Longship Films combines indie filmmaking and lean startup thinking, we call it agile filmmaking. The film EXPOSURE explores the relative value of memory and perception on the events in our lives by looking at the break up of a relationship between two women from their different points of view.
Longship Films combines indie filmmaking and lean startup thinking, we call it agile filmmaking. The film EXPOSURE explores the relative value of memory and perception on the events in our lives by looking at the break up of a relationship between two women from their different points of view.
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Mission Statement
Our team is diverse because that's important. Two out of the four key creative positions are held by women. Our oldest team member is retired, our youngest is 25. Our story is about a loving relationship between two women. Between two human beings.About The Project
Exposure
It's the story of a break-up. The two women Jo (Geerteke van Lierop) and Rachel (Erica Anderson) were in a loving relationship and they broke up. This happened before our film starts. Our film is about their process in dealing with the break up. They each set off on a journey of self-reflection and contemplation.
After finding a folder full of portraits of Rachel, Jo heads to Wisconsin to revisit the scenes in the photographs. Finding the same locations, Jo takes a series of self portraits trying to give the project and her life meaning and artistic merit.
Rachel stays in the Algarve where the two women lived. She visits her favourite, beautiful, hauntingly empty beach, again and again, searching for peace.
These two journeys happen in parallel, and form the spine of the forward progression of the film. Two separate but synchronous journeys, intertwined.
But there is a third story line. Their memory of the relationship: how they met, their first kiss, their love, their pain, the breakup. We see the collapse of the relationship in their mind. Each blaming the other (or each blaming themselves). We see fights, we see tender moments, we see their relationship through their memories that form a narrative, but disjointed and fragmented. Leading to a conclusion in which they might, or might not, get back together.
The film is an exploration of memory and perception based on a simple, relateable event - a break-up.The Longship Method
Longship Films produces highly engaging and consumable feature films through a process we call ‘Seat of the Pants Filmmaking’.
This approach is based on a the combination of our experience with indie filmmaking and lean start-ups. Independent filmmaking is all about the story and the experience. We bring human stories to the screen. Lean start-up is a methodology which allows teams to focus on value producing activities, and not waste time and effort. Longship Films uses lean filmmaking tactics to create and market wonderful human stories.
Typical industry film making is based on forcing the Universe into a script, a shooting schedule and a marketing plan. Seat of the Pants filmmaking puts the Universe in the lead and the rest follows. The Universe plays a direct part in writing the script while the shooting is underway.
The creative process is essentially a small team of highly adaptable and capable film professionals embarking on a week long journey to shoot the story. Of course we set off with a plan, however there are only story concepts, structure outlines and character ideas ready before the boat sets sail. We do not have a full script when we start shooting. Flexibility and responsiveness are key, and the writer is on the team to adapt the concepts and characters based on whatever the Universe puts in the teams path.
Each of the team members is a volunteer and covers their own costs. However, should the film be sold, each team member will receive a higher percentage of profits than they would on a typical industry production. There are a set of rules which each team member must comply to in order to join. These rules are designed to achieve the objective in the most creative and efficient way possible.
The marketing process is based on a rapid testing approach with the market and waterfalls quickly to next concepts. We will pitch the finished film to a select group of distributors and agents while submitting to a few select festivals. If this first round does not respond, we will quickly pivot and release online via pay-per-view platforms. Sometime after that, we will release it for free viewing.
This approach allows us to create high quality movies on a micro-budget. This is the sharing economy applied to filmmaking. There are no assistants. We all do our part and come up with a viable story on film, and give it a chance to reach various audiences.
Incentives
$10
Watch!
Thank you so much for supporting the project. We really appreciate it! For this level, you will receive our heartfelt thanks, a shout-out on our Social Media pages, a listing on our Supporters page on longshipfilms.com and the knowledge that you have helped bring another quality indie film into the world. Once it's completed, you will be able to watch EXPOSURE online.
$25
Learn!
New incentive for this level! Supporters at this level will receive a code to access the Filmakers Crowdfunding Blueprint. This $49 valued two hours online seminar has been kindly donated by Chris Holland, a great friend of the project. Click here to check it out.
We are looking forward to finishing the film and sharing it with you. Once it's completed, you will get all of the above and be able to watch EXPOSURE online.
$50
Enjoy!
You will enjoy access to another movie! You will get all of the above and be able to watch SECOND HONEYMOON, the previous film made with the Longship method. Yes, immediate film gratification! You will also receive a personalised thank you made by our director, Kristjan.
$100
Engage!
All of the above, plus a ticket to an exclusive pre-screening in either Wisconsin (US), the Algarve (PT) or Amsterdam (NL), and an on-screen thank you credit. Come to a screening and engage with the Longship team!
$125
Beauty!
Exclusive new perk for the last week of the campaign. Supporters who select this incentive will receive a unique Ink and Wash painting created by our fabulous Production Designer, BJ Boulter, many of which she painted while on set. They are beautiful! You will also receive all perks from the above levels.
(pictured below is an example)
Claimed: 1 of 10
$200
Produce!
Wow, you really want this film to be made. This means, in addition to all of the above, you will get a credit as Associate Producer of the film and will have your name on the film's IMDB page. How cool is that?
$400
Love!
We know you do this because you are motivated by love. All of the above, plus an original watercolour painting by BJ Boulter, our amazingly talented Production Designer. (pictured below is an example)
Claimed: 8 of 15
$9,600
Power!
For the person who funds the whole amount, we will give you the right to give the film it's final title. This is the spirit of our team approach – contributing together without ego. Let's make this happen!
Claimed: 0 of 1
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Use the WishList to pledge cash and loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an incentive directly.
$10
Watch!
Thank you so much for supporting the project. We really appreciate it! For this level, you will receive our heartfelt thanks, a shout-out on our Social Media pages, a listing on our Supporters page on longshipfilms.com and the knowledge that you have helped bring another quality indie film into the world. Once it's completed, you will be able to watch EXPOSURE online.
$25
Learn!
New incentive for this level! Supporters at this level will receive a code to access the Filmakers Crowdfunding Blueprint. This $49 valued two hours online seminar has been kindly donated by Chris Holland, a great friend of the project. Click here to check it out.
We are looking forward to finishing the film and sharing it with you. Once it's completed, you will get all of the above and be able to watch EXPOSURE online.
$50
Enjoy!
You will enjoy access to another movie! You will get all of the above and be able to watch SECOND HONEYMOON, the previous film made with the Longship method. Yes, immediate film gratification! You will also receive a personalised thank you made by our director, Kristjan.
$100
Engage!
All of the above, plus a ticket to an exclusive pre-screening in either Wisconsin (US), the Algarve (PT) or Amsterdam (NL), and an on-screen thank you credit. Come to a screening and engage with the Longship team!
$125
Beauty!
Exclusive new perk for the last week of the campaign. Supporters who select this incentive will receive a unique Ink and Wash painting created by our fabulous Production Designer, BJ Boulter, many of which she painted while on set. They are beautiful! You will also receive all perks from the above levels.
(pictured below is an example)
Claimed: 1 of 10
$200
Produce!
Wow, you really want this film to be made. This means, in addition to all of the above, you will get a credit as Associate Producer of the film and will have your name on the film's IMDB page. How cool is that?
$400
Love!
We know you do this because you are motivated by love. All of the above, plus an original watercolour painting by BJ Boulter, our amazingly talented Production Designer. (pictured below is an example)
Claimed: 8 of 15
$9,600
Power!
For the person who funds the whole amount, we will give you the right to give the film it's final title. This is the spirit of our team approach – contributing together without ego. Let's make this happen!
Claimed: 0 of 1
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Current Team
About This Team
Director Kristjan Knigge and Producer Chris Parker are the founders of Longship Films. Having worked together on Kristjan's first feature, The Right Juice, they became firm friends and collaborators. Their experience of the long and sometimes arduous process of developing, creating and distributing and Independent feature film inspired them to look for an alternative method for feature film production, which became Longship Films.
Kristjan has worked professionally in the film indutry all over the world, and in a range of departments: camera crew, art department, production manager, electrical unit, grip, special effects, editing and 1st Assistant Director. In 2004 he took the plunge and decided to direct. To date he has made commercials, corporates, music videos, a full length documentary, 15 short films and two feature films.
Chris' background is in the corporate world. He works with, coaches and leads people going through transformations, either as individuals or as organisations, with a passionate focus on using information technology and customer experience strategy to enable increased satisfaction and performance. And he produces and sells films.
Our other team members include:
- BJ Boulter, a Production Designer and Producer with over four decades experience in the film industry.
- Jackie Poplar, talented actress and theatre director, now screenwriter. Hers is probably the most daunting job in the Longship way of making movies, as the script is partly created on set, as we shoot. Brave woman.
- Geerteke van Lierop. Having played one of the leads in the first Longship movie, Second Honeymoon, Geerteke was keen to continue the experiment. She plays Jo in the film, a woman on a mission of self discovery, trying to find meaning and enlightenment about her failed relationship with her ex, Lucy, through a very personal photography project in Wisconsin. Contributers have the oppertunity to see Geertekes powerful performance in Second Honeymoon as they willn receive a link to view the movie pre-distribution.
- Erica Anderson. A creative and organisational powerhouse who joined the team in Wisconsin as we where shooting the first part of Exposure. Originally joining the team to help with production, she now will take on the role of the second lead actress in the developing story of Jo and Lucy's relationship.
- Chad McClarnon. A talented DP who has a unique and artistic visual style strongly influenced by his work as a photographer. A wit, a raconteur, an artist, a coffee afficionado, Chad's main talent is packing every piece of equipment needed to shoot an entire feature film into a Prius.
- Erik Bannenberg. Long time cinematographer now producer and life coach, Erik is in charge of keeping the director grounded and sane.
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