COURT
Orange, California | Film Short
Comedy
With COURT, we intend to create a comedy that is honest in its message. Court is a comedic story about finding confidence within yourself, and with that we hope to create a narrative that is relatable and humble in its underlying message: Always believe in yourself.
COURT
Orange, California | Film Short
Comedy
2 Campaigns | California, United States
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With COURT, we intend to create a comedy that is honest in its message. Court is a comedic story about finding confidence within yourself, and with that we hope to create a narrative that is relatable and humble in its underlying message: Always believe in yourself.
- The Story
- Wishlist
- Updates
- The Team
- Community
Mission Statement
The Story
Hello! Thanks for checking out our campaign. I'm sure you may be wondering why we're spending all our time in film school making a movie so let's waste no time getting into...
THE BACKSTORY
Earlier this year, we fundraised for and produced a film called TENNIS, and it had an unexpectedly positive response online.
In all seriousness, a wonderful community on Reddit (/r/me_irl) really took our video and ran with it, eventually leading to us recieving a lot more views than we had expected or anticipated.
(with 30k views, it was about 30k more than we had expected to recieve)
The response was wonderful and heartwarming, but there were many individuals asking if we had plans to expand on the world we had created with TENNIS.
Since then, we have been sending TENNIS off to festivals to endure the wrath of professional film critics. However, after wrapping production entirely, we agreed that it did not feel as if we had fully explored the world we had just created.
Cue COURT, the spiritual prequel to TENNIS that follows Calvin and Chester as Calvin vies for the attention of the newly-moved-in girl next door. It takes place a couple years before TENNIS, when Calvin and Chester are still in high school, and contains characters such as Chester's seventy-five year old neighbor Herb who is a master of karate and piano. This film is being produced as our senior thesis project at Chapman University, and we are thrilled to show you what we have planned.
We are incredibly excited to be making this film and we are even more excited that you get to be involved in the process. Our crew is a diverse group of talented individuals, and we are confident in our ability to create an engaging, comedic short film for your viewing pleasure.
Wishlist
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Camera Equipment
Costs $1,400
We receive the camera from our school, but we will be renting lighting packages from a rental house.
Transportation
Costs $780
We will need transportation for camera equipment and set design/props.
Craft Services
Costs $800
Everyone needs to eat otherwise they die. Dead people make bad movies.
Locations
Costs $1,600
For this film we will need two houses next to each other, so we may be bribing a neighbor or two.
Post Production
Costs $660
Post production costs include coloring and any visual fixes to be made to the final product.
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About This Team
DIRECTOR
PHILIP STILWELL
Philip Stilwell is a senior Film Production major at Chapman University. Court is the third short film Philip has directed at Chapman University. The prior film Philip directed, Tennis, is set in the same universe as Court, and he is excited to be expanding upon the characters originally created for Tennis.
PRODUCER
RACHEL CLAIR
Rachel is a senior Creative Producing major and Business Administration minor at Chapman University. She has spent the last three years collaborating with her talented peers to make compelling films and learn the craft of filmmaking, and has loved every minute! As a lover of comedy Rachel is ecstatic to get to produce Court for her senior thesis.
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
AARON KOHN
Aaron is a Senior Cinematographer at Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Television. He loves to travel, experience the outdoors and create through Film and Photography. If he wasn't a filmmaker, he would be living in the woods.
PRODUCTION DESIGNER
BRYCE NEVILLE
Bryce Neville is a senior Film Production major at Chapman University. Bryce currently works as a professional production designer on narrative and music video sets in the Los Angeles area. He was also responsible for the production design on our previous film, Tennis.
EDITOR
PAYTON KOCH
Payton Koch is a senior film production major studying editing. His passion for storytelling runs in the family and he plans to edit films for a living. He’s worked on various dodge AP and Thesis films, and has began to delve into feature films and music videos. He’s currently interning at 20th Century Fox.
SOUND DESIGNER
OLIVIA LAULETTA
Having grown up in front of and behind a camera, it was no question that Olivia Lauletta was destined for a career in the cinematic arts. Currently, Olivia is a senior with a News and Documentary Major and a self designed minor in Sound Design. Within her time at Chapman University, she has directed 2 international documentaries and sound designed several short films.
UNIT PRODUCTION MANAGER
KATIE HOLDEN
Katie moved to the US in the pouch of a kangaroo that knew how to swim. The kangaroo introduced her to movies and she is now a senior Creative Producing major at Chapman.
Incentives
- The Story
- Wishlist
- Updates
- The Team
- Community
Mission Statement
The Story
Hello! Thanks for checking out our campaign. I'm sure you may be wondering why we're spending all our time in film school making a movie so let's waste no time getting into...
THE BACKSTORY
Earlier this year, we fundraised for and produced a film called TENNIS, and it had an unexpectedly positive response online.
In all seriousness, a wonderful community on Reddit (/r/me_irl) really took our video and ran with it, eventually leading to us recieving a lot more views than we had expected or anticipated.
(with 30k views, it was about 30k more than we had expected to recieve)
The response was wonderful and heartwarming, but there were many individuals asking if we had plans to expand on the world we had created with TENNIS.
Since then, we have been sending TENNIS off to festivals to endure the wrath of professional film critics. However, after wrapping production entirely, we agreed that it did not feel as if we had fully explored the world we had just created.
Cue COURT, the spiritual prequel to TENNIS that follows Calvin and Chester as Calvin vies for the attention of the newly-moved-in girl next door. It takes place a couple years before TENNIS, when Calvin and Chester are still in high school, and contains characters such as Chester's seventy-five year old neighbor Herb who is a master of karate and piano. This film is being produced as our senior thesis project at Chapman University, and we are thrilled to show you what we have planned.
We are incredibly excited to be making this film and we are even more excited that you get to be involved in the process. Our crew is a diverse group of talented individuals, and we are confident in our ability to create an engaging, comedic short film for your viewing pleasure.
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
Camera Equipment
Costs $1,400
We receive the camera from our school, but we will be renting lighting packages from a rental house.
Transportation
Costs $780
We will need transportation for camera equipment and set design/props.
Craft Services
Costs $800
Everyone needs to eat otherwise they die. Dead people make bad movies.
Locations
Costs $1,600
For this film we will need two houses next to each other, so we may be bribing a neighbor or two.
Post Production
Costs $660
Post production costs include coloring and any visual fixes to be made to the final product.
No Updates Yet
This campaign hasn't posted any updates yet. Message them to ask for an update!
About This Team
DIRECTOR
PHILIP STILWELL
Philip Stilwell is a senior Film Production major at Chapman University. Court is the third short film Philip has directed at Chapman University. The prior film Philip directed, Tennis, is set in the same universe as Court, and he is excited to be expanding upon the characters originally created for Tennis.
PRODUCER
RACHEL CLAIR
Rachel is a senior Creative Producing major and Business Administration minor at Chapman University. She has spent the last three years collaborating with her talented peers to make compelling films and learn the craft of filmmaking, and has loved every minute! As a lover of comedy Rachel is ecstatic to get to produce Court for her senior thesis.
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
AARON KOHN
Aaron is a Senior Cinematographer at Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Television. He loves to travel, experience the outdoors and create through Film and Photography. If he wasn't a filmmaker, he would be living in the woods.
PRODUCTION DESIGNER
BRYCE NEVILLE
Bryce Neville is a senior Film Production major at Chapman University. Bryce currently works as a professional production designer on narrative and music video sets in the Los Angeles area. He was also responsible for the production design on our previous film, Tennis.
EDITOR
PAYTON KOCH
Payton Koch is a senior film production major studying editing. His passion for storytelling runs in the family and he plans to edit films for a living. He’s worked on various dodge AP and Thesis films, and has began to delve into feature films and music videos. He’s currently interning at 20th Century Fox.
SOUND DESIGNER
OLIVIA LAULETTA
Having grown up in front of and behind a camera, it was no question that Olivia Lauletta was destined for a career in the cinematic arts. Currently, Olivia is a senior with a News and Documentary Major and a self designed minor in Sound Design. Within her time at Chapman University, she has directed 2 international documentaries and sound designed several short films.
UNIT PRODUCTION MANAGER
KATIE HOLDEN
Katie moved to the US in the pouch of a kangaroo that knew how to swim. The kangaroo introduced her to movies and she is now a senior Creative Producing major at Chapman.