HE GETS AWAY
Los Angeles, California | Film Short
Drama, Thriller
A story about a relay of wrongdoing, and how there's always someone left to bear the burden.
HE GETS AWAY
Los Angeles, California | Film Short
Drama, Thriller
1 Campaigns | California, United States
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A story about a relay of wrongdoing, and how there's always someone left to bear the burden.
About The Project
- The Story
- Wishlist
- Updates
- The Team
- Community
Mission Statement
The Story
IT'S A MATTER OF ASSURANCE.
You may not know this, but driving the streets of Los Angeles without car insurance messes with your peace of mind.
For a moment there, I'd drive to work, or the store, or a friend's place white-knuckling my steering wheel. No music. No phone calls. Nothing. No distractions, because I had no car insurance.
It's some of the best driving I've done in my entire life; every time I drove I received grim premonitions of financial ruin. One minor distraction -- my mom calls, or I skip a podcast ad -- and suddenly, I'm staring down up-charged dealership fees for someone's chipped-up body paint.
Tense times. I wasn't having it, and then I remembered personal injury liability and that's when the catastrophizing consumed me.
SO HERE WE ARE.
He Gets Away comes from these same dark daydreams of the worst case scenario, presenting life's slim margin for error that we rarely ever perceive, but that's always there -- most notably, when we look up from the steering wheel and wonder, how am I already here?
HIGHWAY HYPNOSIS.
This film aims to shake people free from their compartmentalized lives.
It's about a young restaurant worker who's fired from his job after he's wrongfully blamed for stealing cash tips. Preoccupied by anger and stress, he hits a woman with his car, killing her. What ensues is an internal struggle between self-preservation and morality. Ultimately, his good conscience wins out, and he confesses, but still, he gets away--mistaking his apology for accountability.
GENUINELY.
Dark anxieties, car insurance cold-callers, a banged up silver sedan -- it's easy for me to be flip about all that, but the primary point of He Gets Away deserves respect. As a filmmaker, suspense excites me, but stories that face the truth inspire me, and from the initial ingredients that inspired He Gets Away came a deeper story about how the fallout of misdeeds accumulates on the innocent and the marginalized. It's a tragedy about a reckless relay of wrongdoing and blame-shifting, and how there's always someone made to bear the burden.
JUST THE BEGINNING.
A proof-of-concept, He Gets Away ends at the beginning, setting the stage for a larger, more inclusive story--one that doesn't just follow those who exploit the system, but those who are forced to survive it. Your support will help us build a well-rounded team who we can trust with this story, and it's future development.
IF YOU'RE INTO IT.
Here's how you can help!
[FOLLOW] OUR CAMPAIGN.
Click 'Follow' in the top right corner to expand the project's reach.
[SHARE] OUR CAMPAIGN.
Share on social media or email friends and family--every post helps.
[PLEDGE] TO OUR CAMPAIGN.
Click 'Pledge' in the top right corner to make a cash donation to the project--there's no amount too small.
We already appreciate you just reading this. Thank you if you can support.
Sincerely,
Peter & the He Gets Away Team.
TL;DR
It's stressful and shitty out here. Here's a film about it.
VISUAL REFERENCE.
THE NUMBERS.
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
CREW
Costs $3,500
Help pay our crew for their high quality work.
EQUIPMENT
Costs $2,000
Equipment rentals and insurance.
CATERING
Costs $1,000
Feed the cast and crew.
ART DEPARTMENT
Costs $500
Make-up, props, set-dressing. Help to make Peter's car more dirty.
POST-PRODUCTION
Costs $3,000
Editing, sound design, color-grading, sound track. This is where we make or break the film.
Cash Pledge
Costs $0
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About This Team
PETER DONAHUE (Executive Producer, Writer, Director)
Peter is a Los Angeles-based actor, writer and director. His credits include Netflix's The Society, Showtime's Dexter: New Blood, and the upcoming film At The Sea starring Amy Adams, Murray Bartlett and Rainn Wilson. He also co-wrote and edited the pilot Camp Greenwood, which won Best Pilot at Nashville Film Festival among other awards.
KOURTNEY BELL (Executive Producer)
Kourtney is a Los Angeles-based actor, writer and director. Her credits include ABC's Alaska Daily, the CW's All American, Comedy Central's The Detroiters, and the Jeffrey Reddick-penned film, Don't Look Back, and she's won a handful of awards for directing. She is also a co-founder of Not Your Daddy's Films, a social impact organization dedicated to empowering and educating women and nonbinary filmmakers.
DAVID NEWMAN (Executive Producer, Line Producer)
David is a Los Angeles-based producer with experience across small budget films, television, commercials, photoshoots and more. He has worked for CBS, NBC, Apple TV, Oliver Peoples, Ray-Ban, Tommy Bahama, and Estee Lauder - to name a few. He is a Senior Project Manager for Photobomb Production - a full service creative media company.
STEVEN PRIOVOLOS (Director of Photography)
Steven Priovolos is a premiere Los Angeles-based cinematographer with sought-after experience across narrative features, documentaries, television and advertising. His clients include Warner Brothers, Netflix, Amazon, National Geographic, Village Roadshow, Hugo Boss, Swarovski, Adidas, and more. He has shot with the likes of Rihanna, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jared Leto, Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gadot, Jennifer Lopez, Gerard Butler, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Roger Federer - to name a few. He is a master videographer, who has filmed hundreds of award-winning projects across seventy countries.
Current Team
Incentives
- The Story
- Wishlist
- Updates
- The Team
- Community
Mission Statement
The Story
IT'S A MATTER OF ASSURANCE.
You may not know this, but driving the streets of Los Angeles without car insurance messes with your peace of mind.
For a moment there, I'd drive to work, or the store, or a friend's place white-knuckling my steering wheel. No music. No phone calls. Nothing. No distractions, because I had no car insurance.
It's some of the best driving I've done in my entire life; every time I drove I received grim premonitions of financial ruin. One minor distraction -- my mom calls, or I skip a podcast ad -- and suddenly, I'm staring down up-charged dealership fees for someone's chipped-up body paint.
Tense times. I wasn't having it, and then I remembered personal injury liability and that's when the catastrophizing consumed me.
SO HERE WE ARE.
He Gets Away comes from these same dark daydreams of the worst case scenario, presenting life's slim margin for error that we rarely ever perceive, but that's always there -- most notably, when we look up from the steering wheel and wonder, how am I already here?
HIGHWAY HYPNOSIS.
This film aims to shake people free from their compartmentalized lives.
It's about a young restaurant worker who's fired from his job after he's wrongfully blamed for stealing cash tips. Preoccupied by anger and stress, he hits a woman with his car, killing her. What ensues is an internal struggle between self-preservation and morality. Ultimately, his good conscience wins out, and he confesses, but still, he gets away--mistaking his apology for accountability.
GENUINELY.
Dark anxieties, car insurance cold-callers, a banged up silver sedan -- it's easy for me to be flip about all that, but the primary point of He Gets Away deserves respect. As a filmmaker, suspense excites me, but stories that face the truth inspire me, and from the initial ingredients that inspired He Gets Away came a deeper story about how the fallout of misdeeds accumulates on the innocent and the marginalized. It's a tragedy about a reckless relay of wrongdoing and blame-shifting, and how there's always someone made to bear the burden.
JUST THE BEGINNING.
A proof-of-concept, He Gets Away ends at the beginning, setting the stage for a larger, more inclusive story--one that doesn't just follow those who exploit the system, but those who are forced to survive it. Your support will help us build a well-rounded team who we can trust with this story, and it's future development.
IF YOU'RE INTO IT.
Here's how you can help!
[FOLLOW] OUR CAMPAIGN.
Click 'Follow' in the top right corner to expand the project's reach.
[SHARE] OUR CAMPAIGN.
Share on social media or email friends and family--every post helps.
[PLEDGE] TO OUR CAMPAIGN.
Click 'Pledge' in the top right corner to make a cash donation to the project--there's no amount too small.
We already appreciate you just reading this. Thank you if you can support.
Sincerely,
Peter & the He Gets Away Team.
TL;DR
It's stressful and shitty out here. Here's a film about it.
VISUAL REFERENCE.
THE NUMBERS.
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
CREW
Costs $3,500
Help pay our crew for their high quality work.
EQUIPMENT
Costs $2,000
Equipment rentals and insurance.
CATERING
Costs $1,000
Feed the cast and crew.
ART DEPARTMENT
Costs $500
Make-up, props, set-dressing. Help to make Peter's car more dirty.
POST-PRODUCTION
Costs $3,000
Editing, sound design, color-grading, sound track. This is where we make or break the film.
Cash Pledge
Costs $0
Direct link:
Share this update!
About This Team
PETER DONAHUE (Executive Producer, Writer, Director)
Peter is a Los Angeles-based actor, writer and director. His credits include Netflix's The Society, Showtime's Dexter: New Blood, and the upcoming film At The Sea starring Amy Adams, Murray Bartlett and Rainn Wilson. He also co-wrote and edited the pilot Camp Greenwood, which won Best Pilot at Nashville Film Festival among other awards.
KOURTNEY BELL (Executive Producer)
Kourtney is a Los Angeles-based actor, writer and director. Her credits include ABC's Alaska Daily, the CW's All American, Comedy Central's The Detroiters, and the Jeffrey Reddick-penned film, Don't Look Back, and she's won a handful of awards for directing. She is also a co-founder of Not Your Daddy's Films, a social impact organization dedicated to empowering and educating women and nonbinary filmmakers.
DAVID NEWMAN (Executive Producer, Line Producer)
David is a Los Angeles-based producer with experience across small budget films, television, commercials, photoshoots and more. He has worked for CBS, NBC, Apple TV, Oliver Peoples, Ray-Ban, Tommy Bahama, and Estee Lauder - to name a few. He is a Senior Project Manager for Photobomb Production - a full service creative media company.
STEVEN PRIOVOLOS (Director of Photography)
Steven Priovolos is a premiere Los Angeles-based cinematographer with sought-after experience across narrative features, documentaries, television and advertising. His clients include Warner Brothers, Netflix, Amazon, National Geographic, Village Roadshow, Hugo Boss, Swarovski, Adidas, and more. He has shot with the likes of Rihanna, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jared Leto, Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gadot, Jennifer Lopez, Gerard Butler, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Roger Federer - to name a few. He is a master videographer, who has filmed hundreds of award-winning projects across seventy countries.