Last Bite

San Francisco, California | Film Short

Horror, Romance

Nicole de Meneses

4 Campaigns | California, United States

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Help us make a sexy vampire film! What's sexy? A woman owning her own power! A woman voicing her own desires! And most importantly consent! A vampire who has lost her taste for blood, hires a call girl to reignite her thirst.

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Mission Statement

LAST BITE is a a sex positive queer exploration of lust and power. The film is about women voicing their own carnal desires and releasing their power from within.

The Story


LOGLINE

Genre: Horror


A vampire who has lost her taste for blood hires a call girl to reignite her thirst.



SYNOPSIS


Alba is a wealthy young vampire mourning the loss of her maker. She longs for the

true death. She hires Kali, an older more venturesome call girl that reminds her of

her former lover. Hoping to re-awaken her appetite for pleasure, the two enter into

an unconventional business arrangement. If kali can satisfy Alba's desires, come

dawn Alba will pass on her dark gift, the gift of eternal life.


FISCAL SPONSOR

All contributions are TAX DEDUCTIBLE

Fishnets and Film” was created by Queer Artist (& Drag Queen) Robby Kendall

(AKA Ms Sweet Nothing).Fishnets and Film has a clear mission to foster and

celebrate BOTH the Queer Performance Art and Queer Cinema communities

with the production of film festivals, special events, and films.


THEMES



Vampires have always embodied human fears surrounding death and sexuality.
Last Bite explores themes of womanhood, ageism and sexism using a vampire
allegory.


The Characters



ALBA


Alba is over 200 years old. Her maker abandoned her over a century ago. Alba is
desperate to re-capture the passion she once felt. Alba is a former Countess.
After her maker killed her husband she traded one abusive relationship for another.

Allowing her maker to be in charge of all her decision making, Alba is still frozen in
time as a cautions young woman from the 1800s with no sense of herself. Her marriage
was a loveless one. She has limited experience when it comes to matters of the heart.
Alba must confront her dark past in order to embrace her future.


KALI


Kali is a call girl on the wrong side of forty with an adventurous spirit and addictive
personality. She trades on sexual services and has more empathy and insight into
her clients needs and desires then her own. Kali is curvy and wild, she lives each
day like it's her last and is acutely aware that her lifestyle has a ticking clock that
is slowly winding down and running out of time. Kali owns her choices and makes
no apologies for what she does, she is no ones victim. Kali has a inner strength
and charm that draws Alba in.


CAST



Olga Molina


Olga is from Barcelona, multi-lingual, she has been doing theatre and film for the past 10 years, first in Spain
and then in the Bay Area after moving to the US IN 2017. She has a background in singing, dancing and improv.


Mary Kuznetsova


Mary is a actor/ model in the Bay Area with 7 years of experience. Her goal is to create amazing work that
challenges her as an artist.


CREW



WRITER / DIRECTOR / PRODUCER

Nicole de Meneses is a Bay Area writer, director, producer. Her production

company Dark Rainbow Films focuses on LGBTQ+ genre films with bite.

As a queer woman of color she thinks it’s important to showcase

complicated female driven narratives and strong LGBTQ+ characters.


HAIR / MAKEUP ARTIST

Kathryn Sarabia is a Licensed/ Professional Esthetician, Makeup and hair artist.

She has more then eight years of experience in the beauty, fashion and film

industry. She is highly skilled in all aspects of makeup artistry from beauty to

special effects, have been published numerous times and have worked with

notable designers, networks and companies including CNN, CBS, Uber, Fahreed

Zakaria, Cleve A. Hall, Vogue, Italian Vogue, Dark Beauty Magazine, Bay Fashion,

Revlon, Innocent World Clothing, San Francisco Chronicle, Macy's Passport, Ava

Byrd Productions, Cleve A. Hall, Spinns, Milk and Milk Boy clothing, Skechers,

Bench clothing, Punk Kouture, Elias Luna, and Glynneth B Jewelry. I have also

worked on low budget films, 


MAKEUP FX ARTIST

Pandora FX owner and host Margaret Caragan has been doing special makeup effects

in the Bay Area for 20 years. From Martin Landau (Oscar Winner, Ed Wood) and Steph

Curry as the Grinch, to Fruitvale Station, Face Off (SyFy), Lyft Zombie Delivery Service,

a horse nose for Lakeith Stanfield in Sorry to Bother You (director Boots Riley) and

pregnancy bellies for EarthMama (A24, Academy). She has upcoming horror films and

workshops and classes coming later in the year.


CAMERA / LIGHTING

Hewitt Visuals provides photography, video and live-streaming services for galleries,

schools and corporate clients in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. We create and

deliver custom imagery that meets the needs of your organization's visual identity. We

deliver the highest possible quality on time and on-budget in a detail-oriented, professional

manner with a relaxed, no-stress approach.Bryan Hewitt has been documenting artwork

and exhibitions for over 20 years. He specializes in difficult-to-document work such as

exhibitions, delicate historical works, video installations and performances. Clients and

publications have included C Magazine, the New York Times, Cheryl Haines Gallery,

Gallery Wendi Norris, The Fort Mason Center, SOMARTS and many local SF Bay Area

Artists.Vita Hewitt has a background in photojournalism and fine art. Publication of her

images has included the New York Times, Town & Country, and The Fold. She focuses

primarily on executive portraiture, head shots, performances and events.Bryan and Vita

work together to leverage their combined expertise in storytelling when Hewitt Visuals

covers large events such as holiday parties, concerts and commencements. They also

work together on more complex projects such as university catalogs and re-branding

projects. Past clients in these areas have included UCSF, UC Berkeley, the San Francisco

Art Institute and several local grade schools and high schools.


SOUND

Angelia Lara is Sound Recordist, based in San Francisco.


INTIMACY COORDINATOR

Bessie Zolno divides her time between Tel Aviv and the San Francisco Bay Area, providing

mental-health informed violence and intimacy choreography for the theater and film

productions.



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Wishlist

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Location Rental Fee

Costs $900

Rental fee for the shooting location for three days.

Cratf Service

Costs $200

Food for cast and crew.

props and costumes

Costs $300

Props and costumes for characters.

Intimacy coordinator

Costs $300

Intimacy coordinator to work with actors and be on set.

Camera & Lighting Equipment & Crew

Costs $2,000

Our talented camera and lighting team will help create the look and tone of our film.

Hard Drives

Costs $300

We need to store our media and have a backup copy for post production.

Makeup Artist

Costs $350

This crew member helps our performers look their best on camera.

Sound Person

Costs $350

The sound person is one of the most important people on set.

Parking fees

Costs $300

Parking fees for cast and crew to park near the shooting location.

Cash Pledge

Costs $0

About This Team

Nicole de Meneses is a freelance writer, director, producer working in the Bay Area.

She makes independent genre films that allow LGBTQ+ characters to be the heroes

and villains of their own stories. She also runs the Blood & Popcorn Film Festival.





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