THE STORY

Fortune has smiled upon you today and it has arrived in the form of US! We're here to help change your life! The world today is moving at lightning speed. Everything is getting automated. From having your groceries delivered and paying your bills on an app, to connecting with family and friends from anywhere around the world.

Now, while this can make our lives easier, fuller... it can also be confusing and scary. Especially when citizens 65 and older are the main targets of hackers and scammers. People trying to take advantage of a generation who didnt grow up with the modern technologies of today. But thanks to the passing of Prop 60 from last years special election, we're here to provide all SSI recipients with FREE internet protection.

Have you heard anything like this before? Well, if you have, check your valuables because that is exactly the script Rob and Dan use to get in and CLEAN OUT unsuspecting senior citizens. And you would have never seen it coming.

Just like you wont see it coming in our film, Dog People. Even though... I suppose we did just tell you that it is, in fact, coming. But that's not the only thing thats gonna keep you guessing in this fun horror comedy. What starts out as a light anti-hero, buddy-comedy with two quick witted schemers and a dog obsessed elderly lady quickly turns into a story all about just how far we're willing to go to keep the ones we love the most around for as long as possible.

Rob and Dan think they've hit the jackpot when they land on Belinda's gold mine of a house. Widowed with only her and her old dog in the house its easy money for these two low lifes and they're more than happy to rip off this weird old lady. Her place might be stunning, but her hobby of making homemade dog food for the neighborhood pups leaves the foulest of odors throughout the house and she is most definitely a hoarder. And we haven't even gotten to her big, drooling, always-staring, always-lurking behemoth of a dog, Brisket. *Shudder*

When Rob and Dan decide to go for one last score in the basement, their luck starts to turn. Everything changes when Dan sees some pictures depicting Belinda and Brisket throughout the years and starts putting all the clues together...

So many air fresheners, a homemade dog food business, and a dog whos apparently older than him...? Something's not right here.

WHY THIS NOW?

Honestly? The world has been super weird for the last 7 years or so. Ever since The Chicago Cubs won the World Series for the first time in 108 years everything has been a little tilted. And this coming from a Cubs fan.

Anyway... what we all might just need the most right now is a deep, relaxing breath. Dog People is good, old-fashioned entertainment. Straight up. No strings attached. We just want to bring some joy with a fun story and really... what makes a better hero than the greatest friend mankind has ever known; a dog? I'll tell you what, NOTHING.

ALSO there's a writers strike happening right now and a lot of people are going to be out of work for an indeterminante amount of time. We'd love to give at least a few filmmakers a job in the interim.

TONE

Dog People is a fun, genre-bending Horror/Comedy that has the wit and pace of Arsenic and Old Lace with the subversive twists and gasp-drawing surprises of Get Out

TEAM

WRITER/LEAD - DAN SANDERS-JOYCE:

A Chicago transplant, Dan cut his teeth doing 8 shows a week at some of the best theaters in the country during the day and sketch comedy in the back of bars at night. A founding member of, The Cool Table, he won the P&G Players Sketch Comedy Competion a part of the NYTVF and played festivals like, Lollapalooza. Since moving to LA, Dan has gone viral as a zombie on TikTok, @paloaltozrf, and continued creating and acting, with multiple projects from features to tv shows to a childrens book all in different stages of development. His acting credits include, 911: Lonestar, The Rookie: Feds, The Gordita Chronicles, Insecure, and Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life and Steven Soderbergh's Contagion.

WRITER/LEAD - ROBBIE SILVERMAN:

After writing and producing many of his own feature films, shorts and web-series, he wrote and starred in a Sci-Fi short called Hero, which premiered at San Diego Comic Con in 2019 and is still streaming on Amazon. He also has several projects in development, one of which he sold to Netflix, and others with various production companies, directors, and telvision writers/creators. His acting credits include Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Criminal Minds, Baby Daddy, Teachers, Christams Perfection and We Are Your Friends starring Zac Efron.

DIRECTOR – BRADLEY STRYKER:

Bradley Stryker's feature film debut, LAND OF SMILES, took the international film festival circuit by storm on its way to becoming a 35x Award-Winning film. The film, his screenplay, and his direction received acclaim, including the London Film Awards, the American Film Awards, Los Angeles Film Review, and the Toronto Independent Film Awards. His brand of storytelling has been said to be, "Emotionally raw" and "Unnervingly honest, subtle, and terrifying."

Bradley recently completed his sophomore feature film as a writer/director. SHELTERING SEASON (thriller), which was filmed in Vancouver, BC, and was distributed theatrically by the prestigious Vertical Entertainment in the US/UK. He also recently wrapped his third feature, MOMMA BIRD (horror/thriller), filmed in Louisiana, which is actively in post-production now.

WAYS YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE

PLEDGES

We will GLADLY accept ANY AND ALL pledges. Every nickle counts!

SPREAD FAR AND WIDE

Word of mouth is huge in crowd funding, so first, thank you! We deeply appreciate you checking us out! If you'd like to help us, but cant afford it right now, sharing is caring and sending this out to your own network is worth its weight in gold. Some ways you can do this: sharing on your socials, emails, standing on the street corner yelling hear ye, hear ye (and then proceeding to tell them about the project and how they can help out!)

We'll even do the work for you!

Just saw the most fun crowdfunding video! Checkout DOG PEOPLE at https://seedandspark.com/fund/dog-people

Help my friends fund their film, DOG PEOPLE, about people who are OBSESSED with their dogs. Just like you... check them out at https://seedandspark.com/fund/dog-people

Cant wait for DOG PEOPLE! A new short film from those guys that had that wild zombie thing on tik-tok @paloaltozrf. Help them out at https://seedandspark.com/fund/dog-people

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THANK YOU!