Harbor (Short Film)
Los Angeles, California | Film Short
Drama
OUR NEW STRETCH GOAL on this platform: $17,000
Harbor (Short Film)
Los Angeles, California | Film Short
Drama
1 Campaigns | California, United States
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OUR NEW STRETCH GOAL on this platform: $17,000
About The Project
- The Story
- Wishlist
- Updates
- The Team
- Community
Mission Statement
The Story
As of September 19, 2022, we're at 122% of our initial goal!
HERE IS WHAT WE STILL NEED: $2,340
OUR NEW STRETCH GOAL: $17,000
*We have revised our initial $12,000 goal on this platform to $17,000. Our overall budget still remains $30,000.
**100% of funds raised in this campaign will go towards the physical production of the film; including but not limited to: cast/crew transportation, lodging, camera/lighting equipment, film permits, insurance, and crew day rates.
Do you regret what you've done... or what you didn't do? Sometimes, it can feel like the past is all we have. That memory is all that we are.
Hey there!
Welcome to our crowd funding page. We’re so excited to share with you our vision for a short film that is deeply personal to us. Making movies is an uphill battle that takes support from all angles. So, from the bottom of our hearts we thank you for making it this far, and truly hope you consider this opportunity to invest in us as filmmakers. Enjoy!
JAY (30’s) - a pensive man - lives a life of solitude aboard a docked 32-foot trawler in a small-town marina, with his father, HENRY (60’s). Jay trouble shoots an engine failure in hopes to get it up and running in time for him and his father to see a natural phenomenon called, bioluminescence - A natural blue glow created by plankton that appears off the coastline once every few years.
While working on the engine, Jay receives a time sensitive notice from the marina operator’s office. He soon finds out that a technicality, due to maritime law, has left him responsible for unpaid debt on his boat’s dock slip from the previous owner. Now with a lien on his property and the looming threat of seizure, he must get in contact with the former owner of his boat - his distant sister - GRACE (30's).
With time running out, in more ways than one, he visits his sister and demands that she handles the debt. The two of them seemingly do not see eye to eye, and it’s not until Jay plays a voicemail that he received from their late father, that she sees the pain and desperation in her brother’s eyes. This voicemail reveals that their father is only a memory.
Days later, Jay works on the engine again with the hope of seeing the bioluminescence to pay tribute to his dad as we learn that this was one of his last wishes. Grace returns to the marina to handle the debt, and as she does, she sees her brother working on the boat; alone. With the engine now working, they take the boat out of the marina into the ocean and watch the fluorescent blue bioluminescence; together. As if their father were there with them.
The next morning, Jay walks off the boat which reveals a ‘for sale’ sign hanging from his dock post as the screen fades to black.
In the last few years our team has experienced a lot of loss. The grief that comes with death can feel insurmountable. The things we didn't do, the words we wished we would have said, the phone calls we didn't make, the memories we missed out on, were all symptoms of our guilt. As we conversed, remincesed, and comforted one another a strong, wistul affection for the time we did have with our loved ones brought us great relief. We learned that we can continue our bond with the people we've lost, by doing what they loved most.
This story is an exploration, and celebration of that.
HARBOR is a grounded story about life and regret, saturated in earnest nostalgia, with a hint of mystery. Think ‘Old Man and the Sea’ but contemporized, and set in a small US town. The mood and tone of this film is widely influenced by this evocative setting that is just as much a character as Jay and Grace.
Our goal is to capture the elements, actors, and their surroundings as objectively and naturalistic as possible, with a visual pay off at the end. Camera will utilize a hand held, documentary-style approach that covers our characters every move, helping the film feel urgent, authentic, and real. However, since this story is riddled with hidden moments of memory, we will subtly stylize those beats with slow racking focus pulls, and specular highlights.
LOCATION
From day one, an isolated setting of a small-town marina and the somber tone that comes with it has influenced our on-screen vision equally as much as our character arcs and overall story.
There’s just something about water and a boat that says ‘loneliness’ or ‘grieving’ without having to be on-the-nose about it.
Our team's agreement working together creatively has remained the same through the years: we won't make something unless we are fully on board with it. The script, the tone, the final cut, and the end goal have to make sense for all of us. Executing movies takes too much time and money to not fully be interested, moved, and inspired by the story.
Please check out "The Team" tab to learn about everyone's past work!
Keegan Duncan (writer/director), Jack Norris (writer/actor), Bryant Chirinos (producer)
'HARBOR'
Director: Keegan Duncan
Writers: Keegan Duncan & Jack Norris
Cinematographer: Sam Ott
Producer: Bryant Chirinos
CAST
JAY (MALE, 30's): Jack Norris
GRACE (FEMALE, 30's): Pamela Portnoy
HENRY (MALE, 60's): TBD
MARINA OPERATOR (MALE, 50's): TBD
We are about to begin casting for the remaining key roles of the film!
We are currently in pre-production and have sourced $8,500 of our $30,000 budget. Our goal is to raise an additional $12,000 through this platform and fund the remaining privately.
If you're on this page, then you likely already know the resources and money required to make a film. And a film intended for a theatre screen. Luckily we're able to do a lot of post-production in-house, but we won't bore you with every little budgeting detail, so here's a snapshot:
- Production: 71%
- Post Production: 18%
- Other Expenses (Publicity, Festivals): 11%
**Our team does not take pay from any of this. All funds go to the crew, equipment, cast, and production.
PRODUCTION TIMELINE
AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2022 | PRE-PRODUCTION
OCTOBER 2022 | PRODUCTION
OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 2022 | POST-PRODUCTION
DECEMBER 2022 | BEGIN FILM FESTIVAL SUBMISSIONS
COVID-19 SAFETY
The health of our cast and crew will remain an upmost priority and we will implement all appropriate measures to keep our production safe.
FOLLOW
Follow our campaign and stay in the loop through the production of 'HARBOR'. It's 100% free.
Seed&Spark rewards us for building our audience. The more followers we get, the more we unlock products, services, and festival fee waivers courtesy of Seed&Spark!
CONTRIBUTE AND PLEDGE
You can make a contribution to our film by making a pledge. We have to collect 80% of our crowdfunding goal to keep our funds. You can choose an incentive or make a pledge to a specific wishlist item. You can choose any pledge and incentive amount that fits your budget. No pledge is too small. Every dollar makes a difference in making our film possible!
SPREAD THE WORD
The only way we will reach our crowdfunding goal is if we reach beyond our networks.
Please share our campaign via your social media, email, word-of-mouth, however you want! We can't do this without you and are very appreciative of your support.
Here are some examples. Feel free to copy and paste!
Help our pals Jack, Keegan, and Bryant at 422 Productions bring their short film to life. Join them on @seedandspark: https://seedandspark.com/fund/harbor#story
Check out this amazing crowdfunding trailer for the upcoming short film, HARBOR, from Keegan Duncan and Jack Norris. Support their film by helping them reach their goal! @seedandspark: https://seedandspark.com/fund/harbor#story
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
Camera Department
Costs $5,000
We need proper camera and lighting equipment to cinematically tell this story.
VFX + Color
Costs $1,500
VFX and color grading are essential for bringing the tone and part of the story to the screen.
Transportation & Travel
Costs $2,000
We plan on shooting in a marina on the coast of Oregon and will need to get our crew there.
Crew
Costs $3,500
This will cover some of the essential crew members needed for our 3-day shoot.
Cash Pledge
Costs $0
Direct link:
Share this update!
About This Team
Keegan Duncan
Director / Writer
Keegan Duncan is a filmmaker who grew up in Mission Viejo, CA. His first love was music and for years he was convinced that was going to be his career path, until he discovered a video production class in High School.
He directed his first film “Haeley” at Saddleback College which later made its rounds in the festival circuit of 2013. Not long after, he transferred to USC where he made two more short films before graduating in 2015 with a degree in Cinematics Arts, Film and Television Production.
He now has six years under his belt as a sound editor/re-recording mixer and currently works at Tastemade Studios. While he absolutely loves what he does for a living, his utmost goal is to make films that he is passionate about by way of directing and writing.
He is currently working on writing his second feature film.
Jack Norris
Writer / Actor
Jack was born in San Gabriel, CA but spent his formative years in Orange County, CA. Growing up as a painfully shy kid, he found theatre at an early age and began acting in school affiliated productions.
After graduating with a marketing degree from San Diego State University, he moved to Los Angeles and began training at various acting schools while doing improv and sketch comedy.
His most recent credits include portraying the character Charlie in the upcoming comedy Chuck and Charlie, and In Between, a short film that he co-wrote which premiered at the 2021 Burbank International Film Festival.
He is represented by Panache Management and Baron Entertainment.
Sam Ott
Cinematographer
Born and raised on a farm in mid-Missouri, Sam will always have a soft spot for the heartland. He's a self-taught filmmaker with a degree in marketing from the University of Missouri.
His commercial work for Ralph Lauren was awarded a Vimeo Staff Pick and his recent cinematography work for the digital series We’re Doing Good premiered at SXSW in March, 2022.
His first short film as director/DP, it was good talking to you, won Best Documentary Short at the DOC LA Film Fest in 2020. He is currently in post production directing and shooting his first documentary feature, reStart.
In 2018, his first feature film as cinematographer, In the Wake of Ire, won Best Cinematography at the CHAIN NYC Film Fest and Best American Spectrum Feature at INDY Film Fest.
Bryant Chirinos
Producer
Bryant was born and raised in Mission Viejo, CA and his love for film came at an early age as it served as a way for him to escape.
He is a former college athlete and after graduating with a Entrepreneurship degree from CLU he moved to Los Angeles and began his entrepreneurial endeavors.
Bryant's first producing credit came in 2021 with the short film 'In Between' and fell in love with the process of filmmaking.
Current Team
Incentives
- The Story
- Wishlist
- Updates
- The Team
- Community
Mission Statement
The Story
As of September 19, 2022, we're at 122% of our initial goal!
HERE IS WHAT WE STILL NEED: $2,340
OUR NEW STRETCH GOAL: $17,000
*We have revised our initial $12,000 goal on this platform to $17,000. Our overall budget still remains $30,000.
**100% of funds raised in this campaign will go towards the physical production of the film; including but not limited to: cast/crew transportation, lodging, camera/lighting equipment, film permits, insurance, and crew day rates.
Do you regret what you've done... or what you didn't do? Sometimes, it can feel like the past is all we have. That memory is all that we are.
Hey there!
Welcome to our crowd funding page. We’re so excited to share with you our vision for a short film that is deeply personal to us. Making movies is an uphill battle that takes support from all angles. So, from the bottom of our hearts we thank you for making it this far, and truly hope you consider this opportunity to invest in us as filmmakers. Enjoy!
JAY (30’s) - a pensive man - lives a life of solitude aboard a docked 32-foot trawler in a small-town marina, with his father, HENRY (60’s). Jay trouble shoots an engine failure in hopes to get it up and running in time for him and his father to see a natural phenomenon called, bioluminescence - A natural blue glow created by plankton that appears off the coastline once every few years.
While working on the engine, Jay receives a time sensitive notice from the marina operator’s office. He soon finds out that a technicality, due to maritime law, has left him responsible for unpaid debt on his boat’s dock slip from the previous owner. Now with a lien on his property and the looming threat of seizure, he must get in contact with the former owner of his boat - his distant sister - GRACE (30's).
With time running out, in more ways than one, he visits his sister and demands that she handles the debt. The two of them seemingly do not see eye to eye, and it’s not until Jay plays a voicemail that he received from their late father, that she sees the pain and desperation in her brother’s eyes. This voicemail reveals that their father is only a memory.
Days later, Jay works on the engine again with the hope of seeing the bioluminescence to pay tribute to his dad as we learn that this was one of his last wishes. Grace returns to the marina to handle the debt, and as she does, she sees her brother working on the boat; alone. With the engine now working, they take the boat out of the marina into the ocean and watch the fluorescent blue bioluminescence; together. As if their father were there with them.
The next morning, Jay walks off the boat which reveals a ‘for sale’ sign hanging from his dock post as the screen fades to black.
In the last few years our team has experienced a lot of loss. The grief that comes with death can feel insurmountable. The things we didn't do, the words we wished we would have said, the phone calls we didn't make, the memories we missed out on, were all symptoms of our guilt. As we conversed, remincesed, and comforted one another a strong, wistul affection for the time we did have with our loved ones brought us great relief. We learned that we can continue our bond with the people we've lost, by doing what they loved most.
This story is an exploration, and celebration of that.
HARBOR is a grounded story about life and regret, saturated in earnest nostalgia, with a hint of mystery. Think ‘Old Man and the Sea’ but contemporized, and set in a small US town. The mood and tone of this film is widely influenced by this evocative setting that is just as much a character as Jay and Grace.
Our goal is to capture the elements, actors, and their surroundings as objectively and naturalistic as possible, with a visual pay off at the end. Camera will utilize a hand held, documentary-style approach that covers our characters every move, helping the film feel urgent, authentic, and real. However, since this story is riddled with hidden moments of memory, we will subtly stylize those beats with slow racking focus pulls, and specular highlights.
LOCATION
From day one, an isolated setting of a small-town marina and the somber tone that comes with it has influenced our on-screen vision equally as much as our character arcs and overall story.
There’s just something about water and a boat that says ‘loneliness’ or ‘grieving’ without having to be on-the-nose about it.
Our team's agreement working together creatively has remained the same through the years: we won't make something unless we are fully on board with it. The script, the tone, the final cut, and the end goal have to make sense for all of us. Executing movies takes too much time and money to not fully be interested, moved, and inspired by the story.
Please check out "The Team" tab to learn about everyone's past work!
Keegan Duncan (writer/director), Jack Norris (writer/actor), Bryant Chirinos (producer)
'HARBOR'
Director: Keegan Duncan
Writers: Keegan Duncan & Jack Norris
Cinematographer: Sam Ott
Producer: Bryant Chirinos
CAST
JAY (MALE, 30's): Jack Norris
GRACE (FEMALE, 30's): Pamela Portnoy
HENRY (MALE, 60's): TBD
MARINA OPERATOR (MALE, 50's): TBD
We are about to begin casting for the remaining key roles of the film!
We are currently in pre-production and have sourced $8,500 of our $30,000 budget. Our goal is to raise an additional $12,000 through this platform and fund the remaining privately.
If you're on this page, then you likely already know the resources and money required to make a film. And a film intended for a theatre screen. Luckily we're able to do a lot of post-production in-house, but we won't bore you with every little budgeting detail, so here's a snapshot:
- Production: 71%
- Post Production: 18%
- Other Expenses (Publicity, Festivals): 11%
**Our team does not take pay from any of this. All funds go to the crew, equipment, cast, and production.
PRODUCTION TIMELINE
AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2022 | PRE-PRODUCTION
OCTOBER 2022 | PRODUCTION
OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 2022 | POST-PRODUCTION
DECEMBER 2022 | BEGIN FILM FESTIVAL SUBMISSIONS
COVID-19 SAFETY
The health of our cast and crew will remain an upmost priority and we will implement all appropriate measures to keep our production safe.
FOLLOW
Follow our campaign and stay in the loop through the production of 'HARBOR'. It's 100% free.
Seed&Spark rewards us for building our audience. The more followers we get, the more we unlock products, services, and festival fee waivers courtesy of Seed&Spark!
CONTRIBUTE AND PLEDGE
You can make a contribution to our film by making a pledge. We have to collect 80% of our crowdfunding goal to keep our funds. You can choose an incentive or make a pledge to a specific wishlist item. You can choose any pledge and incentive amount that fits your budget. No pledge is too small. Every dollar makes a difference in making our film possible!
SPREAD THE WORD
The only way we will reach our crowdfunding goal is if we reach beyond our networks.
Please share our campaign via your social media, email, word-of-mouth, however you want! We can't do this without you and are very appreciative of your support.
Here are some examples. Feel free to copy and paste!
Help our pals Jack, Keegan, and Bryant at 422 Productions bring their short film to life. Join them on @seedandspark: https://seedandspark.com/fund/harbor#story
Check out this amazing crowdfunding trailer for the upcoming short film, HARBOR, from Keegan Duncan and Jack Norris. Support their film by helping them reach their goal! @seedandspark: https://seedandspark.com/fund/harbor#story
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
Camera Department
Costs $5,000
We need proper camera and lighting equipment to cinematically tell this story.
VFX + Color
Costs $1,500
VFX and color grading are essential for bringing the tone and part of the story to the screen.
Transportation & Travel
Costs $2,000
We plan on shooting in a marina on the coast of Oregon and will need to get our crew there.
Crew
Costs $3,500
This will cover some of the essential crew members needed for our 3-day shoot.
Cash Pledge
Costs $0
Direct link:
Share this update!
About This Team
Keegan Duncan
Director / Writer
Keegan Duncan is a filmmaker who grew up in Mission Viejo, CA. His first love was music and for years he was convinced that was going to be his career path, until he discovered a video production class in High School.
He directed his first film “Haeley” at Saddleback College which later made its rounds in the festival circuit of 2013. Not long after, he transferred to USC where he made two more short films before graduating in 2015 with a degree in Cinematics Arts, Film and Television Production.
He now has six years under his belt as a sound editor/re-recording mixer and currently works at Tastemade Studios. While he absolutely loves what he does for a living, his utmost goal is to make films that he is passionate about by way of directing and writing.
He is currently working on writing his second feature film.
Jack Norris
Writer / Actor
Jack was born in San Gabriel, CA but spent his formative years in Orange County, CA. Growing up as a painfully shy kid, he found theatre at an early age and began acting in school affiliated productions.
After graduating with a marketing degree from San Diego State University, he moved to Los Angeles and began training at various acting schools while doing improv and sketch comedy.
His most recent credits include portraying the character Charlie in the upcoming comedy Chuck and Charlie, and In Between, a short film that he co-wrote which premiered at the 2021 Burbank International Film Festival.
He is represented by Panache Management and Baron Entertainment.
Sam Ott
Cinematographer
Born and raised on a farm in mid-Missouri, Sam will always have a soft spot for the heartland. He's a self-taught filmmaker with a degree in marketing from the University of Missouri.
His commercial work for Ralph Lauren was awarded a Vimeo Staff Pick and his recent cinematography work for the digital series We’re Doing Good premiered at SXSW in March, 2022.
His first short film as director/DP, it was good talking to you, won Best Documentary Short at the DOC LA Film Fest in 2020. He is currently in post production directing and shooting his first documentary feature, reStart.
In 2018, his first feature film as cinematographer, In the Wake of Ire, won Best Cinematography at the CHAIN NYC Film Fest and Best American Spectrum Feature at INDY Film Fest.
Bryant Chirinos
Producer
Bryant was born and raised in Mission Viejo, CA and his love for film came at an early age as it served as a way for him to escape.
He is a former college athlete and after graduating with a Entrepreneurship degree from CLU he moved to Los Angeles and began his entrepreneurial endeavors.
Bryant's first producing credit came in 2021 with the short film 'In Between' and fell in love with the process of filmmaking.