Girl Trip

Sacramento, California | Series

Comedy, Horror

Catherine Black

1 Campaigns | California, United States

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A dark comedy about the dark side of female friendships.

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Mission Statement

Girl Trip is a violent tongue in cheek commentary on toxic female friendships, internalized misogyny, and a satire on the need for women to support each other. As woman we should be each others greatest allies.

The Story

Tagline:

Friendship is a Bitch.

 

Logline:

A fun road trip ends in murder and mayhem when hidden resentments between best friends surface and everyone learns the hard way never to get in the middle of a catfight.

Summary:

Childhood best friends, Naomi and Gretchen are on one last girl road trip before Gretchen moves in with John; Naomi’s ex.  Naomi feels betrayed and left behind, and Gretchen in annoyed with Naomi because she’s so morbid.  The girls stop for a beer as night falls in a shady town along the Sacramento Delta, where everyone learns the hard way never to get in the middle of a catfight.
 

Plot Outline:

Childhood best friends, Naomi and Gretchen are on one last girl road trip before Gretchen moves in with John; Naomi’s ex.  Naomi feels betrayed and left behind, and Gretchen in annoyed with Naomi because she’s so morbid.  The girls stop for a beer as night falls in a shady town along the Sacramento Delta where they meet a failed hit man, a bartender who doesn’t want to serve them, and two cute small town losers.  Naomi and Gretchen get separated and find themselves in their own horror film. Eventually Naomi catches up with Gretchen where everyone learns the hard way never to get in the middle of a catfight, and where no man survives.  The girls make up and Gretchen’s life plan continues on schedule, but not before her betrayal catches up to her and Naomi finally gets her revenge.

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Cash Pledge

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Craft Services Food

Costs $300

Food is essential for a happy and healthy set.

Make Up Artist

Costs $300

Our film requires the use of fake blood and a professional who can make it look real.

Production Sound Mixer

Costs $250

A sound mixer is essential on every set.

Monitors - Wireless Monitors w/ transmitter & receivers

Costs $100

Helpful for the director when scenes take place in tight spaces such as a car.

Hotel Room

Costs $600

We will need to provide hotel accommodations for our out of town crew.

Prop Package

Costs $100

We will need to rent props for several scenes.

Cinematographer

Costs $500

The Cinematographer is one of the key players that can make your movie great.

Cargo Van

Costs $300

We'll be using a cargo van to hold our equipment.

Gas

Costs $300

Gas will get actors and crew to set!

First Assistant Director

Costs $300

Our First AD will keep us on schedule to ensure we shoot our movie in only three days!

Alexa Camera Package

Costs $1,000

Arri Alexa package including lenses to make the best looking film with the best camera and lenses.

General Liability Insurance

Costs $650

In case anything happens to protect the production.

Production Manager

Costs $300

A good Unit Production Manager will save the production money and time. UPM's are glue!

Catering

Costs $300

Well fed crew's are happy crews!

Wardrobe Stylist

Costs $500

Costumes tell the story and create an arch for each character.

Production Designer

Costs $200

The production design/art direction is key for gorgeous film.

Key Grip & Package

Costs $400

Our Gaffer needs the help of a key grip with all the equipment he needs to light a shot.

G-Technology G-RAID 4 TB Dual External Hard Drive

Costs $350

We will use this drive to store all of the footage from the shoot.

Best Boy (grip)

Costs $250

Grips are in charge of lighting.

Stunt Coordinator

Costs $1,000

We have some exciting fight scenes in our film that will require the skills and supervision of a SC.

About This Team

Directed By: Catherine Black

Co-Written By: Catherine Black

Co-Written By: Brooke Lenzi

Cinematograpy By: Matt Boyd

Editor: Travis Flournoy

Sound Design: Jason Stare

Produced By: Catherine Black

Executive Producers: Jason Stare, Brooke Lenzi, We Make Movies

 

Starring: Micah Parker (Vampire Diaries, The Flash), Catherine Black (American Psycho, Odyssey 5, Playing House), Crispian Belfrage (Rushlights), Rich Ceraulo (Walking Dead, Supergirl), Brooke Lenzi, Matthew Tully Brown, Suzanne Birrell

 

'Jesse' (Matt Brown), 'Darren' (Micah Parker), 'Stan' (Crispian Belfrage)

 

'Gretchen' (Brooke Lenzi), 'Naomi' (Catherine Black)

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