Jason Harvestdancer
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I'm on the final stretch, but the prior setbacks have cost us quite a bit. I need help to get this finished, to pay for locations and insurance.
Null Zone Movie
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Oh, I forgot to mention - donations ARE tax deductible.
Jimmy Higgins
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Republicans are for tax subsidies for film making.
Libertarians aren't... unless it affects them directly.
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You don't have to take tax deductions if you don't want to. They are merely an option come next April 15th.
So, are you going to contribute?
So, are you going to contribute?
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No, I don't itemize deductions.
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Are Kickstarter donations typically tax deductible? If so, I was unaware, I back a few projects here and there, and I do itemize, but never thought to count Kickstarter donations.
Anyway, I notice a few Dr. Who references on the page, including a sonic screwdriver that the main character apparently uses. Are you worried about copyright infringement?
Anyway, I notice a few Dr. Who references on the page, including a sonic screwdriver that the main character apparently uses. Are you worried about copyright infringement?
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Yes, Kickstarter donations aren't generally tax deductible. But these donations are going to a non-profit theater company, a 501(c)3, that is the company producing this movie.
So, what sets this apart.
Nell Rothbard is one of the smartest people in the world and mildly psychic. She wakes up one morning to find a mysterious benefactor (who the audience will know is the Doctor) leaves her a note on her nightstand asking her to take care of a small problem for her, that he's busy and supposed to be dead, and would she take care of it or the Earth is doomed. The threat is a psychic alien who is intent on taking over the world by taking over peoples minds.
During the course of the adventure she discovers that her parents are actually political refugees from the future, that her mother (deceased) was genetically engineered to have a superior brain and that is where she inherited both her intelligence and her psychic aptitude. They moved to the Antelope Valley because it is a Null Zone, a place where nothing interesting is supposed to happen.
Since this is non-profit (seriously, I'm not planning on making a dime and have already spent more than the final $1k on this out of personal funds) I'm using the fan-fiction exception to copyright law. Unlike those bastards at Fox, the BBC is generally fairly tolerant of fanfic.
So, what sets this apart.
Nell Rothbard is one of the smartest people in the world and mildly psychic. She wakes up one morning to find a mysterious benefactor (who the audience will know is the Doctor) leaves her a note on her nightstand asking her to take care of a small problem for her, that he's busy and supposed to be dead, and would she take care of it or the Earth is doomed. The threat is a psychic alien who is intent on taking over the world by taking over peoples minds.
During the course of the adventure she discovers that her parents are actually political refugees from the future, that her mother (deceased) was genetically engineered to have a superior brain and that is where she inherited both her intelligence and her psychic aptitude. They moved to the Antelope Valley because it is a Null Zone, a place where nothing interesting is supposed to happen.
Since this is non-profit (seriously, I'm not planning on making a dime and have already spent more than the final $1k on this out of personal funds) I'm using the fan-fiction exception to copyright law. Unlike those bastards at Fox, the BBC is generally fairly tolerant of fanfic.
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Dude, everyone knows that psychics were genetically engineered by the Vorlons.
Also, couldn't they have moved to Fresno.
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Also, couldn't they have moved to Fresno.
Eviscerate! Eviscerate! Eviscerate!
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Jason Harvestdancer
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Few places are as much a Null Zone as the Antelope Valley.
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But that includes Fresno. Or maybe District 13.
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Yes, yes it is. More on the light-hearted side, like the Sarah Jane Smith Adventures, not like Torchwood.
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Anyone else? I really could use help getting it to the $1k mark.
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NELL
Robert, do you remember that quote?
ROBERT
Which one?
NELL
No matter how noble your goals, no matter how pure your ideals, no matter how good your intentions...
ROBERT
If you look down and discover you’re eating babies, you’re no longer the good guy.
Robert, do you remember that quote?
ROBERT
Which one?
NELL
No matter how noble your goals, no matter how pure your ideals, no matter how good your intentions...
ROBERT
If you look down and discover you’re eating babies, you’re no longer the good guy.
Jason Harvestdancer
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20 days left out of 30, 1/3 of the way there in time. But slightly less than 1/4 of the funds, at $225 out of $1000.
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We've hit 75%, and one of the donors is from this forum. Thanks!
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I have HUGE news. I have just cast Jasmine Jessica Anthony for the lead.
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I did it!!!!!
My movie is complete!
Our premier showing, a rough edit because I was the editor, will be showing at Fandom Verse Expo in Lancaster, CA.
4:00 pm on Friday, September 23rd.
I thank all my supporters, and I hope to have a better edit to post to YouTube soon. But it's done, I crossed the finish line.
My movie is complete!
Our premier showing, a rough edit because I was the editor, will be showing at Fandom Verse Expo in Lancaster, CA.
4:00 pm on Friday, September 23rd.
I thank all my supporters, and I hope to have a better edit to post to YouTube soon. But it's done, I crossed the finish line.