see you on zoom.
$1,000
Here's your chance!
Have you always wanted a coveted producer credit? Now is your chance. With a generous contribution of $1000 you will be an official associate producer listing in the films credits as well as on IMDB. You will also be invited to our private digital screening of the film with our team and a live Q&A with our director and writer afterwards. Grab your favorite cocktail and we will see you on zoom.
Claimed: 5 of 10
$5,000
Executive producer has a nice ring, right?
Have you always wanted a coveted producer credit? Now is your chance. With a generous contribution of $5000 you will be an official executive producer listed in the films credits as well as on IMDB. You will also be invited to our private digital screening of the film with our team and a live Q&A with our director and writer afterwards. Grab your favorite cocktail and we will see you on zoom.
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$10
Let's Get Social!
Thank you! We will provide you with a personal thank you note, shout out on social media & social media kit with information about our film for you to share with your community.
$25
Who doesn't love polaroids?
Receive a digital behind the scenes polaroid taken during our production! We will also send you our social media kit along with your polaroid right away so you can share with your community. We will also give you a special shoutout on our social media letting people know how rad you are for being a part of the project!
$50
Did someone say credits?
Let us put your name in the credits! Contribute $50 and will add your name to the "special thanks" section in the final film credits. We will also send you our social media kit you can share with your community. We will also give you a special shoutout on our social media letting people know how rad you are for being a part of the project!
$100
Are you ready to dance?
Are you interested in experiencing a taste of what our main character did to prepare for the role of Jessica? Contribute $100 and we will provide you with 3 movement based embodyment videos to get you on your journey of healing. Delivered via digital video you will be able to experience your own movement journey right along with Jessica.
$500
Let's Party! On Zoom.
With a $500 contribution we invite you to a private digital screening of the film with our team and a live Q&A with our director and writer afterwards. Grab your favorite cocktail and we will see you on zoom.
$1,000
Here's your chance!
Have you always wanted a coveted producer credit? Now is your chance. With a generous contribution of $1000 you will be an official associate producer listing in the films credits as well as on IMDB. You will also be invited to our private digital screening of the film with our team and a live Q&A with our director and writer afterwards. Grab your favorite cocktail and we will see you on zoom.
Claimed: 5 of 10
$5,000
Executive producer has a nice ring, right?
Have you always wanted a coveted producer credit? Now is your chance. With a generous contribution of $5000 you will be an official executive producer listed in the films credits as well as on IMDB. You will also be invited to our private digital screening of the film with our team and a live Q&A with our director and writer afterwards. Grab your favorite cocktail and we will see you on zoom.
Claimed: 0 of 5
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Current Team
About This Team
Our collaborative team is made up of Jacksonville based artists Michelle Calloway and Farrell Huntley. For our project entitled Belle Isle we aim to create a short film exploring themes of trauma and mental health that effect many women in our community including ourselves. Written by Michelle Calloway, this is a personal project for her with a strong intention and clear vision. With the added collaboration of Farrell Huntley as our director both women have chosen to co-produce the film and bring their extensive experience in the film industry and personal perspective to this project.
With that, we have made our production process very inclusive and we are aligning ourselves with team members who can bring their own personal experiences to the film as well. We have partnered with respected professional dancer and founder of the Jacksonville Dance theater Rebecca Levy as our choreographer and body movement expert. Our team has been working with her closely as we learn to tell the story of our main character through movement and dance. We have also partnered with Creative Veins acting school to cast our film and have hired many of their actors to be a part of the film. Our production team is made up of members of Color House Productions, a local rental house and production company. All of our cast and crew is local to Jacksonville and everyone involved is included in our budget for the film.
Our aim is to include the community as much as possible during the process of filming as well as afterwards for our screenings. We plan on launching a fundraising event as well in order to connect the community with our project more and assist in the fundraising process. A grant from the cultural council would mean a great deal to our team and help make sure we are allocating our money back into the local film community.
Directed by
Farrell HuntleyWritten by
Michelle CallowayProduced by
Michelle Calloway & Farrell HuntleyCinematography by
Bobby HesslerCasting Department
Rebecca Thompson
Art Department
Cristina Pachano: set dresser
Akaylah Reed: set dresser
Sound Department
Christian Johnson: boom operator
Camera and Electrical Department
Aakash Bakshi: first assistant camera
Jesse Roberts: gaffer
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Tori Poor: wardrobe designerChoreography
Rebecca LevyCast
Michelle Calloway as JessicaBogan Huntley as Ben
Sean Clinkscales as Security Officer
Elena Øhlander as Daisy
Tenny Rudolph as Bruce
Robert White as Harold
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