Welcome to Your Life Movie & Soundtrack
Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Film Feature
Drama
Welcome to Your Life, follows the journey of four friends MJ, Nivek, Kyler and LaLa transition into adulthood. The misunderstood, awkward life of underserved teens coming of age without guidance. In this film I want to highlight the reason why this generation responds to life they way they do.
Welcome to Your Life Movie & Soundtrack
Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Film Feature
Drama
0 Campaigns | Georgia, United States
Welcome to Your Life, follows the journey of four friends MJ, Nivek, Kyler and LaLa transition into adulthood. The misunderstood, awkward life of underserved teens coming of age without guidance. In this film I want to highlight the reason why this generation responds to life they way they do.
About The Project
- The Story
- Wishlist
- Updates
- The Team
- Community
Mission Statement
The Story
High school graduates M J, Nevik, Kyler and La La arrive at a graduation party to celebrate with their friends, entering adulthood. As the crew conversate throughout the party they slowly realize everyone is leaving off for college and other opportunities while they’re not. An agreement starts, soon after shots are fired, and the party disburse.
A season pass, and the four friends decides to move in together. The group finds out slowly that self-reliance isnt easy as they fall behind on rent. The gang fights individual demons while collectively trying to survive day to day on the unpredictable streets of Milwaukee Wisconsin.
(Marget Jemison) 18 Smart, defended. Attractive. Had to work for everything she has. M J is pressured by her job to go to school to be a phlebotomist; she unknowingly is having an affair with a married man.
(Nevik Thomas) 18 Handsome. Macho. Short tempered. Sweet. Ready to sacrifice self for close friends. A good soul. Nevik a barber, has difficulty adjusting from his street lifestyle and strained relationship with his over religious mother.
(Kyler Spellers) 17 Spoiled, Adorable. Traumatized, MJ’s best friend from high school. Kyler has a hard time getting over her childhood trauma and staying independent from her father's money.
(Lamar Lennards) 18 Flaky, cynical, An observer of everyone’s life. Sports obsessed. La La is bitter over a lost chance at a football scholarship due to an injury while struggling to keep a job.
Soundtracks are often the unsung hero of movies. The music that we hear in a film usually is a reflection of what things emotionally feels like in real life. The music and artist we put together are incredibly expressive and impressionistic. Along with the songs we have assembled, the underlined theme of “Welcome to Your Life will melt in the minds of our audience .
We hope to raise our goal of $18,300 through a dedicated audience on Seed & Spark to cover the bare minimum costs of shooting the film.
Filming will take place in Milwaukee, WI (Ray's Hometown!) and is scheduled for SPRING, 2023.
"Welcome to your Life" is a love letter to my five children and their friends in an attempt at showing them that I see them. When they were in high school our house was the safe spot for them. Their peers were at awe with a two parent home. I got to know in depth what alot of them were living through. From giving support and talks, I got to understand while relating to the dispositon this generation is in. I wanted to show creatively to the world what these kids go through, so a script was born to depict where a large majority of black youth are in socially.
If you can't pledge to the production of our film, please share this campaign with your friends and family, and of course, please watch and support the film when it's released!
Please also share our campaign via your social media, email, word-of-mouth, however you want.
(Link Below)
https://seedandspark.com/fund/welcome-to-your-life?token=0e01d82fb598a37e51395db4ae6f64df5c5ab826815d279339db5a40aee2164b
Please Follow & Share!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT, We can’t wait to share our film with you! It’s sure to make you laugh, cry, and understand the urgency of our forgotten youth.
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
Cast and Crew
Costs $7,000
Actors, cameramen, extras, on set personnel, grip guys, production assistants etc all will be paid.
Studio and Music
Costs $4,000
We set up (4) 8 hr blocks of studio time and we would like to pay musicians, engineers and studio.
Craft Services
Costs $3,000
On this 12 day shoot we would like to make sure the cast and crew are feed.
Locations and Permits
Costs $1,800
For full control over filming we want to obtain locations / permits for Milwaukee city regulations
Wardrobe and Makeup
Costs $1,600
We have a look that we want to maintain for principal characters.
Wrap Party
Costs $900
We want to celebrate the end of filming with a party for the actors and other people involved.
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About This Team
Ray Cunningham (Writer/Director) is an ADOS writer, director. An artist who aims to express unapologetically the true thought and feelings of black youth. With an Associate degree in Early childhood education and a Bachelor's degree Film and video production his eyes are set on educating while entertaining in a unpreachy way.
Ramon Colbert (Music Supervisor) is an award winning music producer. With a heritage deeply rooted in Hip-Hop, Ramon has been putting out hits that sink in like a home cooked meal. Feel-good vibes are rife in his music, and his signature sound encapsulates the heart and soul of the breadth of his influences.
RyTaizha Nash as MJ
RaeShawn Cunningham as Nivek
DaeVeon Nash as La-La
Tamara Aborn as Kyler
Current Team
Incentives
- The Story
- Wishlist
- Updates
- The Team
- Community
Mission Statement
The Story
High school graduates M J, Nevik, Kyler and La La arrive at a graduation party to celebrate with their friends, entering adulthood. As the crew conversate throughout the party they slowly realize everyone is leaving off for college and other opportunities while they’re not. An agreement starts, soon after shots are fired, and the party disburse.
A season pass, and the four friends decides to move in together. The group finds out slowly that self-reliance isnt easy as they fall behind on rent. The gang fights individual demons while collectively trying to survive day to day on the unpredictable streets of Milwaukee Wisconsin.
(Marget Jemison) 18 Smart, defended. Attractive. Had to work for everything she has. M J is pressured by her job to go to school to be a phlebotomist; she unknowingly is having an affair with a married man.
(Nevik Thomas) 18 Handsome. Macho. Short tempered. Sweet. Ready to sacrifice self for close friends. A good soul. Nevik a barber, has difficulty adjusting from his street lifestyle and strained relationship with his over religious mother.
(Kyler Spellers) 17 Spoiled, Adorable. Traumatized, MJ’s best friend from high school. Kyler has a hard time getting over her childhood trauma and staying independent from her father's money.
(Lamar Lennards) 18 Flaky, cynical, An observer of everyone’s life. Sports obsessed. La La is bitter over a lost chance at a football scholarship due to an injury while struggling to keep a job.
Soundtracks are often the unsung hero of movies. The music that we hear in a film usually is a reflection of what things emotionally feels like in real life. The music and artist we put together are incredibly expressive and impressionistic. Along with the songs we have assembled, the underlined theme of “Welcome to Your Life will melt in the minds of our audience .
We hope to raise our goal of $18,300 through a dedicated audience on Seed & Spark to cover the bare minimum costs of shooting the film.
Filming will take place in Milwaukee, WI (Ray's Hometown!) and is scheduled for SPRING, 2023.
"Welcome to your Life" is a love letter to my five children and their friends in an attempt at showing them that I see them. When they were in high school our house was the safe spot for them. Their peers were at awe with a two parent home. I got to know in depth what alot of them were living through. From giving support and talks, I got to understand while relating to the dispositon this generation is in. I wanted to show creatively to the world what these kids go through, so a script was born to depict where a large majority of black youth are in socially.
If you can't pledge to the production of our film, please share this campaign with your friends and family, and of course, please watch and support the film when it's released!
Please also share our campaign via your social media, email, word-of-mouth, however you want.
(Link Below)
https://seedandspark.com/fund/welcome-to-your-life?token=0e01d82fb598a37e51395db4ae6f64df5c5ab826815d279339db5a40aee2164b
Please Follow & Share!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT, We can’t wait to share our film with you! It’s sure to make you laugh, cry, and understand the urgency of our forgotten youth.
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
Cast and Crew
Costs $7,000
Actors, cameramen, extras, on set personnel, grip guys, production assistants etc all will be paid.
Studio and Music
Costs $4,000
We set up (4) 8 hr blocks of studio time and we would like to pay musicians, engineers and studio.
Craft Services
Costs $3,000
On this 12 day shoot we would like to make sure the cast and crew are feed.
Locations and Permits
Costs $1,800
For full control over filming we want to obtain locations / permits for Milwaukee city regulations
Wardrobe and Makeup
Costs $1,600
We have a look that we want to maintain for principal characters.
Wrap Party
Costs $900
We want to celebrate the end of filming with a party for the actors and other people involved.
Direct link:
Share this update!
About This Team
Ray Cunningham (Writer/Director) is an ADOS writer, director. An artist who aims to express unapologetically the true thought and feelings of black youth. With an Associate degree in Early childhood education and a Bachelor's degree Film and video production his eyes are set on educating while entertaining in a unpreachy way.
Ramon Colbert (Music Supervisor) is an award winning music producer. With a heritage deeply rooted in Hip-Hop, Ramon has been putting out hits that sink in like a home cooked meal. Feel-good vibes are rife in his music, and his signature sound encapsulates the heart and soul of the breadth of his influences.
RyTaizha Nash as MJ
RaeShawn Cunningham as Nivek
DaeVeon Nash as La-La
Tamara Aborn as Kyler