.jpg)
Whether a memory, dream or spirit, after a loved one dies, everyone wants one more embrace, one more touch, one more glance. In the aftermath of a school shooting Cal, a grieving mother, finds comfort in her deceased daughter's bedroom.
Whether a memory, dream or spirit, after a loved one dies, everyone wants one more embrace, one more touch, one more glance. In the aftermath of a school shooting Cal, a grieving mother, finds comfort in her deceased daughter's bedroom.
-
Story
Mission Statement
In A Breath is a female driven project with a woman writer/director and sound mixer, a chick editor and two fierce fems in the lead roles. And, all our crew will be paid their full rate for their valuable talents and time, which is better than a hashtag.About The Project
One week after a school shooting, CAL, a grieving mother enters her teenage daughter's bedroom for the first time. She gazes around the room at the souvenirs and trinkets that are all that remain of her daughter and lays down on her daughter's pillow to close and breathes in the smell of her child.Moment's later, RACHEL is standing at the closet, choosing a dress.
Whether memory, dream, or spirit, Cal and Rachel spend a few more minutes just being mother and daughter, finding comfort in their unbreakable bond and the transendance of their love.
Ally and daughter, age 1
My name is Ally May, I am the writer and director of IN A BREATH. I am also the mother of a beautiful daughter. She is my everything. IN A BREATH is a love letter to my girl.
I wrote this script in response to the anxiety I was feeling over sending my daughter to school in the age of school shootings.
In the current school year, there were three separate threats of shootings to schools in my our school district, in HER school district. The anxiety levels around going to school are insane. And I have to ponder, what would I want to say to her, if, in a breath...
In 2018-
I wrote IN A BREATH as a way of coping with the stress and anxiety.
But it is about more than tragedy and sorrow!
Ultimately, In A Breath is about love. It is infact, a love letter to my girl. It is the love of and for Rachel that comforts Cal. And that love is what remains, all around in the cells and particles that Cal breaths in. Maybe that is what spirit is.
STRETCH GOALS
The $9,650 goal is the bare minimum needed to get the film made at a production quality everyone involved can be proud of and avoid exploiting the work of all production members.
If we raise $12,000, we'll be able to have contingency funds in place should anything go wrong, as well as cover our post-production costs.
If we raise $15,000, we'll be able to cover our festival, distribtion and promotional costs for completing and getting the film into the world and in front of a wider audience.Incentives
$10
Social Media Shoutout
A special and personal thank you on all the films social media platforms.
Please include your social email address.$25
Special Thanks and a Movie
You helped make the film possible, and we want you to see it. We'll send you a password link for the film to view the film after production is complete.
Please include your email address.$40
Printed Still from the Film
We’ll select a still from the film and print it on the Highest Quality Photo Paper with a personalized thank you. +Social Media shout out.
$50
Something To Read By The Fire.
The words on paper are as beautiful as the images on screen, and you deserve both. For a contribution at this level you'll receive the prior incentives plus a downloadable copy of the script in your email after production has finished.
Be sure to give us your social media tag and email address!
$75
In Memory Of
In A Breath is about the death of a loved one, the most beloved one. This special incentive will memorialize a loved one on screen in a special part of the credits-In Memory Of.
This is not to be morose. The whole point of the film is to remember the light and love, not the loss, creating art from pain.
With this incentive we will need your loved ones name as you would like it to appear in screen
Claimed: 2 of 20
$100
Special Thanks In The Film Credits
You are an important contributor to the production of this film and as such,you'll receive all previous incentives, plus a special Thank You in the film credits. Please include your email address.
$250
Private Screening and Reception
You are an important part of the film making experience now, so we want you to feel like a star. In addition to all previous incentives, you will be invited to attend a private screening of the finished film and a reception with cast and crew afterwards! (Location and date TBD, transportation, lodging not provided.)Please include your email address.
$300
A Film Maker Title
1 Day on set with catered lunch and ll the previous incentives plus- Associate Producer credit on the film and IMBD credit.
Please include your email address.
Claimed: 1 of 8
$1,000
Producer Credit
You are a film maker now. In addition to all the other incentives, when you contribute $1000 or more, you will receive 1 film festival film-maker pass (TBD) Executive Producer credit in the film and on IMBD.
Please include your email address, facebook and city you live or enjoy travel to.
Travel and lodging not included.
-
Wishlist
Use the WishList to pledge cash and loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an incentive directly.
$10
Social Media Shoutout
A special and personal thank you on all the films social media platforms.
Please include your social email address.$25
Special Thanks and a Movie
You helped make the film possible, and we want you to see it. We'll send you a password link for the film to view the film after production is complete.
Please include your email address.$40
Printed Still from the Film
We’ll select a still from the film and print it on the Highest Quality Photo Paper with a personalized thank you. +Social Media shout out.
$50
Something To Read By The Fire.
The words on paper are as beautiful as the images on screen, and you deserve both. For a contribution at this level you'll receive the prior incentives plus a downloadable copy of the script in your email after production has finished.
Be sure to give us your social media tag and email address!
$75
In Memory Of
In A Breath is about the death of a loved one, the most beloved one. This special incentive will memorialize a loved one on screen in a special part of the credits-In Memory Of.
This is not to be morose. The whole point of the film is to remember the light and love, not the loss, creating art from pain.
With this incentive we will need your loved ones name as you would like it to appear in screen
Claimed: 2 of 20
$100
Special Thanks In The Film Credits
You are an important contributor to the production of this film and as such,you'll receive all previous incentives, plus a special Thank You in the film credits. Please include your email address.$250
Private Screening and Reception
You are an important part of the film making experience now, so we want you to feel like a star. In addition to all previous incentives, you will be invited to attend a private screening of the finished film and a reception with cast and crew afterwards! (Location and date TBD, transportation, lodging not provided.)Please include your email address.
$300
A Film Maker Title
1 Day on set with catered lunch and ll the previous incentives plus- Associate Producer credit on the film and IMBD credit.
Please include your email address.
Claimed: 1 of 8
$1,000
Producer Credit
You are a film maker now. In addition to all the other incentives, when you contribute $1000 or more, you will receive 1 film festival film-maker pass (TBD) Executive Producer credit in the film and on IMBD.Please include your email address, facebook and city you live or enjoy travel to.
Travel and lodging not included.
- Updates
-
Current Team
About This Team
Writer and director Ally May attended the UCLA writing program, The Academy of Film Writing and SF Film School. Ally tells stories that speak to the human experience. Though they are not always stories with happy endings or pretty pictures, there is always an element of rising above in the arc of her stories, which are often about family.She is an Athena Finalist, Austin Quarter-finalist, ScreenCraft Finalist, Page Finalist, La/Live Read Finalist, Scriptapalooza Finalist, Austin Revolution Finalist among more.
Jesse Gonzales a cinematographer and film teacher based in San Francisco on board to be our Director of Photography.
C.S. Chandler, is 1st A.D. He first knew he wanted to be in film when he saw Back to the Future (1985). In 2008 he lived in NewZealand and went to School at the University of Waikuto, where he learned digitalproduction. He graduated from the University of Colorado - Boulder in 2009 with a BAin Film Studies. C.S. has worked on various projects including a NOVA documentary, Podcasts, an on set stills photographer and behind the scenes camera operator on thefeature film Tengu: The Immortal Blade, a production assistant on Bridezillas, and a DIT, Behind The Scenes Director, and camera operator for the feature film Black Hole starringNatalie Distler, Malcolm McDowell, and Dean Cain. Having received his MFA degreefor filmmaking at the New York Film Academy, C.S. directed a Music Film for the local Colorado indie band Lamia of the Pool entitled Conscious, which took 2nd place in the International Indie Gathering 2013 and Best Rock Video IndieFest Awards 2017. C.S. Chandler has worked at Warner Bros, Authentic Entertainment and The Amazing Race.
Currently he is a Film Professor at ASU as well as a Video Editor and Producer for
Facebook.
Mitra Rasmussen will record our sound and compose the sound track.Mitra attended music school for 12 years followed by film school in Denmark, at the European film college. She has directed and produced - but her passion is in Sound design. One of the shorts she composed the music for was nominated for the Student Academy awards.
One of the films she did sound design for was chosen as a Vimeo Staff pick.
Hannah Gavagan will play the part of the grieving mother Cal. Hannah is a veteran indie film and theater actress as well as a producer and director of her own production company. Hannah will infuse the role of Cal with authenticity and real emotion.
Veronica McFarlane will play Rachel. Veronica is an accomplished Sag/Aftra - E actress based in Los Angeles already with a long list of professional theatrical and film projects.
-
Media
Videos
Images
-
Community
Supporters
Followers
