Ever hit any road bumps trying to be a successful parent? How about any while trying to be successfully parented? If so, then you know that sometimes you just need to laugh at all the trials and tribulations. Please watch my pitch video about the movie I want to make to help you laugh at it all!
Ever hit any road bumps trying to be a successful parent? How about any while trying to be successfully parented? If so, then you know that sometimes you just need to laugh at all the trials and tribulations. Please watch my pitch video about the movie I want to make to help you laugh at it all!
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Mission Statement
An exciting element to this production is the female power behind it. Women who have run successful businesses. Risen to high ranks in the male-dominated financial world. And foster female entrepreneurs around the world. We’re excited our team has the female leadership this industry needs.About The Project
Give And Take is primarily about parenting. We love it. And we hate it. But we actually love it. Right?
If you watched the campaign video, then you know how passionate I am about finding meaningful relationships with family. We have an innate urge to avoid letting our families down - especially our own children. And that’s why I want to tell a really funny story that incorporates those themes. We face enough overwhelming obstacles when we’re doing the real thing, so let’s laugh about it when we go to the movies!
Our story is about a man who has all the right intentions of being a great dad - but just can’t get it right. The bad news is… He’s being divorced by his wife. He’s losing custody of his Daughter. And his Daughter has fallen in with the wrong crowd, hitting the fast track to juvenile hall. The good news is… Well there is no good news yet. See, this daughter of his is pretty devastated because she lost her best friend to suicide. Did I say this was going to be funny? And her friend's parents are in total denial about it. So naturally, she steals the urn which holds her best friends ashes with the plan to spread them where her friend wanted to lay to rest forever - at their personal secret hideout they've had since they were kids. The problem is her best friend's parents find out, and unless she returns the urn, she's heading to juvy.
Our dad feels way too responsible for this debacle because he's been away for some time. So he makes the smartest decision any Dad would -
He kidnaps her - in an attempt to return the urn. However, her nosey Guidance Counselor who turned her in intervenes and it becomes a battle over the fate of her future.Meanwhile, once it hits the news, the entire town is talking about this outrageous series of events! Wouldn’t you? And that’s where the documentary element enters our story. We’ll be blending the genres of comedy and documentary into one, using interviews from the “local townspeople” to help tell the story. When we’re watching this movie, I want you to feel like it’s actually a true story that’s being caught on camera right as it’s happening.
A hilarious, heartfelt, hell of a wild ride.
Thank you for considering to support our vision. Hope to join you one day to watch it on the big screen!
Incentives
$10
Social Media Shout Out & Special Thanks
Ever wanted to see your name scrolling in the credits of a movie? For your $10 donation, your name will appear in the scrolling credits. And you'll receive a personal shout-out from writer/director Andrew Shearer. Social Media love!
$25
Spot in the Give And Take Yearbook
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Give $25 and be memorialized as part of the team in the Give And Take “Yearbook.” Just like the ones you appeared in and signed in high school, this album will include the “staff’s” photos, candid photos of activities from the set, and YOU - the class of 2017 who is making this movie possible! Send us your photo, whether current, or one from the 80’s with those teased bangs - and you’ll see it immediately as we’ll be constantly updating it online. In early October, you’ll receive your own digital copy.
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$50
Own an Advanced Copy of the Movie
Own a Copy of the Movie
For $50, you will receive an advanced digital download of GIVE AND TAKE before the rest of the world gets to see it. Show off that Special Thanks screen credit to your friends!
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$75
Behind the Scenes Exclusive Photo
For your awesome support, you will receive an exclusive Polaroid photo taken on set during the production by our professional set photographer. You’ll let us know whether you want a snapshot that captures the intensity of the drama in action. Or a candid, humorous mis-step you might find on a blooper reel. Your photo will belong to you and you only!
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$100
Google Hangout Q & A
Want to get some insight into the moviemaking process? For your generosity, either participate in a live Q&A session on Google hangouts with the writer/director, producer, and cast. Or receive access to a recorded copy of the conversation later.
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$250
Visit the Set
What an amazing contribution, thank you! Want to see the movie being made before anyone gets to watch the final thing on the big screen? For this donation, you will have access to visit the set during production. (Travel not included.)
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$500
Local Premiere Screening
Thank you for truly investing in this film. Now see the movie before anyone else! Come join us at our local premiere screening in Asheville, NC. Come party with us and meet the cast and crew at this exciting event.
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$1,000
Associate Producer Credit
Thank you! For your extreme generosity, you will receive an actual associate producing credit, meaning your name will stand out with its own credit! You are officially a team member of this production.
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$2,000
Executive Producer Credit
This is the highest individual producing credit anyone can receive. You will have the same credit as any topnotch studio executive in Hollywood (and probably deserve it more). Who knows, maybe you will use this street cred to end up making movies yourself!
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Claimed: 2 of 3
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$10
Social Media Shout Out & Special Thanks
Ever wanted to see your name scrolling in the credits of a movie? For your $10 donation, your name will appear in the scrolling credits. And you'll receive a personal shout-out from writer/director Andrew Shearer. Social Media love!
$25
Spot in the Give And Take Yearbook
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Give $25 and be memorialized as part of the team in the Give And Take “Yearbook.” Just like the ones you appeared in and signed in high school, this album will include the “staff’s” photos, candid photos of activities from the set, and YOU - the class of 2017 who is making this movie possible! Send us your photo, whether current, or one from the 80’s with those teased bangs - and you’ll see it immediately as we’ll be constantly updating it online. In early October, you’ll receive your own digital copy.
- + Social Media Shout Out
$50
Own an Advanced Copy of the Movie
Own a Copy of the Movie
For $50, you will receive an advanced digital download of GIVE AND TAKE before the rest of the world gets to see it. Show off that Special Thanks screen credit to your friends!
+ All Previous Incentives!
$75
Behind the Scenes Exclusive Photo
For your awesome support, you will receive an exclusive Polaroid photo taken on set during the production by our professional set photographer. You’ll let us know whether you want a snapshot that captures the intensity of the drama in action. Or a candid, humorous mis-step you might find on a blooper reel. Your photo will belong to you and you only!
+ All Previous Incentives!
$100
Google Hangout Q & A
Want to get some insight into the moviemaking process? For your generosity, either participate in a live Q&A session on Google hangouts with the writer/director, producer, and cast. Or receive access to a recorded copy of the conversation later.
+ All Previous Incentives!
$250
Visit the Set
What an amazing contribution, thank you! Want to see the movie being made before anyone gets to watch the final thing on the big screen? For this donation, you will have access to visit the set during production. (Travel not included.)
+ All Previous Incentives!
Claimed: 0 of 10
$500
Local Premiere Screening
Thank you for truly investing in this film. Now see the movie before anyone else! Come join us at our local premiere screening in Asheville, NC. Come party with us and meet the cast and crew at this exciting event.
+ All Previous Incentives!
Claimed: 1 of 10
$1,000
Associate Producer Credit
Thank you! For your extreme generosity, you will receive an actual associate producing credit, meaning your name will stand out with its own credit! You are officially a team member of this production.
+ All Previous Incentives!
Claimed: 1 of 5
$2,000
Executive Producer Credit
This is the highest individual producing credit anyone can receive. You will have the same credit as any topnotch studio executive in Hollywood (and probably deserve it more). Who knows, maybe you will use this street cred to end up making movies yourself!
+ All Previous Incentives!
Claimed: 2 of 3
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Current Team
About This Team
Writer / Director / Editor, Andrew Shearer
Andrew is an award-winning screenwriter, director, and editor. He's won seven film festival awards and has been Emmy-nominated twice for his work on NFL Network's Undrafted. He was also honored to receive the Academy's Nicholl Fellowship. After twelve years in Los Angeles working within the studio system, he's excited to finally be making his own feature film, a personal project close to his heart. He's also a dad with two daughters who challenge and fulfill him as much as any film project ever could.
Local Producer and Business Owner, Leigh Oder
Leigh has been a successful business owner for over twenty years in Asheville. A VERY successful business. She knows how to make things happen, and is bringing significant resources to the project. Leigh is a screenwriter herself and has been an essential partner in developing the script. Additionally, because she co-owns Asheville Pizza & Brewing Company, she can provide us a place to screen our local premiere!
Julie Harris, Financial Executive
Julie Harris is not only an amazing sibling of Andrew's, but also his business partner. She is relatively new to filmmaking, but has had the itch to get involved for some time. And now she's eager to take advantage of that opportunity. Julie's very successful career has been built on managing money and worldwide organizations. She'll bring the passion, grit, and hard work to this project that has made her so successful.
Bob Peck, Magic Hour Productions
Bob is a local director/editor/sound artist who has had successful career in Asheville for over a decade. He's also one of Andrew's best friends. Anyone in Asheville will tell you that Bob knows EVERYONE. Bob is bringing important resources to the project and will be involved in editing and sound mixing during post.
Stephanie Carson, Out of the Box Video
Stephanie Carson is an Emmy Award Winning Producer who left the television news business while "she still had some soul left." She now spends her time producing video projects and events in North Carolina and Colorado. When she's not hard at work bossing people around with her "producer hat", Stephanie is a ski bum and lover of craft beer and cider.
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