Shot on Red

Image quality and filmic atmosphere are very important to the feeling of this short film. For that reason, we will be shooting An Endgame on the Red.

Our Director of Photography has his own Red Epic, and I am thrilled to be working with him to make this short film look great.

The Red cameras have been great for bringing studio quality cameras to independent filmmaking.

Steven Soderberg (Director of Traffic, Erin Brockovich, Ocean's Eleven) stated that the Red is "the camera I've been waiting for my whole career: jaw-dropping imagery recorded on board a camera light enough to hold with one hand. I don't know how Jim and the Red team did it—and they won't tell me—but I know this: Red is going to change everything." (Please excuse me for not changing the pronouns here.)

David Fincher (Director of Se7en, Fight Club) and his Director of Photography, Jeff Cronenweth, shot The Social Network and Girl with the Dragon Tatoo with Red cameras (both were nominated for the Academy Award in Cinematography and look amazing).

Other standout's shot with Red cameras are Peter Jackson's The Hobbit trilogy, Neill Blomkamp's District 9, Debra Granik's Winter's Bone, Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby, and The Amazing Spider-man.

All this information, but what it boils down to is that this short will look amazing (working in tandem with our lighting team as the camera is only half of the picture, pun intended) and of "studio" quality. This will give us the best chance of impressing people to pass on the completed short film via internet, which will simultaneously help spread awareness and raise donations, and it will also give us a better chance of achieving a lasting impression on the festival circuit.

For more information and a list of films and TV shot on Red, head to their website at Red.com.

A Helping Hand

We've gotten a number of notes from people saying that they know someone who might be interested in our project, but that they don't feel comfortable asking them directly. Could we reach out to them with more information?

We welcome such letters, and we would be happy to reach out to anyone and everyone who might be interested in supporting us!

Shoot us an e-mail at anendgame@gmail.com with their information and we'll do the rest!

Thanks,
Cory

Employee Donation Matching!

One of my friends just told me that the company he works for, Welles Fargo, will match 100% of donations up to a certain amount, and a quick google search shows that many other companies do the same.

If you have made a donation or are planning to donate and would like to check and see if your company donation matches, check HERE for a list put together by the Salvation Army*.

If you see your company name and are interested in setting up a donation match, send us an e-mail at anendgame@gmail.com, and we'll help you with the process!

Companies on the list are:
Bank of America
BP
Exxon
Gap, Inc
GE
Johnson & Johnson
Microsoft
Starbucks (maybe)
Verizon
Welles Fargo

as well as many other national and even regional companies.

If you don't see your employer on the list, don't be discourage. This is not a complete list by any means. Still shoot us an e-mail at anendgame@gmail.com, and we can help find out if a matching program does exist (Starbucks' was hard to find), or we can send you a form letter to see if your company might be interested regardless.

Thank you all so much,
Cory

*link is http://www.uss.salvationarmy.org/uss/www_uss_dallasac.nsf/vw-sublinks/57A4677B11696E2D8525747900837DBC

On Typos

This blog, Facebook page, and twitter account are now officially published. I want to thank Jason for catching a few typos early on, and thanks to my mom who caught a lot more! Please let me know if you spot any more!

email: anendgame@gmail.com

Thanks,

Cory

Donors

Our first donor is Amandalynn T. She is donating in honor of Mary and Robin Line!

My Parents

These are my parents Mrs. Mary and Dr. Robin Line in Malibu on their most recent visit to the West coast.



In almost every way possible, my parents are the reason I am making this short film.

I've talked about my parents in many of the earlier posts, but I continue to be moved with how they take everything in stride and do not let their Parkinson's diagnoses become the most important thing about them. Early on they told me that Michael Bublé's song "Hold On" has become their anthem of sorts, and that's how I always think of them: two people who love each other, love their family and friends (and their dog, Little Bear), and are holding on with grace, style (in dad's case a modicum of style), and a whole heck of a lot of fun!

Hopefully, I can get them to take a five-ten minute break from their busy lives one day to write up something about living with Parkinson's disease, or perhaps even a quick interview (I will shamelessly replace this text with that and pretend it was here all along).

I love you mom and dad, and I hope that you know that my threat to put you in the background of the diner scene is not empty one.

Online Donations are a go!

We have now reached the stage where we can accept online donations for our budget and then on to making our short film!

An Endgame has decided to go with Qgiv for secure online donations! Qgiv is the service that the Wilkins Parkinson's Foundation also uses for their online donations.

As a non-profit venture, all donations to the budget through Qgiv are tax-deductible. You will be e-mailed a receipt that can be used as proof of your donation come tax time. We will also send out a reminder e-mail of your donation next March.

If you are making a donation in someone's name, tell us on the donation page, and we would love to publish that on our site along with any words of encouragement or thoughts about that person you'd like to share. If you have Parkinson's yourself, we would appreciate if you shared some of your own personal experiences, musings, or even difficulties living with PD for us to put up on the site. My hope is that people will visit our People of Parkinson's page and weigh-in with their support and other memories of loved ones.

Please e-mail us at anendgame@gmail.com with pictures too for us to put with the dedication and People of Parkinson's posts!

You can also donate to the film if you just like short-form entertainment and have not had any experience with Parkinson's at all!

If you aren't in a position to donate, that's ok too! It would be great if you could tell a friend or two about the project and directed them to our web site at www.anendgame.blogspot.com. If you happen to be friends with Bill Gates, heck we'd even prefer it!

Donations can be made at https://secure.qgiv.com/for/aend or even to Mayon, David or me in person via web or mobile app!

You will also be able to opt-in to our e-mail list for major updates to the short film (all major and minor updates will always be in the production journal).

Thank you all so much, from the bottom of my heart, for supporting our artistic vision that will in turn aid in the efforts to end Parkinson's disease.

Cory Line
Director, An Endgame