In this world, our inner emotions are expressed through color and love is shown through light emanating within us. This story tells what comes from within when that love is fading. "Fading" is a story about the decline of a relationship that embraces - and subverts - conventional romantic tropes.
In this world, our inner emotions are expressed through color and love is shown through light emanating within us. This story tells what comes from within when that love is fading. "Fading" is a story about the decline of a relationship that embraces - and subverts - conventional romantic tropes.
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Mission Statement
We, at Nutcase Films, are aiming to breathe new life and color into romance films. To tell a story that feels familiar, but in an exciting way, while exploring other aspects of the genre. Fading is, in essence, 500 Days of Summer meets Marriage Story with an experimental flair.About The Project
Fade In:
I'm Christian Fink-Irizarry and I developed this concept of telling a story through light and color in high school, but the idea to tell a love story through this concept came to me during my sophomore year of college. One idea and 12 drafts later, we have the script that will lead the project into production!
The Visual Style
The primary hurdle to overcome was creating the visual style of the different skin tones and the use of selective color. Oversaturated signifies an overwhelmingly positive emotional state, Saturated means you're content emotionally, desaturated means your emotional state is deteriorating, and Greyscale means your emotionally bankrupt.
In fact, the short film above, ALL IS FORGIVEN, was not only me wanting to make a short film but to also provide myself with test footage to play with, and the film effectively became a proof-of-concept. Both films use the same designing principle, they use selective color to draw attention to the characters' perspectives and advance the story. Based on the reception from the audience, I know that the use of selective color can provide a powerful, accessible, and visually interesting way to communicate story and character.
Visual Effects
A portion of this budget will go towards visual effects to make the orbs of light really pop because they will bring an extra dimension to the story. For me, it was important to distinguish love and your emotional well-being. Though they are intertwined, the story made more sense with the use of light in conjunction with the color because we have the ability to love in any emotional state. I actually built physical orbs of light using clear christmas ornament spheres, transparent matte spraypaint, and some LED lights!
Another aspect of the film is a cloning effect we are looking to achieve. Adam, the protagonist, is going to be led on a retrospective journey of his relationship, seeing his past self go through key moments of his relationship. This is going to be a more dynamic way to explore the emotions that precede a relationship's decline. We've all replayed memories in our mind and we either love looking back on those moments fondly, or wish we could go back and change our decisions at the critical moments. This story is aiming to tap into that visceral, human emotion of arriving in the future, seeing how things turned out, and wishing we could go back and warn our past selves.
We have the ability to achieve the cloning effect through stationary shots on a tripod, but we are aiming to take it to that next level. If we achieve our budget, we are going to rent specialized motion control equipment that can allow us to film shots that have dynamic movement while making the cloning effect achievable.
Safety During COVID-19
This budget will also aid heavily in making this film the safest it can be given current COVID-19 circumstances. Cast and crew safety is of paramount importance, and this budget will allow us to get sanitary supplies, masks, and anything else that current protocol calls for to achieve maximum safety.
Post-Production & Festivals
On the post-production end of the process, this budget will not only allow us to aid our VFX artists, but also allow us to complete the film on time to participate in the 2021 film festival cycle!
Due to the nature of the film, we strongly believe that this film can be a great festival contender. We intend to submit to large festivals like Sundance, SXSW, TIFF, etc., and smaller local festivals to help build a broader audience.
The Next Step
This short will serve as a stepping stone into a new brand of filmmaking that I hope to achieve with Nutcase Films.
I am currently in development and writing my first feature film! It is something that I can make on a very low budget, but it is useless without having an audience to watch it. Fading is aimed to tell the best story possible and jumpstart that process of interacting with the audience that enjoys it. The short film above was the foundation, and now we are pushing it further into new territory, to tell a story in a unique way that can transcend the genres this film adopts.
This film is something that has been inside of me for years, and I am excited to make it, despite the budget we end up with. To create something with a talented team of collaborators who also want to see the project succeed and enjoy the process of filmmaking is all I can ask for as a director. All I've ever wanted was to put something interesting out in the world and see what happens, see where it leads me. In my opinion, that's the whole point.
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Incentives
$5
Thank You!
This option gets you a personalized 'Thank You!' email from the director of "Fading"!
$10
Man...That's One Dope Poster
This incentive gets you a personalized 'Thank You!' email from the director of "Fading" as well as a digital poster!
$25
How Saturated Are You?
To show our gratitude for your contribution, the director of "Fading" would like to send you a portrait of yourself at different levels of saturation! All you do is send a photo that you would like edited, and we'll do the rest!
$50
Let Me Thank You More Personally
This options gets you the previous incentives as well as a personal 'Thank You' video from the director of "Fading"!
$100
The Easiest Way to See Your Name in Credits
This options gets you the previous incentives along with the added prestige of your name in the credits of "Fading"! Keep an eye out for the 'Special Thanks' section.
$150
Wanna See A Movie?
Not only will you get the previous incentives, but you will also be given an access code to see the film before anyone else!
$300
Guess You Could Say It's Gettin' Serious
This option includes the previous incentives along with a photo album of the shoot! You'll get to see how it was on set, it'll be like you were there with us making this happen. Let's share the memories!
$350
You...Want to Associate With Us?
So...you get the previous incentives...now you get a chance to take it to that next level! You get to be labeled as an Associate Producer, get an IMDB credit!
$750
Whoa, You Nuts?
A contribution of this size not only earns you the previous incentives but you also get to have a one-on-one video call with the director!
$1,500
Absolute Mad Lad!
A contribution of this size is literally half our goal, you would deserve nothing less than all of the previous incentives and being labeled a Co-Producer! You've earned it!
$3,000
Full Blown Nutcase!
Without you and a contribution of this size, the film would not be what we want it to be. You made this possible, and you deserve not only the previous incentives, but also a first look at what we at Nutcase Films are planning next. Let's collaborate and do something different!
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$5
Thank You!
This option gets you a personalized 'Thank You!' email from the director of "Fading"!
$10
Man...That's One Dope Poster
This incentive gets you a personalized 'Thank You!' email from the director of "Fading" as well as a digital poster!
$25
How Saturated Are You?
To show our gratitude for your contribution, the director of "Fading" would like to send you a portrait of yourself at different levels of saturation! All you do is send a photo that you would like edited, and we'll do the rest!
$50
Let Me Thank You More Personally
This options gets you the previous incentives as well as a personal 'Thank You' video from the director of "Fading"!
$100
The Easiest Way to See Your Name in Credits
This options gets you the previous incentives along with the added prestige of your name in the credits of "Fading"! Keep an eye out for the 'Special Thanks' section.
$150
Wanna See A Movie?
Not only will you get the previous incentives, but you will also be given an access code to see the film before anyone else!
$300
Guess You Could Say It's Gettin' Serious
This option includes the previous incentives along with a photo album of the shoot! You'll get to see how it was on set, it'll be like you were there with us making this happen. Let's share the memories!
$350
You...Want to Associate With Us?
So...you get the previous incentives...now you get a chance to take it to that next level! You get to be labeled as an Associate Producer, get an IMDB credit!
$750
Whoa, You Nuts?
A contribution of this size not only earns you the previous incentives but you also get to have a one-on-one video call with the director!
$1,500
Absolute Mad Lad!
A contribution of this size is literally half our goal, you would deserve nothing less than all of the previous incentives and being labeled a Co-Producer! You've earned it!
$3,000
Full Blown Nutcase!
Without you and a contribution of this size, the film would not be what we want it to be. You made this possible, and you deserve not only the previous incentives, but also a first look at what we at Nutcase Films are planning next. Let's collaborate and do something different!
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Current Team
About This Team
Writer, Director, and Producer
This is Christian Fink-Irizarry. He is a senior at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), and he's made a variety of short films over his time at SCAD, and loves photography! He is aiming to start his own production company, Nutcase Films, and film his first feature after graduation.
Producer
This is Timothy Kandra, a senior and classmate of Christian's at SCAD. With a preference towards directing, Timothy likes all positions of the filmmaking process and would be happily devoted to any of them. He plans to move back to his hometown in Maryland after college, and gain film-related work.
Production Designer
This is Madison Suter and she's a second year graduate student pursuing her MFA in production design. She has worked on small SCAD sponsored productions and student films during her first year at SCAD. After graduation, she is planning to move to Atlanta to pursue her career in the growing film industry.
Location Sound
Gavin Bishop is from Woodstock, Illinois and a senior at SCAD. He's worked on a variety of different films while at school, and is well versed in location sound techniques and post-production software.
Script Supervisor
Here is Sasha Landy a fellow film fanatic! Working in all areas of film over the years, she is very excited to be a part of the "Fading" team! She's a student at SCAD, studying to get her BFA in Film & TV. Her past experiences include producing, directing, and filming a short documentary "A Tree Keeps Thriving," that was nominated for a regional Emmy and is now housed in the Smithsonian's Jewish archives for the next 400 years! We are thrilled to have her aboard.
Editor & Colorist
Zach Gold is a junior SCAD student and a hard working filmmaker with his own production company, ZRG Productions. Primarily creating music videos for local artists, he is a frequent collaborator with Christian. They've worked on a variety of short films together, and are currently in development on multiple projects from TV series' to feature films.
Composer & Sound Editor
Brandon Seliga is the founder of Prodigious Productions, a record label based out of Erie, Pennsylvania. Brandon and Christian were classmates and members of the North East High School Marching Band together. Christian often collaborates with Prodigious Productions providing film/photography related services and Prodigious Productions assists with musical/sound related needs. Their previous collaboration was ALL IS FORGIVEN, and they aim to keep collaborating into the future.
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