Indie GoGo update/John Grove Fan Club

We are currently sitting on a healthy $742 raised on our Indie GoGo campaign after 2 weeks and although we are a long way from our 'dream' goal the money raised so far will go a long way towards covering the expensive film festival entry fees as well as authoring the DVD's needs to cover the pledges (13 sold so far) and the ones needed to enter said festivals.

We are truly humbled by the support we are receiving by friends/family and colleagues. Many see the passion Eddie (Madphat Productions) and I have to create an award winning quality short film and others are just plain generous.

We would like to give a shout out to our most generous contributor so far: John Grove

Not only has this vocal talent lent us his silky tones for the trailer voice over but he also dropped $100 of his own hard earned in the shared belief that we are onto something.

It was an extreme pleasure working with John and we would undoubtedly recommend him to ANYONE who was looking to have their product/concept enhanced by a voice over.

You can find John and examples of his work here:
http://www.voices.com/people/johngrove
http://www.bodalgo.com/voices/john-grove1
http://www.hawaiiactors.com/profile/John...
http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=100001834122583&sk=info
http://twitter.com/#!/JohnGroveVoices

Thank you to all who have donated, helped spread the word or just given us an encouraging word!!! We appreciate it!

James Lindsay
Tight Spot Productions

Soap - Short Film raising $$ on Indie GoGo

The Short film SOAP which I co-wrote with Ryan Lindsay is now officially in pre-production and has launched a campaign for help raise money on Indie GoGo.

Tight Spot Productions and Madpat Productions are proud to announce that $640 has been raised in the first week. This is quite the achievement among Short Films on Indie GoGo.

We have already sold 11 pre-order DVD's which also includes a special thanks in the credits and on IMDB.

Don't Forget we have a week 2 sale on Perks

Our funding honour roll to date:

Brett O'Keeffe
Norma Ross
Alison Cowan
Melanie Lindsay
Maya Wood
Sue & Derek Jenkins
Kelly Mounsey
Leigh Irons
Helen Brooks
Neil Lauder
Allan Georgee
Jeong Hyun Lee

And our biggest contributor so far:

John Grove.

Yes the voice on our trailer is also generous with support.

It's not too late involved, check out the website here: http://www.indiegogo.com/Soap-Short-Film?a=307003

Keep in touch

Until then hail to the Special Suds Edition!

Indie GoGo fundraising hits $200 in the first 24 Hours

We are happy to announce that the fund raising campaign for Soap - Short Film found its feet in the first 24 hours.

We have been lucky enough to raise $200 so far and sell:

The Soap DVD x1 to Norma and Dave Ross
The Soap Special Suds Edition x 2 to Brett O'keeffe, Alison Cowan and Ben & Matty Lindsay
Special Thanks incl IMDB credits x 1 to Melanie Lindsay

Thank you all for your support and we're looking forward to a real celebration when we hit the magic $1000 mark.

http://www.indiegogo.com/Soap-Short-Film?a=307003

James Lindsay
Tight Spot Productions

Trailer and an Indie GoGo launch for Soap - Short Film

I am proud to announce that Eddie at Madphat Productions has completed the trailer (looks awesome) and it is available for viewing at:

Vimeo

http://vimeo.com/37661937


Youtube

And MOST importantly on our Indie GoGo campiagn home page

http://www.indiegogo.com/Soap-Short-Film?a=307003




Let us know what you think and if you have the spare change sitting around feel free to donate or spread the word (twitter/facebook etc).

Thanks also to our first funder Brett O'Keeffe!!!

James Lindsay
Tight Spot Productions

Indie GoGo Here We GoGo!!!

As mentioned in a previous blog "Soap - Short Film Announces an Announcer" we have the vocal stylings of none other than John Grove - voice over extraordinaire for our mini trailer for our Indie GoGo fundraising launch.

I have now added my Aussie "not so talented" voice and my director Eddie at Madphat Productions is in the middle of finalizing our intro video.+

To whet your appetite check out the Music video my man Eddie has whipped up and imagine what he is capable of with my quality script.

Check in soon and find the perk/package that suits you!!!

James Lindsay

Tight Spot Productions



Soap - Short Film Announces an Announcer!

As we draw closer to launching our campaign on http://www.indiegogo.com/ we are finalising perks and making sure the Pitch best represents us and shows what we are trying to achieve and how we are going to do.

Eddie and myself tossed up a few ideas on how we wanted to the introduction video to sound and look like and we both agreed that a quick introduction of us and our production companies would be followed by a short and sharp teaser trailer.

And where would a good trailer be without a kick ass voice over? Unwatched that's where!!!

So we are proud to announce that we have secured the whisky smooth dulcet tones of none other than -John Grove to be the narrator of our introduction video. We also hope to secure him for the official trailer.

John has used his audio talents for such world names as Dodge, Chrysler, Buick and hell check out his website at http://www.johngroveartist.com/ and if you are in need of a professional who will give you what you need you can find great examples at:

http://www.voices.com/people/johngrove
http://www.bodalgo.com/voices/john-grove1
http://www.hawaiiactors.com/profile/John...
http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=100001834122583&sk=info
http://twitter.com/#!/JohnGroveVoices

So stay tuned for the announcement of the launch for Soap on Indie GoGo!!!

James Lindsay
Tight Spot Productions

OCD Films Part 2: Rain Man

Part 2 of our look at OCD characters in film will look at another academy award winning movie - Rain Man.

The Rain Man is question is autistic savant Raymond Babbitt played by Dustin Hoffman (won the Oscar for Best Actor in a leading role). Tom Cruise plays Charlie Babbitt who finds out he has a brother after his father dies. Charlie is down in his luck and looks to inherit 3 million dollars until he finds out it is going to do to the mental institution his estranged brother lives in.

Charlie takes Raymond on a cross country journey to get his attorney to settle out of court for half of the 3 million. Raymond has many little ticks like repeating the "Who's on first" sketch over and over. He also has a photographic memory and is a wizz at mathematics. Charlie tries to exploit this by taking Raymond to Las Vegas to win big. During the course of movie Charlie realises that Raymond is the protective figure from his childhood he had been calling Rain Man and when he eventually gets him to the court appointed psychiatrist he changes his mind as he has developed a bond and truley loves his brother.

The most effective movies portraying people with a disability or tick or disorder aren't heavy handed and show that ALL of the characters in the movie have their own faults and funny little ways of doing things and deep down we're all just trying to live our lives and get through each day as it arrives.

Wash Away the Rain!

Soap - Short Film (How to contact)

There are many ways you can contact or keep up to date with the progress of this short film.

Email - soapshortfilm@gmail.com
Twitter - http://twitter.com/#!/SoapShortFilm
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Soap-Short-Film/180459998711454
Blog - http://www.soapshortfilm.blogspot.com/ (Yes you're already here!!)

You can also contact the Producers @

Eddie - http://www.madphatproductions/
James - http://www.mr-lindsay.blogspot.com/
James - http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=100003044276639

Clean Links!

OCD Films Part 1: As Good As It Gets

Soap is a short film about a man (Tony) who suffers from an Obsessive Compulsive need to wash his hands every hour on the hour.

When writing the script I conscious stayed away from movies with characters suffering from any kind of OCD. But now that the script is dusted and we are in pre-production I'm going to look at a series of well-know (some not so much) and well-liked (some not so much) movies and the characters in question. I'm going to start off with the obvious one: Academy Award winning "As good as it gets".

Jack Nicholson stars as Melvin Udall a misanthropic novelist who also suffers from OCD. His neighbours don't like him and he obviously doesn't like them but when a gay artist (Greg Kinnear) in the building is assaulted, Melvin is forced to take care of his dog. Melvin eventually develops a bond with the dog and can't cope when he has to return it. Melvin sits at the same restaurant for breakfast at the same table at the same time every day. Carol (Helen Hunt) is the only waitress that can put up with his often rude and weird behaviour and they strike up a friendship. Due to the distress of giving back the dog Melvin rushes to a psychiatrist but is throw out because he doesn't have an appointment. On his way out, Melvin turns to the other patients in the waiting room and says, "What if this is as good as it gets?"

Melvin's life is again thrown in turmoil when Carol decides to get a job closer to Brooklyn so she can spend more time with her acutely asthmatic son. Unable to adjust to another waitress, Melvin arranges to pay for her son's medical expenses. Carol thinks that Melvin will expect a little something something in return for the money and goes to his apartment in the middle of the night to tell him that she will not sleep with him.

The crux of this story is Melvin's afflictions and they they rule his life and relationships. Melvin eventually lets Carol know of his feelings toward her and she loves him for who he is. The film ends with Melvin and Carol taking a walk together to buy fresh rolls at the corner bakery.

All work and no soap makes Jack a dirty boy!

Pre-Launch Readiness!

We are very close to launching a fundraising campaign on the Indie GoGo platform. Most of the bells and whistles are in place but I'm still tinkering on the best perks and how much they should be.

If you were going to donate money to a short film (and we hope you do wink wink;) what would entice you to part with your hard cash and how much would you part with?

Oh and here is Soap - Poster mkII.

Drop us some knowledge in the comments below.

Clean as a Whistle!

New Poster for Soap - Short Film

Well Eddie at Madphat Productions has been busy designing a series of new posters.

This is one (above) I particularly like!!

What are your thoughts?

James Lindsay
Tight Spot Productions

Washed out!!

The Writers behind Soap - Short Film

Soap is a short film script we are hoping will become a short film. It was co-written by James Lindsay and Ryan Lindsay after Ryan had written a short story about a man afflicted with OCD who has to wash his hands every hour on the hour. It ended with the man standing in a queue at a bank and just before the hour is up the bank is held up.

Over beers, I (James) was intrigued by the story and thought it had good comedy and dramatic potential for a short script. I went home wrote a very quick 1st draft and quickly sent it on to Ryan for thoughts and ideas. I was originally going to write it alone but the quantity and quality of Ryan's notes made it evident that this was to become a joint venture. We back and forthed it for a few months and decided to send it out to producers.

I had previously been lucky enough to have a very talented Brisbane based production company, Lav Productions make one of my shorts. The Pessimist went on to screen at several national and international film festivals and even won 'Best Film' at the QNFA (Queensland New Filmmaker Awards) in 2009. Well I sent the script onto Lav and his team first but they had a fully booked slate and passed. I then sent it onto a couple of production companies around the country and again struck gold with a South Australian production company, Thunderstorm Productions headed by producer Matt Pearson. Soap even went as far as pre-production but fell through at the last minute and Soap was once again without a home.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5NOT4Lj3Z8


Soap then sat on the shelves for a year while work, kids and other commitments took the forefront. Then one fateful day, or it might have been a night I was fiddling on Twitter and looking at different production companies and the logo for Madphat Productions caught my eye. I had a look at the website and was very impressed with the quality of work and took a chance and sent it through.

I'm a shocker when waiting for feedback so every hour spelled, Thanks but no thanks. Then about 3 days later Eddie replied with positive feedback and we eventually got the ball rolling to where we are now.

We are about to launch a fund raising effort on http://www.indiegogo.com/ so keep your eyes and ears to the grindstone!

See ya around!