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BIFL is expectations, different shades of intimacy, & what it really means to love someone. Blood family versus found family & how toxic relationships can both manifest & disguise themselves. How identities intersect, how labels can matter but don't have to, & how perception isn't always reality.
BIFL is expectations, different shades of intimacy, & what it really means to love someone. Blood family versus found family & how toxic relationships can both manifest & disguise themselves. How identities intersect, how labels can matter but don't have to, & how perception isn't always reality.
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Story
Mission Statement
BIFL was created by and for a wide variety of LGBTQIA+ identities and mental health experiences. The series is about intersectionality grounded in meaningful, real-life situations; both behind and in front of the camera, it's about our communities being seen and heard.About The Project
Jill is a little in love with her best friend Chloe and a little terrified to say anything to her about it, even though their roommate Sarah is both convinced that the feelings are mutual and sick to death of waiting for one of them to make a move. When the gang’s New Year’s Eve party ends with one hook-up, one not-quite-hookup, and one not-quite-breakup, everyone is left re-examining what they thought they knew about themselves and each other.
We have been working on developing BIFL into a high-quality web series for the past year and WE’RE SO EXCITED to launch our campaign in the PRIDE-full rainbow-striped month of June! We need your help to make the best series on the interwebs.
We are assembling a top-tier group of independent LGBTQ+ filmmakers to make our webseries not only the best quality but queer AF. After our highly successfully crowdfunding campaign (we know we’re confident!) is completed in July, we will commence on shooting BIFL Season 1. We will shoot six episodes over five days smack dab in the middle of a Los Angeles summer--that's how much we care about BIFL. Post production will be wrapped up in the fall, and then we will officially release the web series on…*drumroll* ... New Year’s 2019!
JILL has mostly no idea what she's doing as she digs her way out of an incorrect reality, reconstructs deeply important relationships, and discovers the best version of herself. She has a big heart but her selfish tendencies tend to manifest when life gets overwhelming.
TAYLOR keeps a distance so no one will see her anxiety, but lets herself suffocate under a patronizing and emotionally abusive sister. Smart, funny, and fiercely protective, but only if you push through the layer of icy abrasiveness that keeps anyone from wanting to pity her mental illness struggles. Her ex-boyfriend dumped her because of them.
CHLOE would do anything for the people she loves except show them how past trauma is still affecting her, if only so they won’t worry. Bubbly, magnetic, and would probably die for you.
SARAH is a non-binary lesbian struggling with both a fashion internship application and a growing fatigue with everyone’s bullshit. Loves their roommates to death, but if Jill and Chloe could take their drama down a notch or several, that would be great too. The first of two Mom Friends.
OLIVER is an aromantic bisexual baker, Sarah’s best friend, and will always give you baked goods with his advice. Went to culinary school but also got a psych degree online. The Purest Boy, and the second of two Mom Friends.
KYLE would be a 100% stereotypical Bro if he didn’t have so much junk floating around inside. Behind his deeply misguided, hyper-sexual facade is a closeted pansexual Trash King with a heart of gold.
BETH is Taylor’s older sister. Ever since their parents died in a car wreck about a decade ago, she’s become a wildly overprotective super-guardian who’s more interested in trying to fix problems that don’t exist than in building any sense of mutual trust or cooperation. She always has good intentions but doesn’t see how her behavior affects Taylor.
We shouldn't have to choose between good storytelling and diverse storytelling--and BIFL goes both ways. We want everyone to be able to find a piece of themselves reflected in the characters, whether it's the way they look, how they identify, or what they go through.
This is why #RepresentationMatters.
#WeMatter
#YouMatter
#BIFLMatters
Incentives
$10
Thank You!
Ohmygosh look at you, you’ve just committed to supporting quality queer content and that officially makes you an AMAZING person! Not only do you get the knowledge of a job well done, a social media shoutout of appreciation, you’ll ALSO get a very special BIFL themed phone or desktop background image! And all the love of our hearts.
Which is actually priceless.
And unquantifiable.
And endless.
$20
Digital Download
For the cost of 1 very mediocre steak, 2 copies of The Titanic from Walmart, 3 Starbucks coffees, or 20 bananas, you get ALL episodes of BIFL straight downloaded to YOU.
No waiting for those pesky commercials, or streaming complications. Support our excellent content and you will RECEIVE our excellent content. It’s as simple as that!
$30
Digital Goodness
NOT ONLY will you get the entire downloadable series of BIFL, you will also receive a custom playlist of all the music made for the show! Will it be brand new original music composed to highlight this excellent story? Will it be 80’s love ballads remade in the style of Abba? Who knows! But YOU made it happen, and you get to enjoy the inspirational soundtrack of BIFl to listen as you crabwalk on that treadmill (or whatever people in gyms do).
(will also receive Thank You perk)
$50
Flash Drive Roulette - ADDITIONAL
Adding more of these! See original perk below for info!
Claimed: 34 of 35
$50
Flash Drive Roulette
Want to play a game? Of course you do, because this game ends in nothing but joy and winning! This game is FLASHDRIVE ROULETTE, where you will be sent a digital download link containing any number of surprise content INCLUDING: behind the scenes footage, featurettes, embarrassing bloopers, outtakes or perhaps interviews with the cast that were too dirty to publish. Who knows? Only you will know. Because you are a winner. And you can’t stop winning.
(will also receive all above perks as well)
Sold Out!
$50
Character Gift Basket
Let’s break this one down a bit, because it’s pretty awesome. Not quite as awesome as you, but almost. For $50, you get to choose any character you’d like to send you a themed gift basket!
Here's what you can get:
- Jill’s Unrequited Love Tonic gift basket (sans alcohol)
- Sarah’s sketchbook basket
- Taylor's Super Useless Anxiety Starter Pack basket
- Kyle's pickup tutorial basket
- Oliver's Hangover Cook Book basket
(will also receive Thank You, Digital Goodness perks)
Sold Out!
$50
Character Gift Basket - POPULAR
ONLY 5 LEFT!!
Let’s break this one down a bit, because it’s pretty awesome. Not quite as awesome as you, but almost. For $50, you get to choose any character you’d like to send you a themed gift basket!
Here's what you can get:
- Jill’s Unrequited Love Tonic gift basket (sans alcohol)
- Sarah’s sketchbook basket
- Taylor's Super Useless Anxiety Starter Pack basket
- Kyle's pickup tutorial basket
- Oliver's Hangover Cook Book basket
(will also receive Thank You, and Digital Goodness perks)
Sold Out!
$100
Where's Your Pride - additional
(see below perk for details)
Claimed: 36 of 37
$100
Where's Your Pride
What’s that? You want to donate $100 to our campaign?? Well then YOU, my friend, get an UNBELIEVABLY AMAZING PERK that will make you the envy of all of your friends, the cherry on top of our sundae, the sharpest tool in every shed, the cream of our crops… wait that’s weird. Cream is made of milk… ANYWAY, HOLY COW MILK LOOK AT YOUR PRIZES!!!!!
A pride flag OF YOUR CHOICE signed by the entire cast and crew!
(will also receive Thank You, Digital Goodness & Flash Drive Roulette perks)
Sold Out!
$200
All aboard the Prop train!
You’ve donated $200+ to our campaign, and you’ve basically ascended already to the level of godhood. What could we possibly give you that could compete with your total sense of nirvana and good will? Well, we’ll certainly try, knowing our mere mortal hearts might simply explode from the thought of knowing you. With $200+ you'll receive:
- Actual props and/or wardrobe used IN THE SHOW! That’s right! We might send you Oliver’s actual custom created party hat used in the New Years scene. Or perhaps Sarah's backpack and "they" pronoun pin. The possibilities are endless!
(will also receive Thank You, Digital Goodness and Flash Drive Roulette and Where's Your Pride perks)
Claimed: 7 of 10
$200
Superhero Artwork
Has Ruth Bader Ginsburg always been a superwoman in your life? Is Ellen DeGeneres your Catwoman? Prince, your personal Robin, the sidekick of your life? Well imagine no more, because we will have an artist personally immortalize the LGBT icon of your choice into the superhero that they naturally are. Hang it over your mantle. Your bedroom ceiling. Your front door. Impress your friends! This is a timeless and undeniably epic way to show off your altruism.
Go ahead, brag about it. We won’t stop you.
(will also receive Thank You, Digital Goodness, Flash Drive Roulette and Where's Your Pride perks)
Sold Out!
$350
Wrap Party Hang Out
Whaaat?? You get to hang with the BIFL Cast & Crew for a night?? Talk about awesome!
Come party with us when we have our wrap party after we finishing filming Season 1 - YOU NEVER KNOW WHO MIGHT BE THERE...
*Travel and stay accomodations not provided
(will also receive Thank You, Digital Goodness, Flashdrive Roulette and Where's Your Pride perks)
Claimed: 5 of 7
$500
The Experience
Well, you’ve gone and done it. You’ve donated $500+, shown up everybody, and jumped straight to pure, unadulterated awesome. There’s not even a word in the English language for you. Amazing? Doesn’t cut it. Completely transcendental? Doesn’t apply. You’re part of the team now, buddy. You’re one of US. We want to invite you to the inner fold, and become part of the experience. You get to watch it as it unfolds. Here are your options:
1. You’re in town! Excellent. You are invited to a day of filming, to watch the magic happen BEFORE YOUR VERY EYES. Come and watch as the BIFL team films your very favorite scene, and get a behind the scenes look that is totally unique and personal to you. You are ALSO invited to the wrap party! That’s right! You get to party with the cast and crew as we celebrate a job well done- and we couldn’t have done it without you.
2. You’re OUT of town! That’s ok. You’re just as involved. You get a 15 minute personal video call with cast and crew during filming, and an invite to our VIP soft launch where you get access to watch the series a week before it's released!.jpg)
*Travel accomodations & stay will not be provided
(will also receive Thank You, Digital Goodness, Flashdrive Roulette, Where's Your Pride & Prop Train perks)
Claimed: 5 of 6
$500
The Experience
OPENED UP 2 MORE OF THESE!
(see above perk)
Sold Out!
$1,000
Associate Producer Team Player
Hey there movie-maker! You’ve donated a cool $1,000 and you are now officially an ASSOCIATE PRODUCER. In addition to receiving previous perks (listed below), you are officially an associate producer for some sweet, sweet BIFL content. You will be recognized in the credits of the series as such, as well as on IMDb! Look at you, so official! This is a great way to begin your burgeoning movie business, add to your already flourishing movie business, or to simply put a huge, love-filled feather in your cap.
(will also receive Thank You, Digital Goodness, Flash Drive Roulette, Where's Your Pride, Prop Train and Superhero Artwork perks)
Claimed: 4 of 5
$2,500
Co-Producer Team Player
Oh my! $2,500 and you are a CO-PRODUCER! You’re on the credits, you’re recognized on IMDb, you’re as official as they come.
(will also receive Thank You, Digital Goodness, Flash Drive Roulette, Where's Your Pride, Prop Train and Superhero Artwork perks)
Claimed: 0 of 3
$5,000
Executive Producer Team Player
All hail the mighty warrior of original LGBT content, the donator of $5,000! You are officially an EXECUTIVE PRODUCER of BIFL, and will receive all the perks that come as such (except Associate Producer & Co-Producer credit & perks.) You’re the star of stars, a god among gods, the generous benefactor who spreads love and support with every breath you take. How do you walk around, with a heart that big? We can only guess.
Claimed: 1 of 3
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Wishlist
Use the WishList to pledge cash and loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an incentive directly.
$10
Thank You!
Ohmygosh look at you, you’ve just committed to supporting quality queer content and that officially makes you an AMAZING person! Not only do you get the knowledge of a job well done, a social media shoutout of appreciation, you’ll ALSO get a very special BIFL themed phone or desktop background image! And all the love of our hearts.
Which is actually priceless.
And unquantifiable.
And endless.
$20
Digital Download
For the cost of 1 very mediocre steak, 2 copies of The Titanic from Walmart, 3 Starbucks coffees, or 20 bananas, you get ALL episodes of BIFL straight downloaded to YOU.
No waiting for those pesky commercials, or streaming complications. Support our excellent content and you will RECEIVE our excellent content. It’s as simple as that!
$30
Digital Goodness
NOT ONLY will you get the entire downloadable series of BIFL, you will also receive a custom playlist of all the music made for the show! Will it be brand new original music composed to highlight this excellent story? Will it be 80’s love ballads remade in the style of Abba? Who knows! But YOU made it happen, and you get to enjoy the inspirational soundtrack of BIFl to listen as you crabwalk on that treadmill (or whatever people in gyms do).
(will also receive Thank You perk)
$50
Flash Drive Roulette - ADDITIONAL
Adding more of these! See original perk below for info!
Claimed: 34 of 35
$50
Flash Drive Roulette
Want to play a game? Of course you do, because this game ends in nothing but joy and winning! This game is FLASHDRIVE ROULETTE, where you will be sent a digital download link containing any number of surprise content INCLUDING: behind the scenes footage, featurettes, embarrassing bloopers, outtakes or perhaps interviews with the cast that were too dirty to publish. Who knows? Only you will know. Because you are a winner. And you can’t stop winning.
(will also receive all above perks as well)
Sold Out!
$50
Character Gift Basket
Let’s break this one down a bit, because it’s pretty awesome. Not quite as awesome as you, but almost. For $50, you get to choose any character you’d like to send you a themed gift basket!
Here's what you can get:
- Jill’s Unrequited Love Tonic gift basket (sans alcohol)
- Sarah’s sketchbook basket
- Taylor's Super Useless Anxiety Starter Pack basket
- Kyle's pickup tutorial basket
- Oliver's Hangover Cook Book basket(will also receive Thank You, Digital Goodness perks)
Sold Out!
$50
Character Gift Basket - POPULAR
ONLY 5 LEFT!!
Let’s break this one down a bit, because it’s pretty awesome. Not quite as awesome as you, but almost. For $50, you get to choose any character you’d like to send you a themed gift basket!
Here's what you can get:
- Jill’s Unrequited Love Tonic gift basket (sans alcohol)
- Sarah’s sketchbook basket
- Taylor's Super Useless Anxiety Starter Pack basket
- Kyle's pickup tutorial basket
- Oliver's Hangover Cook Book basket(will also receive Thank You, and Digital Goodness perks)
Sold Out!
$100
Where's Your Pride - additional
(see below perk for details)
Claimed: 36 of 37
$100
Where's Your Pride
What’s that? You want to donate $100 to our campaign?? Well then YOU, my friend, get an UNBELIEVABLY AMAZING PERK that will make you the envy of all of your friends, the cherry on top of our sundae, the sharpest tool in every shed, the cream of our crops… wait that’s weird. Cream is made of milk… ANYWAY, HOLY COW MILK LOOK AT YOUR PRIZES!!!!!
A pride flag OF YOUR CHOICE signed by the entire cast and crew!
(will also receive Thank You, Digital Goodness & Flash Drive Roulette perks)
Sold Out!
$200
All aboard the Prop train!
You’ve donated $200+ to our campaign, and you’ve basically ascended already to the level of godhood. What could we possibly give you that could compete with your total sense of nirvana and good will? Well, we’ll certainly try, knowing our mere mortal hearts might simply explode from the thought of knowing you. With $200+ you'll receive:
- Actual props and/or wardrobe used IN THE SHOW! That’s right! We might send you Oliver’s actual custom created party hat used in the New Years scene. Or perhaps Sarah's backpack and "they" pronoun pin. The possibilities are endless!
(will also receive Thank You, Digital Goodness and Flash Drive Roulette and Where's Your Pride perks)
Claimed: 7 of 10
$200
Superhero Artwork
Has Ruth Bader Ginsburg always been a superwoman in your life? Is Ellen DeGeneres your Catwoman? Prince, your personal Robin, the sidekick of your life? Well imagine no more, because we will have an artist personally immortalize the LGBT icon of your choice into the superhero that they naturally are. Hang it over your mantle. Your bedroom ceiling. Your front door. Impress your friends! This is a timeless and undeniably epic way to show off your altruism.
Go ahead, brag about it. We won’t stop you.
(will also receive Thank You, Digital Goodness, Flash Drive Roulette and Where's Your Pride perks)
Sold Out!
$350
Wrap Party Hang Out
Whaaat?? You get to hang with the BIFL Cast & Crew for a night?? Talk about awesome!
Come party with us when we have our wrap party after we finishing filming Season 1 - YOU NEVER KNOW WHO MIGHT BE THERE...
*Travel and stay accomodations not provided
(will also receive Thank You, Digital Goodness, Flashdrive Roulette and Where's Your Pride perks)
Claimed: 5 of 7
$500
The Experience
Well, you’ve gone and done it. You’ve donated $500+, shown up everybody, and jumped straight to pure, unadulterated awesome. There’s not even a word in the English language for you. Amazing? Doesn’t cut it. Completely transcendental? Doesn’t apply. You’re part of the team now, buddy. You’re one of US. We want to invite you to the inner fold, and become part of the experience. You get to watch it as it unfolds. Here are your options:
1. You’re in town! Excellent. You are invited to a day of filming, to watch the magic happen BEFORE YOUR VERY EYES. Come and watch as the BIFL team films your very favorite scene, and get a behind the scenes look that is totally unique and personal to you. You are ALSO invited to the wrap party! That’s right! You get to party with the cast and crew as we celebrate a job well done- and we couldn’t have done it without you.
2. You’re OUT of town! That’s ok. You’re just as involved. You get a 15 minute personal video call with cast and crew during filming, and an invite to our VIP soft launch where you get access to watch the series a week before it's released!*Travel accomodations & stay will not be provided
(will also receive Thank You, Digital Goodness, Flashdrive Roulette, Where's Your Pride & Prop Train perks)
Claimed: 5 of 6
$500
The Experience
OPENED UP 2 MORE OF THESE!
(see above perk)
Sold Out!
$1,000
Associate Producer Team Player
Hey there movie-maker! You’ve donated a cool $1,000 and you are now officially an ASSOCIATE PRODUCER. In addition to receiving previous perks (listed below), you are officially an associate producer for some sweet, sweet BIFL content. You will be recognized in the credits of the series as such, as well as on IMDb! Look at you, so official! This is a great way to begin your burgeoning movie business, add to your already flourishing movie business, or to simply put a huge, love-filled feather in your cap.
(will also receive Thank You, Digital Goodness, Flash Drive Roulette, Where's Your Pride, Prop Train and Superhero Artwork perks)
Claimed: 4 of 5
$2,500
Co-Producer Team Player
Oh my! $2,500 and you are a CO-PRODUCER! You’re on the credits, you’re recognized on IMDb, you’re as official as they come.
(will also receive Thank You, Digital Goodness, Flash Drive Roulette, Where's Your Pride, Prop Train and Superhero Artwork perks)
Claimed: 0 of 3
$5,000
Executive Producer Team Player
All hail the mighty warrior of original LGBT content, the donator of $5,000! You are officially an EXECUTIVE PRODUCER of BIFL, and will receive all the perks that come as such (except Associate Producer & Co-Producer credit & perks.) You’re the star of stars, a god among gods, the generous benefactor who spreads love and support with every breath you take. How do you walk around, with a heart that big? We can only guess.
Claimed: 1 of 3
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