Some Girls’ Mothers is about Grace, a ten year old piano player enamored with her friend’s mom and her record collection. Grace sneaks records from the collection while she's away at work. However, one afternoon when the mom is unexpectedly home, Grace has to come clean about her thieving.
Some Girls’ Mothers is about Grace, a ten year old piano player enamored with her friend’s mom and her record collection. Grace sneaks records from the collection while she's away at work. However, one afternoon when the mom is unexpectedly home, Grace has to come clean about her thieving.
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Story
About The Project
This short film is based on a story that Dayla wrote and shared with Colin before they were husband and wife. Colin instantly identified with the story and saw it as a short film. Like the main character, both Dayla and Colin had experiences as children admiring a few of their friends’ parents who they deemed more exciting than their own. This short film portrays the significance of spontaneous moments kids have with adults that happen to form their taste and style.
Incentives
$10
You'll see your name under SPECIAL THANKS in the film's credits.
$25
You'll receive the SHORT STORY Some Girls' Mothers was based on as a downloadable .pdf.
plus:
You'll see your name under "Special Thanks" in the film's credits.
$50
We'll invite you to JOIN US AT OUR FAVORITE RECORD STORE on the next declared Record Store Day. *
Plus:
-You'll receive the short story Some Girls' Mothers was based on as a downloadable .pdf.
-You'll see your name under "Special Thanks" in the film's credits.
*Transportation to the record store is not included
$100
You'll get a MIX CD including songs from the albums Grace borrowed from her friend's mom's collection.
plus:
See your name under "Special Thanks" in the film's credits.
$200
-You'll get a MIX CD including songs from the albums Grace borrowed from the friend's mom in the film. Plus Bonus Tracks from Grace's mother's music collection.
-See your name under "Special Thanks" in the film's credits.
*Transportation to our place is not included.$500
We'll invite you to a HOT DOG PARTY at our house. We'll listen to music and dip our feet in the kiddie pool (we still don't have a house with a "real" backyard pool) *
plus:
-You'll receive the downloadable .pdf of the SHORT STORY Some Girls' Mothers was based on.
-You'll get a MIX CD including songs from the albums Grace borrowed from the friend's mom in the film.
-See your name under "Special Thanks" in the film's credits.
*Transportation to our place is not included.
$1,000
You are an ASSOCIATE PRODUCER and will see your name listed as such in the film's credits.
plus:
-You'll receive the downloadable .pdf of the SHORT STORY Some Girls' Mothers was based on.
-You'll get a MIX CD including songs from the albums Grace borrowed from the friend's mom in the film.
-We'll invite you to a HOT DOG PARTY at our house. We'll listen to music and dip our feet in the kiddie pool (we still don't have a house with a "real" backyard pool) *
*Transportation to our house is not included
$2,000
Our kids' band THE OUTLINES WILL PERFORM a 25 minute set at your house party/event *
The Outlines:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsxJSjuGyPE
plus:
-You are an ASSOCIATE PRODUCER and will see your name listed as such in the film's credits.
-You'll receive the downloadable .pdf of the SHORT STORY Some Girls' Mothers was based on.
-You'll get a MIX CD including songs from the albums Grace borrowed from the friend's mom in the film.
-You'll get a "special thanks" in the films credits.
*The party/event that The Outlines play must be within a 45 mile radius of the 90039 zip code. Limited to the first 2 contributors only, any following at the same contribution level will instead be invited to our hot dog and "kiddie" pool party.
Claimed: 0 of 2
$5,000
You are an EXECUTIVE PRODUCER and will see your name listed as such in the film's credits.
plus:
-You'll receive the downloadable .pdf of the SHORT STORY Some Girls' Mothers was based on.
-You'll get a MIX CD including songs from the albums Grace borrowed from the friend's mom in the film.
-We'll invite you to a HOT DOG PARTY at our house. We'll listen to music and dip our feet in the kiddie pool (we still don't have a house with a "real" backyard pool) *
We'll invite you to JOIN US AT OUR FAVORITE RECORD STORE on the next declared Record Store Day. *
*Transportation to our house and/or the record store is not included
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Wishlist
Use the WishList to pledge cash and loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an incentive directly.
$10
You'll see your name under SPECIAL THANKS in the film's credits.
$25
You'll receive the SHORT STORY Some Girls' Mothers was based on as a downloadable .pdf.
plus:
You'll see your name under "Special Thanks" in the film's credits.
$50
We'll invite you to JOIN US AT OUR FAVORITE RECORD STORE on the next declared Record Store Day. *
Plus:
-You'll receive the short story Some Girls' Mothers was based on as a downloadable .pdf.
-You'll see your name under "Special Thanks" in the film's credits.
*Transportation to the record store is not included
$100
You'll get a MIX CD including songs from the albums Grace borrowed from her friend's mom's collection.
plus:
See your name under "Special Thanks" in the film's credits.
$200
-You'll get a MIX CD including songs from the albums Grace borrowed from the friend's mom in the film. Plus Bonus Tracks from Grace's mother's music collection.
-See your name under "Special Thanks" in the film's credits.
*Transportation to our place is not included.$500
We'll invite you to a HOT DOG PARTY at our house. We'll listen to music and dip our feet in the kiddie pool (we still don't have a house with a "real" backyard pool) *
plus:
-You'll receive the downloadable .pdf of the SHORT STORY Some Girls' Mothers was based on.
-You'll get a MIX CD including songs from the albums Grace borrowed from the friend's mom in the film.
-See your name under "Special Thanks" in the film's credits.
*Transportation to our place is not included.
$1,000
You are an ASSOCIATE PRODUCER and will see your name listed as such in the film's credits.
plus:
-You'll receive the downloadable .pdf of the SHORT STORY Some Girls' Mothers was based on.
-You'll get a MIX CD including songs from the albums Grace borrowed from the friend's mom in the film.
-We'll invite you to a HOT DOG PARTY at our house. We'll listen to music and dip our feet in the kiddie pool (we still don't have a house with a "real" backyard pool) *
*Transportation to our house is not included
$2,000
Our kids' band THE OUTLINES WILL PERFORM a 25 minute set at your house party/event *
The Outlines:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsxJSjuGyPE
plus:
-You are an ASSOCIATE PRODUCER and will see your name listed as such in the film's credits.
-You'll receive the downloadable .pdf of the SHORT STORY Some Girls' Mothers was based on.
-You'll get a MIX CD including songs from the albums Grace borrowed from the friend's mom in the film.
-You'll get a "special thanks" in the films credits.
*The party/event that The Outlines play must be within a 45 mile radius of the 90039 zip code. Limited to the first 2 contributors only, any following at the same contribution level will instead be invited to our hot dog and "kiddie" pool party.
Claimed: 0 of 2
$5,000
You are an EXECUTIVE PRODUCER and will see your name listed as such in the film's credits.
plus:
-You'll receive the downloadable .pdf of the SHORT STORY Some Girls' Mothers was based on.
-You'll get a MIX CD including songs from the albums Grace borrowed from the friend's mom in the film.
-We'll invite you to a HOT DOG PARTY at our house. We'll listen to music and dip our feet in the kiddie pool (we still don't have a house with a "real" backyard pool) *
We'll invite you to JOIN US AT OUR FAVORITE RECORD STORE on the next declared Record Store Day. *
*Transportation to our house and/or the record store is not included
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Current Team
About This Team
Colin and Dayla are filmmakers raised in Southern California who also happen to be husband and wife. Somewhat of a modern day Brady Bunch, they are a blended family with kids ranging from twenty-one months to thirteen years old. They’ve collaborated on a few projects over the past years but this will be their first time co-directing a short film. While Dayla is naturally inclined to create projects that are character driven, Colin’s emphasis has for the most part been highly visual. Dayla graduated from CalArts in 1997 and has spent the majority of her time making short films, writing and working in animation, while Colin, a lifelong skateboarder, has been making skateboarding films, commercials and television shows since 1998.
Marc Ritzema is a Los Angeles-based Director of Photography graduated from American Film Institute. He has collaborated with Colin on numerous projects since 2008.
Stacy Cunningham is a character and leading actress in film and television and has performed in over fifty theater productions. Stacy is currently based in Atlanta, GA but will be flying out to Los Angeles for this project. Stacy and Dayla went to high school together where they spent many hours as youth bonding over music and movies; plotting their futures together and separately. Stacy was in Dayla’s first Super 8 film that got her into CalArts in 1993. Stacy also auditioned for the theater department at CalArts the same year and the two were lucky enough to attend college together. Stacy and Dayla are looking forward to making Some Girls’ Mothers together.
Georgie Grieve lives in Los Angeles, CA with her parents, little brother and dog, Maisy. She skateboards, plays guitar and loves to write and draw. She wants to be a historian or journalist when she's older. Her first acting job was at age 5 as the voice of "Sophie Bennett"in the DreamWorks Animation film Rise of the Guardians.
Jefferis Gray is a Los Angeles-based independent film producer. He's also produced promos for many of FX Networks's top shows, including American Horror Story, Sons of Anarchy and The Americans. He was recently nominated for a 2014 Promax/BDA award for his work on Sons of Anarchy & Harley-Davidson collaboration.
Brooklyn Reynolds Gross is an LA born and based freelance television Production Manager. She spent 6 years as part of Fuse Network's 3rd party Original Series Development and Production team, with a series' that won both GLAAD and NAACP awards and an Emmy nomination. Her most recent project was season 2 of the History Channel's Hangar 1 series.
Clay and Cindy Morrow are husband and wife who both work in the animation industry as Writers, Directors and Storyboard Artists. They are not only offering the house as the main location for the film but Clay is also contributing his extensive knowledge and love for music and helping oversee the music for Some Girls' Mothers.
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