Untidy
New York City, New York | Film Short
Drama, Comedy
This film tackles the topics of grief and abuse the way a lot of us do - with humor. Untidy explores Harper's complex feelings towards her late father as she avoids and fights them the way people do with their negative or traumatic experiences - with sex, alcohol, work, and maybe a little karaoke.
Untidy
New York City, New York | Film Short
Drama, Comedy
1 Campaigns | New York, United States
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This film tackles the topics of grief and abuse the way a lot of us do - with humor. Untidy explores Harper's complex feelings towards her late father as she avoids and fights them the way people do with their negative or traumatic experiences - with sex, alcohol, work, and maybe a little karaoke.
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About The Project
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Mission Statement
The Story
"Untidy" is the story of Harper, a NYC-based actress dealing with the fallout of the death of her estranged, abusive father. The film follows Harper as she alternately avoids and deals with her complicated feelings about his death, all while juggling a dead-end retail job, the grind of auditions, and a "casual" relationship with a commitaphobe man-boy.
Untidy delves into the nuances of sexual assault, and the various ways in which people deal with their grief and trauma, whether its through humor, sex, alcohol, work, or all of the above.
Our incredible cast and (entirely female) crew are all set and ready to shoot the second week of February. Every single contribution goes towards helping this film get a step closer to production. Without your help, Untidy simply can't get made! Or seen, for that matter. We intend to submit Untidy to film festivals around the world, to help our little project find it's audience. What's a story without an audience, after all?
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
Locations
Costs $1,500
The locations are integral to our story, and we want them to look as authentic and real as possible.
Film Crew
Costs $5,600
We've filled our crew with amazing, talented women, and they deserve to be paid as such.
Post-Production
Costs $1,200
We entrust our editor with the power to weave the scenes together into a story.
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About This Team
The Untidy team is made up of a group of powerful, experienced New York City creatives.
Writer/Lead: Sara Ruth Brown
Sara is a Houston native. She holds a BFA in acting from Brooklyn College, and has trained at the Freeman Studio, the Gaiety National Theater School of Ireland, and UCB. Recent credits include Great Falls by Lee Blessing at the Actor’s Theater Workshop, and Woe is Me by Rachel Nalebuff at the Public Theater. She loves her mom so so much.
Director: Tara Cristina Elliott
Tara is a director, writer, producer and educator who creates theater that asks questions about the human experience of power and shame, the cultural experience of sameness and otherness, and the dramatic experience of how we tell and perceive stories. She developed and directed the critically acclaimed Burq Off! and is a producer of the Gotham Award winning web series Shugs & Fats. She translated and directed the English-language workshop premiere of the prize-winning Chilean play Las Analfabetas , and is a recipient of the Tow Travel Grant to research theater in Cuba. She is cofounder of Brooklyn Acts, a free performing arts program that tells stories by and about Brooklyn teens, and she recently received a CUNY Diversity Project Development Fund grant to create a public community storytelling carnival. She directs frequently with Exquisite Corpse Company and has developed new work at the Barn Arts Collective and KO Festival of Performance. She has created and directed educational, community, and professional theater in Russia, Italy, France, Chile, Costa Rica, London, Seoul, and in various U.S. states. In NYC, her has been seen at Walkerspace, HERE Arts, The Cherry Lane Studio, the 14th St. Y, Dixon Place, The Robert Moss Theater, and The Barrow Group Theater among others. 2018 Drama League Directing Fellow. MFA Directing, Brooklyn College.
Producer: Katie Skiff
Katie is a producer, actor, writer, comedian, and transplant from Schodack, New York. She cowrote, coproduced, and costarred in the independent vignette-style play The Ticking Clock, which premiered at the Times Square Arts Center and went on to win awards at The Watermelon One-Act Festival in Maryland and The Strawberry One-Act Festival in NYC. She also produced the short film "Naturalization," which premiered at Never Sad Video Comedy Bop at Brooklyn Bazaar. She is a graduate of the UCB improv school and a standup comedian and storyteller, having performed at Solocom, She Makes Me Laugh Femme Fest, and in the sketch-writing group Pretty Kitties at the Peoples Improv Theater.
Director of Photography: Makeba Ross
Born and raised in Newburgh, New York, Makeba once dreamed of becoming a film and stage actress. She stumbled upon filmmaking in a media production class during her senior year of high school where she quickly fell in love with the cameras and editing process. At age 18 she abandoned acting and enrolled in film school at Brooklyn College. She graduated in May of 2017 with a Bachelors in Film Production and a Bachelors in Media Communications and now works as a documentary filmmaker for the United States District Courts in Manhattan, New York.
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Incentives
- The Story
- Wishlist
- Updates
- The Team
- Community
Mission Statement
The Story
"Untidy" is the story of Harper, a NYC-based actress dealing with the fallout of the death of her estranged, abusive father. The film follows Harper as she alternately avoids and deals with her complicated feelings about his death, all while juggling a dead-end retail job, the grind of auditions, and a "casual" relationship with a commitaphobe man-boy.
Untidy delves into the nuances of sexual assault, and the various ways in which people deal with their grief and trauma, whether its through humor, sex, alcohol, work, or all of the above.
Our incredible cast and (entirely female) crew are all set and ready to shoot the second week of February. Every single contribution goes towards helping this film get a step closer to production. Without your help, Untidy simply can't get made! Or seen, for that matter. We intend to submit Untidy to film festivals around the world, to help our little project find it's audience. What's a story without an audience, after all?
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
Locations
Costs $1,500
The locations are integral to our story, and we want them to look as authentic and real as possible.
Film Crew
Costs $5,600
We've filled our crew with amazing, talented women, and they deserve to be paid as such.
Post-Production
Costs $1,200
We entrust our editor with the power to weave the scenes together into a story.
Share this update!
About This Team
The Untidy team is made up of a group of powerful, experienced New York City creatives.
Writer/Lead: Sara Ruth Brown
Sara is a Houston native. She holds a BFA in acting from Brooklyn College, and has trained at the Freeman Studio, the Gaiety National Theater School of Ireland, and UCB. Recent credits include Great Falls by Lee Blessing at the Actor’s Theater Workshop, and Woe is Me by Rachel Nalebuff at the Public Theater. She loves her mom so so much.
Director: Tara Cristina Elliott
Tara is a director, writer, producer and educator who creates theater that asks questions about the human experience of power and shame, the cultural experience of sameness and otherness, and the dramatic experience of how we tell and perceive stories. She developed and directed the critically acclaimed Burq Off! and is a producer of the Gotham Award winning web series Shugs & Fats. She translated and directed the English-language workshop premiere of the prize-winning Chilean play Las Analfabetas , and is a recipient of the Tow Travel Grant to research theater in Cuba. She is cofounder of Brooklyn Acts, a free performing arts program that tells stories by and about Brooklyn teens, and she recently received a CUNY Diversity Project Development Fund grant to create a public community storytelling carnival. She directs frequently with Exquisite Corpse Company and has developed new work at the Barn Arts Collective and KO Festival of Performance. She has created and directed educational, community, and professional theater in Russia, Italy, France, Chile, Costa Rica, London, Seoul, and in various U.S. states. In NYC, her has been seen at Walkerspace, HERE Arts, The Cherry Lane Studio, the 14th St. Y, Dixon Place, The Robert Moss Theater, and The Barrow Group Theater among others. 2018 Drama League Directing Fellow. MFA Directing, Brooklyn College.
Producer: Katie Skiff
Katie is a producer, actor, writer, comedian, and transplant from Schodack, New York. She cowrote, coproduced, and costarred in the independent vignette-style play The Ticking Clock, which premiered at the Times Square Arts Center and went on to win awards at The Watermelon One-Act Festival in Maryland and The Strawberry One-Act Festival in NYC. She also produced the short film "Naturalization," which premiered at Never Sad Video Comedy Bop at Brooklyn Bazaar. She is a graduate of the UCB improv school and a standup comedian and storyteller, having performed at Solocom, She Makes Me Laugh Femme Fest, and in the sketch-writing group Pretty Kitties at the Peoples Improv Theater.
Director of Photography: Makeba Ross
Born and raised in Newburgh, New York, Makeba once dreamed of becoming a film and stage actress. She stumbled upon filmmaking in a media production class during her senior year of high school where she quickly fell in love with the cameras and editing process. At age 18 she abandoned acting and enrolled in film school at Brooklyn College. She graduated in May of 2017 with a Bachelors in Film Production and a Bachelors in Media Communications and now works as a documentary filmmaker for the United States District Courts in Manhattan, New York.