Welcome back to another edition of Kickstart This, FirstShowing's weekly column dedicated to spreading the word about cool indie projects that need a little bit of your help to become a reality. Today, we're featuring a project called 4 of a Kind, written and hopefully directed by Jack Marchetti. Marchetti is slowly going blind, but even if that wasn't the case, his crime thriller still looks cool enough to feature on its own. Trouble is, there's a rapidly dwindling time limit here because the campaign expires this Saturday morning at 12:30am! Take a closer look below and toss this filmmaker a few bucks if you can. Read on! Jack and his brother were both born with a retinal disease called cone rod dystrophy, which slowly restricts vision. He will ultimately go blind, but he's just not sure when. Before the inevitable happens, he wants to make this film, and while...
- 8/23/2012
- by Ben Pearson
- firstshowing.net
Chicago-based filmmaker Jack Marchetti currently has a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for 4 of a Kind, his debut feature. Below he writes about the uniquely pressing situation that he is facing with this production.
“Action!”
The actors perform. The camera operator frames the shot. You focus on the monitor. The boom operator steadies the mic. You watch as your work, your writing, comes to life. You smile. You yell “Cut!” and doubt creeps in. Was that good enough? Did we get it? This isn’t simple indecision, it’s something you’ve dealt with most of your life. This isn’t a lack of confidence in the work, it’s the inability to trust one of the most basic senses most of us take for granted. Vision.
When I was six years old, I couldn’t see the chalk board.
That’s a lie. I could see it fine, but...
“Action!”
The actors perform. The camera operator frames the shot. You focus on the monitor. The boom operator steadies the mic. You watch as your work, your writing, comes to life. You smile. You yell “Cut!” and doubt creeps in. Was that good enough? Did we get it? This isn’t simple indecision, it’s something you’ve dealt with most of your life. This isn’t a lack of confidence in the work, it’s the inability to trust one of the most basic senses most of us take for granted. Vision.
When I was six years old, I couldn’t see the chalk board.
That’s a lie. I could see it fine, but...
- 8/7/2012
- by Jack Marchetti
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
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