Xerxes
Jersey City, New Jersey | Film Feature
Sci-Fi, Thriller
After undergoing controversial cochlear implant surgery, Xerxes, a deaf man returns home to his estranged mother's home. He immerses himself into his missing father's research in hopes of finding clues about his disappearance. Xerxes spirals into a dark place that he may never return from.
Xerxes
Jersey City, New Jersey | Film Feature
Sci-Fi, Thriller
1 Campaigns | New Jersey, United States
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After undergoing controversial cochlear implant surgery, Xerxes, a deaf man returns home to his estranged mother's home. He immerses himself into his missing father's research in hopes of finding clues about his disappearance. Xerxes spirals into a dark place that he may never return from.
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The Story
Hi, I'm Shane Logue-director/writer/editor of Xerxes!
Thank you so much for taking the time to read about my project:
May I ask you a question?
Do you know any deaf people or have deaf friends? What about deaf actors in film or television? Marlee Matlin perhaps? Children of a Lesser God was a wonderful film and the first time I saw a deaf actor in a film.
According to Gallaudet University, in the United States, approximately 1,000,000 people over 5 years of age are "functionally deaf;" more than half are over 65 years of age.
As a young child I had speech delays and ended up having ear tubes put in but remember going to a hospital with many deaf children, as children we communicated by playing with toys.
I would like to unify the hearing and hard of hearing/deaf communities through film. The deaf or hard of hearing community is one of the least represented in media today. They know when a hearing person plays a deaf character and feel misrepresented.
Check out this twitter video made by Nyles DiMarco of ANTM and DWTS:
https://twitter.com/nyledimarco/status/890295241193869316?lang=en
He gives us the point of view from the deaf viewing audience who find it hard to understand the hearing actor who only learns ASL for the role.
As a filmmaker who likes to include actors from all walks of life I would like to bridge the two worlds.
Lady Gaga spreads some love to my lead actor at the Ali Forney Center . 640,000 LGBTQ youth experience homelessness in America.
I would like to do this by finishing the movie I am in production with using two of my favorite film genres: Science Fiction and Thriller/Horror.
It is important to make this film now more than ever because we need to keep the dialogue of diversity flowing amongst all communities.
I was able to fund most of production through savings and prize money, now I just need a boost to the finish line!!
As a graduate of New York University Tisch with my MFA in Film Production, I feel very prepared and skilled enough to make this feature film after working on about 50 short films.
John Waters believes in me! (fun fact: John Waters told me he was kicked out of NYU!)
Overall, horror/thriller movies consistently have the most films in the top 20 for ROI (return on investment) and the least in the lowest 20 ROI, according to Investopedia.
My idea for this film and inspiration for one of my characters came about after watching the show COSMOS hosted by Neil Degrasse Tyson Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space in New York City.
Then I found this article about KIC 8462852 which really got the wheels turning:
https://www.sciencealert.com/we-just-got-even-weirder-results-about-the-alien-megastructure-star
If you are a fan of diversity in film, sci-fi, and horror/thriller genres I invite you to come on this journey with me- it will be a wild ride!! THANK YOU to the MOON and back!
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
Food
Costs $1,150
More food means better acting, and refilling the crafty table daily!!
Sound Man
Costs $2,050
Better sound recording by a great sound man!
Lights
Costs $1,530
Let your light shine down! We have a great production house in Jersey City.
Production Design
Costs $500
We have several more key props to buy, we may give one of these away as an incentive.
Hard Drives
Costs $200
More movie more memory! Must have back ups of footage.
Expendables
Costs $350
Can't live without gaffers tape, trash bags, duvey, black wrap, etc.
Actors Fee
Costs $400
We have several wonderful actors who basically volunteer but alas they need to eat.
Transportation Vehicles
Costs $20
Going from place to place. Cargo vans get ya where you need to call, we will be using a NJ company.
HMU
Costs $420
Two words-shiny "T" zone, or is that three words?
Insurance
Costs $680
Murphy's Law is in full effect and we have to protect everyone and everything.
Contingency
Costs $700
Better safe than sorry! No matter how well you plan there is always something we did not plan for.
Cash Pledge
Costs $0
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About This Team
Shane Logue (Director/Writer/Editor)- is an award winning director who holds an MFA in Film Prodcution from NYU Tisch, has worked on 50 short films all over the world. Some of his most memorable production locations were: Borneo, Hong Kong and Singapore. He divides his time between Jersey City, NJ and New York, NY.
Armando Valle (Director of Photography)-is a director/writer/DP will over ten years of experience shooting his own films. Hailing from Puerto Rico via Baltimore, Armando, calls Brooklyn home and loves all sorts of Horror/Thriller films in case you couldn't tell by the shirt.
Brooklyn Sound & Image’s color graded films have premiered at prestigious film festivals including the Venice International film festival DOC NYC among others and are distributed worldwide. As a NYC sound designer for film, museum, gallery, and theater, including Abel Ferrara, James Franco, Richard Foreman, Dara Birnbaum, Laurie Simmons, Joan Jonas, Louise Bourgeois, On Kawara, Josiah McElheny, Moyra Davey, and Jack Pierson.
Scott Shouldis (VFX Editor)-is a visual fx genius and director in his own right. Scott can turn shadows into monsters!
Gregor Lopes (Xerxes)-is an actor and model, and all around performer. Originally from Brazil, Gregor, came to the United States as a child to attend the best schools for hard of hearing and deaf children. He has appeared in many videos and on runways but this is his first leading film role.
Matthew Dwight Lincoln-is an actor and model and graduate of Marymount Manhattan College. He is originally from Iowa City but calls New York home for now. You may have seen him as Damis in Tartuffe at Creighton University.
Mara McCann (Mary-Kate)-Mara lives in New York and is part of the Robert Patterson Acting studio (Ted Danson, Tom Vasiliades). Most recently, she played the lead role in The Sentinel, winner of the best short film in Los Angeles Urban Film Festival. She also had a role in "The Jinx" on HBO.
Sean Pritchard (Connelly)-is an actor, known for Old Monster (2013), Worklplace Woes: Scavengers Among US. Sean was born and still resides in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. He began studying acting at H.B. Studio in NYC where one of his teachers was Oscar nominee the late Jill Clayburgh.
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- The Story
- Wishlist
- Updates
- The Team
- Community
Mission Statement
The Story
Hi, I'm Shane Logue-director/writer/editor of Xerxes!
Thank you so much for taking the time to read about my project:
May I ask you a question?
Do you know any deaf people or have deaf friends? What about deaf actors in film or television? Marlee Matlin perhaps? Children of a Lesser God was a wonderful film and the first time I saw a deaf actor in a film.
According to Gallaudet University, in the United States, approximately 1,000,000 people over 5 years of age are "functionally deaf;" more than half are over 65 years of age.
As a young child I had speech delays and ended up having ear tubes put in but remember going to a hospital with many deaf children, as children we communicated by playing with toys.
I would like to unify the hearing and hard of hearing/deaf communities through film. The deaf or hard of hearing community is one of the least represented in media today. They know when a hearing person plays a deaf character and feel misrepresented.
Check out this twitter video made by Nyles DiMarco of ANTM and DWTS:
https://twitter.com/nyledimarco/status/890295241193869316?lang=en
He gives us the point of view from the deaf viewing audience who find it hard to understand the hearing actor who only learns ASL for the role.
As a filmmaker who likes to include actors from all walks of life I would like to bridge the two worlds.
Lady Gaga spreads some love to my lead actor at the Ali Forney Center . 640,000 LGBTQ youth experience homelessness in America.
I would like to do this by finishing the movie I am in production with using two of my favorite film genres: Science Fiction and Thriller/Horror.
It is important to make this film now more than ever because we need to keep the dialogue of diversity flowing amongst all communities.
I was able to fund most of production through savings and prize money, now I just need a boost to the finish line!!
As a graduate of New York University Tisch with my MFA in Film Production, I feel very prepared and skilled enough to make this feature film after working on about 50 short films.
John Waters believes in me! (fun fact: John Waters told me he was kicked out of NYU!)
Overall, horror/thriller movies consistently have the most films in the top 20 for ROI (return on investment) and the least in the lowest 20 ROI, according to Investopedia.
My idea for this film and inspiration for one of my characters came about after watching the show COSMOS hosted by Neil Degrasse Tyson Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space in New York City.
Then I found this article about KIC 8462852 which really got the wheels turning:
https://www.sciencealert.com/we-just-got-even-weirder-results-about-the-alien-megastructure-star
If you are a fan of diversity in film, sci-fi, and horror/thriller genres I invite you to come on this journey with me- it will be a wild ride!! THANK YOU to the MOON and back!
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
Food
Costs $1,150
More food means better acting, and refilling the crafty table daily!!
Sound Man
Costs $2,050
Better sound recording by a great sound man!
Lights
Costs $1,530
Let your light shine down! We have a great production house in Jersey City.
Production Design
Costs $500
We have several more key props to buy, we may give one of these away as an incentive.
Hard Drives
Costs $200
More movie more memory! Must have back ups of footage.
Expendables
Costs $350
Can't live without gaffers tape, trash bags, duvey, black wrap, etc.
Actors Fee
Costs $400
We have several wonderful actors who basically volunteer but alas they need to eat.
Transportation Vehicles
Costs $20
Going from place to place. Cargo vans get ya where you need to call, we will be using a NJ company.
HMU
Costs $420
Two words-shiny "T" zone, or is that three words?
Insurance
Costs $680
Murphy's Law is in full effect and we have to protect everyone and everything.
Contingency
Costs $700
Better safe than sorry! No matter how well you plan there is always something we did not plan for.
Cash Pledge
Costs $0
Direct link:
Share this update!
About This Team
Shane Logue (Director/Writer/Editor)- is an award winning director who holds an MFA in Film Prodcution from NYU Tisch, has worked on 50 short films all over the world. Some of his most memorable production locations were: Borneo, Hong Kong and Singapore. He divides his time between Jersey City, NJ and New York, NY.
Armando Valle (Director of Photography)-is a director/writer/DP will over ten years of experience shooting his own films. Hailing from Puerto Rico via Baltimore, Armando, calls Brooklyn home and loves all sorts of Horror/Thriller films in case you couldn't tell by the shirt.
Brooklyn Sound & Image’s color graded films have premiered at prestigious film festivals including the Venice International film festival DOC NYC among others and are distributed worldwide. As a NYC sound designer for film, museum, gallery, and theater, including Abel Ferrara, James Franco, Richard Foreman, Dara Birnbaum, Laurie Simmons, Joan Jonas, Louise Bourgeois, On Kawara, Josiah McElheny, Moyra Davey, and Jack Pierson.
Scott Shouldis (VFX Editor)-is a visual fx genius and director in his own right. Scott can turn shadows into monsters!
Gregor Lopes (Xerxes)-is an actor and model, and all around performer. Originally from Brazil, Gregor, came to the United States as a child to attend the best schools for hard of hearing and deaf children. He has appeared in many videos and on runways but this is his first leading film role.
Matthew Dwight Lincoln-is an actor and model and graduate of Marymount Manhattan College. He is originally from Iowa City but calls New York home for now. You may have seen him as Damis in Tartuffe at Creighton University.
Mara McCann (Mary-Kate)-Mara lives in New York and is part of the Robert Patterson Acting studio (Ted Danson, Tom Vasiliades). Most recently, she played the lead role in The Sentinel, winner of the best short film in Los Angeles Urban Film Festival. She also had a role in "The Jinx" on HBO.
Sean Pritchard (Connelly)-is an actor, known for Old Monster (2013), Worklplace Woes: Scavengers Among US. Sean was born and still resides in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. He began studying acting at H.B. Studio in NYC where one of his teachers was Oscar nominee the late Jill Clayburgh.